The Daily Populous

Sunday November 18th, 2018 night edition

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Tenured professors Todd Heatherton, William Kelley, and Paul Whalen treated women as sex objects, the lawsuit from seven women claims.

Plaintiffs were instead sexually harassed and sexually assaulted by the Department's tenured professors and expected to tolerate increasing levels of sexual predation," the lawsuit states.

As many as 40 current and former female students may be eligible to join the class-action suit, plaintiffs' attorneys told CNN.

"Sexual misconduct and harassment have no place at Dartmouth," the school said in a statement to CNN.

"While at Dartmouth, Professor Heatherton did his best to support and promote the careers of all graduate students.".

The plaintiffs claim Dartmouth knew about the professors' behavior for more than 16 years and did nothing.

The plaintiffs were mostly graduate students in a department known for its strong reputation and its professors' credentials, the suit states. »

Is Trump country really better off under Trump? No. It’s falling further behind.

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Two years have passed since Donald Trump made his famous campaign promise in disaffected regions across the country: “We are going to start winning again!”

By most measures, my latest research shows, Trump counties — and especially counties with higher proportions of Trump voters — continue to fall farther behind the rest of the country economically.

In fact, the larger the Trump electorate and the larger the degree of Trump support, the worse the county’s economic performance. »

Pope decries that 'wealthy few' feast on what belongs to all

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Later, he sat down with 1,500 of the indigent for a lunch of lasagna, chicken, mashed potatoes and tiramisu in a Vatican auditorium.

In his homily, Francis said "we Christians cannot stand with arms folded in indifference or with arms outstretched in helplessness" about those in need.

Francis said the poor were weeping "while the wealthy few feast on what, in justice, belongs to all. »

Trump's "Three-Hour Work Day" is Over Once a Democratic Congress Starts Investigating, Conservative CNN Host Says

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The conservative political commentator warned that Trump’s reported “three-hour workday is about to go bye-bye.”.

In a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter , the CNN host discussed her relationship with Trump, quipping: “He’s never grabbed my genitalia.”

CNN has been the most prominent target of Trump’s attacks against the media, with the president consistently referring to the network as “fake news CNN.” »

High School Sex Ed May Prevent Sexual Assault in College

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Study shows that refusal skills training before age 18 may reduce risk of sexual assault in college.

Students who receive sexuality education, including refusal skills training, before college matriculation are at lower risk of experiencing sexual assault during college, according to new research published today in PLOS ONE.

Students who received refusal skills training also received other forms of sexual education, including instruction about methods of birth control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. »