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A Teen Allegedly Murdered Her Best Friend for a Stranger She Met Online

Police say the man posed as a millionaire and offered the girl $9 million to record the murder.
Lawmakers Are ‘Coming Out of the Woodwork’ to Be Briefed on UFOs: Report

Mark Warner was one of three senators to hear a briefing on UFOs from the Pentagon on Wednesday, as lawmaker interest in the topic increases.
Is Your Phone to Blame for the Horn Growing From Your Skull?

Research suggests this could be the case.
Trump Judicial Appointee Opposing LGBT Rights Confirmed to Lifetime Federal Seat

Matthew Kacsmaryk, who co-signed a letter saying that being transgender is “a delusion,” will head to Texas to a lifetime district court appointment.
Pelosi Rules Out Censuring Trump as Alternative to Impeachment

It’s apparently all or nothing on impeachment for the House.
In Private, Tucker Carlson Is Actually Giving Trump Decent Iran Advice: Report

The Fox News host is acting as a counterweight to the administration’s hawkish voices, telling Trump that war with Iran isn’t “in anyone’s interest.”
On-Set Stabbing Briefly Shuts Down Anne Hathaway’s New Movie

A crew member for The Witches was attacked by a knife-wielding man.
Fed Chair Powell Says He’s Not Going Anywhere, But the Fed’s Moving Toward Trump

U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says he intends to serve his term, but the Fed appears to be ready to cut interest rates.
Founder of NXIVM Sex Cult Found Guilty on All Counts

Keith Raniere faces life in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
At NY1, Female News Anchors Say They Have an ‘Expiration Date’

Five women have sued the network, saying they were “edged out” for growing older.
Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump

Biden and Sanders’s strong position in early 2020 polls is likely related to perceptions that, based on 2016, candidate diversity may be too risky.
Trump May Live-Tweet the Democratic Debates, Against His Advisers’ Wishes

Live-tweeting the other party’s debates would be undignified, unprecedented, and perfectly in character for Trump.
Lindsay Lohan’s Reality Show and Nightclub Are Ending Due to Lack of Drama

Apparently, she wasn’t having enough breakdowns.
New York to Enact One of the Most Aggressive Climate Bills In the U.S.

The bill requires the state to get 70 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and includes stipulations similar to the Green New Deal.
Chait: Kook Art Laffer Wins Medal From Trump For Inventing Fake Curve

A fitting reward for decades of voodoo economic wrongness.
The Billionaire Mercer Family Has Reportedly Bailed on Trump in 2020

The reported loss of the Mercers — vital to Trump’s 2016 run — compounds campaign fears that the GOP’s big-ticket donors won’t show up in 2020.
Former Weinstein Company HR Director Files Suit

He claims he’s owed a payout from Harvey.
Warren, Beto, Biden, and Bernie Get Center Stage Positions At First Debates

O’Rourke, who hasn’t been polling that well, got lucky with his debate placement.
A Women’s Sex-Toy Company Is Suing the NYC Subway for Rejecting Its Ads

Dame Products claims the MTA is perpetuating a “ridiculous double standard” by banning its advertisements.
This Far-Right Activist Will Now Lead a Major U.S. Religious Freedom Body

Tony Perkins has claimed that Islam is not a religion. Now he’s helming the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

