The Big Rundown  While bidders prepare to bid on Alex Jones' Infowars, one of the people targeted by the right-wing conspiracy theorist—Robbie Parker, dad of Emilie Parker, who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre at the age of 6—is preparing to release a book on the matter in December, entitled A Father's Fight: Taking On Alex Jones and Reclaiming the Truth About Sandy Hook. Keep reading
More Big News  Nancy Pelosi's book, The Art of Power, dropped over the summer, not long after President Biden dropped his reelection run. Keep reading Also Making Headlines Today's Jaw-Dropper Most recently, Bjarne Melgaard could be seen at Paris Fashion Week, but the provocative Norwegian artist is gearing up for a new battle that has nothing to do with haute couture: On Tuesday, a court in Norway will hear Melgaard's lawsuit against Svein Roar Grande and Stein Lie, two investors he says made him sign away his rights as a visual artist to pay off his considerable debts to them, effectively crippling his artistic future, reports the New York Times. Keep reading
Don't Overlook Actor Simu Liu took to social media this week to announce he does not support online harassment after his criticisms of a bubble tea company led to threats against its owners. Keep reading On the Lighter Side Bestselling author Ann Patchett doesn't own a smartphone. Keep reading Science Buzz One of the Seven Wonders of the World is still giving up its secrets. Keep reading Wild Card Dave Jakins has been competing in the World Conker Championships since 1977. Keep reading TODAY'S NEWSER.AI PICK A Missouri law requiring registered sex offenders to display signs on Halloween has been deemed unconstitutional by US District Judge John Ross. Keep reading Comment of the Day "Ah, the ol' 'I'm not responsible for what uninhibited-me does' defense." The Count Quote of the Day "Despite everything I know, I can never stop believing that answering email is a task that can be completed, instead of a river that will forever be raging forward." Read This Elsewhere What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland Today's 6 Most-Read Stories
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A Sandy Hook Dad Finally Makes Peace With His Decision (Daily Rundown by Newser)
One Thing Harris, Trump May Agree on: Joe Rogan (Newser Morning 8)
1 A hardware company founded in 1948 is going out of business. Keep reading 2 Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appear to have common ground on one aspect of the 2024 race: They'd both like to make headway with Joe Rogan's huge podcast audience, which skews young and male. Keep reading
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3 Hong Kong's oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered species, the AP reports. Keep reading 4 A Mississippi woman who stayed at the STRAT hotel and casino in Las Vegas in 2022 says she still has scars from where she was bit by bedbugs in her room. Keep reading 5 Donald Trump 's town hall in the Philadelphia suburbs turned into an impromptu concert Monday after the former president was twice interrupted by medical emergencies in the room, the AP reports. Keep reading 6 The National Zoo's long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Keep reading
7 Philadelphia sports fans are known for being a bit ... combative, and over the weekend, a group of them got into it with the head coach of the city's own football team. Keep reading 8 The deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel and roughly 100 soldiers to operate it will add to already difficult strains on the Army's air defense forces and potential delays in modernizing its missile defense systems, Army leaders said Monday. Keep reading Today From Newser.AI See more stories from our human + machine experiment here. This Day in History On Oct. 15, 2017, actor and activist Alyssa Milano tweeted that women who had been sexually harassed or assaulted should write "Me too" as a status. Within hours, tens of thousands had taken up the #MeToo hashtag (using a phrase that had been introduced a decade earlier by social activist Tarana Burke). Find out what else happened on this date here. From the Newser Archives On this day in 2016: Trump: This Election Looks Rigged Yesterday's Most-Read Stories
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