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Should Florida require driver's license exams to be conducted only in English, even if it means some drivers who can operate vehicles safely won't be able to get licensed?
— Elena Vasquez
Elena Vasquez · Aug 13, 2026
English Clubs Open Europa League With Multiple Dominant Wins
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Bournemouth won 2-1 at Real Sociedad in its first-ever European match; Juventus and Crystal Palace opened with 5-0 and 4-0 wins.
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Chris Dalton
Palace's 4-0 result looks like a real statement while Celtic keep struggling away.
English professor explains what happy, successful people share
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— Sep 8, 2026
English professor Dr. Shanté Holley describes how true literacy sets happy and successful people apart by building critical thinking and independence.
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William Tyndale Translates Bible into English
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— FROM 1526
Translator martyred for Scriptures
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Margery Kempe Dictates Her Spiritual Autobiography
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— FROM 1436
First English woman writes conversion narrative.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting It
Simon August · 4 min · 1h
Alfred the Great Translates Pastoral Care
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— FROM 890
King Alfred renders Gregory's handbook into Old English.
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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Teen ‘Ginger Swimmer’ Conquers English Channel With Jelly Babies Fuel
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— Sep 22, 2024
Lowenna North from Launceston swims the English Channel. RUTH NORTH VIA SWNS. “> A 17-year-old nicknamed the ‘Ginger Swimmer’ has swum the English Channel – powered by Jelly Babies. Lowenna North trained for four years…
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Emily Wilson Plans Full Odyssey Retranslation
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— Sep 4, 2026
Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English, plans a complete retranslation rather than a revision, expanding notes and revising rhythm and word choice in light of more sophisticated methods. The renewed interest sparked by Christopher Nolan’s film has boosted sales and public debate, with critics and readers reexamining her approach and the poem’s modern relevance across multiple regions.
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Tom Steyer Thinks Wanting Truck Drivers To Understand English Is Racist
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— Apr 23, 2026
Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer said during a Wednesday debate that requiring truckers to understand English was “racial profiling.” The Trump administration initiated a crackdown on states that…
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Blue State-Led Coalition Fights To Keep English Classes Open For Illegals
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— Jul 15, 2025
A group of 24 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration to keep funding revoked by the administration for allegedly being used to teach English to illegal immigrants in some cases. The…
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Protesters Rally Outside Kennedy Center Against Trump Renovation Plans
Conservative reporter Nick Sortor posted video of demonstrators protesting Trump’s private-funded renovation of the aging Kennedy Center, calling the protest pathetic and claiming protesters want the venue to collapse. The post trended with high engagement amid partisan debate over funding, naming, and board decisions. Reactions heavily favored Sortor’s anti-protester framing.
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Trump to Sign Executive Order Making English Official Language of US
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— Feb 28, 2025
With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump will make English the official language of the U.S. According to a report on Fox News Digital , Trump will sign an executive order Friday. This order rescinds a mandate…
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University Seeks Immigrant To Teach English Under H1-B Program
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— Jun 8, 2026
Indiana’s most prestigious private university is seeking an immigrant to teach English. The University of Notre Dame wants one H1-B or E-3 holder from August 2026 to August 2029, according to a notice on its website…
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Quentin Tarantino vs Martin Scorsese
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Professor: Asking Black Students to Write Using Standard English is ‘Anti-Black Linguistic Racism’
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— Dec 9, 2023
Expecting black students to write standard English that their teachers understand is racist, according to a University of Michigan professor. April Baker-Bell believes that “traditional approaches to language education…
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Illegal Migrant Truck Driver Accused Of Killing Three On Highway Failed English, Traffic Sign Tests
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— Aug 19, 2025
The illegal migrant truck driver accused of killing three in a highway accident failed an English proficiency and traffic sign test administered by investigators. Harjinder Singh, an Indian national living unlawfully in…
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African diaspora teens relearn ancestral languages to reconnect with grandparents
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— Sep 6, 2026
A renaissance is underway for Africa’s languages, driven by diaspora reconnecting with roots and online learning, with examples like a Lagos game show where English is a loss and a Canadian teen learning Shona to talk with Zimbabwean grandparents, supported by platforms such as ZimbOriginal. Experts note Africa hosts 1,500–3,000 languages spoken by over a billion people, creating new business and tech opportunities as linguistic heritage moves into commerce and education through social media, storytelling, and online courses.
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Rachel Meyers
Love that game show idea, penalizing English is clever way to force people back into their mother tongue for fun instead of guilt.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting It
A conservative group is pressing six paper giants to rein in their lobbying against a Trump administration-backed push to recycle more plastic.
