Wednesday 19 April 2017

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Aaron Hernandez, former Patriots star convicted of murder, hangs himself in prison; The Daily 202: A wake-up call for Republicans in Georgia, but Democrats remain unlikely to win the House in 2018; 'We’re truly sorry': Fla. apologizes for racial injustice of 1949 'Groveland Four' rape case; Republicans avoid big loss by forcing runoff in Ga. House race; Nation by nation, how Trump has shaken up Koreas, neighbors; House Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz says he will not seek reelection in 2018; A youth revolt in France boosts the far right; The Trump administration has deported a 'dreamer' for first time, advocates say; The stunning fall of Aaron Hernandez; Why the GOP shouldn’t be celebrating a runoff in Georgia’s 6th District; After using n-word in front of black colleagues, Fla. state senator faces calls to resign; A month after dismissing federal prosecutors, Justice Department does not have any U.S. attorneys in place; 11 charts that show marijuana has truly gone mainstream; Federal judge stops Auburn from canceling white nationalist Richard Spencer speech. Violence erupts.; Are President Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago similar to Obama’s travels?; Republicans avoided calamity in this month's two special elections, but a lot more peril lies ahead
 
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Aaron Hernandez, former Patriots star convicted of murder, hangs himself in prison
The former player, who was serving a life sentence for murder, died on the day the team is visiting the White House.
The Daily 202: A wake-up call for Republicans in Georgia, but Democrats remain unlikely to win the House in 2018
GOP candidate who kept distance from Trump advances to runoff
 
'We’re truly sorry': Fla. apologizes for racial injustice of 1949 'Groveland Four' rape case
Four black men, known as the "Groveland Four" were falsely accused of kidnapping and raping a white teen girl in 1949. Their families worked for decades to clear their names.
 
Republicans avoid big loss by forcing runoff in Ga. House race
After technical difficulties in Fulton County delayed the count past midnight, Jon Ossoff fell below the 50 percent of the vote needed to declare an outright victory in Tuesday's contest. He will face Republican Karen Handel, the top Republican vote-getter, in a June runoff.
 
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House Oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz says he will not seek reelection in 2018
The Republican congressman from Utah, who became chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2015, has been criticized for a lack of action in investigating the Trump administration and President Trump's potential conflicts of interest. He reversed his position on Trump's candidacy several times in 2016, and recently faced an angry crowd […]
A youth revolt in France boosts the far right
For French millennials, the election has spawned dreams of a far-right revolution.
 
The Trump administration has deported a 'dreamer' for first time, advocates say
Lawyers for Juan Manuel Montes Bojorquez, 23, filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act Tuesday demanding that the federal government turn over information about his removal.
 
The stunning fall of Aaron Hernandez
Hernandez, a former NFL player convicted of murder, was found hanging in his prison cell Wednesday morning.
 
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