Daily Intelligencer - What follows is an excerpt from Sam Anderson’s new book Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-Class Metropolis.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State suspended coach Urban Meyer for three games on Wednesday night for mishandling repeated professional and behavioral problems of an assistant coach, with investigators finding Meyer protected his protege for years through domestic violence allegations, a drug problem and poor job performance.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, incensed over a deal his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen cut with prosecutors, says it might be better if “flipping” were illegal because people “just make up lies.”
MSN - When Anne McClain found out she was going to be an astronaut, she couldn’t wait to call home. Her mom was outside gardening, and when she heard the news, “She screamed so loud that my stepfather thought that she had injured herself,” says McClain. McClain had wanted to be an astronaut for as long as she could remember, and now it was really happening!
MSN - When your garbage can starts to smell like the stuff you put in it, you’ve got to act fast—these three easy tricks will stop that reek in its tracks without a trip to the store.
MSN - Washing produce is one of those habits that some people follow religiously and others shrug off altogether.
Newsmax - Target Corp.’s second-quarter sales and profit beat estimates on Wednesday, helped by strong online sales and higher customer visits that grew the most in a decade, sending its shares up 6 percent in premarket trade.
Newsmax - A first-degree murder charge was filed Tuesday against a 24-year-old illegal immigrant in the case of missing Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts, state officials said Tuesday.
USA TODAY - At his historic June summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, President Donald Trump surprised observers by announcing he would cancel the “war games,” calling them “provocative,” a term often used by Pyongyang.
USA TODAY - More details coming.
