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  • Senator Kamala Harris called for a formal impeachment inquiry into Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of a new sexual misconduct claim.
  • How do you feel about using exclamation points!?!
  • A Bruce Springsteen exhibit is opening at the Monmouth County Historical Association in Freehold this weekend.
  • A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s new regulations designed to expand the government’s ability to detain migrant children who enter the United States illegally, often to seek asylum with their parents.
  • A straphanger was stabbed on a 4 train in Manhattan this afternoon.
  • Spider-Man is staying in the MCU after all, and director Jon Watts is in final talks to helm the next film, due out in 2021.
  • Hmm maybe this is why people keep getting sick while vaping: bootleg marijuana vaping cartridges sold on the black market have been found to contain hydrogen cyanide.
  • A new book on Mike Pence includes some insights into how an evangelical Christian ended up teaming up with Trump. It includes an anecdote about how his wife Karen Pence “was livid at Trump’s prurient comments in the Access Hollywood tape, but her husband concluded it was too late to drop off the ticket. On election night, 2016, Karen refused to kiss Pence. 'You got what you wanted, Mike,' she told him. 'Leave me alone.'"
  • If you're a fan of good music, then you won't want to miss out on The Replacements' new box set Dead Man’s Pop, which includes a stripped-down remix of Don't Tell A Soul.
  • Dog-walking startup Wag raised over $300 million—then things got messy.
  • And finally, there's nothing weird about the love between a duck and a dog: