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Bill Cosby admitted getting Quaaludes to give to women he sought sex with

Comedian Bill Cosby has admitted under oath to drugging multiple women in order to coerce them into sex, according to a 2005 deposition made public Monday. Published July 6, 2015

U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team wins World Cup with victory over Japan

The U.S. women's national soccer team overwhelmed Japan 5-2 at Sunday's World Cup Final and cemented America's dominance of women's soccer as the first nation to win the world championship three times. Published July 5, 2015

George Takei implies Clarence Thomas race traitor in defense of ‘blackface’ comments

Gay activist and former "Star Trek" supporting actor George Takei doubled down on his "clown in blackface" attack on Supreme Court Clarence Thomas on Thursday night and implied that the jurist was a race traitor for not striking down state marriage laws last week. Published July 2, 2015

U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team beats Germany, advances to World Cup Final

The U.S. national soccer team advanced to the Women's World Cup final Tuesday by defeating Germany 2-0 in Montreal, Canada, securing a spot in the Sunday final and a chance at a third world championship. Published June 30, 2015

Teresa Manning loses Iowa law school conservative discrimination lawsuit

A pro-life activist has lost a lawsuit that accused the University of Iowa law school and its former dean of discriminating against her because of her political views. Published June 29, 2015

Transgender immigrant detainees to be housed according to preferred gender

U.S. immigration officials said Monday that they will house detainees according to their preferred gender identity rather than their sex. Published June 29, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s lead shrinks in New Hampshire as Bernie Sanders surges in polls

Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead among Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire is now only in the single-digits as Sen. Bernard Sanders continues to surge in polling. Published June 25, 2015

Democrats use Confederate flag flap in South Carolina to solicit donations

National Democrats tried Monday evening to raise funds off the South Carolina Confederate flag flap. Published June 22, 2015

Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina

A South Carolina black church founded by former slaves in 1865 was attacked by a white gunman Wednesday night and multiple churchgoers have reportedly been killed. Published June 17, 2015

Brian Williams out as ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor

Brian Williams has been permanently removed from the anchor chair at "NBC Nightly News," according to a report Wednesday evening in the New York Post. Published June 17, 2015

$10 bill: Alexander Hamilton to be replaced by a woman, Treasury Department says

It was unclear Wednesday night what Hamilton's exact fate would be -- whether he'd remain on a separate series of printings or whether the new bills, designed to be harder to counterfeit, will feature both him and the woman. Published June 17, 2015

Rachel Dolezal dismissed from local university, weekly paper

Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who said she was black and became leader of a Washington state NAACP chapter, lost two outside portfolios Monday, no longer employed either by the city's alternative weekly or the local university where she had taught Africana Studies. Published June 15, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi emails withheld from House investigators

Sidney Blumenthal's email correspondence on Benghazi suggests that the State Department or former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton did not turn over all of her emails to House investigators, as she has insisted, according to a report in Politico on Monday evening. Published June 15, 2015

FIFA officials to be indicted by U.S. on corruption charges

Officials of FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, will be indicted in the U.S. on corruption charges. Published May 27, 2015

Josh Duggar, ‘19 Kids and Counting’ star, admits molesting girls as teen

Josh Duggar, one of the stars of reality TV shows about America's most-famous large family, has acknowledged molesting underage girls as a teenager. Published May 21, 2015

Texas, Nebraska defy death penalty abolitionists, obtain lethal injection drugs

The campaign by death-penalty opponents to make executions de facto impossible by cutting off the supply of fatal drugs may be losing momentum as two states announced Thursday that they have been able to replenish their supplies. Published May 14, 2015