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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who was appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 as a moderate but later became a leading liberal voice, has died, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. He was 99. The cause of death was complications from a stroke he suffered on Monday, the Supreme Court said.  His daughters were by his side at the time of his death.  “He brought to our bench…

Video House votes to condemn Trump remarks made toward four congresswomen Trump’s tweets criticizing congresswomen spark calls for impeachment; Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan weighs in. The four progressive congresswomen who are currently in a nasty feud with President Trump offered a not-so-subtle warning to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, the next time she “singles them out.” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, often…

One by one, the victims were lured to remote locations: an abandoned building in downtown Los Angeles, an empty rooftop in Hollywood, a quiet park in the San Fernando Valley. Each was accused of a transgression against the notorious MS-13 street gang. Each would meet their end in a manner federal investigators described as “medieval.” In one case, court records show, a 16-year-old boy was lured to a canyon and…

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One of the symptoms of uneasiness is the inability to stay still. Leana Wen knows this. She’s a doctor. And she was the president of Planned Parenthood until today, when the abortion organization’s board met in secret and pushed her out, after less than nine months on the job, because of “philosophical” differences. They’re uneasy. They can’t stay still. And no wonder: Planned Parenthood is facing more opposition than ever….

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers urged other women Tuesday to come forward with allegations against the wealthy financier as federal authorities prosecute him on sex charges. Courtney Wild told reporters at a news conference in New York that Epstein “will never stop sexually abusing children until he is in jail.” “We will not get justice until you speak out,” Wild said, addressing anyone who believes they…

Former acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Gore speaks at the Justice Department in 2018 in Washington, D.C. Gore and other Trump administration officials are accused of providing false or misleading statements about the origins of a citizenship question they tried to get on the 2020 census. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images Former acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John…

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York City police officer over the death of Eric Garner during a chaotic arrest that ignited nationwide protests five years ago. The decision, announced Tuesday by Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue, marks the end of a civil rights investigation into an episode – much of it captured on video – that helped turn a national spotlight on how…

President Trump is a gut-level politician who often seems to act on unfiltered impulse. But his string of recent tweets about the self-styled “Squad” of liberal House Democrats feel calculated, not caffeinated. And, despite what a number of GOP pundits have argued, they were not politically stupid. Demeaning, offensive, nativist, unbecoming a president — yes to all that too. But Trump offends for a reason, and his motives for this…

Jeffrey Epstein had “improper sexual contact” with women even while serving out his prison time in Florida, the lawyer for some of his accusers charged Tuesday. Under a highly questionable plea deal that the multimillionaire pedophile was able to cut with prosecutors in Florida in 2008, Epstein served just 13 months behind bars in the private wing of a county jail there. But he was allowed out on a work-release…

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York City police officer over the death of Eric Garner during a chaotic arrest that ignited nationwide protests five years ago. The decision, announced Tuesday by Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Richard P. Donoghue, marks the end of a civil rights probe into an episode – much of it captured on video – that helped turn a national spotlight on…

Search crews have found 2-year-old Gabriella Vitale. She was reported missing Monday morning after the Oscoda County Sheriff’s Office say Gabriella wandered off from her parents’ campsite around 8 a.m. near M-33 and Reber Road in Comins Township. She was with her family camping from Monroe this past week. They were preparing to leave when they noticed she was gone. Gabriella was found alive and well Tuesday morning around 11:30…

Video Trump enters into feud with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, progressive freshman congresswomen Was Trump’s tweet about Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, progressive Democrats racist? panel reaction and analysis on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ President Trump fired back Tuesday at the four freshman congresswomen who denounced his administration and renewed calls for his impeachment at a rare joint press conference, claiming Democrats have given them a “free pass” for their “vile” language and challenging colleagues…

Some bystanders captured video of the attack on their cellphones, recording Mr. Garner as he gasped “I can’t breathe,” dying words that became a rallying cry for protesters across the nation. His death was one of several fatal encounters between black people and the police, including the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., a month later, that catalyzed the national Black Lives Matter movement. Prosecutors did a “rigorous…

A man has confessed to killing an American scientist on the Greek island of Crete, police said on Tuesday. The police said in a statement that a 27-year-old local man “motivated by sexual satisfaction” and frustrated with his own life ran Suzanne Eaton down with his car before raping her and then abandoning her body in a cave. “Forensic evidence showed suffocation as a cause of death. Further forensic examination…

People watch a television showing footage of a North Korean missile launch in Seoul, South Korea on May 9. North Korea said Tuesday that U.S.-South Korean military drills are forcing it to rethink whether it should be committed to the promises it has made to the United States. | Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo Foreign Policy By ASSOCIATED PRESS 07/16/2019 07:21 AM EDT PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday…

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