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CIA: Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Journalist's Murder
Calling Saudi Arabia a “great ally,” President Donald Trump declined to stand behind the CIA’s claim that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Khashoggi's Sons Forgive Saudi Killers, Sparing 5 Execution
The family of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi has announced they have forgiven his Saudi killers, giving legal reprieve to five government agents who had been sentenced to death for an operation that cast a cloud of suspicion over the kingdom’s crown prince
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Pentagon: $10B Cloud Contract That Snubbed Amazon Was Legal
A government watchdog agency says the Defense Department’s decision-making process in awarding a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft was in line with legal and government purchasing standards
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Turkish Prosecutors File Indictment Over Khashoggi Killing
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against 20 Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences 5 to Death for Jamal Khashoggi's Killing
A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents.
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US Misled Public on Progress in Afghanistan War: Report
The Washington Post reports that three White House administrations have misled the public about failures in the Afghanistan war, often suggesting success where it didn’t exist. Thousands of pages of documents obtained by The Post reveal deep frustrations about America’s conduct of the Afghanistan war, including the ever-changing U.S. strategy. The documents quote officials close to the 18-year war effort...
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Poll: Virginians Split Over Whether Gov. Northam Should Resign
Virginians are split over whether Gov. Ralph Northam should resign over a photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page showing people in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe, a new Washington Post-Schar poll shows.
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MSNBC, Washington Post to Co-Host November Democratic Presidential Debate
MSNBC and The Washington Post will co-host the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate in Georgia next month, MSNBC announced Tuesday. The debate will take place in prime time on Nov. 20. The specific location, venue, format and moderators will be announced at a later date. To qualify for the stage, candidates have to meet fundraising and polling criteria laid out...
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How African Americans Disappeared From the Kentucky Derby
When the horses enter the gate for the 145th Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Venezuela, New Mexico, Panama and France. None will be African-American. That’s been the norm for quite a while. When Marlon St. Julien rode the Derby in 2000, he became the first black man to get a mount since 1921. It wasn’t always this way....
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Peter Tork of The Monkees Dies at 77
Peter Tork, who rose to teen-idol fame in 1966 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died.
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Peter Tork of The Monkees Dead at 77
The Monkees bassist, singer and keyboardist Peter Tork died on Thursday. He was 77.
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Guatemalan Girl Likely Died of Sepsis Shock, Hospital Officials Said
Hospital officials who treated the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody said she appears to have died from sepsis shock, according to the most detailed timeline of her death released by the Department of Homeland Security. Autopsy results that will provide the official cause of death were still pending early Monday, NBC News reported. Sepsis is...
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Saudi Arabia to Seek Death Penalty in Khashoggi Killing
Saudi Arabia will seek the death penalty against five men suspected of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, its top prosecutor said Thursday, while the U.S. slapped sanctions on 17 Saudi officials in the toughest action it has taken against the kingdom since the slaying. The Saudi moves failed to appease Turkey, which has put increasing pressure on its regional rival since...
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Rihanna, Axl Rose Among Latest Stars to Slam Trump's Use of Their Music at Rallies
Rihanna and Axl Rose over the weekend joined a growing number of musicians who have denounced President Donald Trump’s use of their music at his events.
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Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Feared Dead After Entering Saudi Consulate
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor, is feared dead after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week and has not been seen since. Khashoggi has been a vocal critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Khashoggi went to the consulate to pick up paperwork in order to marry his fiancee.
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Bob Woodward Writing Inside Account of Trump White House
The next writer to take a close look at the Trump presidency: Bob Woodward. The celebrated journalist of Watergate fame has written “Fear: Trump in the White House,” Simon & Schuster announced Monday. The book is coming out Sept. 11. According to the publisher, Woodward is drawing on “hundreds of hours” of interviews, along with notes, files and diaries to...
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More Women Accuse Rose; Some Say They Alerted CBS Managers
With 27 more women alleging former news anchor Charlie Rose of sexual misconduct, a report Thursday calls into question CBS News’ claims that his behavior was a surprise before he was fired last November.
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Eggs, Embryos Possibly Damaged at San Francisco Fertility Clinic
A San Francisco fertility clinic says thousands of frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged after a liquid nitrogen failure in a storage tank.
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Real Weather Term ‘Bomb' Blows Up on Social Media
When it comes to weather, it’s hard to sound scarier than “bomb cyclone.” It’s a version of a real weather term that applies to a massive winter storm that pulled together Wednesday off the U.S. Southeast coast. But as fearsome as the storm is with high winds and some snow, it may not be quite as explosive as the term...
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9th Circuit Opens Sexual Misconduct Inquiry Into Famed Judge
The chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that he has opened a misconduct inquiry into a judge accused of inappropriate sexual conduct and comments by six women. Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas issued the order based on allegations against Judge Alex Kozinski in a Dec. 8 Washington Post article.