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Court Dismisses Covington Student's Lawsuit Against the 'Washington Post'

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Jul 31, 2019
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A federal judge has thrown out a Kentucky teenager’s lawsuit against The Washington Post after it reported on the teen’s viral encounter with a Native American activist back in January.

Nicholas Sandman, a student from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, went viral earlier this year after a video emerged of him and his friends wearing “Make Ameri…

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