Olivia Nuzzi, the journalist embroiled in a strange scandal involving an alleged relationship of some sort with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is now out of a job. New York magazine, which had previously put Nuzzi on leave after she admitted she'd started a "nonphysical" relationship with RFK Jr. after profiling...

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Europe won back the the Ryder Cup on Sunday, just like it always does before its raucous crowd, with Rory McIlroy leading the way and Tommy Fleetwood delivering the decisive point to extend its dominance over the Americans on home soil. The outcome was never seriously in doubt at Marco Simone, the AP reports. Europe started the final day with a five-point lead. McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, and Tyrrell Hatton put the Europeans on the verge of the cup, forcing the Americans to win the remaining five matches on the course.

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Streaming has revolutionized the music industry in countless ways, including how songs are penned, the Wall Street Journal says. Hit songs are being written to keep pace with how sites like Spotify track success and pay artists, resulting in shorter tracks. The Journal cites analysis from blogger Michael Tauberg, who concludes that hit songs have shrunk by more than 30 seconds since 2000 (when top tracks were often over 4 minutes). Today, two-thirds of hit tracks are under three minutes. This rewards musicians, who are only paid for a stream after a song reaches the 30-second mark.

https://www.newser.com/story/340311/to-keep-pace-with-streaming-songs-are-shorter-today.html

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The House approved a last-gasp plan from Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday to keep the federal government running for another 45 days, leaving the Senate to decide whether there will be a shutdown. The bill, which cleared on a 335-91 vote, includes funding for disaster relief and other domestic priorities but not money to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion, the Washington Post reports. The Senate did not immediately schedule a vote. If no plan receives approval from both chambers by 12:01am Sunday, the shutdown will take effect.

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The Onondaga Nation has protested for centuries that illegal land grabs shrank its territory from what was once thousands of square miles in upstate New York to a relatively paltry patch of land south of Syracuse. It took its case to President George Washington, to Congress and, more recently, to a US court. All attempts failed. So now the nation is presenting its case to an international panel, the AP reports. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recently allowed the Onondagas to pursue claims that their land was taken unjustly by New York State, providing a unique venue for a land rights case against the US by a Native American nation.

https://www.newser.com/story/340822/onondaga-nation-takes-new-york-land-fight-to-oas.html

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Joshua Primo, who was waived by the San Antonio Spurs last fall and has not played since, has been suspended for four games by the NBA after a league investigation. The reason given was conduct detrimental to the league, per the AP; the league said he exposed himself to women when with the Spurs. Primo, 20, maintains the offenses were unintentional. The NBA said it found no evidence of other misconduct.

https://www.newser.com/story/340815/nba-suspends-inactive-player.html

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It's not a broad-based movement, but major Republican donors are imagining a Republican presidential field with Glenn Youngkin in it. Whispers among party insiders about drafting the Virginia governor grew slightly louder after they witnessed the GOP presidential debate this week, Robert Costa writes in the Washington Post . Youngkin hasn't ruled out a late presidential run, but he told Fox News as recently as Thursday that he's focused on his party sweeping legislative elections in an upcoming vote.

https://www.newser.com/story/340793/big-gop-donors-havent-given-up-on-youngkin.html

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Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the annexation of regions in Ukraine one year ago with a video address Saturday that claimed recent local elections demonstrate that their people want to be allied with Russia. "Just as a year ago in the historic referendums, people again expressed and confirmed their will to be with Russia and supported their countrymen who, through their labor and real actions, proved worthy of the people's trust," Putin said, per Reuters. Putin added that they "made their choice—to be with their Fatherland," per the AP.

https://www.newser.com/story/340823/putin-marks-illegal-takeover-of-ukrainian-regions.html

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At least 30 gunmen killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer, then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties. Police have surrounded Banjska, a village located 35 miles north of the Kosovo's capital where the monastery is located, and the gunfire is continuing, said Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Sunday, adding that the attack had support from neighboring Serbia.

https://www.newser.com/story/340537/police-circle-village-after-gunmen-storm-monastery.html

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(Newser) – In 2015, an American marine biologist went missing from a ship hundreds of miles off the coast of Ecuador. No sign of Keith Davis, then 41, has been seen since, and he is presumed dead, writes Rachel Monroe at the BBC. Monroe dug into the case for the Lost at Sea podcast given the unusual circumstances involved. Davis was aboard the Victoria 168, part of a Taiwanese tuna fleet. But he was no ordinary worker—he was what's known as a fisheries observer. These observers set out to sea in fishing vessels and work and live among the crew, but part of their job is to report any illegal activity they spot on the boat.

https://www.newser.com/story/325099/7-years-after-he-went-missing-at-sea-no-answers.html

