| Kavanaugh hearings: Amid new charges, a call for humanity and open minds Posted: 26 Sep 2018 02:42 PM PDT ![Kavanaugh hearings: Amid new charges, a call for humanity and open minds]( "Kavanaugh hearings: Amid new charges, a call for humanity and open minds") Over the course of the past week and a half, Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination has gone from following a glide path to something that resembles a roller coaster. Wednesday morning, that roller coaster went into a vertical drop. Michael Avenatti – the lawyer best known for representing adult film star Stormy Daniels in her suit against President Trump – released a sworn affidavit from a woman alleging that she saw Mr. Kavanaugh and other boys "spike the punch" with drugs or grain alcohol at house parties in the 1980s so that girls could be "gang raped" by a "train" of boys.
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| They aided US troops at war. Some found safety here. Why are others left behind? Posted: 26 Sep 2018 01:28 PM PDT ![They aided US troops at war. Some found safety here. Why are others left behind?]( "They aided US troops at war. Some found safety here. Why are others left behind?") Mr. Khawari, an Afghan serving alongside US troops as an interpreter, suffered a concussion and temporary hearing loss in the blast in 2010. "I didn't want to see any more innocent people dying like that," says Khawari, who embedded with American troops for three years before joining the US Agency for International Development as a training specialist. Khawari persisted against his father's wishes.
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| In Choir!Choir!Choir!, song builds community – even if you can't carry a tune Posted: 26 Sep 2018 01:10 PM PDT ![In Choir!Choir!Choir!, song builds community – even if you can't carry a tune]( "In Choir!Choir!Choir!, song builds community – even if you can't carry a tune") Luc Rinaldi and Steph Braithwaite lead the high-range voices through the catchy melody of the '90s hit song "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia. It's also just old-fashioned fun, where adults who don't know each other come together in common, musical purpose.
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| Why Rouhani, facing political storm in Iran, is secure in face of US threats Posted: 26 Sep 2018 01:03 PM PDT ![Why Rouhani, facing political storm in Iran, is secure in face of US threats]( "Why Rouhani, facing political storm in Iran, is secure in face of US threats") President Hassan Rouhani of Iran stood before the United Nations this week under intensified pressure from the United States, which is seeking to isolate the Islamic Republic and leverage the pain of increased sanctions and antigovernment anger to curb what it says are Iran's "malign activities" in the Middle East. Iranians have felt the American surge of anti-Iran hostility since President Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal last spring and began restoring crippling sanctions, which analysts say hastened the plunge of Iran's currency and helped make prices soar.
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