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FILE - In this March 18, 2015 file photo, former Associated Press Vice President and Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes poses for a photo at AP headquarters, in New York. The Associated Press said it received a single complaint of &quot;unwelcome and inappropriate verbal communication&quot; by former executive Michael Oreskes, who lost his job as National Public Radio newsroom chief following sexual harassment reports. Oreskes was vice president and senior managing editor at the AP from 2008 to 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Zoeller, File)

AP says it got 1 complaint filed by employee against Oreskes

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 9, 2015 file photo Harvey Weinstein speaks during a press conference for the film &quot;Woman in Gold&quot; at the 2015 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin. New York City police said Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, that an actress' rape allegations against Weinstein are credible, and if the movie mogul was in the state and the accusation more recent, they would move to arrest him immediately. Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said investigators have interviewed actress Paz de la Huerta. She has publicly accused Weinstein of raping her twice in her apartment in 2010 and called police about it on Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

EDITORIAL: Harassment stories have become all the rage

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

AP employees ask about any complaints against former exec

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Michael Oreskes, NPR's senior vice president for news, resigned Wednesday after several women said he sexually harassed them. (Associated Press/File)

Michael Oreskes, NPR news chief, ousted after harassment allegations

By David Bauder - Associated Press

A sketch of the Empire State Building drawn by President Trump sold for $16,000 at auction on Thursday. The depiction of the iconic New York City skyscraper was created by Mr. Trump for a charity auction in Florida during the time he opened his Mar-a-Lago estate as a private club. (Julien’s Auctions)

Trump drawing of Empire State Building sells for $16,000

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This image provided by Julien's Auctions shows a sketch of the Empire State Building drawn by President Donald Trump that is going up for auction on Oct. 19, 2017. The marker depiction of the iconic New York City skyscraper was created by Trump for a charity auction in Florida during the time he opened his Mar-a-Lago estate as a private club in 1995. (Julien's Auctions via AP)

Trump drawing of Empire State Building up for bid

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 file photo, evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Harvey rest at a Red Cross shelter set up in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. After confronting back-to-back major hurricanes, the American Red Cross has received a huge outpouring of financial support _ and a simultaneous barrage of criticism. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

For Red Cross, hurricanes bring both donations and criticism

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

This undated file photo shows John Hancock's signature on the Declaration of Independence, which was formally signed by 56 members of Congress beginning Aug. 2, 1776. National Public Radio marked Independence Day on July 4th, 2017, by tweeting the entire declaration, but it seems some Twitter users didn’t recognize what they were reading. Some of the founders’ criticisms of King George III were met with angry responses from supporters of President Donald Trump, who seemed to believe the tweets were a reference to the current president. Others were under the impression NPR was trying to provoke Trump with the tweets. (AP Photo, File)

NPR’s Declaration of Independence tweetstorm confuses some

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NPR says it is learning new details of Afghanistan deaths

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FILE - In this July 10, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama laughs with Frank Deford as he awards him the 2012 National Humanities Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of White House in Washington. Deford gave his final sports commentary on NPR’s “Morning Edition” Wednesday, ending a run of what he calls “little homilies” that began in 1980. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Frank Deford ends NPR sports commentaries after 37 years

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, center, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, left, arrives to a ministerial Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, April 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.N. Security Council to confer on North Korea nuclear program

By Matthew Pennington and Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

In this photo taken April 26, 2017, U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Harry Harris Jr. testifies on Capitol in Washington before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on North Korea. Harris said Thursday, April 27, 2017, that the crisis with North Korea is at the worst point he’s ever seen, but he declined to compare the situation to the Cuban missile crisis decades ago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Tillerson says China asked North Korea to stop nuclear tests

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

NPR’s Robert Siegel leaving ‘All Things Considered’

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President Trump's approval rating have hit 50 percent, says a new Rasmussen Reports poll. On Inaguration Day they were at 59. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The positive outcome of Trump’s steel-clad tactics

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Tennessee reporter sues over firing after story on lawmakers

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Illustration on Federal subsidies for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by Linas GArsys/The Washington Times

Republicans fighting for budget cuts are turncoats

By Richard W. Rahn

This image released by Sesame Workshop shows Julia, a new autistic muppet character debuting on the 47th Season of "Sesame Street" on April 10, 2017, on both PBS and HBO. (Zach Hyman/Sesame Workshop via AP) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: Curing addiction to government art

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Duluth violinist strikes a chord with fans, critics

By TOM LYDEN - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: NLRB, not Trump, the problem

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This undated photo provided by NPR shows Zabihullah Tamanna, left, and David Gilkey. Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and Tamanna, an Afghan translator, were killed while on assignment in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, June 5, 2016, a network spokeswoman said. (Monika Evstatieva/NPR via AP)

David Gilkey, NPR journalist, and his Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, killed on assignment

By Michele Salcedo - Associated Press