WASHINGTON — After barely surviving her confirmation battle and facing sporadic protests during visits to schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could hardly have teed up a more fraught, emotional and divisive issue to launch her tenure: campus sexual assault. Although almost no one is happy with the Obama administration’s efforts to prod colleges and universities […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s response to Saturday’s fatal racial clash in Charlottesville, Va., drew widespread criticism on Saturday from civil rights groups and lawmakers of both parties who said the president did not go far enough to condemn the white supremacists who provoked the violent mayhem. One person was killed and nine pedestrians suffered
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USASen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) condemned the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, that exploded on Saturday, saying that WWII veterans, including his brother, didn’t die fighting Adolph Hitler so that Nazi ideas could prevail in the United States today. “We should call evil by its name. My brother didn’t give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas
Big Bang Theory star’s second book offers advice to teenage girls in need of guidance Mayim Bialik is one of the highest-paid actresses on television, but she is resolutely un-Hollywood. For the past seven years, she has played Amy Farrah Fowler, the socially awkward, cardigan-wearing neuroscientist in long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Yet she
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA“Good riddance!” That’s what the Anne Frank Center had to say about CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord being fired Thursday after he tweeted, “Sieg Heil,” a victory salute that used to be said at political rallies. “GOOD RIDDANCE, JEFFREY LORD. We commend @CNN for firing @POTUS defender Lord for using Nazi salute on Twitter,” the organization
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA[youtube:2031448] At least one person was killed at a white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters. The rally was held in protest of local authorities’ plans to remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a city park. 500 white supremacists were
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USAAmerican comedian appears to confirm rumors of visit, tweeting he will come ‘to help’ Jared Kushner during upcoming trip By Times of Israel staff American talk show host Conan O’Brien (Screen capture: YouTube) American comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien will reportedly film a special for his “Conan Without Borders” series in Israel later
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday will start a process that could lead to action against China, which has been accused of stealing American businesses’ intellectual property, even as he seeks Beijing’s help against nuclear threats from North Korea. Several administration officials outlined the highly preliminary trade action to reporters Saturday, suggesting — contrary
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International, USAThe Bahrain International Airport was shut down Saturday after a U.S. fighter aircraft, F-18, crashed on the runway, reports said. The aircraft pilot was safe, Cmdr. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, said in a statement, according to ABC News. Urban also said the aircraft suffered an engine problem because of
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Middle East, USASydney Kamen saw 1.8 million dying annually due to poor hygiene. Now, her nonprofit trains women and children to recycle, resell, and teach others about proper soap use By Abigail Pickus Sydney Kamen has always been concerned with helping others. In 2004, when genocide was raging in the Darfur region of Sudan, Kamen’s mother announced
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationFollowing a white nationalists rally that turned violent on Saturday in Charlottesville, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton issued a statement on Twitter condemning white supremacists for inciting violence that may have led to the death of one person. In a string of tweets, Clinton expressed empathy for residents of the Virginia town, home of
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USAThe rhetorical brinksmanship between Pyongyang and Washington escalated anew on Saturday, with North Korean state media circulating a report warning that the Trump administration “had better talk and act properly” unless it wants “the American empire to meet its tragic doom.” The report by Pyongyang’s official KCNA news agency came a day after – and
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International, USALast November, when James Mattis traveled to Bedminster, New Jersey, at the behest of the president-elect, his close friends were shocked. They couldn’t believe Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general, would consider working in the new administration as secretary of defense. “Jim,” his friend Peter Robinson asked him, “Donald Trump?” For three years after leaving
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International, USAJoshua Cohen, 27, apprehended for fatal stabbings of two women, a mother and daughter aged 66 and 33 in Golders Green home Friday By Times of Israel staff Joshua Cohen, 27, sought by London police in connection with double murder in Golders Green. (Met police) UK police said they have caught and arrested a suspect
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