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Lucas Aulbach / Courier-Journal:
Video shows man forcibly removed from United flight from Chicago to Louisville — A video posted on Facebook late Sunday evening shows a passenger on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville being forcibly removed from the plane before takeoff at O'Hare International Airport.
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
A man wouldn't leave an overbooked United flight. So he was dragged off, battered and limp. — United Airlines says a man wouldn't give up his spot on an overbooked flight Sunday. — So, according to witnesses and videos of the incident, he was pulled screaming from his seat by security …
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Brian Doherty / Hit & Run:
Why Should Police Help United Airlines Cheat Its Customers? — The world is rightly abuzz over an awful incident yesterday in which a man was beaten and dragged off a plane by police at Chicago's O'Hare airport for the crime of wanting to use the seat he's paid for on a United Airline flight getting ready to leave for Louisville.
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
United Passenger Dragged From Overbooked Flight — A man on an overbooked United Airlines flight was forcibly removed from his seat and dragged through the aisle on Sunday, and video of the anguished protests by him and other passengers spread rapidly on Monday as people criticized the airline's tactics.
Alicia Melville-Smith / BuzzFeed:
A Man Was Dragged Off A United Plane After The Airline Overbooked The Flight — Several videos have been posted online of a man being dragged off a United Airlines plane after the flight was overbooked. — Facebook: video.php — Videos posted to Twitter and Facebook show a man being pulled …
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Audra D. Bridges:
Please share this video. We are on this flight. United airlines overbooked the flight. They randomly selected people to kick off so their standby crew could have a seat. This man is a doctor and has to be at the hospital in the morning. He did not want to get off. We are all shaky and so disgusted. #unitedairways
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Jeff Goldman / New Jersey Online:
WATCH: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
WATCH: Man forcibly removed from overbooked United flight
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Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Breitbart editors tell staffers to stop writing stories critical of Jared Kushner, sources say — Employees at Breitbart News have been asked by senior editors to refrain from writing stories critical of Jared Kushner, two people familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
White House on edge as 100-day judgment nears — President Donald Trump has far more than three years left in his first term. But inside his pressure cooker of a White House, aides and advisers are sweating the next three weeks. — The symbolic 100-day mark by which modern presidents …
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Bloomberg:
In Trump's World, Family Always Comes First
In Trump's World, Family Always Comes First
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Priebus made Bannon, Kushner make up: report
Priebus made Bannon, Kushner make up: report
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John Archibald / al.com:
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley expected to resign this week — It Is becoming clear that Robert Bentley will not last the week as governor. — Sources in Montgomery say his lawyers have been involved in negotiations to step down from the governorship and plead to lesser charges, allowing Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey to step up as governor.
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Claire Aiello / WHNT-TV:
Multiple Sources: Gov. Robert Bentley to resign this afternoon — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Multiple sources have confirmed to WHNT News 19 that Governor Robert Bentley will resign today, the same day a House committee began impeachment hearings. — Earlier today, we reported Bentley's office …
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Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
San Bernardino School Shooting: 2 Adults Dead in Classroom, 2 Students in Critical Condition After Suspected Murder-Suicide — A male gunman and female adult victim were found dead in a classroom and two students are hospitalized in critical condition after the shooter walked onto …
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4 victims reported in San Bernardino school shooting at North Park Elementary
4 victims reported in San Bernardino school shooting at North Park Elementary
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
2 adults killed, 2 children hurt in shooting at San Bernardino elementary school
2 adults killed, 2 children hurt in shooting at San Bernardino elementary school
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NASDAQ.com:
Midday Update: Stocks Return Gains on Reports of Chinese Troop Deployments on N. Korea Border — The benchmark averages have surrendered earlier gains on news that China has deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border, and the U.S. is considering further sanctions against Russia.
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
‘People Just Flat-Out Lie’ — President Donald Trump called her “Hillary Clinton's P.R. person” when she got a scoop he didn't like last week. — Controversial Fox News host Bill O'Reilly called her “unruly” when she shouted questions at Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Susan Rice's claim that Obama got Syria to ‘verifiably give up its chemical weapons stockpile’ — “We were able to find a solution that didn't necessitate the use of force that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known from Syria, in a way that the use of force would never have accomplished.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spicer: Trump's foreign policy is still ‘America first’
Spicer: Trump's foreign policy is still ‘America first’
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Sessions orders Justice Dept. to end forensic science commission, suspend review policy — Attorney General Jeff Sessions will end a Justice Department partnership with independent scientists to raise forensic science standards and has suspended an expanded review of FBI testimony across several techniques …
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Ben Westcott / CNN:
Trump administration sends mixed signals on Syria ahead of G7 meeting — (CNN)Foreign ministers of leading US allies were meeting Monday amid mixed signals from the Trump administration on the future of Syrian President President Bashar al-Assad. — At a summit in Italy …
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Bethany Mandel / The Federalist:
Who Needs Alt-Right Conspiracy Theories About Jews When You Have Politico? — Imagine for a moment the outrage that would (rightfully) erupt if a mainstream publication wrote an indictment of an entire sect of Islam, while getting basic facts like the name of the sect wrong, and hit publish the night before Ramadan began.
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John Sides / Washington Post:
Neil Gorsuch's confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why. — The confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court has left shattered political conventions in its wake: the refusal to hold hearings for Merrick Garland, the first partisan filibuster of a high court nominee …
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Richard L. Hasen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed In the future, John Roberts could be the Supreme Court's swing vote
Op-Ed In the future, John Roberts could be the Supreme Court's swing vote
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Publicity Stunts Aren't Policy — Does anyone still remember the Carrier deal? Back in December President-elect Donald Trump announced, triumphantly, that he had reached a deal with the air-conditioner manufacturer to keep 1,100 jobs in America rather than moving them to Mexico.
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Jeremy Harris / KUTV-TV:
Orrin Hatch says he plans to run for another term — Orrin Hatch says he will run for another term (Photo: Mike Stephen / KUTV) — (KUTV) Utah's senior Senator told 2News reporter Rod Decker that he plans to seek re-election in 2018. — Hatch, 83, told 2News reporter Rod Decker that unless his health …