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• Attorney: Ex-Ohio State football players among those abused

  18-05-2019 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An attorney preparing a lawsuit against Ohio State University on behalf of more than 50 former athletes who claim they were sexually abused by a team physician told The Associated Press on Saturday that most of those clients were football players from the school's storied program, including some who went on to play in the NFL.
  
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• Biden at first major rally: Trump is 'divider-in-chief' who leads with 'hard heart'

  18-05-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden held a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Saturday. Many of his comments focused on defeating President Donald Trump.
  
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• In clash with Congress, weak legal case may still help Trump

  18-05-2019 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For all of President Donald Trump's talk of winning, his lawyers are using a legal argument that many scholars say is a pretty sure loser as his team tries to defy congressional attempts to investigate him. Yet they may end up delaying the investigations with their argument, and that could be a win in itself.
  
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• China’s Wang Tells Pompeo U.S. Must Negotiate on Equal Basis

  18-05-2019 23:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Wang said the U.S has recently harmed China’s interests through various words and actions, including by what he said was containing normal business operations of China companies by political means, according to a readout of the call posted on the ministry website.The State Department acknowledged the call in a one-sentence statement.“They discussed elements of the bilateral relationship, including U.S. concerns about Iran,” said spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus.
  
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• Huawei founder says growth 'may slow, but only slightly' after U.S. restrictions

  18-05-2019 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  In remarks to the Japanese press and reported https://s.nikkei.com/2VMJSaT by Nikkei Asian Review, Ren reiterated that the Chinese telecom equipment maker has not violated any law."It is expected that Huawei's growth may slow, but only slightly," Ren told Japanese media in his first official comments after the U.S. restrictions, adding that the company's annual revenue growth may undershoot 20%.On Thursday, Washington put Huawei, one of China's biggest and most successful companies, on a trade b
  
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• Trump Revs Up the Battle Over Immigration

  18-05-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  “Democrats are proposing open-borders, lower wages, and frankly, lawless chaos. We are proposing an immigration plan that puts the jobs, wages, and safety of American workers first,” said President Donald Trump, Thursday afternoon in the White House rose garden. The administration’s newest proposal, a compromise agreement between Senior Advisor (and presidential son-in-law) Jared Kushner and Senior Advisor Stephen Miller.“I think that Kushner and his team did a very good
  
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• Biden urges unity, knocks 'divider' Trump at first major rally

  18-05-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Democrat Joe Biden aimed his frontrunner campaign directly at Donald Trump on Saturday, attacking him as the "divider in chief" and insisting the nation's top priority is denying the US president re-election in 2020.The former vice president kicked off his White House bid with an impassioned call for fairness and equality in the country, urging voters to end the mean-spirited pettiness and partisan squabbles that have left Americans angry and dispirited in recent years."Our president is the divi
  
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• Here Are the Details of the Abortion Laws in Alabama, Georgia and Missouri

  18-05-2019 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Alabama is the latest state to pass a bill designed to severely limit abortion rights. Here's what you need to know about the wave of legislation.
  
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• US pilots warned about flying over Iranian territory amid rising tensions in Middle East

  18-05-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  US airlines have been warned by diplomats that their planes face a risk of being “misidentified” as they fly over the Gulf amid heightened tensions between America and Iran, A notice from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) published on 16 May underlined the risks the tensions pose to a region crucial to global air travel.The guidance warned US pilots to be cautious in flying over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, as there is “heightened military activities and increase
  
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• Syrian state media: projectiles fired from Israeli territory

  18-05-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Syrian air defenses targeted projectiles fired from the direction of Israel for the second night in a row, Syrian state media said on Saturday.The projectiles came from "occupied territory" into the airspace in southern Syria, state news agency SANA said, referring to territory held by Israel.Israel's military declined to comment on the report.
  
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• SAT to give students 'adversity score'

  18-05-2019 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Students will now be given an 'adversity score' to show challenges they have overcome based on their environment.
  
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• Storm chaser gets caught up in forming Nebraska tornado: VIDEO

  18-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  "I was unable to get back to the vehicle and couldn't see it, so I just turned my back to the wind and hoped for the best until it passed," Reed Timmer said.
  
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• Joe Biden Calls for Unity at Presidential Campaign Rally in Pennsylvania

  18-05-2019 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Some liberals don't like Biden's centrist approach and focus on unity
  
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• Biden rejects Trump's 'clenched fist' in appeal for Democratic and US unity

  18-05-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  * Former vice-president launches campaign in Pennsylvania* Art Cullen: The Democratic frontrunners are too oldJoe Biden pulls off his jacket to speak in Philadelphia. Photograph: Mark Makela/ReutersFormally launching his third presidential campaign, Joe Biden appealed for party and national unity while accusing Donald Trump of leading America with “a clenched fist, a closed hand and a hard heart”.Biden appeared at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon, two days ahead of a
  
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• One-off Aston Martin V8 Shooting Brake Took 8000 Hours To Build

  18-05-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  When engaged in philanthropy or hunting down underprivileged persons with a superyacht, society’s elite can often be found boasting over their car collection.Imagine the uproar, then, should you waft up to your local polo match in this unique 1998 Shooting Brake.Employing V8 coupe underpinnings and commissioned by Aston Martin to designer Andrew McGeachy, more than 8000 man hours were spent building the one-off vehicle.
  
