Author: Herman Wong
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After calling Barbara Bush an ‘amazing racist,’ a professor taunts critics: ‘I will never be fired’
In the hours after Barbara Bush died Tuesday, even those who didn’t share the former first lady’s political views expressed their condolences and recounted warm memories of the Bush family matriarch. Former president Bill Clinton, the man who once campaigned against her husband, called Bush “a remarkable woman” with “grit & grace, brains & beauty.”…
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Teen gymnast confronts Larry Nassar – and said she’s still billed for their sessions
On the fifth day of Larry Nassar’s sentencing hearing for molestation charges, 15-year-old Emma Ann Miller stood in the Lansing, Michigan, courtroom to confront the man she said had repeatedly sexually abused her, the last time during a medical appointment in August 2016. She was 10 years old when she started seeing him for treatment,…
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A Wichita police officer fatally shot a man while responding to an emergency call now called a ‘swatting’ prank
A police officer in Wichita fatally shot a man while responding to an emergency call that authorities now say was a tragic and senseless prank. The 28-year-old man, whom officials did not immediately identify, was killed around 6:20 p.m. Thursday after police responded to a report that there had been a shooting and hostages taken at the…