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Decent Men Don't Do These Things
The New York Times - 24 Sep 2018 22:40
Sexual assault is excused as normal and forgivable. It's not. Ask the women who've experienced it.
California Today: California Today: Introducing Our New Correspondent
The New York Times - 24 Sep 2018 14:44
Monday: Jill Cowan joins California Today, Christine Blasey Ford agrees to testify, and a Cambodian refugee opens a restaurant in Oakland.
In a first, Hong Kong bans pro-independence political party
Miami Herald - 24 Sep 2018 05:29
Authorities in Hong Kong on Monday took an unprecedented step against separatist voices by banning a political party that advocates independence for the southern Chinese territory on national security grounds. …
Private jets, favors to son detailed in FIFA official's case
Miami Herald - 24 Sep 2018 16:29
FIFA spent $11.7 million in less than three years on private jets, including luxury sight-seeing trips for a top official, a newly published legal document shows. Jerome Valcke, then the …
Trump and the Koch network are the GOP's most effective endorsers by far
The Week - 24 Sep 2018 16:23
Measuring the effect of a political endorsement is tricky: For some voters, it may be a determining factor. For others, it may simply match previously-held beliefs. But endorsements do offer a telling gauge of how a poli...
Journey to a Night Flower
The New York Times - 24 Sep 2018 12:00
There I was, driving through a parched landscape on a pilgrimage to watch a single flower bloom. Why?
"When We Were Happy We Had Other Names"
The New Yorker - 24 Sep 2018 11:00
Fiction by Yiyun Li: "One morning when Jiayu opened her eyes she said to the ceiling, Grief, I don't know who you are, so don't pretend you know who I am."
Bloomberg to make 2020 election decision after midterms
New York Post - 24 Sep 2018 04:14
Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg said he'll decide whether to mount a 2020 challenge of President Trump after the midterm elections. "Right now, I'm only focused on the midterms," Bloomberg told CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on ...
California Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill holding retailers jointly liable for trucker abuse
USA Today - 24 Sep 2018 03:46
After USA TODAY found major retail brands such as Target and Costco enable an unjust system at trucking companies, a new law is passed.
Rod Rosenstein quits before Trump can fire him
New York Post - 24 Sep 2018 16:52
Embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has resigned verbally to Chief of Staff John Kelly as he anticipated being canned by President Trump, Axios reported Monday, citing a source. "He's expecting to be fired,"...
Fars news agency says five attackers were killed in Saturday's attack in Iran
Reuters - 24 Sep 2018 16:52
Iran's Fars news agency said on Monday that five attackers were killed in Saturday's attack on a military parade in southwest Iran that killed 25 people.
Kenya's military says it's killed 10 extremists in attack
Miami Herald - 24 Sep 2018 16:48
Kenya's military says it's killed 10 rebels from the al-Shabab extremist group in an ambush in Kenya's south where several soldiers have died from roadside bombs. Three soldiers were wounded …
Bill Cosby sentencing: Judge due to weigh in on 'predator' status; Here's what to expect
USA Today - 24 Sep 2018 16:48
Bill Cosby has arrived at the Montgomery County courthouse for the beginning of his two-day sentencing hearing.
"Pied Piper"
The New Yorker - 24 Sep 2018 11:00
Poetry by Nick Flynn: "He wanders / among us, village to // village, hauling his sack / of rats."
Justin Rose wins $10 million FedExCup
CNN - 24 Sep 2018 12:36
Tiger Woods may have grabbed the headlines after winning his first title in five years at the Tour Championship, but it was Englishman Justin Rose who pipped his rival to pick up the most lucrative prize on offer Sunday.
Canada's Barrick Gold to buy Randgold for $6.5 billion
Reuters - 24 Sep 2018 23:36
Canada's Barrick Gold Corp has agreed to buy Randgold Resources Ltd in an all-stock deal valuing the Africa-focused miner at $6.5 billion, to create the world's largest gold producer in an industry under investor pressur...
Recommendations for Corporate Legal Buyers and Providers in The Digital Age
Forbes - 24 Sep 2018 13:14
This is the age of the consumer--customer satisfaction builds brands and yields profits for providers that achieve and sustain it. Customer-centricity is new to law, and consumers have been reticent to demand it. That's ...
Is it the final countdown to #endTB?
OpEdNews - 24 Sep 2018 01:54
As you be following global news that all heads of 193 countries are meeting at 73rd UN General Assembly this week. For the first-time ever historically, TB is on the agenda. Will world leaders act to end TB by 2030 (a pr...
Access to Information Denied in Venezuela
Human Rights Watch - 24 Sep 2018 06:01
September 28 is the International Day for Universal Access to Information. As UNESCO frames it, "Universal Access" is bound up with the right to seek and receive information, an integral piece of the right to free expres...
Out of Cambodian jail, filmmaker strolls on beach back home
Miami Herald - 24 Sep 2018 05:27
Australian filmmaker James Ricketson took a stroll on a Sydney beach at dawn as he recuperates from more than a year in a Cambodian prison. Ricketson landed in Sydney on …
New U.S., China tariffs set to take effect, no compromise in sight
Reuters - 24 Sep 2018 05:13
The United States and China are set to impose new tit-for-tat tariffs against each other's goods on Monday, the latest escalation in a heated trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Vietnam to hold state funeral for President Tran Dai Quang
Miami Herald - 24 Sep 2018 04:56
Vietnam will hold a state funeral and national mourning this week for President Tran Dai Quang, who died last week of a viral illness at age 61. Flags will fly …