quote [ Efforts focus on proposed ‘lookback’ provisions that would allow accusers to bring older cases against the organization. ]

quote [ "A court in Seoul has found former South Korean President Park Geun-hye guilty on a raft of charges in the sprawling corruption case that led to her impeachment.

She has been sentenced to 24 years in prison — effectively a life sentence for the 66-year-old. Park was also fined nearly $17 million." ]

quote [ A radio host said Al Franken, now a Democratic senator, forcibly kissed and groped her in 2006, before he took office. He then apologized. ]

quote [ The shift was a significant change for the Boy Scouts, where membership has slipped in recent decades. Girl Scouts leaders said they were “blindsided” by the move. ]

quote [ A mystery solved: H.L. Hunley sailors experienced powerful blast at very close range. ]

quote [ Mr. Liu, who was convicted in 2009 of inciting subversion and sentenced to prison, was given medical parole recently to be treated for late-stage cancer. ]

quote [ "The German parliament, or Bundestag, on Friday passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriages in a snap vote that made it onto the agenda before the summer break after a surprise shift by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel herself voted against the bill, although it was comments from her that helped bring it about.

While some would consider the chancellor and CDU to have been wrong-footed, an alternative theory - that Merkel wanted to remove same-sex marriage as an election issue - has been floated." ]

quote [ A suicide bomb attack at a hospital in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 70 people, many of whom had gathered to mourn a prominent local lawyer. ]

quote [ If there is anyone in the Minneapolis area who is Muslim and afraid to leave their home out of fear for some kind of backlash, don�t hesitate to reach out to us. We would be glad to escort you where you need to go without advertising our presence � just big dudes walking you where you need to be. ]

quote [ The Obama administration outraged human rights advocates on Monday by removing Malaysia from its list of the world�s worst human trafficking offenders � a move that the activists said damages U.S. credibility � simply to boost the president�s trade agenda. ]