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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Six More Women Allege That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Them — Fox News host Gretchen Carlson may be the highest-profile woman to accuse Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, but she is not the first. In my 2014 biography of the Fox News chief, I included interviews with four women who told …
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More women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Roger Ailes — In the days after Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit against her former boss, Roger Ailes, her attorneys said at least 10 women had come out of the woodwork …
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
The Bahamas Just Issued A Travel Advisory For The U.S., Citing Police Violence — “Young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational.” — The Bahamas on Friday issued a travel advisory for citizens planning …
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Delroy Meadows / Ministry of Foreign Affairs …:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Issues Travel Advisory for Bahamians traveling to United States of America — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken a note of the recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers.
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Khaleda Rahman For / Associated Press:
Dallas sniper was sent home from Afghanistan for sexually harassing a female soldier who said he bought her Victoria's Secret underwear - then ‘got in touch with bad folks and went all Black Panther’ — The Dallas sniper who targeted police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest …
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Shanelle Matthews / Black Lives Matter:
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect.
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect.
Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Dallas Police Chief David Brown lost his son, former partner and brother to violence
Dallas Police Chief David Brown lost his son, former partner and brother to violence
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Political Orphans — In barely two weeks, Republicans will converge in Cleveland for the Trumpocalypse, a fact-free and hate-filled gathering likely to be as scary as it will be entertaining. A week later the Democrats will assemble in Philadelphia in a focus-group-tested pander fest …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Hillary Clinton strongly backs public option, wins praise from Bernie Sanders — On Saturday morning, Hillary Clinton released a new health care policy proposal that emphasized several major progressive priorities, including a public option and increased funding for community health centers.
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Blames Whites, Cops for Deaths of Young Black Men — Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats' claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.
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Joe Millitzer / FOX2now.com:
Police say officers have been targeted in Missouri, Georgia and Tennessee
Police say officers have been targeted in Missouri, Georgia and Tennessee
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Arizona Republic:
Police deploy pepper spray, fire bean bags at Phoenix rally … Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave. — Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
A curveball in Trump's Veep search: He's seriously considering a retired general — After weeks of focusing on a group of current and former elected officials in his search for a running mate, Donald Trump is increasingly intrigued by the idea of tapping retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn …
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Vox, Politicus USA, Political Wire, Business Insider and Politico
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Obama Decries ‘Vicious, Calculated’ Attack on Police in Dallas — President says the federal government will assist city, police — Obama says ‘no justification’ for attack that left 5 dead — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was “horrified” by shootings in Dallas that left …
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CBS Boston:
Police Departments Across Mass. Get Special Deliveries, Shows Of Support After Dallas Shootings
Police Departments Across Mass. Get Special Deliveries, Shows Of Support After Dallas Shootings
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WNCT-TV
Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
26 police killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015
26 police killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015
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Arriana McLymore / CNBC:
Rep Trey Gowdy rips into FBI Director James Comey on Hillary Clinton's ‘intent’ — Comey: There was classified material emailed — Rep. Trey Gowdy asks questions to FBI Director James Comey at the hearing on the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of her personal email server while she was Secretary of State.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton rebuts FBI charge of recklessness
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America' — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday said white Americans “don't understand being black in America” as he reflected on a series of shootings across the nation this week. — “It took me a long time and a number …
Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Wharton Students Write Open Letter To Donald Trump: ‘You Do Not Represent Us’ — Donald Trump, businessman and presumptive Republican nominee for president, likes to remind people that he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance, one of the top-twenty undergraduate business programs in the country.
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Tunku Varadarajan / Politico:
A miserable Europe plays miserable football — Politics, like football, is now largely about dogged and grudging accommodation, backlash and self-protection. — By any honest reckoning, this European Championship has been a prolonged exercise in mediocrity.
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