Donald H. Harrison

Grief, tears and fears as India mourns ‘iron lady’ politician

Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the southern Indian city of Chennai Tuesday to honour their beloved leader, J. Jayalalitha, a former film actress and powerful politician popularly known as “Amma”(mother). A sea of weeping mourners surged toward the steps of a public hall in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, where Jayalalitha’s body, draped in […]

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International

Missouri governor-elect and wife thank police, ask for compassion for robbery suspects

ST. LOUIS — Hours after Sheena Greitens was robbed at gunpoint Monday night, Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens and his wife called for law and order as well as compassion for the suspects apprehended Monday night. Speaking to reporters Tuesday morning in St. Louis, near the crime scene, Eric Greitens said the incident strengthened his resolve

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USA

Netanyahu blasts Fatah for electing Barghouti to senior post

PM says appointing jailed terrorist to Central Committee ‘radicalizes the culture of incitement and terrorism’ By Times of Israel staff File photo: Marwan Barghouti appears in a Jerusalem court, January 25, 2012. (Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday lashed out at the Palestinian Authority’s ruling party, Fatah, for electing a jailed terrorist to a

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Middle East

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan president, breaks silence on Trump call, says no major policy shift

TAIPEI, Taiwan – President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday downplayed her historic recent phone call with President-elect Donald Trump, stressing that “one phone call does not mean a policy shift” between Washington and the island nation that China regards as its territory. “The phone call was a way for us to express our respect for the

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International, USA

Mavis Staples, James Taylor, The Eagles, Al Pacino at a bittersweet Kennedy Center Honors 2016

WASHINGTON — Rocker Glenn Frey died before he could accept a Kennedy Center Honors award last year, but his Eagles bandmates and four other artists were feted Sunday at a bittersweet edition of the glitzy annual gala, the last of the Obama administration. Actor-director Al Pacino, singer-songwriter James Taylor, singer Mavis Staples and pianist Martha

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Will Trump Flout the Constitution’s Gifts Clause?

Donald Trump has a problem—and it dates back to 1787. At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, the delegates were divided on many issues, especially slavery. But they agreed the new republic they were creating was vulnerable to subversion from European countries that wanted to once again rule the North American continent. “Foreign powers will not

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International, USA

Florida Voters File Lawsuit Demanding Official Recount

Everything may not be golden for President-elect Donald Trump in the Sunshine State. A group of Florida voters filed a lawsuit Monday demanding a statewide hand recount of the ballots, noting a “deluge” of voting problems, including alleged hackings on electronic voting machines and polling places illegally turning away people from voting. Trump won Florida

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USA

Menorah to be displayed at University of Alabama

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– For the first time in its almost 200-year history, the University of Alabama will allow a Jewish student group to display a menorah on campus during the Chanukah season, December 24 through January 1. This new seasonal display demonstrates the University’s desire to create a campus life that embodies collaboration, collegiality,

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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Netanyahu’s real rival

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Is it an extraordinarily thick skin, an incurable addiction to power, or the conviction of being the one and only leader of the State of Israel in our time – or perhaps all this and much else – that keeps Binyamin Netanyahu in power as the longest consecutively serving

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Middle East, USA