Following in the footsteps of Hurricanes Matthew, Fran, and Hugo, Hurricane Florence promises rain, floods, and power outages in the Carolinas.
Bob Woodward: ‘People Need To Wake Up’ To What’s Happening Under Trump
The veteran journalist was shocked by the tactics White House staff use to circumvent Trump: “I’ve never heard in any way of staff going around a president this way.” Woodward’s new book is Fear.
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‘The Real Lolita’ Investigates The True Crime Story Of Sally Horner
Written in light of Nabokov’s famous novel, the book stands out for its captivating mix of tenacious reporting, astute literary analysis, and passionate posthumous recognition of a defenseless child.
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Trump Boys Leave $5 Bill, Candy Bar Under Propped-Up Laundry Basket In Effort To Catch Op-Ed Writer
WASHINGTON—Promising that the author would spend “100 kajillion years in jail,” Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. told reporters Tuesday that they had left a $5 bill and a Snickers bar under a propped-up laundry basket in order to trap the anonymous writer of the New York Times op-ed piece. “Everyone is super mad about…
Comments Mysteriously Disabled On YouTube Video Of Sparrow In Yard
GREENVILLE, NC—Struggling to understand what about the video with 104 views necessitated the drastic measure, sources confirmed Tuesday that the ability to leave comments had been mysteriously disabled on a 32-second YouTube clip called “Watch Sparrow in my backyard.” “Jesus Christ, why did RokrDad67 think people…
Your Horoscopes — Week Of September 11, 2018
Report: That’s Expensive, Please Put That Down
NEW YORK—A team of suspicious experts watching you thoughtlessly handling something they intuitively know you are not interested in buying released a report Tuesday confirming that’s expensive, please put it down. The report stressed that what you are so carelessly tossing back and forth from hand to hand is not for…
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall To 49-Year Low
The number of Americans filing for unemployment aid fell to near a 49-year low last week, setting the stage for the Fed to raise interest rates later this month. What do you think?
Everyone’s Miserable In The ‘Hot, Horrible’ World Of ‘Ponti’
Sharlene Teo’s debut novel is a shimmering story of three women in Singapore, but its plot gets washed away among the grotesque and stomach-churning detail.
If the Most Interesting Man in the World Were a Woman
Kira Jane Buxton humorously imagines the Dos Equis beer “Most Interesting Man in the World” ad campaign with a woman as the protagonist.