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Charlie Kirk's shooting death exposes security gaps at political eventsSep 11, 2025 3:23 pm - The assassination of Charlie Kirk offers the latest example of how ordinary security measures can be defeated in an era of escalating political violence, when anyone asso...
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Hitmaker Bert Berns posthumously included in Songwriters Hall of FameSep 11, 2025 3:02 pm - Songwriter and producer Bert Berns, who had a hand in some of the biggest hits of the 1960s, including co-writing “Twist and Shout” for the Isley Brothers and “Piece of My Heart” sung by Janis Joplin, has been inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Dan Brown on his new book, ‘The Secret of Secrets,’ and how he manages the writing processSep 11, 2025 2:53 pm - The plots of Dan Brown’s novels have so many turns that even the author has to make sure he can keep it all organized. “Anybody who writes a thriller needs to have a plan,” he says of writing his new book, “The Secret of Secrets.”
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Russian drone incursion in Poland prompts NATO leaders to take stock of bigger threatsSep 11, 2025 11:06 am - European leaders on Thursday expressed alarm over growing Russian hostility threatening their countries as Moscow's forces pursue their invasion of Ukraine — concerns exacerbated by events of the previous day when multiple Russian drones struck Polish soil.
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Analyst Matthew Dowd loses his MSNBC job following his Charlie Kirk commentarySep 11, 2025 9:58 am - Political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC after his on-air comment following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing about “hateful words” leading to “hateful actions.”
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US marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacksSep 11, 2025 7:59 am - Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims.
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South Korean workers detained in immigration raid headed to Atlanta for flight homeSep 11, 2025 7:38 am - Buses carrying workers from South Korea who were detained last week in an immigration raid at a battery factory were traveling Thursday from a detention center in southeast Georgia to Atlanta, where a charter plane was waiting to take them home.
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FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk's Utah university campus killingSep 11, 2025 7:10 am - The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they have recovered a bolt-action rifle they believe was used in the attack and are reviewing video footage of the person they believe was responsible.
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Grand, indeed: The Crawleys — and their matriarch — get a loving send-off in final ‘Downton Abbey’Sep 11, 2025 6:11 am - Change comes slowly to the Downton Abbey universe and its Crawley family. Just watch Robert Crawley go flat-hunting in London. Wait, what? FLAT-HUNTING? Well, yes, and it’s the most amusing scene in “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.”
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So much for 11. ‘Spinal Tap II’ barely registers a 4.Sep 11, 2025 6:11 am - In an early scene from “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the blisteringly obtuse Nigel Tufnel asks his wife a question after he and his bandmates have reunited after many years: “I don't know whether this was a good idea or not.” Fans may ask that very same question.