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“The New York Police Department will no longer confiscate unused condoms from suspected sex workers to be used as evidence of prostitution, ending a longstanding practice that had been criticized by civil rights groups for undermining efforts to combat AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. Under the new policy announced …

“A ‘Morning Joe’ panelist went on a tear Tuesday against the Republican Party during a discussion of the politicization of the Benghazi attacks. “When panelist Donny Deutsch suggested that pocketbook issues weigh more heavily on voter’s minds at the polls than Benghazi does, CNBC anchor Brian Sullivan disagreed. He said …

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“Pope Francis on Tuesday sharply criticized growing economic inequality and unfettered markets in a wide-ranging and decidedly populist teaching that revealed how he plans to reshape the Catholic Church. “In his most authoritative writings as pontiff, Francis decried an “idolatry of money” in secular culture and warned that it would …

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