Donald H. Harrison

Stephen Breyer mentions Kim Kardashian robbery in oral arguments

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer talked about Kim Kardashian West’s Paris jewelry robbery during oral arguments on a bank fraud case in court Tuesday. Justice Breyer made the comments early into the oral arguments of Lawrence Eugene Shaw v. United States, in which a California man convicted of stealing more than $300,000 from a Taiwanese […]

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International, USA

‘No one was spared’ – a former Iranian political prisoner on the 1988 massacre he narrowly escaped

When I heard Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar was released from the notorious Evin prison and left Iran safely after months of incarceration, I was relieved, as I have a sense of what she went through. In 1981, my political dissent and human rights activities landed me in Iranian prison for 11 years – six of

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Middle East

Trio wins Nobel physics prize for work on «strange» states of matter

Stockholm (dpa) – David J Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and J Michael Kosterlitz have won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in topology and revealing the “secrets of exotic matter,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Tuesday. “This year’s laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter can

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Clinton and her allies continue to outpace Trump in ad spending, report finds

Hillary Clinton continues to outpace Donald Trump in spending on television ads — a trend that has moved into the fall as voters begin to cast ballots. Clinton and her allies, such as the super PAC Priorities USA Action, are outspending Trump and his supporters by a 4-to-1 margin with five weeks until Election Day,

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USA

Pope Criticized For Transgender Comments

While signaling his openness to welcome transgender people, Pope Francis is receiving criticism for continuing to affirm his strong opposition to teaching gender identity in schools, something he has described as “wickedness.” The Pontiff has been credited for leading the Roman Catholic Church toward a more inclusive approach to the LGBT Catholic community. He reaffirmed

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International

Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 10 in Pa.; Toomey, McGinty dead even

WASHINGTON — A new poll of Pennsylvania voters found Democrat Hillary Clinton opening up a 10 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump, but a dead heat in the state’s critical U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Pat Toomey and Democrat Katie McGinty. The Monmouth University Poll released Tuesday found Clinton with 50 percent support

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USA

Michelle Obama tells NC crowd: ‘Don’t play with’ voting for a third-party candidate

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michelle Obama told supporters Tuesday at the Charlotte Convention Center that being president puts someone under the “hottest, harshest spotlight there is” and that Republican candidate Donald Trump isn’t suited for the job. Entering the stage to the Stevie Wonder song, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” Obama said she has been “so

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USA

Donald Trump’s use of the media is hypocritical � but it’s brilliant

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was furious when a New York Times story chronicled his unsavory behavior with women. “False, malicious and libelous,” he tweeted. “No wonder,” he added, the paper is failing. Yet during the first presidential debate, Donald Trump cited no less than the same New York Times to bolster his argument that NATO

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USA