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‘Hopelessly Deadlocked’: Judge Declares Mistrial In Cosby Sex Assault Case — NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury was unable to reach a verdict in the Bill Cosby sex assault trial. — After nearly a week of deliberations, the judge declared a mistrial Saturday in the case.
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New York Times:
Judge in Bill Cosby Case Declares a Mistrial — • The judge presiding over the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial declared a mistrial Saturday after jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked. — • The exhausted jurors had been deliberating since Monday, sometimes for as much as 12 hours a day.
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LGBTQ Nation, Althouse and USA Today
Chris Francescani / ABC News:
Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ends in a mistrial — Bill Cosby's sexual assault case has ended in a mistrial. — After six days of deliberation, the seven men and five women selected to serve on the jury were unable to render a unanimous verdict on any of the three counts …
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CNN:
Mistrial declared in Bill Cosby's criminal trial as jury deadlocks — Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 11:40 a.m. ET] — The judge in the Bill Cosby trial declared a mistrial Saturday after the jury failed to reach a verdict in the case.
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Despite Mistrial in Criminal Case, Civil Lawsuits Await Cosby
Malcolm Gay / BostonGlobe.com:
Knives are out for theaters that bear the name ‘Shakespeare’ — The messages started pouring in earlier this week. — “Your play depicting the murder of our President is nothing but pure hatred,” read one of the tamer ones. — “[H]ope you all who did this play about Trump are the first do …
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Protester rushes stage at controversial ‘Julius Caesar’ production
Protester rushes stage at controversial ‘Julius Caesar’ production
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Alexandria Gunman Carried List With Names of 3 Republican Lawmakers — WASHINGTON — The gunman who targeted Republican congressmen this week at a baseball field in suburban Washington was carrying a list with the names of at least three lawmakers, and had pictures of the ballpark stored on his cellphone …
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Robby Soave / New York Times:
Michelle Carter Didn't Kill With a Text — Can malicious speech constitute violence? No. But Friday's shocking court decision — which found Michelle Carter guilty of sending lethal text messages — is bound to confuse the issue. — Judge Lawrence Moniz, of Bristol County Juvenile Court …
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David French / National Review:
A Sad and Terrible Verdict in Massachusetts
A Sad and Terrible Verdict in Massachusetts
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Outside the Beltway, ACLU Massachusetts, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and WTVR-TV
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gingrich: Somebody probably going to jail over Russia investigation — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) told Fox News on Friday that “somebody” will likely go to jail following the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling, but said it won't be President Trump. — “They're going to get somebody.
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Los Angeles Times:
Carrie Fisher died of sleep apnea and ‘drug use’ was also a factor, L.A. coroner says — Carrie Fisher, right, who died Dec. 27, presents the Life Achievement Award to her mother, Debbie Reynolds, at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 25, 2015.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Reveals Flat Revenue at Controversial Washington Hotel — Discloses at least $528.9 million in total revenue and income — Hotel lost $1.2 million in first weeks, lawmakers say — President Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure indicates that his Washington, D.C. …
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
New Trump Financial Disclosures Show Millions In Increased Income From Mar-A-Lago
New Trump Financial Disclosures Show Millions In Increased Income From Mar-A-Lago
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump reports assets of at least $1.4 billion in financial disclosure
Trump reports assets of at least $1.4 billion in financial disclosure
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NBC News:
7 U.S. Sailors Unaccounted for After Navy Destroyer Collides With Ship Off Japan — TOKYO — Seven American sailors are unaccounted for after a Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, early Saturday local time, the Navy said.
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James DeWolf Perry / Associated Press:
7 US Navy sailors missing, 1 injured after warship collision
7 US Navy sailors missing, 1 injured after warship collision
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Trump Attacked His Own Deputy Attorney General — Nearly everyone who knows him seems to agree that Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney General and the official overseeing the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of links between the Trump campaign and Russia, has a reputation for integrity.
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David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:
WATCH: Karen Handel Cites Her Faith to Tell Mom of LGBTQ Child She's Against Gay People Adopting, Having Families — Karen Handel says she is opposed to LGBTQ people being able to adopt children and start families because of her “faith.” The Republican nominee is facing Democrat Jon Ossoff …
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Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
6TH DISTRICT POLL: Ossoff leads Handel by less than 2 points
6TH DISTRICT POLL: Ossoff leads Handel by less than 2 points
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Max Boot / Yahoo:
Donald Trump Is Proving Too Stupid to Be President — “You know, I'm, like, a smart person.” Uh huh. — I'm starting to suspect that Donald Trump may not have been right when he — said, “You know, I'm like a smart person.” The evidence continues to mount that he is far from smart …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Everyone said Old Europe was dying. Sure doesn't look like it now. — The contrast could not be more stark. Theresa May, the British prime minister, presides over a hung Parliament and a divided country. Donald Trump, the American president, rules alongside a Congress almost too paralyzed to legislate.
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Financial Times
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Education Dept. Says It Will Scale Back Civil Rights Investigations — WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is scaling back investigations into civil rights violations at the nation's public schools and universities, easing off mandates imposed by the Obama administration that the new leadership says have bogged down the agency.
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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate civil rights enforcement under Trump
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate civil rights enforcement under Trump
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Jason Kander Won by Losing — MANCHESTER, N.H.—Jason Kander was wearing a mic pack here as he wandered around the Puritan Backroom, chatting with local activists and politicians at the Manchester Democratic Club chicken dinner. A videographer, who followed him around as he moved from table to table …
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Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Pence parlor game: who would he pick for Veep? — One of the parlor games Republicans are playing in the shadows of the Russia investigation is this: Who would President Pence pick as his vice president? — Quick refresher: If a president leaves offices for any reason …
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