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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Bill Cosby convicted of drugging and molesting a womanApril 26, 20184:51 PM ET NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-in-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America's Dad.  At hearings, EPA chief seeks to divert blame for ethics woesApril 26, 20184:35 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, yet another Trump administration official with his job on the line over ethical concerns, took heat from lawmakers Thursday over his profligate spending and lobbyist ties and tried to divert responsibility to underlings.  Senate committee OKs bill to safeguard special counselApril 26, 20182:35 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) â Bipartisan legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller now lies in the hands of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance it.  Russia parades Syrian 'witnesses' to disprove gas attackApril 26, 20183:43 PM ET THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia ratcheted up its efforts Thursday to try to disprove that a Syrian town was hit by a poison gas attack, bringing a group of Syrians, including an 11-year-old boy, to the global chemical weapons watchdog's headquarters to denounce the reports as fake.
Latest Headlines  Yawkey Way outside Fenway Park changed over racist pastApril 26, 20182:23 PM ET BOSTON (AP) — Boston officials Thursday approved changing the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park, because of allegations former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was a racist who resisted signing black ballplayers in the 1940s and '50s.
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