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Appeals court rejects Trump's attempt to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict

A jury last year found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll in the 1990s.

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury's verdict last year that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s.

A different jury, in a separate civil trial, ordered Trump to pay Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, $83 million in damages.

In the first trial, Trump claimed District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan erred by allowing two women, Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff, to testify about Trump's alleged sexually assaults of them.

The appellate court, in Monday's opinion, decided the tape was admissible "as evidence of a pattern" of alleged behavior by Trump.

"Both E. Jean Carroll and I are gratified by today's decision," Kaplan said in a statement.

Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, in a statement, said the Carroll case "will continue to be appealed.". »

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed

Authored by npr.org

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and he triumphed.

"He really put Guinea worm and other neglected diseases on the map," says Adam Weiss, director of the Guinea Worm Eradication Program at the Carter Center.

When Carter got involved in Guinea worm eradication in 1986 there were 3.6 million cases. »

Trump Pisses Off MAGA Fans With Sudden Reversal on Jimmy Carter

Authored by newrepublic.com

“Democratic leadership must make the decision that this corporate money should not be able to be used in Democratic primaries.

“Democrats have to ban corporate PAC donations, and specifically have to speak up and push to ban the super PAC spending in our Democratic primaries.

That is the only way that this does not happen again, because I wasn’t unseated because I didn’t take care of my community.”. »

Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown dies aged 57

Authored by gamesindustry.biz

Games industry veteran Martyn Brown has died aged 57.

In the years since Team17, Brown formed consultancy group Insight For Hire, and has supported studios including Double Eleven, Exient and New Star Games.

Riot Games' EMEA senior director of publishin Hannes Seifert said it was a huge honour to have known Martyn Brown over 28 years. »

Pakistan faces unprecedented resurgence of Taliban violence

Authored by lemonde.fr

The main road that connects the Kurram region to the rest of Pakistan has been cut off by the authorities for over 70 days, in an attempt to curb a surge of violence.

A long-standing land dispute has pitted the two communities against each other, but the resurgence of violence is rooted in the district's geography.

One of the first decisions made by Afghanistan’s new rulers was to free members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, the Pakistani branch of the Taliban, who had been imprisoned by the previous government. »