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Melania Trump: Donald Was ‘Egged on’ to Say ‘Dirty and Bad Stuff’
Melania Trump says she has never heard her husband use the kind of language he is heard using in a 2005 video, and she questions the integrity of the women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. “I believe my husband. I believe my husband,” she said in an interview with CNN’s…
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High School Graduation Rates in US Reach Record High
Federal data released Monday shows that the nation’s high school graduation rate rose again during the 2014-2015 school year, reaching a record high as more than 83 percent of students earned their diplomas on time. The Washington Post reports that gains were made in every student group, including low-income, black, white, Asian, Hispanic and Native…
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FBI Director Rejects Claims That Blacks Are Shot More Often by Police
FBI Director James B. Comey told a gathering of police chiefs Sunday evening that Americans “actually have no idea” about how often police use force because no one has collected enough data, the Washington Post reports. Comey’s remarks come at a time when waves of protests are happening across the country in response to the…
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President of Police-Chiefs Association Apologizes for Historical Mistreatment of Minorities
The president of a police-chiefs association apologized Monday for the role that police have played in society’s “historical mistreatment of communities of color.” Speaking at the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego, the association’s president, Terrence Cunningham, said that when it comes to how officers relate to minority…
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US Bans All Samsung Galaxy Note7 Phones From Airplanes
Effective Oct. 15 at noon ET, Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones are banned from all air transportation in the United States, the U.S. Department of Transportation says. In a statement released Friday, the DOT, along with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, announced an emergency order banning the phone on…
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Regrets Criticizing Colin Kaepernick
After previously saying that Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests were “dumb” and “disrespectful,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had a change of heart. On Friday afternoon, the liberal justice said in a released statement that she should not have denounced the NFL quarterback’s silent protests, the Los Angeles Times reports. “Barely aware of…
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Donald Trump Said 18-Year-Old Lindsay Lohan Was Probably 'Great in Bed'
In six separate appearances on The Howard Stern Show, Donald Trump discussed sex and infidelity, rated women’s bodies, and talked about whether an 18-year-old Lindsay Lohan was attractive and possibly good in bed. The Washington Post, which last week released a 2005 videotape showing the presidential candidate having a lewd and misogynistic conversation about women…
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More Women Come Forward to Accuse Donald Trump of Sexual Misconduct
Just days after the New York Times published an article in which two women accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, more women have come forward to say that the Republican presidential candidate touched or kissed them inappropriately and without their consent. The Washington Post reports that Kristin Anderson was a struggling model in her early…
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Trump Accuser: ‘He Touched Me Wherever He Could Find a Landing Spot’
One of the two women who accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct in a New York Times on Wednesday said in an interview Thursday that the Republican presidential candidate touched her “wherever he could find a landing spot,” CNN reports. Jessica Leeds, 74, was 38 at the time of her encounter with Trump on a…
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Donald Trump Calls Most Recent Accusers 'Horrible, Horrible Liars'
A defiant Donald Trump hit the campaign trail in Florida on Thursday, and he lashed out about the most recent accusations of his sexual misconduct, NPR reports. In a 49-minute speech at a West Palm Beach campaign stop, Trump attacked his accusers and blamed his recent run of bad publicity on the “Washington establishment” and the…
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