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MINNEAPOLIS 鈥?A stanley cup group of women who worked alongside Al Franken on NBC Saturday Night Live have signed a statement of support for the Minnesota senator.The women, mainly former SNL staff members, including past performers Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman, said they feel compelled to stand up for the senator after working with him over the years on the TV show.Last week, broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused Franken, a Democrat, of forcibly kissing her during a USO tour in 2006. Another woman says he placed his hand on her buttocks while posing for a photo at the Minnesota Sta stanley cup te Fair in 2010.News anchor Leeann Tweeden discusses her accusation that Sen. Al Franken forcibly groped and kissed her during the 2006 USO tour.What Al did was stupid and foolish, and we think it was appropriate for him to apologize to Ms. Tweeden, and to the public, the statement read. But, the women also said that in our experience, we know Al as a devoted and dedicated family man, a wonderful comedic performer, and an honorable public servant. Also, none of the women listed on the statement said they experienced any inappropriate behavior from Franken.In all, 36 women signed the SNL statement supporting Franken, most of whom have been behind-the-scenes staff. None of the current cast members had signed the statement.READ MO stanley cup RE: Second woman accuses Al Franken of improper conductThis is the complete list of names from the statement: Bvbr Karzai Denounces Reported Civilian Deaths from U.S., NATO Raids
JOHANNESBURG AP 鈥?At a lecture to peers this month, John Nkengasong showed images that once dogged Africa, with a magazine cover declaring it The Hopeless Continent. Then he quoted Ghana first president, Kwame Nkrumah: It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity.The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships. But as director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nkengasong has air force 1 helped t stanley cup o steer Africa 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer countries, including the United States.While the U.S. surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 deaths and the world approa adidas originals ches 1 million, Africa surge has been leveling off. Its 1.4 million confirmed cases are far from the horrors predicted. Antibody testing is expected to show many more infections, but most cases are asymptomatic. Just over 34,000 deaths are confirmed on the continent of 1.3 billion people.Experts caution that data collection in many African countries is incomplete, and Nkengasong warned against complacency, saying a single case can spark a new surge.Africa is doing a lot of things right the rest of the world isn ;t, said Gayle Smith, a former administrator with the U.S. Agency for International Development. She watched in astonishment as Washington looks inward instead of leading the world. But Africa is a great |
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