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Seattle LGBTQ Commission says mayor should resign; former mayors disagree
SEATTLE -- The Seattle LGBTQ Commission on Monday released a letter calling on Mayor Ed Murray to resign now, before his term expires at the end of the year, "due to allegations and mounting evidence that you have ...Read more
Bail overhaul plan wins rousing backing from NAACP delegates
BALTIMORE -- Sen. Kamala Harris' pitch to revamp the nation's bail system so lower income people don't get stuck in jail got a rousing reaction Monday at the NAACP's annual convention.
But her effort faces tough ...Read more
California's Rep. Adam Schiff gets a Trump nickname: 'Sleazy'
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Monday morning criticized the Democratic leader of the House investigation into Russian attempts to interfere with the 2016 election, calling California Rep. Adam Schiff "sleazy" and...Read more
Democrats please progressives with left-leaning policy agenda
BERRYVILLE, Va. -- The Democratic Party's top leaders talked about reviving Teddy Roosevelt's fights against big corporations, mimicked Bernie Sanders' calls for a massive minimum wage hike, and echoed Franklin Roosevelt's...Read more
African-American activists to Democrats: Consider a black candidate on 2020 ticket
BALTIMORE -- African-American activists have a message for Democrats: If you want to win back the White House, strongly consider a black person on the ticket.
On their list are a growing roster of black politicians, ...Read more
Parents of British baby abandon legal fight to get treatment in US
LONDON -- Quiet sobs reverberated in a London courtroom Monday as the parents of the terminally ill baby Charlie Gard told a judge that they had decided to let their "sweet, gorgeous and innocent" boy go and were ...Read more
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Entromancy (The Nightpath Trilogy) (Volume 1)
M. S. Farzan2076 is not a good year to be a special agent. A quarter of the world's power runs on ceridium, a newly discovered element that has had the unintended consequence of spawning a new race of people, and several forms of magic that were once forgotten. Eskander Aradowsi is an agent of NIGHT, but...
Ex-Panamanian president denied bond in Miami files emergency bid with Supreme Court
MIAMI -- Attorneys for former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who is being detained in Miami on an extradition request to his homeland, filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that ...Read more
Jahi McMath and Charlie Gard: Renewing debate over when to halt life support
In an emotional conversation that literally spans the ocean, two of the most prominent cases in the ongoing debate over when to discontinue life support for the brain dead or terminally ill are back in the news this week, ...Read more
District court refuses to block federal government voter information collection
WASHINGTON -- A federal court in Washington on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump's election commission to ask states to turn over personal voter information as part of its investigation into Trump's claims ...Read more
Polish premier vows to push on with court overhaul after vetoes
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's government vowed to redouble its efforts to overhaul the judiciary after the president vetoed draft laws that have touched off debate in the European Union over how to confront members who flout ...Read more
Science proves it: Money really can buy happiness
They say money can't buy happiness, but science begs to differ.
An international research team has demonstrated that you really can make yourself happier by paying other people to do your time-consuming chores.
It doesn'...Read more
Jared Kushner, after intel meeting, denies Russia impropriety
WASHINGTON -- Following nearly two hours of testimony before Senate Intelligence Committee staffers, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner stood outside the White House and denied colluding with Russian officials during...Read more
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