Congress creates special panel to probe Planned Parenthood
House Republicans vote to form a 13 member select Energy and Commerce subcommittee to investigate abortion practices and fetal tissue procurement. The panel can subpoena documents and testimony and aims to consolidate ongoing inquiries into Planned Parenthood.
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Washington House Republicans
Select Energy and Commerce
House
Marsha Blackburn
R-Tenn
Ethics charges filed against McCarthy Gowdy by Grayson
U S Representative Alan Grayson filed ethics charges against House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Benghazi committee chair Trey Gowdy. Grayson accuses improper use of funds and political motives behind the Benghazi investigations. Planned Parenthood and others dispute the probes as partisan.
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Alan Grayson
Florida
U.S. House
Kevin McCarthy
Trey Gowdy
R-S.c
Benghazi
Libya
Grayson
McCarthy
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
Daniel Lipinski
Illinois
Collin Peterson
Minnesota
David Jolly
Center For Medical Progress
Planned Parenthood
Special Committee
Russia fires 26 cruise missiles in Caspian strike on Syria
Russian forces fired 26 cruise missiles from Caspian Sea ships into eastern Syria in a broad escalation aiding Syrian troops. Jets provided air cover as ground forces pressed rebels, with missiles flying nearly 1000 miles via the Caucasus Iran and Iraq to reach ISIS-held areas.
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Idlib
Syria
Russia
Caspian Sea
Irbil
Iraq
Bashar Assad
Caucasus
Iran
Mediterranean
Caspian
Dust Storm Tied to Syria War Says Israeli Researchers
Israeli scientists at Ben-Gurion University link last month's Middle East dust storm to war impact in Syria and Iraq. Reduced farming after dam removals and ongoing military activity damaged soil, lifting unusually large dust particles that traveled to Cyprus and beyond.
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Cyprus
Egypt
Damascus
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Haaretz
Ben-Gurion University
Institute For Desert Research
Euphrates River
Turkey
Oregon college gunman ends attack with self inflicted wound
The gunman Christopher Harper-Mercer, who killed nine at Umpqua Community College, turned a gun on himself after being wounded by two plainclothes detectives in Snyder Hall. Officers Joe Kaney and Todd Spingath acted decisively, saving lives during the Roseburg campus shooting.
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Umpqua Community College
Oregon
Douglas County
Rick Wesenberg
Roseburg
Harper-Mercer
Wesenberg
Snyder Hall
Joe Kaney
Todd Spingath
John Hanlin
Laurel Harper
Associated Press
California
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