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Police are looking for four men who allegedly called the couple anti-gay slurs while assaulting them.

Miller allegedly called 911 to report a passenger on his Amtrak train had "a bomb in her bag."

Miller allegedly called 911 to report a passenger on his Amtrak train had "a bomb in her bag."

Miller allegedly called 911 to report a passenger on his Amtrak train had "a bomb in her bag."

"Plaintiff was expressly told by ... staff that, 'if you pursue this, you are going to be swimming with some really big fish.'"

"Plaintiff was expressly told by ... staff that, 'if you pursue this, you are going to be swimming with some really big fish.'"

"He was foolish, he was ridiculous, lonely and attracted to a younger woman," the defense said in its opening statement.

Christopher Beckham is accused of confronting two sisters in hijabs after they got off a school bus and swinging a knife at their father.

Christopher Beckham is accused of confronting two sisters in hijabs after they got off a school bus and swinging a knife at their father.

11 Things You Need to Know on Equal Pay Day

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Equal Pay Day calls attention to the persistent moral and economic injustice working women face. For a woman to earn as much as a man, she has to work a full year, plus more than a hundred extra days, all the way to April 10. The problem is even worse for women of color, LGBTQ women and part-time workers.

Here are 11 things you need to know on Equal Pay Day:

1. Equal Pay Day for women of color is even later: For black women, Equal Pay Day comes later because they are paid, on average, even less than white women. Equal Pay Day for black women is Aug. 7. For Native American women, it's Sept. 7. For Latinas, it's Nov. 1.

2. LGBTQ women face a host of related problems: A woman in a same-sex couple makes 79% of what a straight, white man makes. Additionally, they face higher rates of unemployment, discrimination and harassment on the job.

3. It will take decades to fix the problem if we don't act now: If nothing changes, it will take until 2059 for women to reach pay equality. For black women, parity won't come until 2124 and for Latinas, 2233.

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