U.S. court dismisses NY lawsuit against FedEx over cigarettes

A federal judge in New York dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday against FedEx Corp in which New York state and New York City claimed that the package delivery company had shipped untaxed cigarettes, cheating both out of tax revenue, according to a court document.

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Senate's Judiciary Committee, then and now

On Oct. 11, 1991, 14 white men grilled African-American law professor Anita Hill in a packed Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room about her allegations of sexual harassment by then-U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

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Man deported six times charged with murder in California bludgeonings

A man who police said fled to California from Texas after being questioned in the disappearance of two relatives was charged on Wednesday in Los Angeles with bludgeoning eight men, three fatally, in a string of attacks aimed mostly at homeless victims.

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South Carolina city braces for flooding in wake of Florence

The port city of Georgetown, South Carolina braced on Wednesday for flooding touched off by Hurricane Florence, as emergency management officials urged residents to evacuate despite forecasts that scaled back the threat of 10-foot high water.

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FEMA chief Brock Long omitted from wreck report: sources

The chief of the U.S. disaster response agency FEMA was riding in a government vehicle last year when it was involved in a collision, but his name was excluded from an official report on the crash, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Texas executes man convicted of drowning woman, dumping body

Texas on Wednesday put to death a man convicted of drowning a woman in a bathtub 20 years ago and dumping her cement-encased body in a remote area, in the first of its two planned executions this week.

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Supreme Court's Ginsburg voices support for #MeToo on eve of Kavanaugh hearing

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg voiced support for the #MeToo movement on Wednesday in a striking statement on the eve of a high-stakes U.S. Senate hearing into allegations of sexual misconduct by President Donald Trump's nominee to the court, Brett Kavanaugh.

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New allegation of drunken assault surfaces against Kavanaugh: NBC News

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is looking into at least one additional allegation of misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, NBC News reported on Wednesday.

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Senate panel to interview Kavanaugh over new allegations: Politico

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee plans to interview Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against him by a third woman on Wednesday, Politico reported.

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Supreme Court nominee accuser says it is 'civic duty' to testify

The woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago said in written testimony released on Wednesday that she believes it is her civic duty to testify at a high-stakes Senate hearing.

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Who is the Arizona prosecutor chosen to question Kavanaugh and his accuser?

Hoping to salvage the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and cement a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court for a generation, Republicans have chosen a woman who prosecuted sex crimes in Arizona to question President Donald Trump's nominee about sexual assault allegations.

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Democrats have leads in Rust Belt states that Trump won: Reuters poll

An Indiana U.S. Senator seen as one of the chamber's most vulnerable Democrats has a slight edge while four of his Rust Belt Democratic colleagues have solid leads in states President Donald Trump won in 2016, a Reuters poll found.

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Cosby's appeal likely to focus on parade of accusers at his second trial

Bill Cosby's appeal of his conviction for sexual assault is expected to focus on a Pennsylvania judge's decision to allow several accusers to testify against him, but his challenge faces significant hurdles, according to legal experts.

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