DALLAS — Tim Kaine stepped through North Texas on Wednesday, gobbling up cash and making soft overtures to Latino voters. As part of a two-day swing through the Lone Star State, the Democratic nominee for vice president sandwiched a short campaign stop at Gloria’s Latin Cuisine between fundraisers in Fort Worth and Dallas. Organizers did […]
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has denied accusations that he incited gun owners’ to kill his Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton. In what has become the latest furor involving the billionaire-turned-politician, and what he actually meant, Trump insisted he was just urging supporters to vote. “I think you’re talking about the power
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USAA fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad’s largest hospitals Wednesday, killing at least 12 premature babies, medical and security officials said. Jassem Lateef al-Hijami, from the Baghdad health directorate, told reporters only seven babies could be saved and were taken to another ward in the Iraqi capital. Health ministry spokesman Ahmed
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTORONTO – Aaron Driver had detonated a bomb and was about to set off a second one when he was shot dead by police during a counter-terrorism operation in Ontario, his family said Wednesday. In an interview with the National Post, Wayne Driver confirmed his son, an ardent ISIL supporter, had died when police raided
Tripoli/Rome (dpa) – Libyan forces aligned to a UN-backed unity government Wednesday said they had captured Islamic State’s command centre in the city of Sirte, its last stronghold in the North African country. “The Ouagadougou conference halls complex is under the control of our forces… Sirte is returning,” the media office of the Bunyan Marsus
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Middle EastThe 2016 Olympic Games have been billed as an opportunity to put politics aside in the spirit of international camaraderie, but that’s not necessarily how it’s working out for Israeli athletes. Animosity toward the 47-athlete delegation has already triggered a reprimand from the International Olympic Committee and alarm from Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League,
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARussia says it has thwarted two attempts by armed Ukrainians to get into Crimea. The country’s FSB security service says there have been at least two armed clashes recently on the border between Crimea and Ukraine. It also says it has dismantled a spy network inside the annexed peninsula. What has the FSB said? The
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InternationalOTTAWA – He has registered his own company with two longtime aides and has all but left politics, but questions persist about exactly when Stephen Harper will actually resign as a member of Parliament. Even members of the board of directors of his Calgary Heritage Conservative riding association aren’t quite sure – they’re relying on
More than 100,000 signatures were delivered to Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning on Wednesday in support of Chelsea Manning, part of an effort to have charges dropped related to her recent suicide attempt, and to provide her with adequate health care. The 115,000 signatures were on petitions started by a number of activist groups,
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Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki; New American Library, © 2016; ISBN 978110-1987667; 387 pages; $27. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Coming this September is an art history book that fans of detective stories also may enjoy. Elizabeth Rynecki’s great-grandfather, Moshe Rynecki, was a well-known artist, although not on the order of a Chagall
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBelieve it or not, but Michael Phelps still has the opportunity to wear and own even more Olympic gold. In the final stages of his Olympic career even though he’s appeared unstoppable, Phelps has already taken over the 2016 Rio Games with three of the United States 10 gold medals, and more could be on
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON—Many gauges measure the rapid drop in Donald Trump’s support this summer: Polls show the Republican nominee losing nationally and in most battleground states, prominent Republicans have publicly defected, and GOP elected officials rarely rush to his defense. Twenty women, mostly swing voters, sitting at conference tables in Columbus, Ohio, and Phoenix on Tuesday night,
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USABy Laurie Baron The Art of the Steal: How to Win While You Lose by Donald J. Trump Freedom of the press means the freedom to sue if you don’t like how it covers you. “One of the things I’m going to do if I win… I’m going to open up our libel laws so
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Rep. Duncan D. Hunter defended Donald Trump’s controversial remark earlier Tuesday that “Second Amendment people” might take action to stop a President Hillary Clinton from naming judges to the Supreme Court — which some took as an assassination threat. “If she gets to pick her
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