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Collins, Jackson clash in first Maine Senate debate: 4 takeaways  The Hill Takeaways From the First Maine Senate Debate Between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson  The New York Times Susan Collins and Troy Jackson clash over Trump and seniority in Maine’s first Senate debate  NBC News ‘Not exactly his favorite senator’: Susan Collins distances herself from Trump in…

Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after failed execution, attorneys say  The Washington Post Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after she survived Tennessee’s execution attempt, her attorneys say  CNN Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Failed Execution in Tennessee  The New York Times Why is Christa Pike still on life support despite her death sentence?  WZTV Mother of Colleen…

Couple Charged With Conspiring to Abuse Numerous Surrogate Children  The New York Times ‘House of horrors’: California couple in surrogacy case charged with child abuse  USA Today California couple arrested on child abuse charges in horrifying surrogacy probe  CNN Attorney explains why the father in California surrogacy scandal wanted 21 kids  ABC7 Eyewitness News Arcadia surrogacy scandal: Guojun Xuan…

Trump will not reimburse federal government for taxpayer-funded advertisements  Politico Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads  The New York Times Trump says his super PAC will now pay for controversial taxpayer-funded promotional ads  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Americans deeply skeptical of taxpayer-funded election ads, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  Reuters Trump doesn’t…

From million-dollar mansions to surveillance missions, the life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent  CBS News FBI arrests alleged Chinese agent at LAX after she allegedly surveilled son of Taiwanese president  CBS News California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president’s son, officials say  CNN DOJ says ‘Chinese foreign agent’ charged with surveilling Taiwanese…

Obama-era DOJ official to lead review of Cornell response to rape allegations  The Washington Post How drunk is too drunk? Cornell rape allegations expose ‘loopholes’ in consent laws  BBC Cornell officials pressed by faculty as outrage mounts over alleged gang rape  CNN Special committee of Board of Trustees retains Sally Yates of King & Spalding to lead independent…

Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change  The Washington Post Justices Grapple With Questions of Jurisdiction in Case Against Oil Companies  The New York Times Court sends mixed signals on whether it will allow state-tort suits seeking to hold energy companies liable for climate change to go forward  SCOTUSblog Kavanaugh breaks with…

Student protests erupt at Cornell over mishandling of gang-rape allegations  The Guardian How Ketamine Emerged as a Key Factor in an Alleged Cornell Sex Assault  The New York Times What the science of memory tells us about sexual assault cases  The Washington Post Cornell student who gave police leads in alleged rape says she feels ‘betrayed’ over its…

US military to execute Fort Hood shooter by firing squad  BBC Trump orders firing squad for gunman who killed 13 at Fort Hood  Honolulu Star-Advertiser Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says  The Guardian Pentagon to execute convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos…

Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86  The New York Times Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a faith-based empire before resigning amid scandal, dies at 86  CNN Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86  NPR Jim Bakker, whose PTL ministry fell to scandal and fraud, dies at…

Aiming at fuel costs, Trump opens tax-exempt ‘red dye’ diesel to all drivers  NBC News Trump opens red-dyed diesel to truckers in bid to slash fuel costs  Fox Business President Trump Takes Decisive Action to Lower Diesel Costs for American Truckers, Farmers  The White House (.gov) In Nebraska, Trump tackles the GOP’s problem at the pump as voters…

Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft From British Air Base  The New York Times U.S. B-1 bombers evacuated from UK base because of threat of Iranian drone attack  Axios What we know and don’t know about how Iran uses asymmetric warfare  AP News ‘We had a threat’: Trump explains U.S. moving long-range bombers from…

Luxury fashion designers found shot dead in California as family reportedly reveals troubling lead-up  Fox News Details emerge after Oakland Hills couple found dead in home  KRON4 Founders of fashion brand killed in hills neighborhood near Berkeley campus  SFGATE Bryn Walker designer, CEO identified in fatal Oakland shooting  The Berkeley Scanner Bryn Walker couple found dead in Berkeley Hills:…

Ex-pastor, ‘American Idol’ contestant Caleb Flynn sentenced to life in prison  WLWT Caleb Flynn’s daughters send powerful message as he’s sentenced to life in prison for their mom’s murder  CNN Caleb Flynn, Who Appeared on ‘American Idol,’ Gets Life Sentence for Wife’s Murder  The New York Times Former American Idol contestant and pastor sentenced to life in prison…