i i hide captionPro-Russian rebels move journalists away from Malaysian investigators and monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Tuesday. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was allegedly shot down by a missile Thursday; today, U.S. intelligence says it has verified that two rebel leaders spoke by phone about shooting the plane down. Rob
i i hide captionSenate nominee David Perdue hugs his wife Bonnie after declaring victory in the Georgia Republican runoff election Tuesday. John Bazemore/AP Senate nominee David Perdue hugs his wife Bonnie after declaring victory in the Georgia Republican runoff election Tuesday. John Bazemore/AP Businessman David Perdue has defeated longtime Rep. Jack Kingston in the Republican
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The Johns Hopkins Health System will pay $190 million to former patients of a gynecologist who used a small camera to secretly film examinations, in one of the the largest sexual misconduct settlements involving a physician. The Baltimore-based hospital is settling a class-action lawsuit that includes more than 7,000 women and at least 62 minors;
i i hide captionMembers of global advocacy group Avaaz stand next to a digital counter showing the number of petition signatures calling for net neutrality outside the Federal Communication Commission in Washington in January. Avaaz joined other groups to deliver more than a million signatures for a free and open Internet to the FCC. Kevin
i i hide captionAstronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. posing for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, 45 years ago. Neil Armstrong/NASA/AP Astronaut Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. posing for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, 45
i i APM Alex/Flickr In the past year, my first in a prestigious Ph.D. program in creative writing and literature, I have often felt conspicuous as a writer of color. I have felt a responsibility to speak up when race is discussed, but I have also resented this responsibility. Lately, I have found myself burying
i i hide captionJames Garner plays Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files in a 1988 photo. DPA /Landov James Garner plays Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files in a 1988 photo. DPA /Landov I didn’t know, watching Isaac Hayes push James Garner around on The Rockford Files, that I was seeing a special character continue
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i i hide captionSeattle Mayor Ed Murray, right, and Seattle City Council president Tim Burgess, second from right, cut a cake that says “#GoodWorkSeattle $15,” last month after the city raised the minimum wage. Ted S. Warren/AP Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, right, and Seattle City Council president Tim Burgess, second from right, cut a cake
i i hide captionRetiring Virginia Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., center, and Frank Wolf, R-Va., right, talk as congressmen leave the House of Representatives in April. Moran’s name appears on on a Russian visa blacklist issued on Saturday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Retiring Virginia Reps. Jim Moran, D-Va., center, and Frank Wolf, R-Va., right, talk as congressmen
i i hide caption“We can’t continue to have unsafe medical care be a regular part of the way we do business in health care,” said Harvard School of Public Health’s Dr. Ashish Jha at a Senate hearing Thursday. AP “We can’t continue to have unsafe medical care be a regular part of the way we