| No Images? Click here  Good morning from London! Willa Frej here, taking over for Paul today. Here's the news...Monday, September 24NEW KAVANAUGH ACCUSER A second woman, Deborah Ramirez, came forward Sunday with new allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, telling The New Yorker that Kavanaugh exposed himself and thrust his penis in her face during a party when they were students at Yale University. Kavanaugh denied the claims in a statement, saying the event “from 35 years ago did not happen. The people who knew me then know that this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]FEINSTEIN: KAVANAUGH’S HEARING SHOULD BE CALLED OFF Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Sunday called for the cancellation of Thursday’s hearing for Kavanaugh following Ramierez’s story. “The FBI must investigate ALL allegations,” she tweeted. [HuffPost]NEW SPENDING BILL SET TO PASS DESPITE TRUMP’S FRUSTRATIONS With less than a week before a Sept. 30 deadline for a partial government shutdown, Republican leaders hope they can get President Donald Trump to set aside his frustration about his promised border wall and sign legislation that funds the military and a host of civilian agencies for the next year. The bill also would provide a short-term fix to keep the government running through Dec. 7. [AP]THOUSANDS BRACE FOR MORE FLOODING AFTER HURRICANE FLORENCE About 6,000 to 8,000 residents in coastal areas in the Carolinas were warned Sunday that they may need to leave their homes because rivers are still rising more than a week after Hurricane Florence. In Washington, Congress is starting to consider almost $1.7 billion in new money to aid recovery efforts from the storm. [AP]PUTIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY RELEASED FROM PRISON, ARRESTED AGAIN SECONDS LATER The opposition leader was detained again on Monday for allegedly violating protest laws while he was being released from a 30-day jail stint on the same charge, his associate said. [Reuters]BILL COSBY SENTENCING BEGINS MONDAY A suburban Philadelphia judge could brand the now-disgraced actor a sexually violent predator. [AP] WHITE HOUSE ATTACKS SECOND KAVANAUGH ACCUSER In a lengthy statement titled “What You Need To Know About The Allegations Made In The New Yorker” released late Sunday, Trump aides made a bullet-point list highlighting elements of Ramirez’s story that zeroed in on her admissions of drunkenness and her reluctance to speak about the alleged assault. [HuffPost]3D GUNMAKER JAILED Cody Wilson, the Texas man running a 3D-printed gun company, was booked into a Houston jail on a charge of sexual assault on Sunday after Taiwanese officials sent him back to the United States, where he is accused of having sex with an underage girl. [Reuters]AN EMOTIONAL FINAL “PARTS UNKNOWN” SERIES PREMIERED The final “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” series kicked off Sunday night. Bourdain, who died by suicide in June, talked about how lucky he was and how far he had come from his humble beginnings. It brought many viewers to tears. [HuffPost]REP. KEITH ELLISON WON’T RULE OUT MORE ABUSE ALLEGATIONS The Democratic Minnesota congressman said that he can’t be sure there won’t be additional abuse allegations brought against him, more than a month after his former girlfriend publicly accused him of domestic abuse. [HuffPost]GOP REP. SLAMS KAVANAUGH ALLEGATIONS AS “CHARACTER ASSASSINATION” Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Saturday went after Christine Blasey Ford, calling her claim that Kavanaugh assaulted her when they were in high school “character assassination.” “I’m thinking, is there any man in this room that wouldn’t be subjected to such an allegation? A false allegation?” King said. [HuffPost]EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT OBESITY IS WRONG Michael Hobbes explores how for decades, the medical community ignored mountains of evidence to wage a cruel and futile war on fat people, poisoning public perception and ruining millions of lives. It's time for a new paradigm. Check out the latest Highline. [HuffPost]
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