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"Face the Nation" Guest Lineup: Tom Wyatt, CEO Kindercare Daycare centers David Brown, Superintendent, Chicago Police Department  Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner Benjamin Crump, Attorney How to watch "Face the Nation" Date: Sunday, May 31, 2020 … [Read more...] about This week on “Face the Nation,” May 31, 2020: Gottlieb, Brown, Wyatt, Crump

But outside the police station, tempers flared again Thursday evening. As darkness fell, a pawn shop down the street was set afire. Flames spread to the liquor store. The crowd surged toward the police station, rocking the perimeter fence until it tumbled. … [Read more...] about George Floyd death: Protesters set police station on fire; National Guard called in

Even though the June article itself was patently sensational in tone and presentation—with the cover blaring about Simmons’ “secret boob job” and his “castration surgery” and the article itself labeling him “bizarre”—the lawsuit is seeking to prove that it was published with “actual malice,” and that it will “cause irreparable harm to [Simmons] by damaging his reputation.” And if Simmons supports transgender people, the opposing argument goes, why would his reputation be harmed by a story about his rumored new life as a woman named Fiona? … [Read more...] about Richard Simmons Vs. The National Enquirer

This year's list of authors includes novelists, historians, poets and children's authors such as Madeleine Albright, John Grisham, Colson Whitehead, Melinda Gates, Kate DiCamillo, Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jason Reynolds. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus forces National Book Festival to shift to online-only format this year

SRINAGAR: The National Conference on Friday said it will not participate in the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir, a day after three party MPs including its president Farooq Abdullah were nominated to the Delimitation Commission set up by the Centre to assist the panel in redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the newly-created union territory. "The @JKNC_ will not participate in the delimitation exercise," NC chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said on Twitter. Mehdi said a detailed statement of the party over the issue will follow soon. All five Lok Sabha MPs from Jammu and Kashmir -- three from the NC and two from the BJP -- have been nominated as "associate members" of the Delimitation Commission to assist the panel in redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the newly-created union territory. On May 26, the Lok Sabha Speaker nominated the members on the panel from the two parties. Abdullah, who represents Srinagar in the Lok … [Read more...] about National Conference says won’t participate in delimitation exercise