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• Bernie Sanders proposes U.S. education overhaul in appeal to black voters

  18-05-2019 20:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled an education policy proposal on Saturday designed to pump billions of dollars into the public schools system, in a bid to appeal to black voters who shunned the U.S. senator during his previous presidential run.The 10-point plan Sanders detailed in a speech in South Carolina aims to end racial disparities in the public education system.America's education policy debate has long been steeped in discussions of race and racial discrimination.
  
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• Wild video shows the moment an F-16 fighter jet crashed into a California warehouse

  18-05-2019 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  In a wild story that was captured on video, an F-16 fighter jet crashed into a warehouse in Riverside, California shortly after takeoff yesterday afternoon. The pilot managed to safely eject from the plane before the crash and is said to have suffered no injuries, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.A full-on investigation into the cause of the crash will certainly yield more details, but early reports suggest that a hydraulics failure was the reason behind the malfunction and subse
  
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• Overwatch Anniversary Kicks Off Next Week

  18-05-2019 20:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Overwatch is celebrating its three year anniversary event this month, with a special seasonal event that pays homage to the game's history. The event begins on May 21 and goes on through June 10 and during it players will be able to collect new cosmetics, participate in special events, and more.The star of any Overwatch event are the new skins, and this anniversary event will be no different. It will debut six new legendary skins and three epic skins, as well as new dances for the three most rec
  
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• Former House Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's impact on the 2020 race

  18-05-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes veiled swipe at former Vice President Joe Biden over climate change.
  
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• Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards prepares to sign restrictive abortion bill

  18-05-2019 19:18 via news.yahoo.com
  "My inclination is to sign it," Gov. John Bel Edwards said when discussing a "heartbeat bill" currently under consideration in the state Legislature.
  
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• Alex Rodriguez bathroom photo highlights permissive privacy laws

  18-05-2019 19:17 via news.yahoo.com
  * Former Yankees slugger snapped through apartment window* Lawyers seek photographer but legal recourse uncertainAlex Rodriguez was pictured on the toilet in the Park Avenue apartment he shares with his fiancee Jennifer Lopez in an image being shared on social media. Photograph: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesNew York’s liberal privacy laws are under scrutiny as lawyers for the retired baseball star Alex Rodriguez try to track down the photographer who snapped him sitting on the toile
  
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• Prince Harry, Pippa Middleton attend Lady Gabriella Windsor's wedding at Windsor Castle

  18-05-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  One year after his own wedding at Windsor Castle, Prince Harry returned Saturday for the nuptials of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston.
  
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• US: Iran military could misidentify airliners amid tension

  18-05-2019 19:08 via news.yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Commercial airliners flying over the Persian Gulf risk being targeted by "miscalculation or misidentification" from the Iranian military amid heightened tensions between the Islamic Republic and the U.S., American diplomats warned Saturday, even as both Washington and Tehran say they don't seek war.
  
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• Super Gun: What Makes Glock's New 5th Generations Guns So Good

  18-05-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  You may have though that the Glock Generation 4 represented the pinnacle of everything that Glock could do, but the Generation 5 that was released last year shows that Glock still has many tricks left up their sleeve.But really, was the Glock Generation 5 even necessary? Was the Generation 4 really even necessary for that matter? After all, the saying goes that Glock is perfection.But the truth is that some of the changes from the Gen 4 to the Gen 5 are significant. On the outside, the two guns
  
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• Vineyard Vines arrives at Target on Saturday. How to shop the limited-edition collaboration

  18-05-2019 18:44 via news.yahoo.com
  Set your alarm clock if you're interested in shopping Target's latest designer collaboration, Vineyard Vines. The new collection goes on sale May 18.
  
