Attorney: Family of Dallas Police Shooting Victim Will Sue
DALLAS (AP) — The family of a 26-year-old black man who authorities say was fatally shot by a white Dallas police officer after she mistook his apartment for her own intends to file a federal lawsuit claiming excessive use of force. Attorney Lee Merritt said Wednesday that Botham Jean's family will name Amber Guyger and…
Read MoreKavanaugh’s 2nd Accuser Never Sought Spotlight, Friends Say
By GARANCE BURKE, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI , Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Between shifts ladling hot meals at the dining hall, Deborah Ramirez did her best to fit in with the blue-blooded social set of Yale University in the 1980s. She took a chartered flight to the Bahamas sophomore year with dozens…
Read MoreAnita Hill: Kavanaugh Hearing Isn’t Referendum On #MeToo
By JOCELYN NOVECK , AP National Writer Her 1991 testimony against Clarence Thomas riveted the nation, but failed to derail his nomination to the Supreme Court. Now, 27 years later, Anita Hill says the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing — with no FBI investigation and no witness testimony — is destined to be unfair, just as she…
Read MoreAt UN This Year, It’s Trump Versus The World
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A gaping ideological divide cuts through this year's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. It's not between capitalists and communists, rich and poor, East and West. It's between multilateralists who advocate nations working together and unilateralists who are pushing for national sovereignty. Despite near-universal hand-wringing about the U.N.'s failings,…
Read MoreCosby Accusers Say He Got What He Deserved
NORRISTOWN, PA (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing (all times local): 6:35 p.m. Bill Cosby's accusers say the comedian got what he deserved when a judge sentenced him to prison for sexual assault. Some of the women who allege Cosby drugged and raped them spoke out Tuesday after he was sentenced to…
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