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Transgender would-be assassin of Bessent sentenced
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— Aug 18, 2026
Ryan Michael English, a transgender woman from Massachusetts, was sentenced to 73 months in federal prison for plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and possibly burn a Washington think tank, after traveling with a knife, Molotov cocktails, and a lighter. English admitted intent to kill Bessent, had initially targeted other officials, and said the plot was inspired by Luigi Mangione, highlighting a DOJ emphasis on protecting public officials from threats.
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The internet's favorite binary is a lie. Twelve questions and the AI names your actual social battery type.
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Soaring Levels Of Non-English Speaking Students May Be Driving National Reading Test Scores Into Ground
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— Mar 5, 2025
Rapidly-increasing levels of non-English speaking students in schools across the nation may be contributing to the abysmal reading scores reported in recent years nationwide. Data from the 2024 Nation’s Report Card…
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André, English Reach Atlanta Profiling Settlement
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— Aug 18, 2026
Eric André and Clayton English have settled their federal civil rights lawsuit against Clayton County over a jet-bridge drug-search program at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with the county confirming the program has ended and agreeing to a $30,000 payment split between the comedians. The settlement also requires the airport police to wear body cameras and undergo constitutional training, amid claims the stops were racially biased.
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Pastor's new book asks what 'God-breathed' really means for the Bible
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— Sep 1, 2026
Rev. Dennis Chip McCullough chronicles the perilous history of translating the Bible, from William Tyndale's execution to centuries of controversy over scriptural authority, arguing for the original, God-breathed nature of Scripture. The piece distinguishes between the English Bible's familiar terms and their original Hebrew and Greek meanings, highlighting how translation politics shaped what readers find in modern Bibles.
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Sam Okafor
The Hebrew and Greek nuance stuff is fascinating but I worry books like this can just become another way to argue whose interpretation is the correct one.
Cuban athlete lifts 639 pounds, earns Guinness record
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— Aug 20, 2026
Across a range of Guinness World Records, a UK wine columnist completed an 1,800-mile tour visiting 69 vineyards (validated) during English Wine Week, highlighting English wine’s diversity and agritourism. Meanwhile, Keira McManus defended her CrossFit Games title to become the fittest teen, Rumeysa Gelgi remains the world’s tallest living woman, and Lilian Zamora Alonso set the female max-weight hip thrust record at 639 pounds, building on Kaitlyn Callo’s prior mark.
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Italy Scrambles Warships Toward Red Sea As Houthis Close In On Global Shipping Chokepoint
Francis Kapper · 6 min · 3h
Pluto TV Expands Anime Lineup With Two Channels
Entertainment
— Sep 3, 2026
Pluto TV is expanding its free FAST service with two new anime-focused channels, English-dub premieres like One-Punch Man and Kenichi, and a broader catalog of films and series, plus live events and 250-plus new titles to boost appeal to younger viewers. The platform is also launching a Narcos 24/7 channel to present all seasons in a continuous stream, reinforcing its strategy of theme-based channels to attract niche audiences.
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The Mamdani Doom Loop Is Inevitable
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— Oct 28, 2025
Think Berlin Gedachtniskirche (with an umlaut); in English, the “Memory Church,” a ruin of a once beautiful church in downtown Berlin, now a memorial to the horrors, the folly and the destruction that Germany inflicted…
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Can You Hear What Biden Meant by 'Rededudenedefet' in Latest Word Slur?
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— Sep 6, 2022
Joe Biden needs a translator. Granted, the president’s native language is English. We think. He certainly doesn’t seem to understand the nuances of it — but then, it’s not like changing tongues would make any…
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BRAD WENSTRUP: The IRS Wants To Prepare Your Taxes Now
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— Apr 9, 2025
Ronald Reagan’s infamous “nine most dangerous words in the English language” continue to ring remarkably prophetic. This time it’s the IRS that is “here to help.” Courtesy of the Biden-Harris deceptively named Inflation…
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Teacher Fired For Not Using Student’s Trans Pronouns Wins In Court
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— Mar 10, 2025
A Wisconsin school district announced on Monday that it agreed to pay out $20,000 to a teacher who was terminated for refusing to use preferred names and pronouns for transgender students. Jordan Cernek, an English…
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Pop artist Slayyyter posts photo with director Richard Linklater using song-lyric pun
Singer-songwriter Slayyyter (@slayyyter) shared a backstage photo with filmmaker Richard Linklater after her Austin show, captioned “richard we should linklater.” The line is a direct callback to a lyric in her music (“he wanna fuck slayyyter / richard, we should link later”), which has long been a fan meme tying her work to Linklater (director of *Dazed and Confused*, the film that inspired her stage name). It is circulating as light fan celebration of the real-life meetup fulfilling the pun.
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