Eddie Murphy, king of comedy
Murphy didn’t tell a joke for almost three decades — until he came to the Kennedy Center to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Vester L. Flanagan, 41, a former employee of the Roanoke station, is believed to have posted videos online showing him shooting the crew.
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A Duke freshman thinks ‘Fun Home’ is immoral. He won’t read assignment.

POSTEVERYTHING | He says his beliefs extend to pop culture and artwork depicting sex acts.
Republican Kevin Cramer to run for Senate in North Dakota in boost for GOP

The House Republican says he will challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in a state Trump won easily in 2016.
Abbas, Haley exchange strong criticism over Middle East at U.N. Security Council
The Palestinian leader accused the U.S. of abdicating its commitment to Middle East peace, while the U.N. ambassador said Abbas is shortchanging his people.
A man collapsed with ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ tattooed on his chest. Doctors didn’t know what to do.
The 70-year-old's DNR tattoo left doctors grappling with ethical and legal questions. The patient died the next day at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Kanye West fell for the worst black Republican sales pitch there is. Here’s why.
His drive to be regarded as an outside-the-box thinker led him to be taken in by the absurd argument that black voters are slaves on the Democratic Party plantation.
Why I sued President Trump over the travel ban
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the ban on Wednesday.
Starbucks won’t have any idea whether its diversity training works
The company doesn't seem to have any plans to test its curriculum.
I’m transgender, and evangelicals tried to pray for me. I prayed for them instead.
A prayer that one might change their sexuality or gender identity is egregious encouragement to those who would seek to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
I was outed as a CIA officer. But pardoning Scooter Libby hurts all of us.
Valerie Plame says that future assets may question whether they can be protected from the perils of a blown cover.
What President Trump doesn’t understand about attorney-client privilege
It isn't dead. And it's not as comprehensive as many white-collar defendants assume.
I’m a Flint resident. I’m done paying for water that is not safe.
The state will no longer provide bottled water to residents, even though this crisis is not over.
Congressional Republicans are spineless. They’re not going to save Mueller.
Let’s remember whom we’re dealing with here.
Chemical weapons aren’t Assad’s only atrocity. We need new ‘red lines.’
The world did nothing as he bombed and starved civilians for years.
How Sinclair became the most insidious force in local TV news
The company ignores industry norms — and takes advantage of viewers' assumption that their local news is nonpartisan.
Guns seized from three Metro fare evaders, police say
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell signs contract extension worth as much as $40M annually
The deal runs through 2024 with close to 90 percent of his salary tied to incentives. It is not clear whether it will be opposed by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who at one point threatened a legal challenge to an extension.
How two men turned a Google search and $100 into a hit podcast and a TV deal
Podcasts have been around for years, but have seen a rebirth in the past few years.
College grads face next hurdle: Paying back student loans

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