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UK Hasidic school faced with closure for not teaching LGBT

Girls’ elementary school fails three inspections despite being praised for ‘inspiring pupils with enthusiasm’ By David Sedley Illustrative image of ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls studying at a Ultra Orthodox Jewish Girls school in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) An ultra-Orthodox girls’ elementary school in London may be forced to close after failing to meet […]

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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education

A “gut-wrenchingly horrific” Facebook Live sexual assault led police to these teen sickos

Mississippi authorities have arrested and charged three teenagers for kidnapping and sexual assault after they broadcast their attack on a 23-year-old woman on Facebook Live on Tuesday night. Haleigh Alexis Hudson, 19, Ezzie Johnson, 17, and Kadari Fabien Booker, 17, are accused of participating in a 15-minute live stream that portrayed a pants-less man standing

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USA

In rebuke to Trump, federal judge in Hawaii expands travel ban exemptions

A federal judge in Hawaii on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to vastly expand the number of people exempt from a controversial travel ban to include those who have grandparents and other non-immediate family in the U.S., as well as refugees without family ties to the country. In his order, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson

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International, USA

Russian sanctions bill stalls in Congress as lawmakers warn Trump administration not to ease restrictions

WASHINGTON — A Russian sanctions bill has stalled in Congress amid partisan finger-pointing, leaving lawmakers worried the inaction could limit their legislative check on the Trump administration. Top Democratic senators warned President Donald Trump’s officials ahead of bilateral talks next week not to give back Russia’s diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland that were

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International, USA

Just one day after collapsing and being hospitalized, Jimmy Carter is proving that nothing can keep him down

WINNIPEG, Canada — Well, that didn’t take long. Proving you can’t keep a good man — or a dehydrated one — down for long, former President Jimmy Carter returned to a Habitat for Humanity building site in Winnipeg Friday morning, one day after being hospitalized for dehydration. Habitat for Humanity broke the news with a

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International, USA

Christie’s presidential campaign says it has settled debts and is closing the books

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential campaign died in New Hampshire in February 2016, but the political account that paid for it has lived on until this week because of lingering debts. A report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission shows that Christie collected $33,500 from contributors in June and used $23,000

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USA

Donald Trump, first lady Melania review troops at Bastille Day parade in Paris

President Trump attended the Bastille Day parade Friday in Paris, where U.S. and French troops marched together to mark the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I. Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte in bright sunshine on the reviewing platform to watch the parade

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International, USA

‘Are you saying I’m dying?’ Training doctors to speak frankly about death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The doctor pulls up a chair next to his patient, a 74-year-old woman with lung cancer. He tells her she doesn’t need more chemotherapy. Her eyes perk up; has she beaten her cancer? As it turns out, no. Her cancer has metastasized. She only has six months to live, at most. But

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish history professor killed in light plane crash in San Francisco

William Sachs Goldman, 38, was the grandson of San Francisco philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman By Times of Israel staff William Goldman. (Courtesy University of San Francisco website) The grandson of a well-known Jewish philanthropist was killed in a plane crash near a small airport in San Francisco on Thursday. William Sachs Goldman, 38, was

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

In First Ever Sighting, Wild Lion Adopts Leopard Cub

A wild lioness has been observed suckling a leopard cub in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area, in the first ever observed instance of such animal behavior. Although certain cats like lions have been observed taking in and nursing the young of others of their own species—usually kin of their relatives—this sighting of cross-species adoption is unprecedented.

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International, The World We Share

Families, friends mourn ‘beloved’ officers killed in Temple Mount attack

Haiel Sitawe, 30, not supposed to be on patrol Friday, filled in for friend, police chief reveals at funeral; thousands attend funeral for Kamil Shnaan, 22, son of former Labor MK By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff Screenshot from the funeral of Haiel Sitawe, 30, in Maghar in northern Israel. Inset: Master

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Middle East