Wednesday 19 April 2017

Evening Edition: Bill O’Reilly is out at Fox News amid sexual harassment claims

House Oversight chairman Chaffetz won't seek reelection; Republicans avoid embarrassing defeat in Georgia House race; Results serve as a wake-up call for the GOP, but Democrats are unlikely to recapture the House; A youth revolt in France boosts the far right; Aaron Hernandez was no innocent bystander during his bloodstained life; Admiral's illicit history with 'Fat Leonard' goes back 20 years, prosecutors say; Justices express sympathy with church barred from state playground-repair program; EPA plans to offer buyouts as part of Trump push to shrink workforce; The pristine Arctic has become a garbage trap for 300 billion pieces of plastic; 'We’re truly sorry': Fla. apologizes for racial injustice of 1949 'Groveland Four' rape case; Fears over being accused of funding terrorism hamper charitable work in ravaged countries; Are President Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago similar to Obama’s travels?; A lesbian couple got their marriage license — after a county clerk called them an ‘abomination’; The Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino tastes like sour birthday cake. And shame.;
 
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Bill O'Reilly is out at Fox News amid sexual harassment claims
The announcement by 21st Century Fox marks the end of a two-decade partnership. Earlier this month, it was disclosed that O'Reilly and Fox had paid settlements for sexual harassment complaints made by women he'd worked with at Fox over the years.
House Oversight chairman Chaffetz won't seek reelection
The Republican congressman from Utah has been criticized for a lack of action in investigating the Trump administration and President Trump's potential conflicts of interest.
 
Republicans avoid embarrassing defeat in Georgia House race
In the race to fill the seat vacated by HHS Secretary Tom Price, Democrats had hoped to upend the national political landscape with a stunning victory and rouse their demoralized party just five months after Donald Trump won the White House.
 
The Daily 202 | Analysis
Results serve as a wake-up call for the GOP, but Democrats are unlikely to recapture the House
Picking up 24 seats in the 2018 midterm elections to win control of the House will still be very hard for Democrats. Despite all the national help Democrat Jon Ossoff got, he barely outperformed Hillary Clinton in the district.
 
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Rising Right
A youth revolt in France boosts the far right
Marine Le Pen's once-longshot and now undeniably viable bid to lead France rests on an unlikely source of support — millennials who are usually at ease with immigration, trade and multiculturalism.
 
Perspective
Aaron Hernandez was no innocent bystander during his bloodstained life
The former New England Patriots star, who hanged himself in his prison cell, had a talent for posturing and posing that failed to compensate for the destruction that followed in his path. His death ends a stunning fall from grace.
 
Admiral's illicit history with 'Fat Leonard' goes back 20 years, prosecutors say
Admiral Robert J. Gilbeau admitted to lying to federal investigators about contacts with Leonard Glenn Francis, a crooked defense contractor from Singapore. Francis has pleaded guilty to bribing scores of Navy officials with free hotel rooms, lavish dinners and prostitutes.
 
Justices express sympathy with church barred from state playground-repair program
The case centers on question of whether separation of church and state impinges on religious liberty.
 
EPA plans to offer buyouts as part of Trump push to shrink workforce
In a memo, EPA acting deputy administrator Mike Flynn said the White House had asked federal agencies to begin taking "immediate actions" to downsize.
 
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The pristine Arctic has become a garbage trap for 300 billion pieces of plastic
Not even the icy seas off Greenland and Scandinavia are spared from global ocean plastic, scientists say.
 
'We’re truly sorry': Fla. apologizes for racial injustice of 1949 'Groveland Four' rape case
The four black men were falsely accused of kidnapping and raping a white teen girl in 1949. Their families worked for decades to clear their names.
 
Fears over being accused of funding terrorism hamper charitable work in ravaged countries
At a time of historic humanitarian need, banks are increasingly hesitant to conduct business with charities that work in disaster zones for fear that they could be caught up in funding international terrorism.
 
Fact Checker | Analysis
Are President Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago similar to Obama’s travels?
Presidential travel costs are not readily made public, so we've taken a look at a few snapshots of the total price tag.
 
A lesbian couple got their marriage license — after a county clerk called them an ‘abomination’
Samantha Brookover and Amanda Abramovich have filed a federal lawsuit against West Virginia's Gilmer County and two officials in the county clerk's office.
 
Perspective
The Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino tastes like sour birthday cake. And shame.
The long-rumored drink, available nationwide until April 23, only exists to be Instagrammed (hashtag unicorn emoji, hashtag magical).
 
 
     
 
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