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Star of popular HBO drama “Game of Thrones” Peter Dinklage and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are urging the show’s fans to stop buying huskies they can’t take care of.

Star of popular HBO drama “Game of Thrones” Peter Dinklage and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are urging the show’s fans to stop buying huskies they can’t take care of.

The story presented no evidence that Trump or Putin had any involvement in the move and Trump has no known links to the site. [...] mid-day, the site continued to receive performance and security services from San Francisco-based Cloudflare Inc., protecting it from denial of service attacks. A company statement called some of the content on Cloudfare's network "repugnant." but said withdrawing its services would not remove the website from the internet, just make it slower and more vulnerable to attack. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says President Donald Trump's administration is "wrong morally, wrong factually and wrong legally" as it threatens to end funding for cities that refuse to share information with federal immigration authorities.

Blake Lively’s spy thriller “The Rhythm Section” has been picked up by Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. The studio is set to team up with IM Global and James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. More to come… Read original story Blake Lively’s Spy Thriller ‘The Rhythm Section’ Heads to Paramount At TheWrap

The executive chairman of Sears Canada has stepped down in order to head up a bid to buy the company.

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An England international was left "shocked" after being the subject of alleged 'racial' remarks made by women's national team head coach Mark Sampson.

An England international was left "shocked" after being the subject of alleged 'racial' remarks made by women's national team head coach Mark Sampson.

An England international was left "shocked" after being the subject of alleged 'racial' remarks made by women's national team head coach Mark Sampson.

An England international was left "shocked" after being the subject of alleged 'racial' remarks made by women's national team head coach Mark Sampson.

Both were great generals. Both Virginians. Both came from slave-owning plantation families.

Trump's remarks on Tuesday came as he was defending those who have sought to preserve the statue of Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, the focus of a violent weekend clash in which an anti-racist protester was killed. [...] he noted a similarity sometimes glossed over — ownership of slaves by figures who nobly stand or sit astride horses on U.S. pedestals — and he asked: For some, monuments to those founding fathers "force us to contemplate the centrality of slavery to the making of the nation," said Gregory Downs... Читать дальше...

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They may no longer be at the ride-hailing company, but they're both at the center of a lawsuit with Uber and Google's Waymo. In light of that, we were gifted with 400 text messages between the two former colleagues, IEEE Spectrum reported Tuesday. 

Kalanick squeezes people like toothpaste

Kalanick is a fan of Uber Eats  

They frequently say "yo" and "jam"

They want to take over the world

They do not like Elon Musk 

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The Stone Mountain Memorial Association on Monday rejected the application from the Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to hold an Oct. 21 "lighting" ceremony. A Stone Mountain Memorial Association statement says it condemns the beliefs and actions of the KKK and that its rules allow for the denial of a permit for an event that would disrupt park activities or "appears to represent a clear and present danger to public health or safety."

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s opposition will challenge the results of last week’s presidential election in Supreme Court and wage a campaign of civil disobedience, its leader announced Wednesday, saying they intend to expose a “computer-generated presidency.” Odinga has claimed that the election results were hacked and rigged in favor of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who won a second term with 54 percent of the vote. Odinga claims the hackers used the identity of Christopher Msando, an election official... Читать дальше...

TX Norman OK Zone Forecast TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Zone Forecast Product .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. South winds 10 to 15 mph. .THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms. Southeast winds around 10 mph. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the South winds around .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of South winds around 10 mph. Highs in the upper 90s. Читать дальше...

TX Fort Worth TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, August 16, 2017 _____ 105 FPUS54 KFWD 162004 ZFPFWD Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 304 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 TXZ119-170945- Dallas- Including the city of Dallas 304 PM CDT Wed Aug 16 2017 .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds around 10 mph. .THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...then becoming partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Читать дальше...

ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins safety Su’a Cravens had knee surgery and there’s no official timeline for him to return. Coach Jay Gruden says Cravens had a knee scope to clean out some issues with his meniscus. Gruden says Cravens was injured on the third play of the Redskins’ first preseason game last week at

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Facebook has banned the Facebook and Instagram accounts of a white nationalist who attended the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended in deadly violence.

Facebook spokeswoman Ruchika Budhraja told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the profile pages of Christopher Cantwell have been removed as well as a page connected to his podcast.

Cantwell was featured in a widely viewed Vice News documentary released Monday, in which he denigrated black and Jewish people... Читать дальше...