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In German-occupied Prague, a disturbing exhibition of “souvenirs” captured during the Nazi invasion of the U.S.S.R. shows how one totalitarian regime sought to discredit the other. Inside the exhibition, which was open to the public daily from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. throughout March 1942, an entire village lane from Soviet territory had been transported from the fighting front and recreated to show the “gray misery” of life under Bolshevism. Both Nazi and communist regimes made extensive use of crude propaganda. Adolf Hitler described his vision for propaganda in 1925: “…all effective propaganda must be confined to a few bare...

The Wilmington fault...is an elusive type of fracture. Unlike many faults, which crack Earth’s surface like an egg, the Wilmington fault is “blind,” which means it’s concealed beneath the surface, making it especially difficult to study. So while scientists have long known the fault is present—stretching 12.4 miles under southern Los Angeles into San Pedro Bay—it was presumed to have sat quiet for millions of years. While the fault is slow moving and likely ruptures only once every 3,200 to 4,700 years, it underlies two of the United States’ busiest ports. And researchers worry that the Wilmington could link with...

Well, that's certainly one way for the season to start; an absolute heartbreaker of a loss for the Noles, who started out as hot as you could have wanted but who got as cold as could be in the second half. It feels as if FSU didn't pace the game plan well and used every tool in the bag in the opening 20ish minutes, leaving nothing for the rest of the day.

Chris Hayes argued that the Electoral College “would be unconstitutional” if it “wasn’t specifically in the Constitution.” The MSNBC host made the comment during a lecture-style presentation knocking the system on Friday night’s “All In with Chris Hayes.”

'This audience can see that I'm alive!' Upbeat Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 86, jokes with the crowd as she brushes off her latest cancer battle and says being a Supreme Court Justice helps take her mind off her 'aches and pains' Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave an on-stage interview at the National Book Festival in Washington on Saturday The 86-year-old has been receiving radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer The Supreme Court Justice told the crowd she was 'on her way to feeling very well' and that her job helps keep her mind off her physical ailments Ginsburg hinted that she had no...

(CNN)One person was killed and eight others wounded during a knife attack at a subway stop near Lyon, France, according to authorities and media reports. Three of the eight victims were seriously wounded, CNN affiliate BFM TV reported. The station had earlier reported nine wounded but later revised the number to eight, citing police sources. The single fatality was a 19-year-old man, Villeurbanne Mayor Jean-Paul Bret told reporters. A suspect has been taken into custody, according to Lyon Mayor Gerard Collomb. The motive for the attack is unknown.

Guilford fell asleep after utility work briefly halted traffic on Interstate 10 near Palm Springs. His truck did not begin moving when traffic started flowing again. The tour bus, carrying gamblers back from a desert casino, slammed into the rear of his truck at 76 mph (122 kph), killing the bus driver and a dozen passengers. Twenty-nine people were injured. Officials said Guilford had fallen asleep after he illegally drove for too many hours. Investigators had determined that in the four days before the crash, Guilford had driven well over the permitted maximum number of hours, tried to hide the...

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China’s Chang’e 4 mission is currently exploring one of the lesser-known areas of the moon — the far side, which faces away from Earth. Previously it found minerals which may have come from deep beneath the lunar surface, and now it has found something even stranger: An oddly-colored “gel-like” substance of unknown origin. The mission consists of not only the Chang’e 4 lander, but also a smaller rover called Yutu-2. It was Yutu-2 which stumbled across the unexpected blobby mystery, as reported by space.com. The discovery occurred on lunar day 8, or July 25 here on Earth, and it was...

On Saturday, August 31, 2019, 11:59:49 AM PDT, John Lucas wrote: Jimmy Regan was a sergeant in a Ranger company (3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment) who was killed in action in Iraq in February 2007. He was a real star. Before joining the Army, Jimmy had a lot of options — He was a standout lacrosse player for Duke, graduated with a degree in economics, had a job offer from UBS in NY and had been accepted to SMU law school. He gave all that up to join the Army and the Ranger Regiment. His decision was influenced by the...

As we celebrate the 56th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, it looks like Maria Hinojosa has come up with a slight variation of what was perhaps its most famous line. As Hinojosa would recast it: "I have a dream that people will be judged by the color of their skin, not by the content of their character." Appearing on MSNBC's AM Joy, and during a discussion of the Democrat primary, Hinojosa said: What does John Delaney offer? I’m sorry, I was with him last week, and this is a moment we have to have...

FULL TITLE:Trump slams 'disgusting and foul-mouthed' Omarosa who was 'despised by everyone' in series of tweets warning that he's suing ex-aides for 'violating their confidentiality agreements' after PA Madeleine Weserthout resigned President Donald Trump has slammed 'disgusting and foul-mouthed' ex aide Omarosa Manigault Newman who he says was 'despised by everyone' in a series of scathing tweets, posted Saturday morning. The president fired off a series of tweets taking aim at a host of former White House staffers for 'violating their confidentiality agreements'. He posted: '...Yes, I am currently suing various people for violating their confidentiality agreements. Disgusting and foul...

China’s worst nightmare may be happening: Mainland Chinese citizens are now participating in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, according to recent reports. Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that a “small cohort of mainlanders have joined the demonstrations, taking extraordinary risks to support a society that offers freedoms unavailable back home.”

Police arrested 17-year-old Deangelo Parnell and charged him with nine counts of attempted murder, according to Sergeant LaDerrick DuBose with the Mobile Police Department.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has had a relatively lax campaign as far as opposition goes, with ideological ally Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) refusing to criticize her. However, other campaigns are ramping up their opposition research and planning to take Warren on in the next debate, according to campaign aides who spoke to Politico.

Two men carried out a stabbing attack in a suburb of Lyon, France, killing one person and wounding nine others. One of the attackers was armed with a knife, while the other carried a skewer. Police have arrested one of the attackers,...

For many thousands, it was the last glimpse of Africa. Through a door, made narrow so that they would have to walk through in single file, Africans trudged out of the darkness of Ghana’s Elmina Castle or nearby Cape Coast Castle into the blinding sunlight bouncing off the Atlantic Ocean. Then they were chained and stacked like cordwood onto awaiting boats. That “Door of No Return” was the grim gateway west to a life of enslavement in Brazil, the Caribbean, and America. “When you walk out of that door today, even now, it is terrifying,” said Debra Santos, an Atlantan...

Three civilians were killed and over 70 others were wounded in a large-scale attack by the Taliban on Kunduz, Afghanistan, government officials said Saturday. .....

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