Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer | A Sexual-Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Stirs Tension Among Democrats in Congress





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Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer | A Sexual-Misconduct Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Stirs Tension Among Democrats in Congress 
Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: Erin Schaff/NYT)
Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer, The New Yorker
Excerpt: "On Thursday, Senate Democrats disclosed that they had referred a complaint regarding President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the F.B.I. for investigation."
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A Honduran family stands next to the border fence after they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
A Honduran family stands next to the border fence after they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

US Government Accused of 'Devastating Damage' to Families Separated at Border
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch writes: "Children who won't leave their parents' side. Parents tormenting themselves every night for not having been able to stop their children being torn away by border patrol agents. This is what's left behind months after the Trump administration cancelled its family separation policy."
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A woman tries to walk out from her house after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Salinas, Puerto Rico. (photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
A woman tries to walk out from her house after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Salinas, Puerto Rico. (photo: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

The Perfect Storm: How Climate Change and Wall Street Almost Killed Puerto Rico
Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
Goodell writes: "Puerto Rico has not recovered. In fact, it's arguably as close to collapse as it has ever been."
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Allison Jean, left, mother of Botham Jean, stands alongside Botham's brother Brandt Jean, his sister Allisa Charles-Findley and attorney Benjamin Crump. (photo: Ryan Tarinelli/AP)
Allison Jean, left, mother of Botham Jean, stands alongside Botham's brother Brandt Jean, his sister Allisa Charles-Findley and attorney Benjamin Crump. (photo: Ryan Tarinelli/AP)

Mother of Dallas Man Killed by Officer in Own Home Disgusted at 'Smear' Effort
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The mother of a man killed in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer has expressed disgust that reports have surfaced indicating that investigators found a small amount of marijuana in her son's home."
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Betsy DeVos' Delay of Student Protections Was Illegal, Per Federal Judge Ruling
Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress
Quinlan writes: "A federal judge ruled Wednesday that actions taken by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to stall protections for defrauded students were illegal."
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A soldier in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
A soldier in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Honduras: Berta Caceres' Alleged Murderers Go on Trial Monday
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The trial of eight people suspect of murdering the indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres will start on Monday in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, and prosecutors are being accused of intentionally hiding evidence."
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Without J50, the population is now down to 74 members - their numbers reached nearly 100 in 1995 - and many of its existing female members are nearing the age where they will no longer be able to reproduce. (photo: Nienke van Geel Hebridean/Take Part)
Without J50, the population is now down to 74 members - their numbers reached nearly 100 in 1995 - and many of its existing female members are nearing the age where they will no longer be able to reproduce. (photo: Nienke van Geel Hebridean/Take Part)

'What Extinction Looks Like': A Young Orca's Presumed Death Cuts Endangered Whale Population to 74
Allyson Chiu, The Washington Post
Chiu writes: "'J50 is missing and now presumed dead,' according to a news release from the Center for Whale Research."
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