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High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election - The New York Times

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ATLANTA — Taking the stage in a half-filled airplane hangar to rally supporters of the Republican candidate Karen Handel, Health Secretary Tom Price could not help but point to the record-shattering surge of liberal money that has flooded into the special House race here. “The out-of-state money is crazy,” said Mr. Price, whose vacated congressional seat is up for grabs on Tuesday. Following Mr. Price, Sonny Perdue, the agriculture secretary and a former Georgia governor, was even more direct. “I know some of you out there, some Republicans may even be turned off by our president,” said Mr.

Camille Cosby and Others React to the Bill Cosby Case Mistrial - The New York Times

posted onJune 19, 2017
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It started with a comedy routine. Hannibal Buress was doing a stand-up set in Philadelphia in 2014 in which he excoriated Bill Cosby, alleging that he was a hypocrite for criticizing the lifestyle of African-Americans despite having been accused of sexual assault. “He gets on TV — ‘Pull your pants up, black people. I was on TV in the ’80s! I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom!’” Mr. Buress said.

Why Couldn’t the Cosby Jury Reach a Verdict? Legal Experts Assess - The New York Times

posted onJune 19, 2017
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As the jury’s deliberations extended into this weekend, the possibility of a verdict in declared a mistrial on Saturday morning after the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked, some criminal law experts who had been closely following the proceedings suggested that the conclusion was hardly unexpected. Several pointed to inconsistencies in statements made by the woman at the center of the case, Andrea Constand, who said Mr.

How to Think About Bill Cosby and ‘The Cosby Show’ - The New York Times

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To the extent that America still has a collective cultural memory, it’s comforting to have the happy stuff to hold on to. And it’s depressing to arrive at a juncture that forces us to let some of that stuff go. For much of its eight seasons, “The Cosby Show” (which ran from 1984 to 1992) was foolproof happiness, and the primary source was Bill Cosby.

U.K. Police Investigating Van Attack in London as Terrorism - The New York Times

posted onJune 19, 2017
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LONDON — The authorities in Britain said on Monday that they were treating an early morning attack near a mosque in London as a possible act of terrorism, amid fears of retaliatory attacks after several recent attacks attributed to Islamist extremists in the country. Neil Basu, the senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing, said that the attacker was believed to have acted alone. He also praised the bystanders who intervened to detain the suspect, and urged residents to remain calm and vigilant. One man was found dead at the scene, although Mr.

U.S. Fighter Jet Shoots Down Syrian Warplane - The New York Times

posted onJune 19, 2017
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WASHINGTON — An American fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday after it dropped bombs near local ground forces supported by the United States, the first time the American military has downed a Syrian aircraft since the start of the civil war in 2011, officials said. The confrontation represents a further escalation between forces supporting President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and the United States, which has been directing the military campaign in Syria and Iraq aga