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A group of students said on Friday that they were sorry for all the homophobic responses that Congressman Alex Morse had to deal with in response to accusations that he had not behaved well with students as a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Massachusetts College Democrats said that while …

Increase / Doug Loverro, formerly NASA’s head of human spaceflight. NASA The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into a former top NASA official, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The grand jury’s investigation concerns communications between Doug Loverro, then NASA’s chief of …

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals argued that the state’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition infringed on the core right of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves. The majority said the ammunition “is typically used for legitimate purposes, and is not ‘unusual weapons’ that fall …

On the Thursday night episode (August 13) of The Daily Show, host Trevor Noah and his correspondent Dulcé Sloan discussed sexism, mainly because it relates to coverage of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s vice president running mate. However, the duo soon recognized that sexism goes beyond politics, noting the double …

The US and China are sending out talks scheduled for the weekend aimed at monitoring progress at the six-month mark of their phase-one trade agreement, people familiar with the matter said. Chinese Vice Prime Minister Liu He is due to hold a video conference with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer …