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On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside government buildings in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the island of Utøya, where he killed 69 more, most of them teenage members of Norway's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist Åsne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and what led up to it. What made Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become a terrorist?

Did you know... Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America. An estimated 10 percent of Americans are implanted with medical devices -- like pacemakers, artificial hips, cardiac stents, etc. The overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices have never...

A one-minute Persian-language podcast that delivers the most important and up-to-date U.S. news in under a minute—presented with an AI-generated voice.

One Minute U.S. delivers the top U.S. news headlines in just 60 seconds, every hour. Stay informed with bite-sized, AI-powered news updates covering politics, economy, culture, and breaking stories. No fluff, just facts—straight to your ears!

In this characteristically turbocharged new book, celebrated Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. In the internet age, the press have mastered the art of monetizing anger, paranoia, and distrust. Taibbi, who has spent much of his career covering elections in which this kind of manipulative activity is most egregious, provides a rich taxonomic survey of American political journalism's dirty tricks.

We're three educated women who discuss the world of today from pop culture to social issues. Here's a safe space to make you laugh, think, and reflect, but most importantly make you feel something. One thing about us, we're going to keep you entertained.

Fights about the fate of the state of Israel, and the Zionist movement that gave birth to it, have long been a staple of both Jewish and American political culture. But despite these arguments' significance to American politics, American Jewish life, and to Israel itself, no one has ever systematically examined their history and explained why they matter. In We Are Not One, historian Eric Alterman traces this debate from its nineteenth-century origins.

Join Joanne Farquharson, President and CEO of Foothold America, for concise yet powerful conversations about breaking into the US market. In each episode, Joanne sits down with accomplished business leaders and industry experts who've successfully navigated US expansion, asking just three targeted questions that uncover invaluable insights and practical strategies.Whether you're actively planning your company's US entry or exploring future possibilities, this mini-podcast delivers focused, actionable wisdom in a time-efficient format. From navigating regulatory requirements to understanding ...

"US Targets $1 Billion in Assets in Malaysian Embezzlement Case" is from the July 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Louise Story and narrated by Caroline Miller.

🎈🌻The Holy Spirit is the Creator – Several passages of Scripture reference the Holy Spirit as present and active during the act of creation including Genesis 1:2 (“the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”) and Job 26:13 (“By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens.”).The Holy Spirit is everywhere at once – The Bible describes God as “omnipresent” which means He is everywhere at once. This same description is used when referring to the Holy Spirit such as in Psalm 139 where David asked, “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I ...

"U.N. Offers 'One-Off' Help to Australia in Resettling Refugees in U.S." is from the November 25, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michelle Innis and Somini Sengupta and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"VW Settles Diesel Emissions Case in U.S., Clearing Just One Hurdle for Its Finances" is from the June 28, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Jack Ewing and Hiroko Tabuchi and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"One in 6 U.S. Adults Say They Have Taken Psychiatric Drugs, Report Says" is from the December 12, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Benedict Carey and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"In Era of the Big Four, the US Still Awaits Its next Big One" is from the August 29, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Harvey Araton and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"U.S. Women Drop Baton in 4x100 Relay" is from the August 18, 2016 Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Victor Mather and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 is a comprehensive guide originally developed for military personnel to survive and thrive in various environments, from deserts to dense forests, arctic tundras, and tropical jungles. This manual provides essential knowledge and practical techniques, covering fundamental survival skills such as building shelters, starting fires, finding safe water sources, and identifying edible plants and animals.

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, tells the story of his life in his own words. In this opening volume, Grant covers his early years, including his time at the U.S. military academy at West Point and his service during the Mexican War under Zachary Taylor. Grant wrote his memoirs in order to rescue his family from debt and they were published as he lay dying of throat cancer. Today, they are an American classic.

The idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants is at the core of the American narrative. But in 1924, Congress instituted a system of ethnic quotas so stringent that it choked off large-scale immigration for decades, sharply curtailing arrivals from Southern and Eastern Europe and outright banning those from nearly all of Asia. In a riveting narrative filled with a fascinating cast of characters, Jia Lynn Yang recounts how lawmakers, activists, and presidents from Truman through LBJ worked relentlessly to abolish the 1924 law.

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Bill Bryson meets Thomas Frank in this deeply insightful, unexpectedly hilarious story of how politicians hijacked American democracy and how we can take it back The democracy you live in today is different—completely different—from the democracy you were born into. You probably don't...