The Bible listed among most ‘challenged’ books in US

The Bible listed among most ‘challenged’ books in US

For the first time, the Bible landed on the top-10 list of books that drew the most protests when found in libraries or classrooms. The problem: its religious viewpoint.

With plenty of books published annually that various groups find offensive, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracks tomes that generate the most challenges each year. Usually in recent years, those that dominate the annual listing focus on subjects like homosexuality or contain sexually explicit content – such as the romance novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" or David Levithan's "Two Boys Kissing."

Obama comments on Clinton email raises bias concerns
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Obama comments on Clinton email raises bias concerns

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he believes his former secretary of state did not intentionally endanger national security in her handling of classified information. But he also says he's not trying to influence his administration's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.

The White House on Tuesday was under pressure to reconcile those two statements — asserting Obama's public defense of Clinton was not an attempt to meddle in an ongoing FBI probe and that federal investigators wouldn't be swayed by the commander-in-chief's views.

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