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What Started With Fireworks Ended With Compliments and a Handshake
Hillary Clinton said she admired Donald Trump's children and he admired her resilience, then they shook hands, after starting in opposite corners and Trump repeatedly jabbed Clinton.
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The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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What Started With Fireworks Ended With Compliments and a Handshake

Hillary Clinton said she admired Donald Trump's children and he admired her resilience, then they shook hands, after starting in opposite corners and Trump repeatedly jabbed Clinton.

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New legislation would protect providers and patients from out-of-state investigations tied to reproductive and transgender healthcare.

The former Oklahoma schools superintendent went after Regan Killackey's teaching license over a family photo, the lawsuit states.

William Paul later apologized and said he was seeking help for a "drinking problem" after allegedly targeting Rep. Mike Lawler

The 31-year-old turned himself into Bellevue police on Wednesday night.

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These are mythological characters, by the way. Meaning fictional.

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