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Progressive groups seek a new chief judge more attuned to the rights of society's vulnerable

There is data to back up the progressive groups’ concerns.

Oklahoma City marks a moment in the fight for desegregation

One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer Clara Luper.

Writers gather to read selected works of British author Salman Rushdie, one week after he was stabbed while on stage, during a rally to show solidarity for free expression outside the New York Public Library in New York City on August 19, 2022. - Hadi Matar has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges after being accused of stabbing British author Salman Rushdie multiple times on stage during a literary event at the Chautauqua Institution. The severely injured author is recovering well according to family and friends, after the assault left him with multiple stab wounds on August 12, 2022. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Paul Auster, Aasif Mandvi and others support Salman Rushdie with public readings

Writers Jeffrey Eugenides, Roya Hakakian, Kiran Desai, Tina Brown, Gay Talese and others gave live readings from the author's work as he recovered from a brutal attack.

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of Kobe Bryant, leaves a federal courthouse in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Kobe Bryant's widow is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments to a federal jury, seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of the NBA star, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Kobe Bryant's widow says the sharing of crash photos turned her grief to horror

Vanessa Bryant testified about her reaction to learning that deputies and firefighters had shared photos of her husband and daughter's bodies at the site of the helicopter crash that killed them.

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 13: Vic Mignogna attends the premiere of 'Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 13, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Funimation)

A Dragon Ball voice actor loses his appeal of his sexual harassment defamation suit

Vic Mignogna's defamation suit against two women who accused him of sexual misconduct has put a spotlight on sexual harassment in the Japanese animation industry.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 7: Steve Forbes and Michael Pack attend Afsaneh Akhtari Hosts A Discussion With Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis, Elizabeth Ames On Their New Book "INFLATION: What It Is, Why It's Bad And How To Fix It" on April 7, 2022 at Afsaneh Akhtaris Residence in New York City. (Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC via Getty Images)

Trump's VOA chief paid 'extravagantly' to investigate critics: Watchdog

A law firm received $1.6 million in taxpayer money to investigate officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. An inspector general has concluded that was a "gross waste" of federal resources.

Esta foto policial facilitada por el Departamento Penitenciario del Condado Dauphin en Pensilvania muestra a Riley June Williams, quien fue arrestada después de que su expareja sentimental dijera que ella robó una laptop de la oficina de la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, durante la invasión al Capitolio en Washington a principios de mes. (Departamento Penitenciario del Condado Dauphin, vía AP)

The woman accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop gets to attend Renaissance Faire

Riley Williams is typically only allowed to leave home for work, court proceedings or approved outings. This weekend, that may include jousting and a make-believe renaissance wedding.

FILE - Attorney General William Barr appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2019. The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memorandum Barr cited in publicly announcing that then-President Donald Trump had not committed obstruction of justice in the Russia investigation. That's the ruling by a federal appeals court Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The DOJ under Barr wrongly withheld parts of a Russia probe memo, a court rules

The Justice Department improperly withheld parts of an internal memo Attorney General William Barr cited in announcing that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice, an appeals panel said.

Soldiers patrol outside the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday Aug, 20, 2022. At least 10 people were killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed the hotel in Somalia's capital late Friday, police and eyewitnesses said. Several other people were injured and security forces rescued many others, including children, from the scene of the attack at Mogadishu's Hayat Hotel. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to end a hotel attack that killed 21 people

More than 100 people were also wounded. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: Daniel Levy of "Schitt's Creek" speaks during the Pop TV segment of the 2020 Winter TCA Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on January 13, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

'Schitt's Creek' star Dan Levy joins the 'Sex Education' cast in Season 4

The Emmy Award-winning actor will play a cult author. Levy previously co-produced and starred in the sitcom Schitt's Creek, which ended in 2020.

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