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September 18, 2018 | 7:36 pm
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Woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault wants FBI to investigate incident before testifying to Senate
Washington Post | Woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault wants FBI to investigate incident before testifying to Senate Washington Post The woman who has accused Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago wants the FBI to investigate her allegation before she testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee — a demand that came as President Trump and Senate Republicans ... Kavanaugh accuser wants FBI to investigate before she testifies at Senate hearing Kavanaugh accuser calls for FBI investigation before she testifies Feinstein Plays a Key Role in Accusation Against Kavanaugh |
September 18, 2018 | 5:47 pm
Florence's waters overtake toxic pits, hog lagoons
NOLA.com | Florence's waters overtake toxic pits, hog lagoons NOLA.com Even as skies began to clear over North Carolina on Tuesday, concern about environmental damage mounted after days of pounding rain left two dozen hog farms seeping waste, 1.7 million dead chickens, widespread mandates to boil drinking water, and ... Concern continues about overflowed animal waste pits, coal ash in Florence flooding Florence Engulfs Hog Farms And Chicken Houses, Thrashing North Carolina Agriculture Watch: Island of fire ants floats through flood waters after Florence |
September 18, 2018 | 5:46 pm
Supreme Court Won't Disturb Ruling Unmasking Dark Money Donors
New York Times | Supreme Court Won't Disturb Ruling Unmasking Dark Money Donors New York Times WASHINGTON — In a victory for advocates of campaign finance transparency, the Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to block a trial judge's ruling that required some nonprofit groups that place political advertisements to disclose the names of their ... Dark Money Illuminated. - Issue One Judge Shuts Down Multimillion-Dollar Loophole In Election Law |
September 18, 2018 | 4:45 pm
Brooklyn Diocese Agrees to Pay $27.5 Million to Settle 4 Sex Abuse Cases
New York Times | Brooklyn Diocese Agrees to Pay $27.5 Million to Settle 4 Sex Abuse Cases New York Times Four men who were repeatedly sexually abused as children by a religion teacher at a Roman Catholic church reached a $27.5 million settlement with the Diocese of Brooklyn on Tuesday, in one of the largest settlements ever awarded to individual victims ... Brooklyn Diocese Reaches Multimillion-Dollar Settlement in Sex-Abuse Case Survivors of childhood sexual abuse suing 8 Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses 8 more states have launched investigations into clerical abuse since the Pennsylvania report |
September 18, 2018 | 3:42 pm
Putin blames downing of Russian plane in Syria on 'tragic chance events,' plays down Israeli culpability
Washington Post | Putin blames downing of Russian plane in Syria on 'tragic chance events,' plays down Israeli culpability Washington Post BEIRUT — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday described the downing of a Russian plane in Syria as the result of “tragic chance events,” appearing to dial back a rare flare-up in tensions with Israel. Fifteen Russian service personnel were ... Putin Calls Downing of Russian Plane in Syria 'Tragic' and Absolves Israel Russia and Turkey created a buffer zone in Syria. Now will it hold? Russia defers one crisis in Syria, but is embroiled in another |
September 18, 2018 | 2:56 pm
Consumers Will Increasingly Feel Pain From Trump's Trade War. Here's Why.
New York Times | Consumers Will Increasingly Feel Pain From Trump's Trade War. Here's Why. New York Times The Trump administration seems confident that consumers will not feel pain from its escalating trade war with China. “Because it's spread over thousands and thousands of products, nobody's going to actually notice it at the end of the day,” Commerce ... The Missing China Trade Strategy Why Tariffs Aren't Scaring the Stock Market |
September 18, 2018 | 2:38 pm
Koreas' Talks Begin With Goodwill, if No Quick Results
Wall Street Journal | Koreas' Talks Begin With Goodwill, if No Quick Results Wall Street Journal SEOUL—The leaders of North and South Korea emerged from two hours of talks in Pyongyang without any immediate new agreements as they seek to break an impasse in U.S.-North Korea nuclear negotiations and keep their own engagement on track. The women who lift N. Korea leader Kim Jong Un's image: sister Kim Yo Jong, wife Ri Sol Ju President Moon arrives in North Korea for talks with Kim Jong‑un The Office of President Moon Jae-in on Twitter: "Pres. Moon(@moonriver365) said, “From the airplane, I observed ... |
September 18, 2018 | 1:53 pm
Hurricane Florence has killed nearly 2M chickens
New York Post | Hurricane Florence has killed nearly 2M chickens New York Post Nearly 2 million chickens drowned in Hurricane Florence's historic flooding, one of the country's major poultry producers said. Sanderson Farms announced Monday that at least 1.7 million of their birds perished when water rising from North Carolina ... Another Coal-Ash Spill Reported at Duke Site in North Carolina |
September 18, 2018 | 12:41 pm
I feel bad for Toad, Trump, Mario Kart and everyone on the internet today
CNET | I feel bad for Toad, Trump, Mario Kart and everyone on the internet today CNET Why is Mario Kart trending worldwide on Twitter? It has to do with Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels and a part of Trump's anatomy Daniels says looks like Toad from the game. We're so sorry to have to do this to you. Let's take a look... MARIO KART IS ... 'Full Disclosure' by Stormy Daniels Has Few Bombshells, but Is Likely to Rattle the White House Stormy Daniels' tell-all book on Trump: salacious detail and claims of cheating Bob Woodward book, 'Fear: Trump in the White House' — The 5 most explosive claims |
September 18, 2018 | 12:40 pm
Ted Cruz's Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official 'Summons.' It Wasn't Against the Rules.
New York Times | Ted Cruz's Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official 'Summons.' It Wasn't Against the Rules. New York Times Ted Cruz's Senate re-election campaign has been sending voters in Texas a fund-raising letter in an envelope labeled “summons enclosed,” drawing criticism from some who called it misleading and raising questions about whether such a practice was legal. Did Ted Cruz's Campaign Send Fundraising Mailers That Resemble Legal Summonses? |
September 17, 2018 | 12:26 pm