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• Oprah surprises New Jersey principal, students with $500,000 donation

  18-05-2019 18:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Oprah Winfrey surprised a high school principal in Newark that is making a huge difference in his community.
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez Sides With Buffett on How Errant CEOs Should Pay

  18-05-2019 18:19 via news.yahoo.com
  The freshman New York Democrat retweeted a CNBC article about how the Berkshire Hathaway chairman recently told shareholders that if a bank needs a government bail-out, the responsible CEO and his or her spouse should lose their net worth.In the CNBC story she retweeted, originally published on May 4, the day of Berkshire’s annual meeting in Omaha, Buffett was quoted as responding to a shareholder’s question regarding the Wells Fargo scandal in 2016 involving the creation of fake acc
  
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• Eva Longoria warns abortion bans endanger women

  18-05-2019 17:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Actress Eva Longoria said restrictive abortion laws passed in the US states of Alabama and Missouri are a threat to women, as stars staged a protest against the bans on the Cannes red carpet Saturday."What's happening in Alabama is so important in the world," the "Desperate Housewives" star said, referring to the US state which has banned terminations even in the case of rape or incest.Longoria -- a pro-choice Catholic -- warned of a "domino effect" with a dozen other Republican-controlled US st
  
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• Oprah surprises New Jersey principal, students with $500K donation

  18-05-2019 17:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Oprah Winfrey surprised a high school principal in New Jersey that is making a huge difference in his community.
  
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• New Hampshire cafeteria worker fired for giving student free lunch won't return

  18-05-2019 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A company has offered to rehire a New Hampshire school cafeteria worker whom it fired for giving a student lunch for free , but she isn't interested.
  
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• Missouri GOP lawmaker apologizes for comments on 'consensual rape' amid abortion bill debate

  18-05-2019 17:07 via news.yahoo.com
  The Republican state representative apologized after saying that most rapes he saw while on the police force were 'date rapes or consensual rapes.'
  
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• Inspired by a Fighter Jet, the 2JetZ is Both a Car and the Latest Hot Wheels Model

  18-05-2019 17:01 via news.yahoo.com
  It's like a real-life version of a toy car because that's what it was designed to become-the newest Hot Wheels offering.
  
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• In Barr, Trump has found his champion and advocate

  18-05-2019 16:52 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump could only be delighted to have his attorney general in El Salvador, dealing with his biggest issue: illegal immigration. Yet Barr did even better for his boss. In interviews from the Central American country, he's been offering cryptic comments suggesting the Russia probe unfairly targeted Trump.
  
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• Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on For-Profit Charter Schools, $60K Minimum Salary for Teachers

  18-05-2019 16:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Alex WongSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) unveiled his education plan in a speech Saturday in South Carolina, calling for a ban on for-profit charter schools, an increase in teacher pay to no less than $60,000, and universal school meals.The release of the policy proposal, which the campaign refers to as the “Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education & Educators,” is pegged to the 65th anniversary weekend of the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, whi
  
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• Target is selling a giant unicorn float that will hold up to 6 people

  18-05-2019 16:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Ever wanted to lay out on the water at the beach in a giant unicorn float withfive of your friends? Sure you have! And this summer, it's happening
  
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• Storm chaser captures incredible lightning storm timelapse

  18-05-2019 16:11 via news.yahoo.com
  This impressive storm timelapse in Lexington, Nebraska was captured by storm chaser Aaron Jayjack in the early morning of May 18.
  
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• Scouted: Tevas Sandals Will Survive Anything You Put Them Through And Look Good Doing It

  18-05-2019 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  In two weeks, I’m traveling to Africa for the first time. When I step off that plane I’ll be stepping onto my third continent in roughly a year. When I step off that plane, I’ll be stepping out wearing my trusty Tevas. Africa will be their third continent in a year, too. I paired my Tevas with a silk jumpsuit while wedding dress shopping in L.A. I wore my Tevas on assignment in the Florida Everglades, crouched down in the hull of a swamp boat, hoping an alligator wouldn’t
  
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• Russia Got Its Hands on This 'Mini SR-71' Mach 3 Spy Drone (To Steal Its Secrets)

  18-05-2019 16:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Once the unmanned aircraft returned to base, the film canister would be ejected and land by parachute, after which the drone itself would land.In November 1969, the U.S. Air Force sent Russia an early Christmas gift.It was a sleek flying machine that bore an uncanny resemblance to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.The American generosity was purely unintentional. The aircraft was actually a cutting-edge drone dispatched on a mission to photograph Communist Chinese nuclear sites. And the drone did wh
  
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• Democrat 2020 hopefuls eye coveted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsement

  18-05-2019 15:46 via news.yahoo.com
  She is the great young hope of America’s Left-wing, an articulate and impassioned progressive whose policies have gained traction and Twitter feed is followed by four million.  Now Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 29-year-old first-time congressman from New York, is seeing her newfound political clout manifest in a new way – a race for her endorsement.  With two dozen Democrats seeking their party’s presidential nomination, the support of Ms Ocasio-Cortez is being seen a
  
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• Comey lashes out at Barr over Twitter

  18-05-2019 14:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton reacts to the former FBI director's remarks on 'Fox & Friends.'
  
