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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Cruz Condemns Colorado Shooting, Rejects Anti-Abortion Link … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. — NEWTON, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is condemning the fatal shooting of three people at a Planned Parenthood location in Colorado but also aggressively pushing …
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Ted Cruz Describes Alleged Planned Parenthood Shooter As ‘Transgendered Leftist Activist’ — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is the latest presidential candidate trying to downplay the role anti-abortion rhetoric may have played in motivating the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs Friday afternoon.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Floats Report That Planned Parenthood Shooter Was A “Transgendered Leftist” — Not what his neighbors thought. Cruz was trying “to make the point that we don't have all the details,” a spokesperson says. — Scott Olson / Getty Images — While urging caution about drawing conclusions …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
How The Abortion Rights Movement Is Going To Turn Colorado Into A Rallying Cry
How The Abortion Rights Movement Is Going To Turn Colorado Into A Rallying Cry
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Family: Waianae woman among those killed in Colorado Springs shooting
Family: Waianae woman among those killed in Colorado Springs shooting
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Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
Accused gunman Robert Dear faces first court appearance on Monday in Planned Parenthood shootings
Accused gunman Robert Dear faces first court appearance on Monday in Planned Parenthood shootings
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Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Abortion rights groups: Political rhetoric contributed to shooting
Abortion rights groups: Political rhetoric contributed to shooting
Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
A grieving father remembers Jennifer Markovsky, one of three victims killed in the Planned Parenthood shootings
A grieving father remembers Jennifer Markovsky, one of three victims killed in the Planned Parenthood shootings
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Fiorina: ‘Typical Left-Wing Tactics’ to Connect Pro-Lifers to Planned Parenthood Attack
Fiorina: ‘Typical Left-Wing Tactics’ to Connect Pro-Lifers to Planned Parenthood Attack
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Whisper Campaigns And “Zipper Problems”: How Jeb Bush's Allies Tried — And Failed — To Stop Marco Rubio — On the night of the 2010 midterm elections, a portly, silver-haired Jeb Bush stood on a stage in the courtyard of Miami's luxe Biltmore Hotel, appearing to choke back tears.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
As Cruz gains, GOP senators rally for Rubio — Ted Cruz has built his Senate career and presidential campaign on his willingness to stick it to the Republican establishment. And now that he's gaining momentum in the primary, his many GOP nemeses in Congress are returning the favor by quietly coalescing behind Marco Rubio.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear
5 takes on 2016 as the campaign kicks into high gear
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Kobe Bryant / The Players' Tribune:
Dear Basketball — PHOTOGRAPH BY WALTER IOOSS JR./THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE … I knew one thing was real: — I fell in love with you. — A love so deep I gave you my all — From my mind & body — To my spirit & soul. — As a six-year-old boy — Deeply in love with you
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Jeremy Manier / UChicago News:
Monday Classes and Activities at Hyde Park Campus Canceled Due to Threat — To: University of Chicago Campus Community — The University was informed by FBI counterterrorism officials today (Sunday) that an unknown individual posted an online threat of gun violence against the University of Chicago …
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Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Bill McKibben: What the Paris conference on climate change can do for planet Earth — Demonstrators make their way down Sixth Avenue in New York during the People's Climate March on Sept. 21, 2014. — Starting Monday, diplomats and scientists, activists and heads of state …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump abruptly cancels black clergy press conference — After prematurely announcing the endorsements of 100 black pastors — prompting several to protest they were not, in fact, supporters - Donald Trump's campaign abruptly cancelled a press conference with the group scheduled for Monday afternoon at Trump Tower.
Henry McDonald / Guardian:
Northern Ireland law on abortion ruled ‘incompatible with human rights’ — Belfast high court ruling could lead to women being allowed to have abortions in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, rape and incest — A high court judge, in a historic ruling, has found that Northern Ireland's almost outright ban …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hispanic Republican leaders shun Donald Trump — Prominent Hispanic Republicans are holding out hope that business mogul Donald Trump won't win the party's presidential nomination. — They are worried that his incendiary rhetoric on immigration will sour Latinos on the GOP and sink the party's chances of taking back the White House.
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Tony Schwartz / New York Times:
Addicted to Distraction — ONE evening early this summer, I opened a book and found myself reading the same paragraph over and over, a half dozen times before concluding that it was hopeless to continue. I simply couldn't marshal the necessary focus. — I was horrified.
Spiegel Online:
Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State's Rise: — ‘We Were Too Dumb’ — Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark — Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn't exist today, former US special forces chief Mike Flynn openly admits. In an interview …
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