Sears Holdings, the parent company of the Sears and Kmart chains of department stores, has filed for bankruptcy, and plans to close 142 stores. The corporation intends to stay in business, keeping open stores that have been profitable. CEO Edward Lampert is immediately stepping down from this post, but will remain chairman of the board.
Read more at USA Today, CNN, Fox Business, The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
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In other stories:
From ABC News, a DNA test shows "strong evidence" that Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has Native American ancestry.
From The Verge, not so fast, Senator Pocahontas.
From National Review, the Boston Globe reports, then corrects itself, about Warren's ancestry.
From Townhall, Warren's latest defense of her Native American heritage is "cringe-worthy".
From the Washington Examiner, Warren's DNA tests show her to less Native American than the average European-American.
From The Local SE, Sweden offers amnesty for people who turn in their hand grenades. (via Voice Of Europe)
From Voice Of Europe, an interview with the Bulgarian Trump.
From Free Market Shooter, Denmark and Italy "fight back against open borders". (via Voice Of Europe)
From the Express, the U.K. could benefit from E.U. tariff-free zones.
From the Independent, Brexit negotiations could slip into December.
From the Evening Standard, U.K. Prime Minister May thinks that a Brexit deal is still achievable.
From the Daily Mail, E.U. Council President Donald Tusk admits that a no-deal Brexit is "more likely than ever".
From Deutsche Welle, police free a hostage taken at Cologne's central train station.
From the NL Times, a firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in Amsterdam.
From Dutch News, Dutch authorities decide to prosecute a Dutch jihadi for war crimes.
From France24, 12 people have died from flash floods in southwestern France.
From RFI, Ford is "under fire" for planning to close a factory in France.
From El País, how the Catholic Church in Spain has been hiding sexual abuse for decades.
From The Portugal News, seven candidates of Portuguese ethnicity are elected to local offices in Belgium.
From Ekathimerini, about 50 anarchists attack a police station in Athens, Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos will visit Cyprus.
From Russia Today, the Russian Orthodox Church breaks all ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate.
From Radio Poland, a cartoon published by a Polish opposition politician mimics Nazi propaganda.
From The Slovak Spectator, workers cleaning up lakes in the Tatra Mountains find a tomahawk, thought to have been a movie prop.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's foreign minister points out that migration and illegal border crossings are not human rights.
From Arutz Sheva, four protesters are arrested as an illegal Arab outpost is demolished.
From Iraqi News, Iraqi security forces capture 15 ISIS terrorists in Mosul.
From Dawn, an editorial about talks between the U.S. and the Taliban.
From The Express Tribune, Koranic lessons become mandatory in Islamabad, Pakistan.
From Latest LY, according to India's National Investigation Agency, a mosque in Palwal, Haryana was built with funds from a terrorist group.
From The Unshackled, a Muslim allegedly attacks an elderly Jew in New York City. (The last three links come via The Religion Of Peace.)
From FrontpageMag, a Palestinian sharia judge admits the truth about the jihad against Israel.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Hamas tries to turn the Israel-Gaza border into a "24/7" war zone.
From The Daily Caller, Vox deletes its Tweet calling African population growth one of the world's "biggest problems".
From LifeNews, a protestor holds a pro-GOP anti-abortion sign at an NFL football game. (If the players are allowed to take a knee to protest what they see as police brutality, he should be allowed to make his protest, too, right?)
From the Los Angeles Times, the Supreme Court tells lead paint manufactures to pay up.
From Accuracy In Media, a New York Times article conflates democratic socialism with grassroots activism.
From Fox News, while Pastor Brunson has been released, nearly a dozen other Americans remain in prison in Turkey.
From Twitchy, a campaign ad reveals the hypocrisy of Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) when it comes to treatment of women.
From WGME, police in Bangor, Maine investigate a "suspicious letter" sent to the home of Senator Susan Collins (R-ME). (via Breitbart Politics)
From Breitbart Politics, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will not condemn harassment and violence against Republicans.
And from The Babylon Bee, President Trump proposes a new "space court".
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