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(Newser) – An American tourist was slapped with a $450 fine after police caught him sitting on the steps of a fountain early Saturday drinking a beer and eating an ice cream. The man had fallen afoul of one of the "urban decorum" rules the Italian capital introduced in 2017, the Guardian reports. Eating, drinking, and sitting are banned at the city's fountains. The Fontana dei Catecumeni was taped off by police Friday evening to stop anybody from sitting down—or diving in—but the tape was gone by the time the 55-year-old American sat down, reports La Repubblica.

https://www.newser.com/story/325120/rome-fines-us-tourist-for-eating-on-fountain-steps.html

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(Newser) – A body found in Memphis, Tennessee Monday was identified Tuesday as that of kidnapped teacher Eliza Fletcher—and Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy addressed what he called "baseless" rumors about the case. Fletcher's family has "been fully cooperative throughout the entire process, and in contrast to whatever baseless speculation you might've seen, we have no reason to think this was anything other than an isolated attack by a stranger," the DA said, per Newsweek. Fletcher, a junior kindergarten teacher, was the granddaughter of late billionaire businessman Joseph Orgill III but she didn't work for the family business, the BBC reports.

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(Newser) – The FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago last month recovered a document describing the military defenses—including nuclear capabilities—of a foreign government, according to sources who spoke to the Washington Post. The sources did not name the government. The Post previously reported that agents were specifically looking for documents related to nuclear weapons when they searched Trump's private residence in Florida, a claim Trump decried as a "hoax." According to the sources, some of the documents recovered during the raid required more than just top-secret clearance in order to be accessed.

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(Newser) – For the first time since 2012, a former president has returned to the White House for the unveiling of an official portrait. Barack and Michelle Obama were invited to the White House for a Wednesday ceremony in the East Room, where the public saw their portraits for the first time, CNN reports. In April Barack Obama made his first trip to the White House in more than five years. This was Michelle Obama's first time inside the building since her husband left office. Barack Obama selected artist Robert McCurdy to paint his portrait and Michelle Obama chose artist Sharon Sprung, the AP reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/325175/obamas-return-to-white-house-for-portrait-ceremony.html

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(Newser) – Stocks ended broadly higher on Wall Street, Wednesday, placing the market on pace to break a 3-week losing streak. The S&P 500 rose 71.68 points, or 1.8%, to 3,979.87. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 435.98 points, or 1.4%, to 31,581.28.The Nasdaq rose 246.99 points, or 2.1%, to 11,791.90. Small-company stocks outpaced the rest of the market. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 39.68 points, or 2.2%, to 1,832. Airlines did well after United raised its revenue forecast following a busy summer travel season, the AP reports.

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(Newser) – The names of hundreds of US law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that's accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday. The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies—including at least 10 police chiefs and 11 sheriffs—and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military, per the AP.

https://www.newser.com/story/325155/politicians-police-chiefs-on-oath-keepers-members-list.html

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(Newser) – The fate of a bear seen fighting valiantly to save one of her cubs was tragic, but "these are things that happen in nature," says Guillermo Palomero, president of Spain's Brown Bear Foundation. In June, hikers in the northern Castile and Leon region recorded video of the mother bear struggling with a much larger male bear that apparently wanted to kill the cub to bring the mother back into heat, which is common behavior during mating season. Both bears tumbled down a cliff. The 480-pound male bear died of his injuries and the mother, wounded in the fight and the fall, took refuge in a cave system with the cub, the Guardian reports.

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(Newser) – President Biden told reporters Friday that he will attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in London. "I don't know what the details are yet, but I'll be going," the president said, per USA Today. Buckingham Palace has not released a schedule yet, but the service is planned for Westminster Abbey sometime in the next 10 days. Interment will be in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, with Elizabeth's parents and husband, Prince Philip. Biden and his wife, Jill, issued a statement after Elizabeth's death Thursday saying she had deepened the connections between the US and UK.

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(Newser) – Britain's new king included Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, in an emotional inaugural address Friday while renewing the late Queen Elizabeth's long-ago promise of unfailing duty and service. "As the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I, too, now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation," King Charles III, who assumed the crown at his mother's death Thursday, said in a prerecorded speech, the Washington Post reports.

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(Newser) – Supply chain realities involving batteries have driven Tesla to consider building its own lithium hydroxide refining plant. The maker of electric vehicles has filed a notice with Texas saying that it's considering locations in Texas and Louisiana that have access to the Gulf Coast shipping channel. The company said that it hasn't decided whether to go ahead with the project but that if it does, construction on one Texas site could start late this year. Commercial operation could be going by late 2024, the Wall Street Journal reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/325279/tesla-considers-lithium-refinery-on-gulf-coast.html

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(Newser) – It seemed like a good-news story at the time: On Sept. 1, police in Washington state found a 16-year-old boy in the woods who had been reporting missing the previous day, having failed to show up for football practice, reports the News Tribune. He was shirtless and in bare feet, and he told his rescuers he had no memory of what happened. His truck, with blood found inside it, had been previously discovered, along with his smashed phone near it. Then came the unexpected twist: On the same day police found the teen, they also found the body of a 51-year-old man, Daniel McGraw, in his home in Orting.

https://www.newser.com/story/325276/case-of-missing-teen-takes-bizarre-twist.html

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(Newser) – A delegation of American lawmakers is visiting Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that angered China. The five-member delegation, led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, will meet senior leaders to discuss US-Taiwan relations and related issues, the American Institute in Taiwan said. The institute represents the US government, which does not have official ties with Taiwan. The other members of the delegation are Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a delegate from American Samoa, and Democratic House members John Garamendi and Alan Lowenthal from California, and Don Beyer from Virginia, per the AP.

https://www.newser.com/story/324164/more-us-lawmakers-touch-down-in-taiwan.html

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(Newser) – Teachers will be calling on a lot more Kobes in about five years. As KTLA reports, the name "Kobe" tops the list of baby names presumably inspired by sports stars between 2000 and 2021. The list, compiled by Betsperts, found that more than 17,000 infants born in the US in that time period were given the same name as the NBA great, who was killed in a helicopter crash in January 2020. After his death, parents' selection of "Kobe" saw a whopping 201% spike from the previous year. That percentage increase was topped by none other than "Tiger" (for Tiger Woods), which experienced a 225% jump between 2009 and 2010.

https://www.newser.com/story/324070/most-popular-baby-names-inspired-by-sports-stars.html

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(Newser) – An anti-abortion activist who heads a small, hard-right Republican group said he's offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of a hand recount of votes from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights. Mark Gietzen, who leads the group Kansas Republican Assembly, told the Kansas City Star he wants to pay for the recount that Melissa Leavitt, of Colby, requested because he believes it could change the outcome. The 165,000-vote difference in the election makes that unlikely, however, the AP reports.

https://www.newser.com/story/324175/kansan-posts-bond-for-abortion-rights-recount.html

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(Newser) – Michelle Branch has been charged with domestic assault after an altercation with her husband at their home in Nashville. The singer-songwriter was arrested early Thursday after slapping Patrick Carney across the face, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said. Branch, 39, had accused her husband of being unfaithful, per People. She had tweeted that Carney had cheated on her while she was home with their 6-month-old, then deleted the post. Branch and Carney, 42, drummer for the Black Keys, have been married for three years and have two children together.

https://www.newser.com/story/324138/michelle-branch-faces-domestic-assault-charge.html

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(Newser) – The moment went viral earlier this month, so there's a decent chance you've seen video of the Little League batter comforting the distraught pitcher who inadvertently hit him in the head with a pitch. If you haven't, or even if you have, Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal suggests taking a little time to watch. It's a "stirring example of sportsmanship and kindness," writes Gay. "It's the type of moment that reassures there is still humanity out there," he adds, crediting Oklahoma batter Isaiah "Zay" Jarvis but also his coaches and parents.

https://www.newser.com/story/324202/little-leaguers-show-the-way-for-grown-ups.html

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(Newser) – R. Kelly is back in Chicago but it's not exactly a triumphant homecoming for the R&B star. Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in a federal sex abuse case in June, is back in his hometown for another federal trial that could add decades to his sentence. Jury selection began Monday, and the judge refused a motion from Kelly's defense team to exclude anybody who had seen the 2019 documentary Surviving R. Kelly, which detailed the sexual abuse allegations against him. Prosecutors say evidence will be presented from a 23-year period, 1991 to 2014.

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(Newser) – Oil prices dropped sharply Monday on worries about the global economy, but stocks recovered from early losses and ended higher on Wall Street., extending last week's gains. Investors remain focused on the economy and upcoming reports from retailers this week, the AP reports.The S&P 500 rose 16.99 points or 0.4% to 4,297.14. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 151.39 points, or 0.5% to 33,912.44. The Nasdaq gained 80.87 points, or 0.6% and closed at 13,128.05. Treasury yields fell as a report showed manufacturing in New York state unexpectedly contracted.

https://www.newser.com/story/324214/oil-prices-drop-amid-worries-about-global-economy.html

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(Newser) – Officers with the Boston Police Department's harbor patrol unit are accustomed to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding, per the AP. Patrick Mahoney was scheduled to get married on Thompson Island in the middle of Boston Harbor on Saturday, but the boat that was supposed to ferry him to the island where his bride-to-be was already waiting broke down, police explained in a social media post. It gets worse.

https://www.newser.com/story/324261/boston-harbor-cops-strange-rescue-a-wedding.html

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