| Why so many temporary White House clearances? Adam Schiff wants to know Posted: 14 Feb 2018 02:20 PM PST ![Why so many temporary White House clearances? Adam Schiff wants to know]( "Why so many temporary White House clearances? Adam Schiff wants to know") Maybe that's one reason it is stumbling over something known for exacting detail: the security clearance process. More than a week after allegations of spousal abuse against former staff secretary Rob Porter burst into public view, the administration is still struggling to explain who knew about problems revealed by Mr. Porter's background check, when they knew them, and what they did or didn't do in response. Testimony from FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday indicated that White House officials learned about warning signs in Porter's background as long ago as last summer.
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| A tale of two cities and murder Posted: 14 Feb 2018 01:13 PM PST ![A tale of two cities and murder]( "A tale of two cities and murder") Two American cities, separated by just 200 miles along the Northeast corridor, tell two very different stories about the crime of murder. Baltimore, population 615,000, had 343 murders last year. New York, population 8.5 million, had 290 murders last year.
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| South Africa’s struggle for honest leaders Posted: 14 Feb 2018 12:14 PM PST ![South Africa's struggle for honest leaders]( "South Africa's struggle for honest leaders") Just a quarter century ago, South Africa was a model in how to uproot official racism and replace it with democratic values such as equality. Now, as its parliament prepares to remove President Jacob Zuma from office, it may offer yet another model. This time, South Africans are showing how to replace official corruption with values such as transparency and accountability.
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| Fighting sexism, India's police ask: When is 'women only' good for women? Posted: 14 Feb 2018 09:04 AM PST ![Fighting sexism, India's police ask: When is 'women only' good for women?]( "Fighting sexism, India's police ask: When is 'women only' good for women?") Right up to the school entrance there would be groups of boys hanging around, Eve-teasing," she recalls, using the local expression for India's rampant sexual harassment. Jaipur's 28 all-female units, among the first in India, are just one manifestation of a deep national soul-searching over the scourges of sexual harassment and gender-based violence – and police's role in fighting them. Along with all-female police stations, they're meant to encourage more women to come forward and report abuse.
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