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The Republican Party's Woman Problem Is in the Spotlight 
NC Senator, Republican Lindsey Graham erupts during a special hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)
Steve Peoples and Juana Summers, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Eleven Republican men, backed by a Republican president plagued by sex scandal, will soon judge the credibility of a woman accusing President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault."
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Christine Blasey Ford being sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)
Christine Blasey Ford being sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)

American Bar Association Calls for FBI Investigation Into Kavanaugh Allegations, Delay in Confirmation Votes
Meagan Flynn and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The American Bar Association called on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday evening to halt the confirmation vote for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, saying it should not move forward until an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against him can be completed."
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White supremacists march in Charlottesville. (photo: Getty)
White supremacists march in Charlottesville. (photo: Getty)

Trump Anti-Discrimination Official Once Called Most Hate Crimes Hoaxes
Robert O'Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg and Renae Merle, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A senior Trump appointee responsible for enforcing laws against financial discrimination once questioned in blog posts written under a pen name if using the n-word was inherently racist and claimed that the great majority of hate crimes were hoaxes."
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Artemio, a teenager from Guatemala, no longer speaks after being separated from his family by the Trump Administration's policy. (photo: Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun)
Artemio, a teenager from Guatemala, no longer speaks after being separated from his family by the Trump Administration's policy. (photo: Omar Ornelas/The Desert Sun)

The Trump Administration's Practice of Separating Families Left Children With Devastating Mental Health Conditions
Rebecca Plevin, Palm Springs Desert Sun
Plevin writes: "Experts say they're saddened, but not surprised, to hear about Artemio and other immigrant kids who are now scarred by the experience of being separated from their relatives and detained."
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Electronic voting machines in Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 2015. (photo: AP)
Electronic voting machines in Columbus, Ohio, November 3, 2015. (photo: AP)

Attack on Commonly Used Voting Machine Could Tip an Election, Researchers Find
Tim Starks, Politico
Starks writes: "A malicious hacker could alter the outcome of a U.S. presidential election by taking advantage of numerous flaws in one model of vote-tabulating machine used in 26 states, cybersecurity experts warned in a report presented Thursday at the Capitol."
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Environmental activists protest a mining operation in Brazil back in 2015. (photo: Getty)
Environmental activists protest a mining operation in Brazil back in 2015. (photo: Getty)

Latin American Countries Sign Landmark Treaty to Protect Environmental Defenders
Yessenia Funes, Earther
Funes writes: "Latin America and the Caribbean finally have a treaty to help protect defenders of the environment."
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Split-view of a killer whale at sunrise off the coast of northern Norway. (photo: Audun Rikardsen/Science)
Split-view of a killer whale at sunrise off the coast of northern Norway. (photo: Audun Rikardsen/Science)

Orca 'Apocalypse': Half of Killer Whales Doomed to Die From Pollution
Damian Carrington, Guardian UK
Carrington writes: "At least half of the world's killer whale populations are doomed to extinction due to toxic and persistent pollution of the oceans, according to a major new study."
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