Retired Justice John Paul Stevens calls Kavanaugh's temperament disqualifying: 'Senators should pay attention to this'

Former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during last Thursday's contentious Judiciary ...

Ret. Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh should be disqualified

The Supreme Court tumbles into political dysfunction

The most consequential casualty of the Supreme Court confirmation battle is not Christine Blasey Ford or Brett M. Kavanaugh. It is the Supreme Court and, thus, ...

Don't Confirm Brett Kavanaugh, Says Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

His performance in the hearings changed my mind."

Kavanaugh says he ‘might have been too emotional’ at hearing

The White House has sent the Senate a new FBI background file on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, giving senators a day to digest the confidential ...

Christine Blasey Ford will only give documents to FBI

Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers said Wednesday that they won't give senators documents related to her sexual assault claim against Brett Kavanaugh, but will ...

Democrats will blame the FBI when its report fails to impugn Kavanaugh

Last year, the Democratic Party tried to use James Comey as a weapon to undermine President Trump. Today, the FBI once again finds itself being dragged into ...

Trump’s lying, mocking, despicable verbal mugging of Christine Blasey Ford

Trump made it harder than ever for those who vote for Kavanaugh to claim they are still taking Ford's testimony seriously.

President Trump holds rally in Minnesota: Live updates

President Trump is delivering remarks in Minnesota, days after he mocked Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of ...

GOP leaders all but guarantee Kavanaugh confirmation

Republican leaders insist they don't speak for the three GOP holdouts, but they sure talk like they've already won the battle for Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.

A Supreme Violation

Republicans want to ram Kavanaugh through no matter how many women object.

Kavanaugh: An Easy Vote

A 'no' would alienate Republican voters and invite the smearing of future nominees.

‘Get out!’: Woman roars in defense of Spanish speakers confronted for not speaking English

Two Spanish speakers were confronted by a woman ordering them to speak English, police said. Then another woman stepped in to help.

Viral video shows woman standing up to shopper's 'racist' verbal attack against two immigrants

Kamira Trent intended to make a simple trip to the grocery store but instead has become an overnight sensation. In a now viral video, Trent is seen passionately ...

Two friends speaking Spanish were told to speak English. A bystander stepped in to help

A woman is being hailed a hero after confronting another woman who was criticizing two friends for speaking Spanish to each other at a store in Colorado.

Woman reportedly arrested after harassing two women for speaking Spanish | TheHill

A woman was reportedly arrested after being confronted by another woman in a Colorado grocery store for allegedly harassing two Hispanic women.

Booming San Francisco takes unprecedented step to target earthquake-vulnerable high-rise towers - Los Angeles

the city opened up a new front on California's seismic safety expert, releasing an unprecedented list of more than 150 of its tallest buildings along with an ...

Domestic support wanes for Putin as pension policy takes its toll, analyst says

Russia's main political party performed poorly in September's local elections, losing out in four regional governor run-offs. While not directly connected to ...

PM Modi Welcomes Putin With Hug, Focus On S-400 Missiles Deal

Sorry, Washington, India Can't Be Scared Away From Russia

When it comes to doing business with Russian defense contractors, India gets a pass. Meanwhile, U.S. Iran sanctions still a headwind for them.

Vladimir Putin's Charm Offensive Kicks Off Another Year With 2019 Calendar | TIME

A Brazilian Far-Right Populist and the Women Who Like Him

In Brazil, there's a video that just won't go away. It shows a young male congressman, dressed in a suit and tie, sparring with a female congresswoman, ...

Brazil election frontrunner Bolsonaro skips final debate

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Brazil's far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro has skipped a final television debate in favour of a one-on-one interview just ...

Here’s Who Will Win Brazil’s Presidential Election

Don't let the polls fool you. The runaway favorite in Brazil's Sunday presidential election isn't retired paratrooper and dictatorship nostalgist Jair Bolsonaro, or his ...

The Guardian view on Brazil’s elections: democracy in danger

Editorial: The rightwing extremist Jair Bolsonaro is in the ascendant as Sunday's poll approaches. He's not Trump – he's worse.

Elon Musk mocks SEC amid settlement deal

New York (CNN) Elon Musk taunted the Securities and Exchange Commission over Twitter on Thursday shortly after he reached a deal with the agency to settle ...

US judge asks Tesla's Musk and SEC to justify fraud settlement as 'fair and reasonable'

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan directed Musk and the SEC to write a joint letter justifying the agreement. The law, she pointed out, requires the court to ...

Dow Jones Futures: 47 Reasons To Worry About The Stock Market Rally

Dow Jones futures: 47 IBD 50 stocks fell Thursday, including Apple, a bad sign. Amazon broke key support. Tesla stock fell late on new Elon Musk tweets.

Musk trolls the SEC with tweet mocking agency

On Saturday, Musk agreed to step down as Tesla chairman and pay $20 million for an Aug. 7 tweet.

Here are the stocks most sensitive to soaring bond yields

It is no surprise that banks are benefiting from the sudden surge in Treasury yields. Here's a look at the sectors most sensitive—positively and negatively—to ...

