RIO DE JANEIRO — A look back at day seven of competition at the Rio Olympics. ——— We love the Canadians If you have to have a country next door, you would want it to be Canada. Everybody loves them. They talk like we do but with some funny affectations, eh! And they are just […]
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — Among the 32 events contested at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, none came with less drama than Katie Ledecky’s final race of the Summer Games. The 19-year-old’s biggest competitor in the 800-meter freestyle Friday — the clock — hung from the stadium’s rafters high above blue and green seats. The question wasn’t
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — A completely transformed Michael Phelps came to his fifth Olympics determined to do it right. If London 2012 was drudgery then Rio 2016 would be joyful, a final chance to savor his life as the greatest swimmer of all time, an amphibian Olympian unlike any other. Phelps didn’t intend to be
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAIn remarks with strong racial overtones, Donald Trump told a mainly white rural crowd in Pennsylvania on Friday that vote fraud could cheat him out of victory and vowed to dispatch police who support him to monitor polls in “certain parts” of the state. “We’re going to have unbelievable turnout, but we don’t want to
Eulogy by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal (Delivered August 8, 2016 at Mount Sinai Cemetery, Los Angeles) One of the editors of the Book of Proverbs has preserved for us a striking metaphor which conveys to us a profound insight into the purpose of life. He tells us: Ner hashem nishmat adam. The soul of a person
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Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego CountyRIO DE JANEIRO — Elliotte Friedman ran his hands through his head and hair. It was 4:10 p.m., and he had just signed off from the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. He looked exhausted. And he was. A sleepless night will do that to you. And he had to be back on the air to call the
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAIn a surprise move, Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced one of his longtime and most powerful allies in the Kremlin — his chief of staff — and appointed him as an envoy on environmental issues. If you believe Putin, Sergei Ivanov left at his own request after a period of loyal service. Ivanov’s deputy, Anton
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InternationalHello, thank you! It is so great to be here. Look at how many people are here today! No really, look around. People tell me all the time: “Mr. Trump, no one is able to attract crowds like you do.” And it’s true. There are thousands of people here – everywhere I go, they line
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADemocratic nominee Hillary Clinton widened her lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump among Hispanic voters in the presidential race, according to a new national survey of registered voters. Mrs. Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, enjoyed an overwhelming 46-point lead over Mr. Trump’s ticket with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, 66 percent
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USADemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is aiming to have high-speed broadband in every U.S. home by the end of what would be her first term if elected. But with 2020 so close, just how realistic is her plan? Ten percent of all Americans (about 34 million people) don’t have access to high-speed internet, which is
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USAMost know that U.S. Olympians who perform well tend to get millions of dollars in endorsement deals, but did you know they also get big payouts just for medaling in the games? The U.S. Olympic Committee pays American athletes $25,000 for gold medals, $15,000 for silver medals and $10,000 for bronze medals. That means swimmer
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Sports & Competitions, USASimone Manuel, who became the first black female swimmer to win an Olympic gold, said her victory Thursday night was particularly important to her because of the issues black Americans face today. The 20-year-old swimmer took home the gold in Rio after tying for first place with 16-year-old Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the 100-meter freestyle.
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAAs Fidel Castro turns 90 it is 10 years since ill health forced him to hand over power to his brother Raul, but he still revered by many in the country where he led the revolution which ended in 1959. The overthrow of the US-friendly and strongly anti-communist regime of President Fulgencio Batista began 47
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Of all the controversies that have cropped up during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, his assertion that the general election may be “rigged” inspired one of the swiftest rebuttals. A fundamental part of any election is widespread acceptance of the validity of the results, and if Trump were to lose and claim fraud without
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