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Lincoln University President Resigns After Backlash From Rape Lecture to Female Students
Lincoln University President Robert R. Jennings resigned on Monday morning several weeks after a video went viral that showed Jennings giving a controversial lecture to female students in September about sexual assault prevention, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The Daily News is also reporting that the university “announced the appointment of a task force on…
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St. Louis Prosecutor: Key Witnesses Flip-Flopped
During St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch’s press conference Monday night, during which he explained why a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict police Officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, McCulloch made shocking revelations about the testimony of some of the key witnesses. “The most credible eyewitnesses to the shooting…
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The Ins and Outs of the Civil Lawsuit That Could ‘Indict’ Darren Wilson and Ferguson Police
Monday the public learned that a Missouri grand jury found that it did not have sufficient evidence to indict Michael Brown’s shooter, police Officer Darren Wilson. People are angry and disappointed, but the legal system may not be through with Wilson—or the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department that employs him (although reportedly not for long). There…
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House GOP Sues Obama Administration to Stop ‘Unilateral Actions’ on Obamacare
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Friday that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have sued President Barack Obama’s administration to contest “unilateral actions on the health care law that they say are abuses of the president’s executive authority,” the New York Times reports. At issue is enforcement of two critical facets of the Affordable Care…
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Undocumented Immigrants From 3 Ebola-Affected West African Countries Will Not Be Deported
President Barack Obama will address the nation Thursday night to shed light on his plans to provide deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States, and those immigrants who come from the three West African nations most affected by the current Ebola epidemic got some early news. “The Obama administration is…
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Disagreements Between Liberian Officials and Aid Groups Affect Efforts to Contain Ebola
There have been reports of infighting among aid organizations and local officials in Liberia about how to contain the Ebola outbreak, and it’s affecting efforts on the ground, according to a report in the New York Times. According to the report, Liberian officials and the several dozen countries and aid organizations that are working together in…
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GOP Selects a Nearly All-Male Slate of Committee Chairs for the 114th Congress
This week, Republicans released the names of the representatives who will chair House committees in the upcoming 114th Congress, starting in January. That nearly all of the new chairmen selected are exactly that—men—is not a particularly good look, given that the GOP doesn’t have a great rep when it comes to supporting women’s issues. “Notably,…
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Watch: The Root Staffers Explain Their Frustrations With the Term ‘Dark-Skinned’
When CNN’s John King used the term “dark-skinned” to describe the individual that he thought was an alleged suspect in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, he was widely criticized for not being descriptive enough and also for using a charged phrase that carries with it racial connotations. “There are some people who will take offense…
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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 13 in Northeast Nigeria Town
A female suicide bomber walked into a mobile-phone store in Azare, Nigeria, on Sunday and blew herself up, killing at least 13 people in the town and injuring 65, Al-Jazeera is reporting. It’s the latest incident in a string of suicide bombings that have rocked the region. While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack,…
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NFL Commissioner Suspends Adrian Peterson Without Pay for Remainder of the Season
The NFL sent Adrian Peterson a letter on Tuesday, notifying the Minnesota Vikings running back that he would be suspended for the remainder of the 2014-2015 season without pay, CNN is reporting. “The timing of your potential reinstatement will be based on the results of the counseling and treatment program set forth in this decision,”…
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