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How CBS reported on the Les Moonves and '60 Minutes' allegations

On "CBS This Morning" on Monday, correspondent Anna Werner had the awkward task of reporting on allegations of sexual misconduct against her company's CEO. Werner spent several minutes early in the program detailing the accusations against Les Moonves. Six women told The New Yorker that he sexually harassed them.

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Safer or Scarier: How Will Children of Color Feel About Armed Teachers?

To be clear: I agree that immediate action is needed to protect our children from recurring gun violence in our schools. In fact, just two weeks ago I wrote a call to action, here, urging that “Our Schools Have Become Warzones, Our Children at the Front Lines: Question Is, When Are We, ‘The Adults, ‘ Going to Join Them?” Is the best course of action to put more guns in our schools without any restrictions on gun purchase or ownership though?

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Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will not be charged in abuse investigation, prosecutor says

Eric Schneiderman, the former New York Attorney General who stepped down after multiple women came forward with allegations of assault, will not face criminal charges, the prosecutor tasked with overseeing the case told CNN.

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Election Night Brings Historic Wins for Minority and LGBT Candidates

In a night of many firsts, several minority and LGBT candidates won local elections that echoed the blue wave in which Democrats won races large and small.

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Sessions Stands for Outmoded, Unjust Law-and-Order Policies

Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets it wrong. On core issue after core issue -- civil rights, voting rights, women's rights, police reform and particularly mass incarceration -- he is a destructive force.

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Reginald F. Lewis, First Black $Billion Dollar Dealmaker — New Documentary to be Broadcast in February, Black History Month

WNET has announced the television premiere of Pioneers: Reginald F. Lewis and the Making of a Billion Dollar Empire (Watch the trailer). The documentary chronicles the life and legacy of business pioneer, philanthropist and titan Reginald F. Lewis. Lewis, a Harvard Law School graduate, who rose to prominence as a lawyer, financier, and leader of the global food company TLC Beatrice International.

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HHS secretary says department won't work with Biden's team until federal agency determines he won

The Health and Human Services Department will not work with President-elect Joe Biden's team until the General Services Administration makes a determination that he won the election, Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday, even as public health experts stress that a smooth transition is a critical part of the government's response to the worsening coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Biden wants to show he's in charge of inflation ... while showing someone else is in charge

President Joe Biden will meet with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Tuesday in a kind of performative politics that will almost certainly do nothing to help Americans better afford everyday items.

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FBI took 11 sets of classified documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, including some highly classified material

The search warrant for Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home shows the FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search earlier this week, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI" -- one of the highest levels of classification, according to documents from the search warrant that were released Friday.

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Houston police make arrest for the killing of rapper Takeoff

One month after the fatal shooting of Takeoff, Houston authorities arrested and charged a man with murder in connection with the rapper's killing, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner announced at a news conference Friday.

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Meet the judge who ruled medication abortion must remain available in some states

What initially looked like an outright victory for anti-abortion activists Friday evening soon became more complicated.

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Colombia used 'excessive force' against protesters, says human rights report

An international human rights body has accused Colombia's security forces of applying "disproportionate and excessive force," in dealing with street protesters, more than two months since demonstrations began in Bogota, which left dozens dead.

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Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19

Pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and his chief Covid-19 medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to record videos to encourage young people to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.

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US ambassador to UN says Putin's claim he's sending 'peacekeepers' into eastern Ukraine is 'nonsense'

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of pro-Moscow regions in Ukraine as independent was an "attempt to create a pretext for a further invasion of Ukraine" and that his claim that the Russian forces he has ordered to enter those regions are "peacekeepers" is simply "nonsense."

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Lawyers for Elon Musk and Twitter are set to square off in court for first time

Lawyers for Twitter and Elon Musk will have their first chance to square off in court on Tuesday in the case over whether the billionaire Tesla CEO should be forced to follow through with his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company.

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Are American Classrooms Producing Mass Shooters?

Let’s face it. With all the mass shootings in America today, it is difficult to tease out the various motivations that prompt murderers to unleash their automatic weapons on unsuspecting and innocent individuals they do not even know.

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How events unfolded after the killing of cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of fatally shooting 25-year-old elite cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson in Texas in May, sold her Jeep to an Austin dealership, the US Marshals Service said Thursday.

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No Matter the Issue, Republicans Always Say No

Just say no. That seems to sum up the position of Republicans in the Congress these days. For all the talk about bipartisan compromise or about the two parties working together, at the end of the day, the Republican position is simply to say no.

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South Texas College of Law Houston to Honor Three Exceptional Alumni at 2021 Alumni Association Annual Luncheon

South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL Houston) will honor three exceptional graduates Sept. 28 at its 2021 Alumni Association Annual Luncheon at Hotel ZaZa-Houston Museum District.

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4 arrested in connection to alleged rape of LSU student hit, killed by car

Police in Baton Rouge this week arrested four men in connection with the alleged rape of a 19-year-old Louisiana State University student who was killed when a car struck her in a roadway earlier this month.