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Jawad Bendaoud denied knowing that the two men seeking refuge in Paris were involved in a devastating attack on the city, which killed 130 people and injured hundreds more in 2015.

Lucy Flores wrote that the 2014 encounter “wasn’t violent or sexual, it was demeaning and disrespectful.” Biden’s office says that he and staff who were present do not “recall what she describes.”

Applicable only to Vatican personnel and diplomats around the world, it is the first unified policy for the protection of children and vulnerable adults. But critics say it doesn’t go far enough.

McMahon is stepping down as head of the agency after more than two years in President Trump’s Cabinet. McMahon had been known as a professional wrestling promoter.

Democrats had asked for a copy of the full report by next week, but William Barr says it will take a bit longer. Barr also said he would testify before congressional committees in early May.

The “fornication law” had designated sex between unmarried people a class B misdemeanor, carrying a penalty of up to six months in jail or a maximum fine of $1,000.

“This wasn’t an accident; it’s murder,” Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim told reporters, blaming negligence for Thursday’s deadly fire.

A school should be defined by its commitment to great teaching and social equity, says the outgoing president of LaGuardia Community College.

French film director Agnès Varda was a pioneer during the new-wave arts revolution of the 1950s and ’60s. She kept making important films for the next five decades.

Deep brain stimulation offers relief from some neurological problems and is being tested for mood disorders. But the treatment — an implant in the brain — raises ethical questions.

A man is trapped in prison for a made-up crime. He’s overwhelmed by hopelessness and anger. That is until he hears a knock on the wall … and words from another time and place.

Attorney General William Barr got into a “shouting match” with Utah Sen. Mike Lee over Jessie Liu’s bid for associate attorney general, sources told NPR. Liu is the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C.

The Time Magazine Person of the Year is an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s regime. She accuses the government of furthering a ‘descent to tyranny.’

The Social Security Administration says it’s trying to clean up its records. But immigration advocates fear the real objective is to expose undocumented immigrants at work.

Patrick Murphy, who escaped from prison and participated in a robbery that led to a murder, was scheduled to be executed Thursday. The court said he had the right to a spiritual adviser of his choice.

In a wide-ranging speech, the president touched on the recently completed Mueller investigation, but also on health care, the Green New Deal and immigration.

The delay will give Congress time to work on a possible permanent pathway for thousands of Liberians to remain in the U.S.

A federal judge already has ruled that mental health care for inmates in Alabama’s prisons is “horrendously inadequate.” Now he’s looking at the system’s response to 15 suicides in the past 15 months.

Harold Martin, a 54-year-old Navy veteran, was arrested in 2016. Authorities said he amassed a staggering trove of government documents, endangering U.S. national security.

“He wants to avoid the risk of contagion for the people, not for him,” Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti told reporters on Thursday.

Some panel members said they don’t agree that breathing sooty air can cause premature death. The panel’s draft recommendations to the EPA would change how it assesses the dangers of air pollution.

A new study predicts how far north these insects could live if climate change goes unchecked.

Those who were freed were among activists who appeared in court on Wednesday. Several allege they’ve been subjected to sexual abuse and torture throughout their imprisonment. The trials are ongoing.

House Democratic committee chairs set an April 2 deadline for Attorney General Barr to give Congress the full Mueller report. Committee aides won’t say if they will subpoena it if DOJ doesn’t comply.

Wells Fargo announced Thursday that CEO and President Tim Sloan will step down immediately. The company’s general counsel Allen Parker was elected to run the company until a new CEO is selected.

The number of alien species, likely brought by ship traffic, stunned scientists. And they suspect that the foothold of such creatures may have been underestimated in other tropical habitats, too.

Temple University officials say the vast majority of students who are part of a mumps outbreak had been immunized previously with a vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella.

Staff at Boston’s Logan International informed customers of prolonged delays Wednesday night — only to eventually board the waiting Wow aircraft themselves and shut the door.

Initial numbers show the pro-military party winning the most votes. Official results won’t come before May, and it’s not yet clear which party will have the seats required to form a government.

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist who started seeing a therapist herself after the man she thought she would marry unexpectedly broke up with her. Her new book is Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

Gun rights groups had a sought a hold on the ban, which went into effect on Tuesday. The court denied the second such appeal, allowing the ban to proceed while challenges move through the courts.