Sunday, August 19, 2018

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In horrifying detail, women accuse U.S. customs officers of invasive searches
Lawsuits raise unsettling questions about authorities' considerable power to detain people at the nation's 328 ports of entry.
Brennan says he's willing to take Trump to court as battle heats up over revoked clearance
Former CIA director John O. Brennan, an outspoken critic of President Trump, said he was "going to do whatever I can" to help prevent other current and former officials from having their security clearances revoked.
 
'Truth isn't truth': Giuliani weighs risks of possible Trump interview with Mueller team
President Trump's lead attorney in the ongoing Russia probe said investigators could try to catch the president in a lie based on their version of the facts.
 
 
Trump lashes out again at Russia probe, comparing it to McCarthyism
The president's criticism followed a report that White House counsel Donald McGahn has been interviewed three times as part of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation.
 
Medical Mysteries
She had a loud, nonstop crunching noise in her head that doctors couldn't quiet
The disturbing sound interfered with an Indiana woman's ability to have a simple conversation or to listen to music, and was constantly distracting. It was "literally driving me crazy," she recalled.
 
'Wasted our lives': Catholic sex abuse scandals again prompt a crisis of faith
The Vatican referred to this as "the summer from hell for the Catholic Church." In the pews on Sunday, many struggled to cope.
 
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Perspective
Editorials defending the press against Trump's attacks are a nice start. Here's where to go next.
Love it or hate it, the effort by hundreds of American newspapers was mostly symbolic. What's really needed is a more practical kind of collaboration — and plenty of it.
 
Bolton says four foreign adversaries may try to interfere in U.S. midterms
U.S. officials are concerned not only about Russia, but also Iran, China and North Korea, said national security adviser John Bolton. He said elections are not the only potential targets for hostile international hackers.
 
What will happen to DACA? Federal court cases could lead to an answer.
Competing federal lawsuits could send the program, which protects hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation, to the Supreme Court.
 
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In South Korea, families await reunions with Northern relatives with longing and trepidation
This week, 172 South Koreans will travel into North Korea to meet relatives, in the first reunion of divided families to take place for three years, as relations thaw between the neighbors.
 
Afghan president offers two-month ceasefire to Taliban leaders
The offer, which comes just days after a major Taliban attack on Ghazni, is contingent on a positive response from the insurgents.
 
 
After #MeToo, Kevin Spacey movie 'Billionaire Boys Club' earns $126 on opening day
The movie was made two-and-a-half years ago, well before Spacey's accusers came forward. In some theaters, only one person had opted to see it all weekend.
 
A Yelp reviewer called a Boston restaurant's pride flag 'disgusting.' The owner invited the man back.
When Nino Barbalace opened the bakery and cafe, he named it after his aunt Zia because of her "innate ability to create community, comfort and love through food."
 
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