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The National Rifle Association's new boss, Doug Hamlin, was once involved in the "heinous" torture and killing of his fraternity house cat -- a grim ordeal that involved cutting off the animal's paws and setting it on fire, according to a report.

Virginia police released bodycam footage showing the fatal shooting of Sydney Wilson, 33, after she attacked an officer with a knife.

A Texas citizen journalist was arrested after she published two news stories to her Facebook page that included information she sought from a police source.

PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty ImagesIn one 2000 campaign in Virginia, Chris LaCivita marched around the office shouting orders and stabbing his own Marine-issued NCO sword into the wall. Today, he’s mellowed, he told Mother Jones, and he doesn’t brandish the weapon anymore. “They have these things called human resources now.”Chris LaCivita is a GOP operative known for his bravado, ruthless campaign tactics and his uncanny ability to turn losing races into victories.Read more at The Daily Beast.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers ripped the officiating in Monday night's loss to the Buffalo Bills, even a call that was to his benefit.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign seized on the moment with a social media post saying the former president looked "confused."

The popular Spanish tapa gambas al ajillo is a recipe that’s easy to prepare with a partner in the kitchen.

Once China's richest man, Wanda's Wang Jianlin wanted to own Hollywood. Now the firm has exited two of its marquee investments in American entertainment.

Nancy Pelsoi admitted during a recent interview that she still has not spoken to President Biden since she aided the campaign to get him to drop out of the race.

A new AARP poll of the Wolverine State shows the former president narrowly leads Democrat Kamala Harris in a two-way ballot test. 

Movies like The Idea of You and Lonely Planet are a strong counterpoint to Hollywood's sexist ageism. 

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When I was a young boy, my father adorned the back of our Dodge Coronet 440 station wagon with bumper stickers. Proud to Be An American, one read, a manifestation of a simple truth: Both of my parents deeply loved America, and they transmitted that love to their four children.In high school, I defended America in my social-studies classes. I wrote a paper defending America’s support for the South Vietnamese in the war that had recently ended in defeat. My teacher, a critic of the war, wasn’t impressed.At the University of Washington, I applied for a scholarship or award of some kind. I don’t recall the specifics, but I do recall meeting with two professors who were not happy that, in a paper I’d written, I had taken the side of the United States in the Cold War. Their view was that the United States and the Soviet Union were much closer to moral equivalents than I believed then, or now. It was a contentious meeting.[From the November 2024 issue: The moment of truth]As a young conservative who worked in the Reagan administration, I was inspired by President Ronald Reagan’s portrayal of America—borrowed from the Puritan John Winthrop—as a shining “city upon a hill.” Reagan mythologized America, but the myth was built on what we believed was a core truth. Within the conservative intellectual movement I was a part of, writers like Walter Berns, William Bennett, and Leon R. Kass and Amy A. Kass, and the historian Gertrude Himmelfarb wrote powerfully about patriotism.“Love of country—the expression now sounds almost archaic—is an ennobling sentiment, quite as ennobling as love of family and community,” Himmelfarb wrote in 1997. “It elevates us, invests our daily life with a larger meaning, dignifies the individual even as it humanizes politics.” I find this moment particularly painful and disorienting. I have had strong rooting interests in Republican presidential candidates who have won and who have lost, including some for whom I have great personal admiration and on whose campaigns I worked. But no election prior to the Trump era, regardless of the outcome, has ever caused me to question the fundamental decency of America. I have felt that my fellow citizens have made flawed judgements at certain times. Those moments left me disappointed, but no choice they made was remotely inexplicable or morally indefensible. This election is different.The nominee for the Republican Party, Donald Trump, is a squalid figure, and the squalor is not subtle. His vileness, his lawlessness, and his malevolence are undisguised. At this point, it is reasonable to conclude that those qualities are a central part of Trump’s appeal to many of the roughly 75 million people who will vote for him in three weeks. They revel in his vices; they are vivified by them. Folie à millions.Trump may lose the election, and by that loss America may escape the horrifying fate of another term. But we have to acknowledge this, too: The man whom the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country” is in a razor-thin contest against Kamala Harris, a woman who, whether you agree with her or not, is well within the normal boundaries of American politics. If he loses, he will not concede. Trump will instead attempt to tear the country apart. He can count on the near-total support of his party, and the majority of the white evangelical world. They will once again rally to his side, in the name of Jesus.This should leave the rest of us shaken. Not because America, despite being an exceptional nation, has ever been perfect, or close to perfect. We have experienced slavery and segregation, the Trail of Tears and the internment of Japanese Americans, McCarthyism and My Lai, the Johnson-Reed Act and the beating and torture of the suffragists, the Lavender Scare, and the horrors of child labor. But what makes this moment different, and unusually dangerous, is that we have never before had a president who is sociopathic; who relishes cruelty and encourages political violence; who refers to his political opponents as “vermin,” echoing the rhetoric of 20th-century fascists; who resorts to crimes to overturn elections, who admires dictators and thrives on stoking hate. Trump has never been well, but he has never been this unwell. The prospect of his again possessing the enormous power of the presidency, this time with far fewer restraints, is frightening.[From the November 2024 issue: The case for Kamala Harris]Jonathan Rauch, a contributor to The Atlantic, recently reminded me that the Founders warned us about such a scenario. They knew this could happen, he said, and they gave us multiple safeguards. Those safeguards are in danger of failing. “My faith in democracy is breaking,” he told me. “Part of me is breaking with it.” Americans have three weeks to keep the break from happening. Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, in his annual message to Congress, told Americans that “we here hold the power, and bear the responsibility.” What was at stake was emancipation, of course, but also “honor or dishonor.”“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth” is how Lincoln concluded his remarks.If Donald Trump wins the election, those of us who grew up loving America won’t stop loving her. But it will be a love tinged with profound disappointment and concern, almost to the point of disbelief. It is one thing, and quite a disturbing thing, for Trump’s soul to represent the soul of his party. It is quite another, given all we know, for him to represent, as president, the soul of his country. It would be an act of self-desecration.We’re not there yet. Ours is still a republic, if we can keep it.

The Virginia governor's office is defending itself against what it says is an "unprecedented" lawsuit by the DOJ targeting its efforts to purge noncitizens from voter rolls.

The new doc reveals how a former Grey's Anatomy writer used other people's trauma as a fodder for some of the show's biggest episodes.

A new survey reveals that 25% of U.S. adults suspect they have undiagnosed ADHD, but only 13% have discussed it with a doctor. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder explains the importance of seeking professional help.

Zoe Saldaña, known for her roles in "Avatar" and "Guardians of the Galaxy," stars in and executive produces season two of "Lioness" on Paramount Plus. The series follows undercover CIA operatives working to assassinate terrorists.

Online chatbots are generating nude images of real people at users' requests, prompting concern from experts who worry the explicit deepfakes will create "a very nightmarish scenario."

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The first components of a U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Israel from attacks by Iran have been delivered, according to the Pentagon.

The White House says Israel must do more to protect innocent Gazans as images show "what appear to be displaced civilians burning alive."

Brooklyn-born rapper and producer, Ka -- who was also a 9/11 first responder -- unexpectedly died over the weekend. He was 52.

The average American parent offers their child 114 pieces of unique financial advice per year, according to new research.

Food blogger Snackolator shared the Grinch-inspired cookies on their Instagram account and asked their followers what they thought of the design.

San Jose State women's volleyball player Brooke Slusser praised Nevada players for speaking out over playing against her transgender teammate.

The singer intertwined her fingers with Kelce's as they flashed big smiles following the New York Yankees game against the Cleveland Guardians.

Haason Reddick could be on the move without ever having played for the Jets.

The employee was shot about 9:50 p.m. Monday at the college's Center for Media & Design, the school said.

“Everything they said about me is untrue, provably so,” Vem Miller said of Sheriff Chad Bianco. “Unfortunately, he appears to have committed career suicide.”

The mother-daughter duo took turns using an old camera to film each other showing off their curves in lace sets.

Readers shared frustrations about state Superior Court elections and we tried to help.

Are Taylor Swift fans ready for it? The pop star announced on Tuesday that she will release a book documenting her Eras Tour next month. Lara Spencer shared the news on “Good Morning America,” also revealing that the singer is set to sell vinyl and CD versions of “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.” Taylor...

Page Six caught up with some of your favorite reality TV stars at Us Weekly’s Reality Stars of the Year event in Los Angeles. We had to find out what they are currently binge watching and loving on television. Check out what Kyle Richards is watching and who is totally obsessed with “Love is Blind.”

An Amazon executive wore a necklace in a company video that featured a pendant in the shape of the map of Israel with a Palestinian flag imposed on top of it — sparking outrage on social media, with users vowing to cancel their Prime subscriptions and demanding that the executive be fired. NY Post reporter...

"The press conference and 1-800 number that preceded today's barrage of filings were clear attempts to garner publicity," the rapper's lawyers said.

Bethany Joy Lenz said one of the other "One Tree Hill" actors told her she was in a cult — but she was still in denial.

Former President Trump has again asked an appeals court to move his New York hush money case into federal court in a bid to stall his sentencing or toss his conviction.

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His two rushing touchdowns may have saved his fantasy day, but with a healthy Russell Wilson lurking, Justin Fields' days as a starter are numbered.

Around 100 hostages remain trapped in Gaza. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American, was among those killed in captivity since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. His parents spoke to CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer about grief and why they feel their son should still be alive.

Nima Momeni's murder trial began this week in San Francisco. He's accused of stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee to death in April 2023. Momeni pleaded not guilty to first degree murder last spring.

Jim Watson/AFP/GettyMAGA billionaire Elon Musk is planning to hire an army of canvassers in swing states including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to help get out the vote for Donald Trump, according to a Washington Post report.The Tesla CEO publicly pledged fealty to Trump following the assassination attempt on his life in July, weeks after quietly setting up a pro-Trump super PAC.Musk has long hinted at his Republican leanings, tweeting on his X platform, “There is either a red wave this November or America is doomed,” in March and making clandestine donations to party causes long before he went full-blown MAGA.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Former President Donald Trump stopped questions at a town hall event after two medical emergencies took place in the Pennsylvania crowd.

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Campaign advertising tends to be one of two things: lifeless or ludicrous. So the ads Sen. Tim Scott is sliding into swing states — which he revealed exclusively to The Post — should get voters’ attention. “The left says the Republican Party is a racist party. I’m telling you something different,” Scott begins most of the ads,...