By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What to do? Not much of anything. This is a time for watching and waiting. The biggest crap shoot is in the United States. Currently it seems wisest to bet the nickel on Hillary, and a dime–or even a quarter–that the stay-at-homes will have more votes than any candidate. If […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USADonald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort knows why the Republican presidential nominee can’t seem to go a day without striking another controversy–the media doesn’t play fair. “Besides running against Hillary Clinton, he’s running against the media,” Manafort told Jake Tapper Sunday in an often contentious exchange on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Manafort was peppered
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USAMILWAUKEE —The man shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer Saturday was charged last year in a shooting and then charged again, with trying to intimidate a witness in that same shooting. The man shot by police was Sylville Smith, 23, police sources and Smith’s family said. Smith was charged with first-degree recklessly endangering
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USASweden’s youngest-ever cabinet minister, Aida Hadzialic, has resigned after being caught driving under the influence of alcohol. The minister for higher education, 29, was just over Sweden’s alcohol limit, which is low compared to many other countries. Hadzialic told a news conference that she was stopped by police on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden
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InternationalThe FBI plans to hand over to Congress notes taken during the agency’s interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her exclusive use of a private email server to handle classified documents, according to a Sunday report. CNN anchor Jake Tapper cited sources who said that notes taken by an FBI agent during
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USAHassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terror group, cited American Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s words several days ago stating that current American President Barack Obama had founded ISIS – and agreed with him. During a event for Hezbollah supporters in Southern Lebanon, Nasrallah cited Trump, emphasizing: “The American Presidential candidate is saying this. What
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Middle East, USAMILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker activated the National Guard Sunday to help the Milwaukee Police Department control protests of a fatal police shooting on Saturday night. Protesters turned violent and fired gunshots in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood on Saturday night. Walker said he activated the guard after a request from Milwaukee County Sheriff David
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USARIO DE JANEIRO — Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers were robbed early Sunday morning by individuals posing as armed police officers, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee. The four swimmers — including Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen — were in a taxi from France’s hospitality venue to the Olympic Village when
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock rolled to an upset victory in the mixed-double final Sunday, beating fellow Americans Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram 6-7 (3), 6-1, 10-7, denying Williams a chance to become the first five-time champion in Olympic tennis history. Williams has won four gold medals since 2000 and another
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump unloaded Sunday on a tide of press reports insisting his campaign is imploding, accusing the “disgusting and corrupt media” of stretching the truth in order to boost Democrat Hillary Clinton. “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I
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Travel and FoodSevere flooding in Louisiana has claimed a third life. Roads resemble rivers in the US state after heavy rains unleashed unprecedented torrents of water. More than a thousand people have been evacuated from their homes so far. Praying for my home state Louisiana ?This is a picture of some of the flooding going on this
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USAMK Michal Rozin (Meretz), previously the head of the Special Committee on Foreign Workers, attacked the decision of Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman to stop the volunteer work of IDF soldiers with children of infiltrators and foreign workers in South Tel Aviv. “The Minister of Defense is again taking advantage of his position to enforce his
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Middle EastA synagogue in the city of Petah Tikva was vandalized last week, BeHadrei Haredim reports, with a cross spray-painted across one of the house of prayer”s outer walls. On Thursday night, police received a report that two suspects were defacing the synagogue with graffiti. Police arrived on the scene and found that the synagogue had
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