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Doctor charged with sexually assaulting, filming unconscious patients
The 33-year-old gastroenterologist was terminated from his hospital job in December after his arrest for allegedly raping a female acquaintance in his home.
- by Jake Offerhartz
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Not just Hollywood: Los Angeles city workers go on strike over wages
It’s the latest strike to overtake the nation’s second-largest city in recent months as sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers walked off the job.
World of Photos - August 9, 2023
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Judge tosses Trump’s defamation suit against writer E Jean Carroll
The ruling shuts down, at least for now, Trump’s effort to turn the legal tables on E. Jean Carroll, who won a sexual abuse judgment against him in May.
- by Jennifer Peltz
Tension in Camelot over RFK Jr’s run at the White House
While on a visit to Australia, the only grandson of JFK joined a growing list of Kennedys speaking out against Robert F. Kennedy’s bid to become president.
- by Peter Baker
World of Photos - August 8, 2023
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Fusion power breakthrough repeated in California lab for second time
Scientists have known for about a century that fusion powers the sun and have pursued it on Earth. Such a breakthrough could one day help curb climate change.
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US politics
Try looking at the Trump legal saga without congratulating yourself
I ask you to try on a vantage point in which we anti-Trumpers are not the eternal good guys. In fact, we’re the bad guys.
- by David Brooks
World of Photos - August 7, 2023
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
Elon Musk’s X to fund legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posts
“If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill,” Musk said on X.
- by Reuters
How a streaming star’s chaotic PlayStation giveaway led to 65 arrests
By the time of the scheduled giveaway, some people in the Manhattan crowd had begun to hurl objects such as building materials, rocks and bottles at one another, police said.
- by Orlando Mayorquin and Eduardo Medina