President-elect Donald Trump went on a tweetstorm Sunday morning, quoting Hillary Clinton’s debate promise to accept the election results a day after her campaign agreed to support efforts to recount votes in Wisconsin, an effort his transition team labeled a “scam.” Razor-thin margins in key battleground states delivered the election for Trump, who stands at […]
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Travel and FoodMIAMI �� Juanita Castro expressed sorrow Saturday over the death of her brother Fidel, but said she is not planning to travel to Cuba to attend his funeral. She said she remains committed to the Cuban exile community. She opposed to the dictatorship her late brother imposed on the island when he seized power in
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International, USARepublicans in Congress and on Donald Trump’s transition team urged President Obama Saturday to skip the funeral of longtime Cuban President Fidel Castro. Trump adviser Newt Gingrich said “under no circumstance” should Mr. Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden or Secretary of State John F. Kerry go to Cuba for Castro’s funeral. “He was a
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International, USATel Aviv (dpa) – A video showing Russian ice skaters performing in concentration camp prisoner outfits was slammed as “grotesque” and “offensive” on various social media platforms on Sunday. Tatyana Navka, who’s married to Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, performed the piece based on the Italian movie Life is Beautiful on Saturday night on the
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International, Jewish HistoryAccording to a report in The Telegraph News, three Jewish students at Christ”s College in Cambridge, Britain were subjected to vile anti-Semitic abuse and physically attacked by members of the Cambridge University drinking society. One of the victims has accused the university authorities of failing to investigate the incident properly and punish the perpetrators. Two
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International, Science, Medicine, & EducationStudents from Jerusalem were attacked Sunday morning by stone-throwing Arab teens from southern Israel. The targets of the attack were taking a field trip to the Ein Gedi National Park near the Dead Sea through the Kfar Etzion Field School. During their hike through the desert canyon area, the group came under a barrage of
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Middle EastKuwait City (dpa) – Kuwait’s opposition made a comeback on Sunday, gaining at least 20 out of 50 seats in legislative elections held the previous day, official results showed. The opposition, including Islamists, liberals and nationalists, had boycotted the previous two elections over changes to the voting system decreed by the ruling Emir Sabah al-Ahmed
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, November 26, 2016 – President-elect Donald Trump appears to want his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to have a senior spot in the White House. Kushner is a 35-year-old businessman, married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, and during the campaign he was a close advisor to Trump. Michael “Meathead” Stivic, (played by Rob Reiner in the 1970’s
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USAThis article originally appeared on the Motley Fool. There are seven U.S. states without personal income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming. But just because your state charges zero income tax doesn’t automatically make it an affordable place to live. In fact, several states on the list are actually among the
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USAWhen she was first picked to vote in the electoral college, Francine Busby was beyond excited. The San Diego Democratic Party chairwoman believed she was going to be marking an official ballot to choose the first woman president of the United States. Now, though, given Republican Donald Trump upset Hillary Clinton to win the presidency,
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USALast week, President-elect Donald Trump ripped “Saturday Night Live” on Twitter, calling the sketch comedy show “one-sided” and “biased.” One cast member says he has a point. Michael Che, who hosts the show’s “Weekend Update” segment, told Esquire magazine that despite trying to remain balanced and take on both sides, the show has seemed to
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Here are some “explanations” – in no particular order of improbability – of the fires that raged in Israel in the last few days, devastated thousands of acres of land, destroyed many homes and other places of human habitation, injured a large number of people – some seriously but,
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Middle EastRon Glass, a prolific television actor best known for roles in the ’70s police sitcom “Barney Miller” and Joss Whedon’s “Firefly” has died. He was 71 years old. His death of respiratory failure was confirmed on Saturday by one of his representatives. Born on July 10, 1945 in Evansville, Ind., where he eventually attended the
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