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Read the Scathing 1986 Letter Coretta Scott King Wrote Opposing Sessions’ Federal Nomination
Updated Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 1:02 a.m. EST: Elizabeth Warren attempted to read Coretta Scott King’s letter about Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor; but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) silenced her. Earlier: Coretta Scott King’s scathing letter in which she urged Congress to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship…
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Supreme Court Halts NC Election That Would Fix Racially Gerrymandered Voting Districts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a lower court demand that North Carolina lawmakers redraw many of their districts and hold new elections in 2017. The one-paragraph order puts the case on hold until the Supreme Court decides whether it will hear the matter, and WRAL reports that if SCOTUS does take the case,…
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#Flint: Officials Meet Behind Closed Doors to Discuss Status of Water System
Officials met behind closed doors in Chicago on Tuesday to determine if Flint, Mich.’s water technically meets federal standards again. The meeting, which took place at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional headquarters in Chicago, was touted as an opportunity for officials to share testing data on the safety of city drinking water after its…
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Report: Donald Trump Hired Prostitutes to Pee In Beds He Knew the Obamas Slept In
A person claiming to be a former British intelligence official compiled a dossier that has been circulating for weeks among elected officials, intelligence agents and journalists, making claims that the Russian government has been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President-elect Donald Trump for years and gained compromising information about him. The dossier is a collection of…
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Federal Judge Allows Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Against Marilyn Mosby to Proceed
A federal judge has ruled that key parts of a lawsuit against Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, filed by five of the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, can move forward. “U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled that claims including malicious prosecution, defamation, and invasion of privacy can move…
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How Former Running Back Warrick Dunn Helped Clemson QB Deshaun Watson
Warrick Dunn has been giving back to the community for almost half his life. For the past 20 years, Dunn has been building and remodeling homes to help single-parent families fulfill their dreams of home ownership. In 2006, Dunn and Dunn’s foundation, Warrick Dunn Charities, donated a house to a family, and one of the boys…
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Coretta Scott King Wrote a Letter Blasting Jeff Sessions in 1986. So Where Is It?
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is currently undergoing a weird process of schmoozefest and hard-hitting interrogation as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. This isn’t the first time Sessions has faced a committee while seeking approval to fill a high-ranking position. In 1986 Sessions was up for federal judge, and Coretta Scott King wrote a…
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Northwestern Women's Basketball Player Found Dead in Dorm
Northwestern women’s basketball player Jordan Hankins was found dead in her room at the university. According to the New York Daily News, Hankins was found unresponsive Monday afternoon. There appears to be no indication of foul play or “any danger or threat to other members of the Northwestern community,” university spokesman Carsten Parmenter said in…