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• Glock 31 Gun: All You Need To Know About this Powerful Pistol

  18-05-2019 13:30 via news.yahoo.com
  In the early 1990s, a handful of calibers emerged to challenge the nine-millimeter as the dominant semi-automatic handgun round. One of these, the .357 Sig, is the caliber of choice for the Glock 31 pistol. The Glock 31 is the company’s offering for those into high velocity or long distance handgun shooting. The G31 also comes with a large magazine capacity, making it an excellent self-defense or duty sidearm.The now infamous 1986 FBI Miami shootout was a watershed moment in the history of
  
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• 10 deals you don’t want to miss on Saturday: AirPods 2, $35 Fire TV Stick 4K, $10 Philips Hue bulbs, more

  18-05-2019 13:28 via news.yahoo.com
  We've got another great weekend edition of our daily deals roundups for you, because great deals never take a day off! Highlights include a rare opportunity to save $20 on Apple AirPods 2 (order now to lock in the discount and they'll ship soon, likely within a few weeks), the Fire TV Stick 4K for $35 instead of $50 and the Fire TV Stick for $25 instead of $40 (Prime members only), all-time low prices for the Apple Watch Series 3 starting at $199, all-time low prices on iPads starting at $249, j
  
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• Does Sunscreen Expire?

  18-05-2019 12:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day, isn’t too far off. And it’s around this time that many people start taking stock of their sunscreen supply. Do you need to buy a new bottle, or will ...
  
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• Biden holds U.S. election kick-off rally as Democratic rivals sharpen attacks

  18-05-2019 12:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday will hold a presidential-style rally intended to make his march toward becoming the Democrat to take on President Donald Trump seem inevitable, even as rivals search for ways to slow him down.Since entering the race last month, Biden, 76, has largely ignored the other 23 contenders in the Democratic field, instead training his fire on Republican Trump.Trump, in turn, has regularly knocked Biden, making the 2020 presidential contest sometimes feel
  
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• Here Is Russia's Plan to Build a Fleet of Su-57 Stealth Fighters

  18-05-2019 11:45 via news.yahoo.com
  The Su-57 is coming—76 of them over the next decade, to be exact.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at a Kremlin meeting that the Russian Defense Ministry plans to procure 76 Su-57 fifth-generation fighters by 2028, himself acknowledging that these new quantities dwarf previous Russian defense ministry estimates: "The 2028 arms program stipulated the purchase of 16 such jets… In the nearest future we will sign a package contract to supply 76 such jets equipped with modern we
  
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• Exxon Mobil evacuates foreign staff out of Iraqi oilfield - sources

  18-05-2019 11:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Exxon Mobil has evacuated all its foreign staff members out of Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, three sources told Reuters on Saturday.Production at the oilfield was not affected by the evacuation and work there is under way normally and being undertaken by Iraqi engineers, Iraqi oil officials said.Staff were evacuated over several phases late on Friday and early on Saturday, either straight to Dubai or to the main camp housing foreign oil company employees in Basra
  
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• US issues warning to airlines flying over Gulf

  18-05-2019 11:16 via news.yahoo.com
  The advisory, which also covers airspace over the Gulf of Oman, comes amid rising tensions between the US and Iran.Washington has deployed an aircraft carrier group and B-52 bombers to the region against what it claims is an imminent threat from Tehran.President Donald Trump's administration has also ordered non-essential diplomatic staff out of Iraq, citing threats from Iranian-backed Iraqi armed groups.
  
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• Report shocks, angers some of Ohio State doc's 177 victims

  18-05-2019 11:16 via news.yahoo.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Victims of a now-dead Ohio State team doctor are reacting with shock, grief and anger at investigative findings that validated a heinous pattern of sexual abuse that many of them say they experienced as young men and then worked to forget for decades.
  
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• Cold Brew’s Insidious Hegemony

  18-05-2019 11:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Soon, many parts of the United States will be unbearably hot. Texans and Arizonans will be able to bake cookies on their car dashboards; the garbage on the streets of New York will be especially pungent; Washington will not only figuratively be a swamp. And all across America, coffee consumers will turn their backs on traditional coffee in favor of a more “refreshing” vehicle for caffeine: cold brew.As conservatives, we are inherently skeptical of any change of language norms that se
  
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• Republican congressman apologises for referring to ‘consensual rape’ in debate over Missouri abortion bill

  18-05-2019 10:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A Republican Missouri legislator apologised on Friday for saying that some sexual assaults are "consensual rapes" during a debate over a new, restrictive antiabortion bill."I'm not trying to make excuses," said representative Barry Hovis, who represents the city of Jackson in southeastern Missouri. "Sometimes you make a mistake and you own up to it."The lawmaker, who was elected in 2018, made the remark while speaking on the State House floor, arguing that the measure's eight-week window for abo
  
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