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10 great moments from ‘The Golden Girls’

WASHINGTON — “The Golden Girls” premiered Sept. 14, 1985, starring Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Betty White and Estelle Getty as four older women (Getty played Arthur’s mother) living in Miami. It left a mark on TV for its frank, funny talk among people not very well represented on TV at the time, and each of the four actresses won Emmys for her work. Here are 10 moments from the series’ seven-year run.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs serving in Iraq, hits back after Tucker Carlson suggests she hates America

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a U.S. Army veteran who lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq, rebuked Tucker Carlson after the conservative Fox News host attacked her on Monday night and suggested that she hates America. "Does @TuckerCarlson want to walk a mile in my legs and then tell me whether or not I love America?" Duckworth wrote on Twitter.
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