Guyanese author, teacher and diplomat E.R. Braithwaite, whose 1959 book To Sir, With Love told the story of a black teacher struggling in a classroom in a white London slum, has died in surburban Washington at age 104. Braithwaite moved into teaching after a career as an oil worker and serving in Britain’s Royal Air […]
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastFor two days and two nights in December, the Israelis and their American friends in Washington, D.C., convened among the carolers and Christmas trees at a luxury hotel near the White House. It was supposed to be Haim Saban’s political bar mitzvah, the ultimate celebration of his president-making powers. In 2016, the billionaire emerged as
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Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: The incident described below happened “a few months ago,” according to Ami Horowitz. An American Jewish filmmaker was beaten by Muslim residents of a “no-go zone” just outside of the Swedish capital. Ami Horowitz, a filmmaker and regular contributor to Breitbart News, set out for a predominantly Muslim suburb of the Swedish capital
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InternationalSen. Cory Booker told Jewish activists that advocating for criminal justice reform serves “the greater cause of justice.” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) told Jewish community activists Dec. 13 that he will fight against the confirmation of his fellow senator, Republican Jeff Sessions of Alabama, to become the United States attorney general. Declaring Sessions to be
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USAWASHINGTON — South Carolina’s Jaime Harrison’s bid to become national Democratic Party chairman got tougher Thursday, as Labor Secretary Tom Perez joined the race. That makes four candidates who want to lead the ailing party. The other two are Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who has the strong backing from the party’s more liberal wing, and
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USATurner Sports NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager has died at the age of 65, the network announced Thursday. Sager waged a public battle with cancer over the past two years after originally being diagnosed with leukemia in 2014. The cancer went into remission after a bone marrow transplant but returned in March 2015. Sager, who
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Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA bloc of 10 Southeast Asian nations has a chance to open tough discussions next year on how to handle China’s contested expansion in the South China Sea as the Philippines, one of Beijing’s chief maritime rivals, becomes the organization’s chair with authority to set its 2017 agenda. President Rodrigo Duterte, who will chair ASEAN
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Capitol Hill tensions over handling of the alleged Russian cyber-hacking scandal boiled over late Wednesday, as the chairman of the House intelligence panel blasted U.S. spy agency officials for declining to brief the committee this week. In a blunt statement that exposed raw feelings and hinted at deeper conflicts, Rep. Devin Nunes, a
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International, USAMexico has been plagued with violence of all sorts and things are quickly going from bad to worse. As the weeks go by body after body is piling up and Mexican authorities are struggling to get a handle on things. While the country is doing its best to combat the violence, it seems as if
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InternationalBaseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew is set to receive a heart transplant on Thursday, 15 months after a massive heart attack nearly killed him. A suitable donor was identified and the procedure will be performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Carew also will undergo a kidney transplant. “We appreciate your thoughts and
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump tapped Monica Crowley to join his cabinet as senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council Thursday. Crowley had previously been mentioned as a potential pick for press secretary. “I am deeply honored, humbled and grateful to be asked by the President-elect to join the extraordinary national security team he
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USACHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof is guilty of murder and hate crimes, a federal jury decided in the slayings of nine people last year at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The next question is whether the jury will give Roof the death penalty. Testimony for that phase of the trial is set to begin Jan.
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USARALEIGH, N.C. — Responding to the General Assembly’s effort to limit his power before he takes office Jan. 1, Gov.-elect Roy Cooper said it’s time for lawmakers to go home. “Major changes in the way state government operates should be done deliberately, with input from all parties, particularly something as important as elections and making
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USAWASHINGTON — Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced Thursday that he would leave the agency Jan. 20, guaranteeing Republicans will have a majority after President-elect Donald Trump takes office that day. The move makes it easier for Republicans to try to repeal new online traffic rules known as net neutrality, as
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