Serena Williams vs. John McEnroe: It’s game, set, match Serena with a nude Vanity Fair cover to boot
Who cares where she’d rank if she were a male?
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A man helped a lost toddler find her parents, police say. He was smeared online as a predator and fled town.
Police say the man was a ‘Good Samaritan.’ The father of the child and some friends disagreed and portrayed him on social media as a kidnapper.
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Massive cyberattack hits Europe with widespread ransom demands
The hack hit Ukraine hardest on Tuesday, but had affected computers from Russian to Great Britain.
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Erik Wemple •  Opinion
Three CNN employees resign over retracted story on Russia ties
Major ramifications for a story gone wrong.
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Poll shows U.S. tumbling in world’s regard under Trump
According to a new Pew survey of 37 countries, just 49 percent view the United States favorably.
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A ‘very credible’ new study on Seattle’s $15 minimum wage has bad news for liberals
Seattle officials wanted to help poor workers when they voted to boost the minimum wage, but a new study says they may have done the opposite.
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The Plum Line •  Opinion
Will GOP moderates fold and give Trump a win? If so, they lied to you.
Any moderate who accepts a “side deal” from Mitch McConnell is basically rendering his or her previous concerns a lie.
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The Trump-McConnell bond is being tested. So is the GOP agenda.
The two men are both hungry for a win. Their understanding, built to score legislative victories, does neither of them any good if victories remain out of reach.
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Speaking of Science •  Analysis
A ridiculous YouTube video claiming we found aliens kept making the news, so NASA debunked it
From an amateur YouTube clip, the “news” traveled through British tabloids to Newsweek. It took Russian state media to set things straight.
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No, the government did not pay for Mitch McConnell’s polio care. Charity did.
Left-wing websites have falsely claimed that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell relied on government health care for his polio treatment.
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Voting no on a motion to proceed.
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