Headline Roundup • September 12th, 2017
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray To Resign
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, dogged since April by mounting allegations of child sexual abuse, said he would resign as mayor effective Wednesday afternoon.
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Seattle mayor, facing sexual abuse allegations, says he will resign
Reuters
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, dogged since April by mounting allegations of child sexual abuse, said he would resign as mayor effective Wednesday afternoon.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns after fifth claim of sexual abuse
Washington Post
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (D), embattled by child sex-abuse allegations, will resign Wednesday.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to resign following multiple accusations of sexual abuse
Fox News Digital
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced plans to resign following multiple accusations of sexual abuse after a fifth accuser -- who is the mayor's younger cousin -- came forward and alleged that Murray repeatedly molested him in the 1970s.
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