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Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine carried an article on black conservative Herschel Walker’s campaign for Senate, and you could tell it would accentuate the negative. It was headlined: Herschel Walker’s Longest Run For this Trump-endorsed candidate, does a troubled past even matter? In paragraph #4, freelancer John Rosengren reveals he’s not stalking the former star running back for a puff piece: I’m here, in part, because I want to see for myself if Walker’s campaign in Georgia reflects the nation’s new norm in post-Trumpian politics. Can enough celebrity sparkle and Trump rhetoric, coupled with some distortion of facts and often a...

(Reuters) - Volunteer watchman George Zimmerman suffered "insignificant" injuries in the fight in which he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, a medical examiner testified on Tuesday, as prosecutors attempted to undermine Zimmerman's claim he feared for his life. Testifying for the prosecution at Zimmerman's trial, Medical Examiner Valerie Rao said she reviewed Zimmerman's medical records and 36 pictures of his injuries taken at the police station after the fight. "They were not life-threatening. They were very insignificant," Rao told the Seminole County criminal court jury. Zimmerman, 29, has said Martin, 17, punched him in the face and...