via CNN:
A painful hearing lays bare nation’s political flaws:
The Senate hearing meant to find the truth about Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation that President Donald Trump’s nominee assaulted her in the 1980s degenerated into one of the most distasteful political spectacles in many years.
What did or didn’t happen at a teenage house party in the Washington, D.C. suburbs and is now playing out 36 years later in an improbable twist of history. For both the accuser and the accused, it is a personal tragedy.
Body is believed to be of missing North Carolina boy with autism:
“I’m heartbroken,” Gastonia Police Chief Robert Helton told reporters at an emotional news conference.
“Our community is heartbroken, our searchers, our investigators. This is not the end we had hoped for.”
Since Saturday, when Maddox took off running while on a walk with his father around the lake at a Gastonia park, authorities had employed dogs, drones, sonar and infrared in the search for the boy. They partially drained the 80-acre lake so they could better see its shoreline. Gastonia SWAT teams searched the lake and nearby waterways on kayaks.
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What Bill Cosby will be eating behind bars:
With t
he 81-year-old convicted sex offender serving three to 10 years for drugging and sexually
assaulting Andrea Constand, the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institute at Phoenix shared some of the meals served at the facility where he’s now known as Inmate No. NN7687.
There are no truffles or caviar on the prison menu, which
changes daily and offers meat and vegetarian options.
Thursday’s breakfast will be one cup of Bran Flakes — along with fruit juice, two slices of toast, milk and coffee.
The first picture of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers is what you need today:
Sony Pictures has released the first photo of the actor as Fred Rogers from the upcoming and as-yet-untitled film about the iconic children’s show host.
The tweet that accompanied the photo said the movie is slated for release in October 2019
Hillary Clinton makes surprise appearance on ‘Murphy Brown’ premiere:
Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared on the revival’s premiere episode in a role that had not been formally announced before it aired.
As part of the surprise appearance, Clinton played a woman — named Hilary, with one “L” — who was interviewing for a secretary position at Murphy Brown’s new cable news show. (Of her resemblance, Clinton’s character said, “I get that a lot.”)
“Your reputation proceeds you, but I want you to know I’m not afraid of hard work, I’m qualified, and ready on day one,” Clinton quipped
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