Friday 10 March 2017

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'Is that not correct?': Male GOP lawmaker asks why men should pay for prenatal coverage; Judge resigns over rape trial comment: 'Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?'; NFL abuse of painkillers and other drugs described in court filings; Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care.; Harvard theorists: How sailing aliens could have caused fast radio bursts; Police falsely told a man he couldn’t film them. ‘I’m an attorney,’ he said. ‘I know what the law is.’; U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent; The political lexicon of a billionaire populist; Harvard Law School will no longer require the LSAT for admission; The poor ‘just don’t want health care': Republican congressman faces backlash over comments; Adorable children crash a live BBC interview to bother their apologetic dad; A lawyer named Amal Clooney gave a powerful speech at the U.N. Some only saw her baby bump.; GOP health-care plan: House leaders defend overhaul as they prepare to meet Trump; Trump keeps claiming he’s created U.S. jobs since Election Day. Not so.; First-year doctors will be allowed to work 24-hour shifts starting in July; Yes, Trump scammed many of his working-class supporters. This new analysis leaves little doubt.
 
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'Is that not correct?': Male GOP lawmaker asks why men should pay for prenatal coverage
The moment took place during a committee hearing on Republicans' plan to revise Obamacare.
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He said his words came from a "deep-rooted" bias "that all women behave in the same way and should resist."
 
NFL abuse of painkillers and other drugs described in court filings
Documents presented by former players in their suit against the league say the NFL violated federal laws and disregarded DEA guidance on handling controlled substances.
 
Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care.
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Harvard theorists: How sailing aliens could have caused fast radio bursts
An admittedly out-there explanation for a far-off phenomenon.
 
Police falsely told a man he couldn’t film them. ‘I’m an attorney,’ he said. ‘I know what the law is.’
Jesse Bright didn't hesitate to inform police in Wilmington, N.C., of his rights.
 
U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February; unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent
The robust employment numbers will probably clear the way for the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate next week.
 
The political lexicon of a billionaire populist
Using historically freighted terms, Trump is using new language to propel change.
 
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