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Olivia Rodrigo reveals that a guy wanting to go to space is a red flag for her: “This is a very oddly specific question that I ask guys on first dates. I always ask them if they think that they would want to go to space. And if they say yes, I don’t date them. I just think if you wanna go to space, you’re a little too full of yourself. I think it’s just weird.”

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

"Wow, that was really racist... I'm a little stunned." Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates reacts to swift backlash against his new book, "The Message", which compares the Occupied West Bank to the Jim Crow South.

"I thought those fighting hard for peace in Gaza would deserve it." Toshiyuki Mimaki, the Japanese anti-nuclear campaigner whose group, Nihon Hidankyo, won the Nobel Peace Prize, says he was surprised they won the award instead of people working to stop Israel’s war on Gaza.

Notable answer not included in the 60 minutes broadcast last night (was in Overtime) Asked which foreign country she considers to be the US’s “greatest adversary,” Harris says: “I think there’s an obvious one in mind which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands.”

Can't believe we're even saying this but the City of Asheville Public Housing Authority is forcing residents to pay rent for the month of October—right after historic climate devastation leaving many with nothing.

More than 41,800 people have been killed in a year of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The health ministry in Gaza has confirmed the identities of more than 34,000 of them. Here are their names.