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A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now it’s a museum exhibit
NEW YORK | For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. When he finished, his daughter convinced him to show off the sprawling basement creation — encompassing over 800,000 structures — on […]
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Fall movie season has arrived. Here are 5 early Oscar predictions
NEW YORK | Fall movie season also means Oscar season. It might be only just September, but the jockeying for next March’s Academy Awards is well underway. Movies first started revving up their Oscar campaigns at the Cannes Film Festival in May. But now that the fall festivals, in Venice, Telluride and soon Toronto, are […]
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REEL NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in Monday’s NewsMinute video
Read more America’s long history of falling for hucksters and their outlandish promises Read more Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery Read more CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access
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America’s long history of falling for hucksters and their outlandish promises
NEW YORK | America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible — whether based in reality or not — has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy. It has also led us to fall head over heels for hucksters and charlatans, again and again. If so […]
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Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery
The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X sneakers. Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular […]
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access
NEW YORK | CNN, MS NOW and Politico said Monday they’ve notified President Donald Trump’s administration that they’re filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access. The three outlets made the announcement in a joint statement posted on X, two days after their reporters were blocked from the White House and prevented from doing […]
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The main Kremlin party keeps control of Russian parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote
The main Kremlin party retained its majority in Russia’s parliament, election officials said Monday, after three days of carefully orchestrated balloting that excluded most opposition candidates and helped President Vladimir Putin maintain his tight grip on power. Preliminary results indicated that United Russia would get 355 out of 450 seats in the State Duma, the […]
Colorado faces $1.6 billion budget deficit as Medicaid costs mushroom, state officials say
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The Colorado Legislature will face a third straight year of intense budget woes when it convenes in January. State economists told lawmakers on Friday that there could be a nearly $1.6 billion budget deficit. “Medicaid alone is causing the vast majority of the issue,” Mark […]
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Evergreen parents seek answers over gun access in fatal shooting anniversary
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. DENVER | The parents whose children were at Evergreen High School when a 16-year-old opened fire, injuring two and then fatally shooting himself, still have a lot of questions about how and why it happened. In the year […]
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Toon in Monday
Read more Anderson tosses 7 shutout innings, Mariners beat Rockies 2-1 to avoid elimination Read more MS NOW, CNN and Politico say their journalists were denied access to White House after Trump ban Read more 18 suspects accused in the July 2021 killing of Haiti’s president being extradited from Haiti to US