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United shares fall after backlash over dragged passenger

CHICAGO — United Continental Holdings’ shares dropped nearly 4 percent Tuesday morning as backlash continued over videos of security officers dragging a passenger from his seat Sunday to make way for airline employees. Passengers were already onboard the United Express flight from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Louisville, Ky., on Sunday evening when the airline […]

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White House spokesman forced to apologize for Hitler remark

Washington (dpa) – White House spokesman Sean Spicer was forced to make multiple apologies Tuesday after he apparently overlooked the Holocaust and Adolf Hitler’s use of gas chambers to commit genocide against Jews. The gaffe occurred as Spicer compared Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons against his own people to Hitler’s actions in

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Jewish History, USA

With more violations, Penn State president warns of ‘end of Greek life’

Penn State President Eric Barron warned Tuesday that “the end of Greek life at Penn State” was a possibility if students continue to flout rules laid out by the university in the wake of a student’s death at a fraternity house in February. Nine of the university’s 82 fraternities and sororities violated at least one

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

United passenger who was dragged from plane says he’s still in the hospital

David Dao, a Kentucky physician who touched off a national debate over airline overbooking policies this week when he was dragged off a United Airlines flight, was still recovering in the hospital Tuesday after suffering injuries from the incident, according to a Kentucky television station that spoke to him. Dao told WLKY-TV that he was

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Trump tweets that North Korea is ‘looking for trouble’ and signs the message ‘U.S.A.’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against North Korea on Tuesday, writing on Twitter that the country “is looking for trouble” and encouraging North Korea’s neighbor China to “solve the problem.” Trump signed the message: “U.S.A.” In a second message, Trump said he told China’s President Xi Jinping during his visit to Florida

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New Mexico to Pass First Law Prohibiting “Lunch Shaming”

A new law that was unanimously passed in the House of Representatives last week could become the first piece of legislation in the country to prohibit the act of student “lunch shaming”. Lunch shaming is considered the practice of shaming or humiliating school children who are behind on their meal fees. Examples of this practice

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David Dao, doctor dragged off United flight, was convicted of multiple felony drug charges in 2004

The Vietnamese doctor who was thrust into the international spotlight this week after he was dragged from an overbooked United Airlines flight against his will was reportedly convicted of multiple felony drugs charges in 2004. Videos taken Sunday by other passengers showing Dr. David Dao being manhandled on a Kentucky-bound flight at O’Hare International Airport

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Bernie Sanders’ Popularity Soars

As Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders takes on a more public profile with numerous appearances and a scathing critique of President Donald Trump’s administration, he retained his position as the United States’ most popular senator, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Sanders lost out the Democratic nomination for president to former Secretary of State Hillary

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United Airlines CEO apologizes in public statement, but slams “defiant,” “disruptive,” “belligerent” passenger in internal email

Though he publicly apologized for the situation today, United Airlines CEO took a different tone in an internal email circulated to United Airlines employees and acquired by CNBC. Munoz’s public apology, also reported earlier today by NBC News, read: Watch the video “This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United. I

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Official Involved in Bush-Era Purge of Gay Employees Now in Trump Administration

It was one of the uglier scandals of the Bush administration: Top officials at an agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers launched a campaign against their own employees based on suspected sexual orientation, according to an inspector general report. Staffers were abruptly reassigned from Washington, D.C., to a new office 500 miles away in Detroit in

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Murder-suicide in San Bernardino classroom: ‘He just shot everywhere’

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 9-year-old girl in a gray zip-up sweater ran to her mother in tears. “Mommy, I still have blood on my sweater,” she cried. Elisabeth Barajaz had reunited with her daughter Marissa after hearing there had been a shooting at her San Bernardino school. “The boy just walked in with the

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