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Boston’s new hero: woman who jumped from burning subway car into river
The anonymous woman jumped into the water, swam to shore, and carried on with her day. How Bostonian!
Luke O'Neil
23, Jul, 2022 @10:00 AM

Rupert Murdoch buys $200m Montana cattle ranch from Koch family
The ranch provides habitat for 4,000 elk, 800 antelope and 1,500 mule deer and a 28-mile-long creek stocked with trout
Luke O'Neil
10, Dec, 2021 @5:18 PM

Winemaking and marathon running: what Kyrsten Sinema does instead of her job
Sinema is one of two Democrat holdouts against passing Biden’s Build Back Better agenda – but hasn’t made public why. Here’s what she is public about
Luke O'Neil
16, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM

Janet Yellen says US ‘will reach full employment next year’ despite poor jobs report – as it happened
Treasury secretary says US economy has made ‘remarkable progress’ in recent months – follow the day’s politics news
Julia Carrie Wong in Oakland (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington (earlier)
08, May, 2021 @12:09 AM

Fox News made me do it: Capitol attack suspect pulls ‘Foxitis’ defense
Anthony Antonio, who faces five charges over role in January riot, ‘started believing what was being fed to him’, lawyer says
Luke O'Neil
07, May, 2021 @2:51 PM

Ups and downs: Trump’s $27m-a-mile border wall being scaled with $5 ladders
‘Unlike the wall, these ladders are functional,’ artist and activist Scott Nicol points out to local magazine Texas Monthly
Luke O'Neil
24, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM

Mike Lindell’s new free speech network won’t let you use the Lord’s name in vain
The MyPillow CEO with a fierce allegiance to Trump thinks it will put Twitter and YouTube out of business – but will ban swearing and blasphemy
Luke O'Neil
16, Apr, 2021 @7:06 PM

‘Donut boy’: Republican politician taunts police after wrong-way chase
Gene Suellentrop, the Kansas state senate’s majority leader, had twice the legal alcohol limit when driving in the wrong direction on the highway, police say
Luke O'Neil
09, Apr, 2021 @4:10 PM

In Trumpian move, Jeff Bezos reportedly orders Amazon chiefs to hit back at critics
The Amazon News Twitter account and executive Dave Clark have been lashing out at critics online – just as Alabama workers vote on unionization
Luke O'Neil
29, Mar, 2021 @3:03 PM

Amazon's denial of workers urinating in bottles puts the pee in PR fiasco
‘You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?’ a tweet from the Amazon News account read
Luke O'Neil
25, Mar, 2021 @3:30 PM

Man arrested for allegedly carving QAnon slogan at ‘America’s Stonehenge’
Mark Russo accused of carving slogan and his Twitter handle into stone at New Hampshire site
Luke O'Neil
04, Mar, 2021 @4:15 PM

In case you missed them: the Guardian's unsung heroes of 2020
From the pranksters trolling Donald Trump, to the 96-year-old who won us a new national holiday, these people made us smile this year
Max Benwell, Wilfred Chan, Elle Hunt, Sam Levine, Poppy Noor, Luke O'Neil, Erum Salam, André Wheeler and Izzie Ramirez
28, Dec, 2020 @5:00 AM
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