Beauty and the Beast Goes 'Live' on ABC: 10 Moments That Made Us Laugh, Cry and Question Our Sanity

CNN
Opinion: The real loser in Thursday’s debate
CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the first presidential debate of the 2024 race.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jon Stewart, CNN Panelists React to Trump-Biden Debate: “This Cannot Be Real Life”
Jon Stewart and CNN panelists reacted to a very dramatic debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Thursday night. Stewart roasted the performances of both candidates, and seemed massively frustrated with the electoral choice America has apparently been presented with. Stewart seemed particularly concerned by Biden’s performance, with the president seeming pale, fragile and …
Politico
‘WTF’: Panicked Dems start looking for alternatives to Biden
Three strategists close to three potential Democratic presidential candidates said they were bombarded with text messages.
Miami Herald
Dodgers batboy casually snags screaming liner that could’ve hit Shohei Ohtani
There may not be a more important catch for the Dodgers this season.
Slate
Biden Must Drop Out. Here’s How Democrats Could Replace Him on the Ticket.
There are three ways to go about this.
Variety
Biden Should Never Have Debated Trump — and CNN Did Him No Favors
Should things go the way they seem to be going, the events of Thursday night may go down as the greatest unforced error in presidential electoral politics since Richard Nixon, fatigued and unshaven, went on-camera against John F. Kennedy in 1960. Joe Biden ran up against two sets of limitations in the June 27 CNN-hosted …
The New Republic
MAGA Loses It Over Game-Changing Announcement on Biden-Trump Debate
Trump’s biggest fans are pissed about how CNN plans to cover the Trump and Biden debate.
WFXT
‘We know this news will come as a shock’: Mass. college announces plans to close its doors
The board of trustees at a Massachusetts college voted unanimously this week to begin the process of closing due to persisting financial issues.
AFP
As ice melts, Everest's 'death zone' gives up its ghosts
On Everest's sacred slopes, climate change is thinning snow and ice, increasingly exposing the bodies of hundreds of mountaineers who died chasing their dream to summit the world's highest mountain.Sherpa said that bringing one body down from close to Lhotse's 8,516 metre peak -- the world's fourth-highest mountain -- had been among the hardest challenges so far.
Los Angeles Times Opinion
Letters to the Editor: We don't need a Trump-Biden debate to know one of them is totally unfit for office
Even if both Trump and Biden perform well at their debate, we've seen enough to know one candidate is unfit for office.
Politico
Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’
One prominent operative texted, “Time for an open convention.”
CNN
Inflight ‘raw dogging’: The bizarre new travel trend that’s creating a buzz
A growing contingent of young men on the internet claims to be eschewing all forms of entertainment while flying.
The Telegraph
Michelle Obama ‘not campaigning for Biden over treatment of her friend’
Michelle Obama has resisted campaigning for Joe Biden in part because of how the family treated Hunter Biden’s ex-wife, according to reports.
USA TODAY
'A disaster so far': Biden freezing on stage during debate draws fire on social media
President Joe Biden freezing on stage when discussing healthcare quickly drew backlash on X, formerly Twitter.
Politico
Man charged with threatening to kill presidential candidates found dead as jury was deciding verdict
Prosecutors have moved to dismiss the indictment having learned Anderson has died.
KSWB articles
I-5 reopens after deadly ‘chain reaction’ crash near Camp Pendleton
Three people were killed and five others were injured in a fiery crash near Camp Pendleton Thursday morning, prompting authorities to shut down all lanes along a stretch of southbound I-5 for over seven hours.
NBC News
Sinkhole swallows soccer field in Illinois in shocking video
A massive sinkhole stretching 100 feet opened up in an Illinois park on Wednesday, swallowing a light pole in the middle of recreational fields and leaving a deep, gaping hole in its wake.
The Telegraph
‘This wasn’t a debate, it was a medical emergency’: Our writers give their verdicts
Follow the latest reaction to Trump vs Biden in our live blog
Associated Press
He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000
Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by the ACLU of Vermont on behalf of Gregory Bombard, of St. Albans. Trooper Jay Riggen stopped Bombard’s vehicle in St. Albans on Feb. 9, 2018, because he believed Bombard had shown him the middle finger, according to the lawsuit.
Politico
Here’s how Democrats could replace Biden
The party would need to open a rulebook not used in decades — and for Biden to drop out in the first place.

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