1:00 P.M. Trump and the Rhetoric of Fascism Why is it worse for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to call Trump a fascist than for Trump to advocate fascism?
12:27 P.M. Sanders and Warren Had a Nonaggression Deal. Is It Over? Late last year the two quietly agreed not to attack each other. But, with Warren rising in the polls, Sanders now seems to be going on the offensive.
11:40 A.M. Biden’s Segregationist Controversy: What You Need to Know After Biden’s rivals called him out for touting his work with racist Senate colleagues, the former VP insisted he’s the one who’s owed an apology.
7:00 A.M. With Trump’s Camps, the History We Mustn’t Repeat Is Our Own AOC’s invocation of Nazi concentration camps was legitimate. But the most apt precedents for the crisis at our border were born in the USA.
12:47 A.M. Anti-LGBT Rights Judge Confirmed to Lifetime Federal Seat Matthew Kacsmaryk, who co-signed a letter saying that being transgender is “a delusion,” will head to Texas to a lifetime district court appointment.
12:33 A.M. Three Senators Received a Classified UFO Briefing: Report Mark Warner was one of three senators to hear a briefing on UFOs from the Pentagon on Wednesday, as lawmaker interest in the topic increases.
7:12 P.M. Pelosi Won’t Censure Trump As Alternative to Impeachment It’s apparently all or nothing on impeachment for the House.
6:26 P.M. What Was Joe Biden Thinking? Intelligencer staffers discuss the Democratic front-runner’s odd comments about segregationist senators.
6:26 P.M. Tucker Carlson Is Advising Trump on Iran in Private: Report The Fox News host is acting as a counterweight to the administration’s hawkish voices, telling Trump that war with Iran isn’t “in anyone’s interest.”
4:50 P.M. The Fed Signals the Interest Rate Cuts Trump Wanted U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell says he intends to serve his term, but the Fed appears to be ready to cut interest rates.
4:20 P.M. The Big Lie Fueling the Right’s Anti-Reparations Argument Republicans at Wednesday’s reparations hearing perpetuated one of the great lies about racist inequality: that white people got ahead without help.
4:01 P.M. Elizabeth Warren, Unity Candidate? Democratic centrists are exhibiting a warmth toward Elizabeth Warren that could help her create a party-spanning coalition.
June 19, 2019 Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump Biden and Sanders’s strong position in early 2020 polls is likely related to perceptions that, based on 2016, candidate diversity may be too risky.
June 19, 2019 Trump May Live-Tweet the Democratic Debates Live-tweeting the other party’s debates would be undignified, unprecedented, and perfectly in character for Trump.
June 19, 2019 Biden Segregationist Riff Even More Ignorant Than It Sounds Does the Democratic front-runner understand the modern political world?
June 19, 2019 McConnell Thinks Obama’s Election Was Reparations Enough McConnell reflects the belief of many white Republican voters that they, not African-Americans, are the victims of racial discrimination.
June 19, 2019 Trump Awards Kook Art Laffer for Inventing Fake Curve A fitting reward for decades of voodoo-economic wrongness.
June 19, 2019 At Trump’s 2020 Campaign Launch in Orlando, It’s Still 2016 Trump called this rally “45 Fest,” and it was billed as the official start to his reelection. It’s not clear yet what — if anything — this means.
June 19, 2019 New York to Enact One of the Most Aggressive Climate Bills The bill requires the state to get 70 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and includes stipulations similar to the Green New Deal.
June 18, 2019 The Mercer Family Has Reportedly Bailed on Trump in 2020 The reported loss of the Mercers — vital to Trump’s 2016 run — compounds campaign fears that the GOP’s big-ticket donors won’t show up in 2020.

1:06 P.M. This Is What a Radically Queer Runway Show Looks Like Designer Willie Norris is outspoken about his gay agenda.
12:50 P.M. Teen Allegedly Killed Friend for a Stranger She Met Online Police say the man posed as a millionaire and offered the girl $9 million to record the murder.
12:37 P.M. Why Do I Love Soccer Players So Much? Statistically, this amount of hotness doesn’t make sense.
11:06 A.M. The Model Who Loves Jeff Buckley Meet Olivia Ferrer.
11:00 A.M. Inside the Art-Filled Office of Brooklyn Museum’s President David Berliner feels right at home at work, which features pieces by Joel Tanner Hart and Leon Polk Smith, plus Andy Warhol wallpaper.
10:04 A.M. Is Your Phone to Blame for the Horn Growing From Your Skull? Research suggests this could be the case.
9:10 A.M. Bachelor Star Falls Ill After Trip to Dominican Republic Americans have been falling mysteriously sick while vacationing in the country.
9:00 A.M. Where to Donate Your Old Clothes in NYC A handy guide.
8:13 A.M. Anti-LGBT Rights Judge Confirmed to Lifetime Federal Seat Matthew Kacsmaryk, who co-signed a letter saying that being transgender is “a delusion,” will head to Texas to a lifetime district court appointment.
8:00 A.M. ‘My Pet Hedgehog Is an Instagram Influencer’ “Last year, I made about $8,000 or $9,000 total.”
6:02 P.M. Which 2020 Candidate’s Comfort Food Is the Most Haunting? “A BAKED POTATO.”
5:57 P.M. New Influencer Drama: Model Accused of Pretending to Paint A Romanian Instagram model who loves to pose with her canvases has attracted a conspiracy theory.
5:48 P.M. Ralph Lauren Is Now Sir Ralph Lauren He’s the first American fashion designer to receive an honorary knighthood.
5:10 P.M. Meet Cat-Fox, Your New Ruler A new feline species was discovered in Corsica.
4:13 P.M. Cersei Apparently Had a Miscarriage in a Deleted GoT Scene Lena Headey said it was “a really traumatic, great moment for Cersei” at a recent comic convention.
4:05 P.M. Founder of the NXIVM Sex Cult Found Guilty on All Counts Keith Raniere faces life in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.
3:00 P.M. How to Peel Garlic A handy guide for the harried home cook.
2:09 P.M. There’s a Reason Men Accused of Abuse Keep Working for Trump Patrick Shanahan would have fit right in at the White House.
June 19, 2019 This Body Scrub Makes My Legs Gleam Ooh, shiny.
June 19, 2019 At NY1, Anchorwomen Say They Have an ‘Expiration Date’ Five women have sued the network, saying they were “edged out” for growing older.

1:18 P.M. Marc Maron Has Found His Look “I really thought that if you wear green, you’re gonna bomb.” video
1:08 P.M. Padma Lakshmi Thinks Top Chef Is the Best Reality Show on TV “We don’t compare ourselves to other shows.” video
12:51 P.M. Pamela Adlon’s Filmmaking Motto: ‘The Moment Is Everything’ The writer, director, and star of Better Things on influences, inspirations, and the importance of trusting your inner voice.
12:25 P.M. Florence Pugh Confirms It: There’s a Little Women Group Text She had to cry — a lot — in Ari Aster’s new movie. But don’t worry, she has the Little Women group text to console her now.
11:29 A.M. This Week in Podcasts: Nicole and Sasheer Are Best Friends In the mood for some funny podcasts? We’ve got you covered.
11:05 A.M. Thom Yorke Announces New Solo Album, Anima Anima the album and Anima the short film come out on June 27.
10:25 A.M. Reese Witherspoon, Tig Notaro Wants to Clear Something Up This could’ve been prevented if Notaro knew who Shailene Woodley is.
10:10 A.M. James Holzhauer Honors Alex Trebek, Donates to Cancer Fund Trebek was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in March.
9:47 A.M. Russell Crowe Drunkenly Bought Dino Skull From Leo DiCaprio Once upon a time in Hollywood.
9:30 A.M. Watch the Trailer for The Terror: Infamy Monsters are real.
8:24 A.M. One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson Is Working on New Music Be on the lookout for more music, more frequently.
8:00 A.M. The Summer of Hollywood’s Step-Sequel Problem Dark Phoenix and Men in Black: International are not so much sequels as they are step-sequels — part of the family but also kind of not.
2:16 A.M. Watch James Corden Turn Paris Into Les Misérables Do you hear the people honk? It is the honk of angry Parisians.
12:47 A.M. Seth Green Has An Impressive Buffy the Vampire Slayer Memory It’s just as we’d always hoped.
12:09 A.M. Publisher Sues Pandora for Much Less Than It Sued Spotify But this time it’s just over lyrics.
11:01 P.M. Mixed-ish Has Been Recast With Mark-Paul Gosselaar He’ll be taking over the role of Bow’s dad, Paul.
10:00 P.M. Jane the Virgin Recap: No Cheating at Lotería Jane and Rafael finally have the conversation they needed to have, and Rogelio finally gets the hang of his tail.
10:00 P.M. Southern Charm Recap: Camp Nowhere When the men of Southern Charm set off on an ill-fated camping trip, it’s not long before the hot dogs start flying.
9:42 P.M. Chance the Rapper Tries Being Chance the Open Mic Comedian He even handles a heckler!
6:02 P.M. Susan Kelechi Watson Studied Ballet Again for This Is Us “It was really intense trying to get that ballet back in my body.” video

