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U.S. laws allow “horrific” child marriages, survivor says

Child marriage and female genital mutilation are still prevalent around the world and in the United States, a new report from the United Nations Population Fund says. “Against My Will” shows that, according to initial reports, rates of both have increased as a consequence of pandemic-related disruptions. Lana Zak speaks with Donna Pollard, who is a survivor of a child marriage in the U.S., about her experience and how laws need to change to protect children across the country. Source

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From 2017: TV comedy’s “Golden Boys”

Carl Reiner, the funnyman behind TV classics like “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and movies like “The Jerk,” died on June 29, 2020 at the age of 98. In this story which originally aired on June 4, 2017, correspondent Tracy Smith sat down with Reiner, actor Dick Van Dyke, and producer Norman Lear, to talk about how they helped reshape the TV comedy landscape in the 1960s and ‘70s, and about the HBO documentary about their generation, “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.” Source

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