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Women Have a Message for Washington
The New York Times - 29 Sep 2018 07:11
In the year of #MeToo, Brett Kavanaugh's nomination hearing set off outrage in the nation's capital.
Judge Denies Trump's Request to Dismiss Foreign Payments Lawsuit
The New York Times - 29 Sep 2018 06:35
A case brought by Democrats in Congress could give them access to a wide array of financial documents from the president and the Trump Organization.
Skydiving instructor's body found after tandem jump goes wrong
New York Post - 29 Sep 2018 18:04
Authorities in Maine have found the body of a skydiving instructor who became separated from his student during a tandem jump. Officials say 41-year-old Brett Bickford of Rochester, New Hampshire, and his student partici...
Indonesian quake and tsunami devastates coast, many victims
Fox News - 29 Sep 2018 07:46
The powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia's central Sulawesi has claimed many victims, a disaster official said Saturday, as rescuers raced to reach the region and an AP reporter saw numerous bodies in a har...
'It was like a marriage, only better': the single mothers who moved in together
The Guardian - 29 Sep 2018 09:00
After their relationships broke down, Jane Hoggarth and two other mothers decided to get together and create a 'mommune' Janet Hoggarth had been a single parent for a year, mother to children aged five, three and one, an...
Henry Schein's Pet Dividend
Barron's - 29 Sep 2018 05:49
Schein plans to spin off its animal-health business and merge it into a start-up that is helping veterinarians recapture prescription sales
How the F.B.I. Will Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations
The New York Times - 29 Sep 2018 05:14
The bureau, in a relatively limited inquiry, will rely on witnesses to voluntarily answer questions or hand over documents.
Cartoons that 'humiliate' officials in Rwanda now a crime
Miami Herald - 29 Sep 2018 18:20
Drawing cartoons or producing writing that "humiliates" a government official is now a criminal offense in Rwanda, a new law says. Journalists say the law that took effect on Thursday …
Bill Maher Says Trump Is a Lot Like God (It's Not a Compliment) on 'Real Time'
The Wrap - 29 Sep 2018 08:07
On Friday’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher said Donald Trump’s popularity with evangelical Christians is due to how much Trump resembles God. That wasn’t a compliment, as Maher demonstrated with an extremely Trump-esq...
Federal prosecutors seeking rare death penalty for NYC terror attack suspect
ABC News - 29 Sep 2018 04:50
The last time the death penalty was carried out in a New York federal case was in 1953.
3 people sentenced for kidnapping, assaulting teenage girl in Mass.
Boston - 29 Sep 2018 18:28
Three Massachusetts residents have been sentenced to state prison for keeping a 16-year-old girl in a basement that a police officer described as a "torture chamber."
Egypt convicts activist of abuse, criticism of authorities
Miami Herald - 29 Sep 2018 18:52
An Egyptian court on Saturday handed down a suspended two-year sentence against a female activist convicted of insulting employees at a bank and using abusive language to criticize state institutions. …
Another state, another Trump campaign rally, W.Va. this time
Boston - 29 Sep 2018 18:45
Another state, another campaign rally for President Donald Trump _ this time in West Virginia, to help support GOP candidates, including Senate nominee Patrick Morrisey, who's challenging the Democratic incumbent, Joe Ma...
Envoys From North Korea and Syria to Appear Before the U.N. General Assembly
Time - 29 Sep 2018 18:40
Both are places of international concern that spill trouble beyond their borders
Iran airs video of close encounter with U.S. aircraft carrier
CBSNews - 29 Sep 2018 18:39
Footage is likely meant as a show of strength amid new U.S. sanctions on Iran
Abuse survivors say Flake lift protest 'in solidarity' with Ford
The Guardian - 29 Sep 2018 18:38
Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher confronted senator about Kavanaugh nomination The two women who helped alter the course of American legal history by staging an impromptu protest in a Washington lift have revealed t...
New Hampshire Man Grows the Largest Pumpkin in North American History
Time - 29 Sep 2018 18:27
Steve Geddes of Boscawen, N.H., Won $6,000 in Prize Money
Mocked Down's syndrome Everton fan meets players
BBC - 29 Sep 2018 18:25
An Everton fan with Down's syndrome was invited to meet the players after being mocked online.
Brexit: UK 'would forever regret' losing carmakers - minister
BBC - 29 Sep 2018 18:24
The business secretary says a no-deal Brexit could threaten the UK's status as a world-leading car maker.
Cameroon faces being dropped as African Cup host
Fox News - 29 Sep 2018 18:20
Fighting between separatists and government forces, along with concerns its stadiums won't be ready, have left Cameroon facing the possibility Saturday of being stripped of its hosting of next year's African Cup of Natio...
Woman says lawmaker raped her the night she graduated Georgetown
New York Post - 29 Sep 2018 18:18
SEATTLE -- A woman has accused a Washington state lawmaker of raping her 11 years ago, saying she was inspired to speak out as she watched the televised allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The lawm...
Iran airs video of encounter with US carrier in key strait
Miami Herald - 29 Sep 2018 18:13
Iran's state TV has broadcast footage purporting to show a close encounter between the Revolutionary Guard's navy and the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the …