Social Issues

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Comedian Seth Meyers told his "Late Night" studio audience on Nov. 27, 2017, that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's comments on sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. John Conyers were "shockingly tone deaf." (Image: NBC, "Late Night" screenshot)

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Sarah Sims is facing felony charges after she put a digital audio recorder in her 9-year-old's backpack in an effort to catch her daughter's alleged bullies red-handed. (WAVY-TV)

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"We're just going to continue to make progress minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day," said Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican (second from right). Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (second from left) said the bill may not make it through the Senate this week. (Associated Press photographs)

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LEFT: Sen. Steve Daines, Montana Republican, said that there need to be more improvements to the bill before he can vote for it. RIGHT Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, said he wants a better deal for small businesses in the Senate tax bill.

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Illustration on the economic benefits of lower taxation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on bad charities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy was diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia at the age of 22 and died May 18, 1963 at the age of 23.

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Former Iowa football star Tyler Sash, who later player two seasons with the New York Giants, died at the age of 27. The cause of death was determined to be an accidental overdose from prescription drugs. Sash, won a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in 2011.

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Olympic bobsledding champion Steven Holcomb had prescription sleeping pills and alcohol in his system when he was found dead on May 26, 2017, according to toxicology report provided to his family and USA Bobsled and Skeleton

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An Indiana nurse is out of a job after a racially charged tweet about white women and their sons sparked a firestorm on social media. (WRTV)

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Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam won a landslide victory earlier this month. Party activists are hopeful that they can erode the GOP advantage ahead of the census. (Associated Press)

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According to a Politico/Morning Consult survey, 59 percent of American voters say that sexual harassment is a problem in Hollywood. (Associated Press)

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School officials said a non-white student confessed this week to scrawling a racist message on a girls' bathroom mirror at Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, on Nov. 15. (KPLR 11)

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Back-up dancer Kevin Federline left his pregnant fiancée, actress Shar Jackson, to be with pop princess Britney Spears. Their two year marriage ended with Federline retaining sole legal and physical custody of their son while Spears would get visitation rights that would increase over time. Federline receives $20,000 per month from Spears in child support