U.S. Stocks Fall as Treasury Yields Extend Climb

U.S. stocks slumped Thursday, pulling back from record levels, as U.S. Treasury yields surged to multiyear highs. Bond yields have jumped over the past week ...

Dollar treads water before US jobs data, Aussie dips

The dollar stayed higher against currencies such as the yen and the euro on Friday amid U.S. Treasury yields rising to seven-year highs.

Bill Gross: This is why bonds are selling off

It is all eyes on bonds this morning, as yields for the 10-year note hover around 2011 and investors get to grip. Our call of the day from the so-called bond king ...

Surface Pro 6 vs. iPad Pro

In an era where everyone is taking a bite at Apple's products, we've stacked up the 12.9-inch iPad Pro against Microsoft's new Surface Pro 6. Which large-sized ...

Microsoft built the headphones that Apple should have made years ago

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Hands-on with Surface 2018: Pro 6, Laptop 2, Studio 2, & Headphones

This week, Microsoft announced their 2018 Surface lineup at their October event, along with their semi-annual feature update to Windows 10. Afterwards, we ...

Microsoft plans to add verified icon, and email promotion features to Outlook

Microsoft announced a couple of new changes and improvements to Outlook at their Surface event but the company has started beta testing more features.

LG V40 ThinQ vs. Galaxy Note 9 vs. iPhone XS Max

With the LG V40 ThinQ, LG, too often shunned as a me-too phone-maker, steps up against Apple's iPhone XS Max and Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 with its ...

This $900 smartphone with five camera lenses proves that more is actually better

If a company wants to release a smartphone towards the end of the year, it had better have something special to stand out among the slew of new smartphones ...

There's no reason to buy the LG V40 ThinQ right now

LG on Wednesday unveiled the V40 ThinQ for the second time in less than two weeks, although it finally revealed all the details about its new flagship. That said ...

LG V40 ThinQ is the World's First Five-Camera Smartphone

LG has unveiled the new V40 ThinQ premium smartphone. It's the world's first smartphone to feature five separate cameras — three on the back and two on the ...

[4K] Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Xbox One X/PS4 Pro Tech Analysis + Head-to-Head

Daily Deals: Last Chance to Get $10 Amazon Credit with Assassin's Creed or Mario Party

Last Chance to Get Overwatch for $12, The Art of Overwatch Limited Edtion Hardcover for $25, Persona 5 for $29.99, Fallout Limited Edition NZXT Computer ...

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s best feature costs an extra 10 bucks

Permanent XP Boost makes Assassin's Creed Odyssey a better game. The latest open-world game from Ubisoft is available on PC, Xbox One and PS4. It can be ...

Every Assassin's Creed Game Ranked | ScreenRant

With Assassin's Creed Odyssey getting rave reviews, here's a rundown of every one of the Assassin's Creed games, ranked from the worst to the best.

Your First Look at The Mandalorian Is Here, Plus a List of Episode Directors

And there it is: Our first look at the star of the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian. StarWars.com revealed the photo along with a list of ...

Star Wars: The Mandalorian Reveals First Photo and Season 1 Directors

The first image from Star Wars: The Mandalorian has been released along with news that Taika Waititi, Dave Filoni, Deborah Chow, and Bryce Dallas Howard ...

Star Wars TV series, The Mandalorian: First photo and directors revealed

Lucasfilm gives Star Wars fans their first look at The Mandalorian's gunfighter and confirms five directors for Disney's new TV show.

Taika Waititi is directing an episode of Jon Favreau's Star Wars show

Details are still pretty sparse about Jon Favreau's new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian, but we do have at least one juicy, enthusiasm-granting tidbit, courtesy ...

Chris Evans Is Done Playing Captain America As He Wraps 'Avengers 4'

Chris Evans is done playing Captain America. "Playing this role over the last 8 years has been an honor."

An 'Avengers 4' poster may be hiding in plain sight, but we still can't see it

A few weeks ago, the Russo Brothers posted a somewhat cryptic teaser on social media, an image showing one of the two Avengers co-directors, with a caption ...

Here's How Sebastian Stan Could Look As The New Captain America

Captain America is a hero who needs no introduction, but it sounds like the character is set to undergo some changes on the big screen. Chris Evans has ...

Avengers 4: Chris Evans Ends Filming with Emotional Look Back at Playing Captain America

By Jessie Wade Chris Evans shared a bittersweet wrap up for his Captain America role in the upcoming Avengers 4 film in a tweet on Thursday. "Officially ...

Ryan Gosling Spills on His Mom's Big Fat Italian Wedding and Says His Daughters Think He's an Astronaut

Ryan Gosling tells Jimmy Kimmel he wasn't given a job in his mom's wedding, so he sat among the other guests, which included some "wonderful, older Italian ...

Ryan Gosling's Kids Think He's an Actual Astronaut

While on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ryan Gosling revealed that his children think he's an actual astronaut thanks to First Man.

Hear the first two tracks from Justin Hurwitz's cosmic First Man score

First Man is Damien Chazelle's first film that isn't explicitly about music. The Oscar-winning director's three previous features — Guy and Madeline on a Park ...

Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes daughters believe he's an astronaut

Ryan Gosling plays famed astronaut in his latest film First Man and his daughters think that is his real job. Find out the hilarious way Ryan broke the news to his ...

Rob Gronkowski loves direction Patriots are going in | SC with SVP

Fantasy Football Injury Updates: Is Rob Gronkowski playing on Thursday night? (Updated)

Stop me if you've heard this before, but Rob Gronkowski is questionable for the Patriots this week. However, unlike the usual tricks that Bill Belichick tries to pull, ...

Don Banks' NFL Week 5 picks

Sorry, Chris Ballard. The "rivalry'' is not “back on,'' not yet at least. The Colts' second-year general manager jumped the gun with that pronouncement in the ...

Patriots QB Tom Brady on verge of major career milestone

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. (WHDH) - New England Patriots gunslinger Tom Brady is on the verge of a major career milestone heading into Thursday night's tilt with ...

MLB postseason 2018: Ranking all eight playoff teams by their chances of winning the World Series

Baseball's best team doesn't always win the World Series. Starting with the 2000 season, the team with the baseball's best record has only claimed the ...

Brewers, Rockies, Dodgers, Braves begin division series

The Dodgers have a fully-rested Clayton Kershaw, but Hyun-Jin Ryu will take the mound for Game 1.

MLB playoffs: Ranking the World Series contenders, from 1 to 8

Ranking the eight remaining teams based on their ability to win the World Series - and the path they must take to get there.

MLB Playoff Bracket 2018: Updated AL, NL Predictions Before Thursday's Schedule

The Colorado Rockies won their Wild-Card game in dramatic fashion as they defeated the Chicago Cubs on the road, while the New York Yankees removed all ...

NLDS Game 1 Highlights: Braves vs. Dodgers

Braves' Dansby Swanson, Dodgers' Ross Stripling off rosters

Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson and Dodgers starter Ross Stripling were left off their respective NLDS rosters.

Flashy Dodgers are right where they want to be this time of season - Los Angeles Times

The Dodgers were in full swagger for their playoff opener against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday.

Dodgers set tone with Game 1 power, patience

LOS ANGELES -- It wasn't long before the Dodgers' offense began clicking like the Dodgers' offense in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on ...

Cassini Grand Finale Reveals Saturn's Rings Blast the Planet With Organic Rain

The Saturn-orbiting Cassini-Huygens spacecraft died fighting—in fact, it kept gathering data right up until its final plummet into the gas giant. The daring plunge ...

Cassini's Death Dive into Saturn Reveals Weird Ring 'Rain' & Other Surprises

In the first papers from NASA's Cassini mission's Grand Finale, scientists describe unexpectedly complicated phenomena found in the gap between Saturn and ...

Saturn's Rings Are Raining a Weird Chemical Cocktail, And Scientists Finally Have a "Taste" of It

In the last weeks before it plunged into the stormy heart of Saturn a year ago, Cassini did something no other probe has done before. It swooped in between the ...

How long is Saturn's day? Search reveals an even deeper mystery

For decades, researchers have puzzled over a seemingly simple mystery: the length of a day on Saturn. Unlike the rocky planets of the inner solar system, ...

Mystery of hole ‘drilled into wall’ of Space Station deepens

Is a saboteur really running amok on the International Space Station – and using a drill to create tiny holes in the wall of the Russian section? NASA issued a ...

Accusations About The ISS Leak "Sabotage" Just Got Crazy as Roscosmos Rules Out Manufacturing Error

It may only be 2 millimetres in diameter, but that tiny hole in Russia's Soyuz spacecraft docked on the International Space Station is creating a much bigger ...

NASA plays down Soyuz investigation controversy

NASA continues to downplay any concerns about the status of current or future Soyuz missions amid rumors about the cause of a hole in a Soyuz at the ISS.

U.S.-Russian trio returns to Earth from space station on Sputnik anniversary

What better way to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the start of the Space Age than to see the successful return of U.S. and Russian spacefliers from orbit?

Tech breakthrough offers an early warning system for heart attacks

A new method of analyzing images from CT scans can predict which patients are at risk of a heart attack years before it occurs, researchers say.

Tech breakthrough offers early warning system for heart attacks - Tech News

A new method of analysing images from CT scans can predict which patients are at risk of a heart attack years before it occurs, researchers say.

US military program could be seen as bioweapon, scientists say

A research arm of the U. S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes. Some experts say the ...

DARPA is Making Insects That Can Deliver Bioweapons, Scientists Claim

The U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been accused of trying to create a new class of biological weapons that ...

The Pentagon is studying an insect army to defend crops. Critics fear a bioweapon.

The Pentagon is studying whether insects can be enlisted to combat crop loss during agricultural emergencies. The bugs would carry genetically engineered ...

Insect army could defend crops, but critics raise bioweapon fears

The program envisions three types of insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies, which routinely spread viruses among plants.

Blackout Drinking Can Lead To Memory Gaps Without A Loss Of Consciousness : Shots - Health News

Heavy drinking can lead to alcohol-induced amnesia. It can be total or it can be spotty. Either way, it can be difficult for a bystander, or even the inebriated person ...

You Don't Have To Pass Out To Be Blackout Drunk

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