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20 states, D.C. sue DOJ for crime victims fundingAug 18, 2025 4:45 pm - A coalition of attorneys general from 20 states, including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., is asking a federal judge to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don’t cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
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Devo’s misunderstood art-rock legacy explored in new documentaryAug 18, 2025 3:55 pm - The new Netflix documentary “Devo” is an eye-opening examination of an Ohio-born art-rock band that argues they were perhaps the most misunderstood band on the face of the planet. It debuts on the streaming service Tuesday.
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What to stream: John Cena, Offset, John Grisham, and legal fights by Jussie Smollett and Amanda KnoxAug 18, 2025 2:16 pm - John Cena starring as a flawed superhero in season 2 of “The Peacemaker” and the Amanda Knox trial in Italy getting dramatized in a Hulu series are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Book Review: A gang of hatchet-wielding women try to take over the meth business in rural TexasAug 18, 2025 12:52 pm - A poor country woman and her kids are being terrorized by Porky, a rampaging hog that keeps breaking out of a neighbor’s pen. For help, she turns to Hap Collins and Leonard Pine in Joel R. Lansdale’s 14th darkly comic novel about the duo, “The Hatchet Girls.”
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Busta Rhymes, Ricky Martin will make history at 2025 MTV VMAsAug 18, 2025 12:46 pm - Rapper Busta Rhymes will receive the first MTV VMA Rock the Bells Visionary Award and Ricky Martin will be honored with the inaugural Latin Icon Award, the VMAs announced Monday.
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Cable’s MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of corporate divorce from NBCAug 18, 2025 11:50 am - Television’s MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part of its corporate divorce from NBC.
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2 officers killed and a 3rd is wounded in a Utah shooting, authorities sayAug 18, 2025 11:29 am - Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call were shot and killed in Utah and a man was taken into custody after bystanders persuaded him to drop the gun, authorities said Monday.
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Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claimsAug 18, 2025 11:19 am - DENVER — The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Do...
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FDA’s new expert panels are rife with financial conflicts and fringe viewsAug 18, 2025 10:38 am - When the Food and Drug Administration needs outside guidance, it normally turns to a trusted source: a large roster of expert advisers who are carefully vetted for their independence, credentials and judgment. But increasingly, the agency isn’t calling them.
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Wall Street holds at a standstill near its record heightsAug 18, 2025 10:36 am - Wall Street is holding near its record heights on Monday, ahead of a week likely to be dominated by updates from the head of the Federal Reserve and from some of the biggest U.S. retailers.