11:27 A.M. A Guide to All the Very Italian Restaurants Opening In NYC The city’s restaurant scene is overflowing with eateries from Italians.
10:59 A.M. Which 2020 Candidate’s Comfort Food Is the Most Haunting? “A BAKED POTATO.”
10:40 A.M. Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
June 19, 2019 Inside the Dinner Party That Uses Pasta to Build Friendships At Pasta Social Club, the focus is on carbs and comfort.
June 19, 2019 The Frye Fest Is the Summer Festival America Deserves Who wouldn’t love “an immersive fried potato festival”?
June 19, 2019 Culinary Institute of America Starts Bourdain Scholarship It will support students in their studies abroad.
June 19, 2019 How to Peel Garlic A handy guide for the harried home cook.
June 18, 2019 Where Does Au Cheval Go From Here? What happens when critics take issue with a restaurant’s core concept?
June 18, 2019 The 2019 ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ List Rollout Begins The always-controversial ranking of restaurants arrives.
June 18, 2019 The Oral History of Serious Eats How a cash-strapped start-up became the internet’s food-nerd utopia.
June 17, 2019 The New East Wind Snack Shop Has an Unexpected Specialty Dragon’s beard candy is being made at the dumpling shop’s third location.
June 17, 2019 Everything You Need to Know About LaCroix’s Recent Troubles It’s been a wild nine months for the seltzer brand, which seems to be losing its cult status among consumers.
June 16, 2019 Crown Shy Brings Uncommon Finesse to Fidi Chef James Kent’s precise, seasonal brand of cooking is on display at this deceptively ambitious new restaurant.
June 14, 2019 Author Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Grub Street Diet “It makes me feel like a million bucks.”
June 13, 2019 On the Trail of New York’s Nutcracker Kings How a brain-numbing street cocktail became a multimillion-dollar uptown hustle.
June 13, 2019 The Grub Guide to the Summer’s Can’t-Miss Food Festivals A massive food market in the Bronx, a festival dedicated entirely to cider, the latest edition of an Afrocentric jollof competition, and more.
June 12, 2019 A Secret Downtown Star Will Get a New Forum for His Cooking Efrén Hernández quietly took over hot-spot-gone-cold Mimi, and now the team is expanding with Babs.
June 12, 2019 Kraft to America’s Parents: Give Your Kids ‘Salad Frosting’ This country had a good run, folks.
June 12, 2019 The Absolute Best Veggie Burgers in New York From vegan restaurants to newfangled burger stands, here’s where to get the best meat-bomb alternatives.
June 11, 2019 Flynn McGarry Will Close His LES Tasting Room for the Summer The 20-year-old plans to spend ten weeks traveling and cooking here and abroad.

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12:39 P.M. What Cookbook Author Corky Pollan Can’t Live Without “It’s very convenient to fall in love with these pistachios.”
11:39 A.M. Nothing Keeps Me As Cool on My Runs As This Ugly Shirt Its exterior is covered in tiny white dots made of titanium dioxide, the same stuff used in many sunscreens.
11:11 A.M. These Slightly Unusual (But Not Wacky) Tevas Are $14 Off Take 20 percent off Teva Hurricane XLT2 right now at Zappos.
4:58 P.M. 11 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out Including a new Teva collaboration and patriotic Cap’n Crunch cereal.
4:45 P.M. Three ‘Everlaneologists’ on What to Buy (and What to Skip) Not surprisingly, their go-to pieces include lot of denim, silk shirts, and tees.
4:42 P.M. Stuff We Buy Ourselves: The Sunglasses Our Editors Wear The sunnies we swear by.
3:55 P.M. All the Best Things for Summer From flattering swimsuits to effective sunscreens and windproof beach umbrellas.
June 19, 2019 Home Things Up to 78 Percent Off at Macy’s Clearance Sale 75 percent off Cuisinart cookware, anyone?
June 19, 2019 The ‘Dewy Dudes’ on Every Product in Their Skin-Care Routine How do you pronounce “niacinamide”?
June 19, 2019 This Almost-Never-On-Sale Serum Is 15 Percent Off Today Editors swear by this super-serum.
June 18, 2019 Rio Eats Doughnuts With Beauty YouTuber Madelynn De La Rosa The influencer and co-creator of Rio’s favorite lip-and-cheek stick talks vegan beauty, at-home haircuts, and cast-free sunscreen.
June 18, 2019 What La La Anthony Can’t Live Without Including the underwear she owns 100 pairs of.
June 18, 2019 The Best Women’s Walking Shoes, According to Reviewers “The most comfortable shoe I’ve ever worn.”
June 18, 2019 Good Summer Clothes Up to 69 Percent Off at Anthropologie Including tops, dresses, and jumpsuits.
June 18, 2019 This Curve-Hugging, Surprisingly Well-Fitting Suit Costs $26 Extreme in cut, but sparing in price.
June 18, 2019 This Pair of Lululemon Leggings We Love Is Now $19 Cheaper Plus some bike shorts and sports bras that are up to 40 percent off.
June 18, 2019 The 24 Things I Recommend to Anyone Adopting a Cat Toys, treats, trees, and more for spoiling your new kitten.
June 17, 2019 Where Can I Get That Laptop Case From Always Be My Maybe? The green-marble case is actually from Amazon — and costs less than $20.
June 17, 2019 28 Famous People on Their Favorite Lip Balms Including Beyoncé, Troye Sivan, and Natasha Lyonne.

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