The parade is celebrating the team’s first-ever World Series victory Source
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Stop the presses! The heralded lives of newspapermen
Since 2004, some 1,800 metropolitan and community newspapers have gone out of business or merged – a challenging environment for journalists whose job is to report the life’s blood of a city. Two “princes of print” who’d gotten their starts in the heyday of New York City metropolitan newspapers were Jimmy Breslin (who died in 2017) and Pete Hamill, both of whom are the subject of a new HBO documentary, “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists.” Hamill talked with Tony Dokoupil about working the city beat, and offered advice for journalists of today. Source
Greta Thunberg joins climate rally in Los Angeles
Teen activist Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of people in a youth-led climate rally in Los Angeles on Friday. She marched with Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles and pointed to California’s spate of wildfires as evidence that major policy changes are needed. Source
Titans Add Kicker Ryan Succop, DB Joshua Kalu to 53-Man Roster for Sunday’s game vs. Panthers
To make room on the roster, the Titans waived kicker Cody Parkey and cornerback Tye Smith. Source
Leonardo DiCaprio calls Greta Thunberg “a leader of our time”
He said spending time with her was an honor Source
Tiny beetle species named for climate activist Greta Thunberg
The golden-colored beetle belongs to a group of some of the smallest known free-living animals Source
Nationals pitcher declines White House visit: “I just can’t do it”
“People say you should go because it’s about respecting the office of the president,” Doolittle told The Washington Post. “And I think over the course of his time in office he’s done a lot of things that maybe don’t respect the office.” Source
Evacuations still in place as blaze grows to more than 10,000 acres
The Maria Fire in Southern California has prompted evacuation orders for nearly 11,000 people Source
Car bomb in Syrian border town kills 13
The town was captured last month by Turkey-backed opposition gunmen Source
An oven is heading to space so astronauts can bake cookies
The stated goal is to find out whether baking is even possible in the weightless environment of space Source