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A federal appeals court has reversed a slew of convictions of extortion and racketeering against two Teamsters who were found guilty in 2014 of using the threat of pickets to pressure businesses into hiring union workers. The reversal of the convictions against the former Teamsters, John Perry and Joseph "JoJo" Burhoe, is another setback for the US Attorney's office, which last month lost a high-profile extortion case against four other Teamsters accused of shaking down producers of the reality television show, "Top Chef."
In this image from video provided by NBC10 Philadelphia, first responders are positioned near the wreckage of a helicopter in Lumberton, N.J., Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
There's a common saying in Catholic charity circles: We don't help people because they're Catholic, we help them because we are. To understand that sentiment is to understand why so many Catholics were incensed by accusations from a former Trump administration official on Thursday that the church has an ulterior motive in advocating on behalf of undocumented immigrants to the United States.
On September 8, 1892, an early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in “The Youth's Companion.” It went: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” In 1761, Britain's King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz a few hours after meeting her for the first time. In 1935, Sen. Huey P. Long, D-La., was shot inside the Louisiana State Capitol; he died two days later.
ABC's "The View" welcomes former presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton live on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 , for her first talk show appearance since the election. The former Secretary of State, Senator and First Lady joins the co-hosts at the Hot Topics table in one of her first interviews discussing her new memoir of the 2016 presidential election, "What Happened."
The 59-year-old talk show host revealed in 1997 that she was gay, shortly before her title character in hit sitcom 'Ellen' did the same thing, and she was initially warned she could "destroy" the show by taking it in the same direction as her personal life, but she has no regrets about anything. She told TIME Firsts: "I was warned by my publicist at the time -- everybody said, 'We could destroy this whole show.'
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington.
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon said White House economic adviser Gary Cohn "absolutely" should resign along with any other aides who can't adequately stand by the president. "When you side with a man you side with him," Bannon, who left his post last month, told Charlie Rose in an interview, excerpts of which were released Thursday.
The current state of conservatism is bleak. With Donald Trump dragging the GOP into an abyss bearing the lowest approval numbers a president has had in any first year, a series of racist attacks in the name of conservatism, and cable news going the way of MSNBC, there appears to be a political natural disaster ready to take a final blow at the Republicans; and it's Typhoon Trump.
Her political silence has drawn criticisms from many who believe she should be using her platform to stand up for what she believes in. Taylor Swift has remained notoriously tight-lipped on her political leanings, but her friend and back-up dancer Todrick Hall says that anyone who takes her silence as evidence she voted for Donald Trump are making a "huge assumption."
The last time Shania Twain released an album - the experimental country-but-not-quite opus "Up!" - it sold 874,000 copies in its first week, and went on to receive the Recording Industry Association of America's diamond certification for 10 million copies sold, her third album in a row to reach that milestone. That was in 2002, right around the peak of the CD age, and an era in which the pop mainstream hadn't yet fully absorbed hip-hop.
The former Olympic gold medal figure skater is expected to play the lead in an upcoming movie about Sonja Henie, a Norwegian athlete-turned-screen siren. Henie won a gold medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland - when was a mere 15-years-old, according to Biography.com.
Patrons stand in line and purchase tickets to the Dreamland Wax Museum Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Boston. Officials at Boston's new Dreamland Wax Museum say they're embracing the extra attention brought by online hecklers who have lampooned some of the attraction's likenesses.
Since first moving into original programming in 2012, Netflix has gone from a fringe curiosity to a major player in film and TV, actually living up to the mantle of "disruptor" that so many tech companies try to claim. But even by that standard, the last few months have been a whirlwind, with Netflix making several of its biggest acquisitions yet: securing a deal with the juggernaut TV producer Shonda Rhimes , luring David Letterman out of retirement , buying Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee series, giving the green light to shows by the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh, and optioning an entire comic-book brand .
"I should say re-appointed, because we will have an even larger population that will vote against him in 2020," filmmaker tells Fast Company Filmmaker and activist Michael Moore predicted that President Donald Trump will win re-election in 2020 in a Monday interview with Fast Company - but the Trump critic has a plan to stop it from happening. "I should say re-appointed, because we will have an even larger population that will vote against him in 2020," Moore told the magazine.
On his 92nd birthday, March 8, 1933, retired Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was paid a surprise visit by the newly inaugurated president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The two men chatted for half an hour and, after Roosevelt departed, a young clerk asked Holmes what he thought of the new man in the White House.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. lands a hit against Conor McGregor during a boxing match at T-Mobile Arena on August 28, 2017. By midnight, we were good and ready.
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