KANSAS CITY, Kan. — It was elected officials day Sunday at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan., and the place teemed with lawmakers and their families, who received free admission and lunch and a day of fun. But by midafternoon, the joy came to a horrible end when the 10-year-old son of a […]
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USABritish actor Christopher Biggins has announced he will visit Nazi concentration camps, after he was removed from reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother for making a “joke” about the Holocaust. Last week, the 67-year-old told singer and former X Factor contestant Katie Waissel, who is Jewish: “You better be careful or they’ll be putting you
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International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & BroadcastA U.K. Independence Party ( UKIP ) leadership candidate is calling for the Muslim veil to be banned in public buildings, shopping centers and on buses and trains. Lisa Duffy will stop short of a complete ban on the veil but is demanding a “show your face in public” policy. In a speech in London,
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InternationalDonald Trump on Monday afternoon used the blighted city of Detroit as the backdrop for a speech laying out his economic vision, seeking to hold up the city as a symbol of the failures of Democratic leaders and their policies. But Trump’s proposals—most of which he’s outlined previously—would bring little direct benefit to the unemployed,
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USATurkish authorities have arrested the brother-in-law of one of the jihadis who targeted the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January 2015, as he made his way to Syria. Mourad Hamyd is a relative of Cherif Kouachi, one of two brothers to kill 12 people at the offices of the magazine
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Middle EastIslamabad (dpa) – A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of lawyers in Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 66 people and wounding nearly 200, police and medics said, in the deadliest attack to hit the country since March. The blast struck outside a hospital in the city of Quetta, the capital of
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InternationalJohn Kasich confirmed reports that Donald Trump’s camp floated the offer of the vice presidency to the Ohio governor, who said in an interview on Sunday that he won’t be voting for Hillary Clinton for president—but he still can’t support Trump. Kasich, who competed against Trump for the Republican nomination for president, told CNN’s Jake
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International, USAA lawmaker in the Philippines filed a resolution Monday that seeks to permanently ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering the country following his campaign speech last week where a he named the Southeast Asian country as one of the “terrorist nations.” During a rally in Portland, Maine, Trump announced that immigrants came
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International, USAIn yet another attempt to reboot his presidential campaign by demonstrating that he’s really a policy guy, Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a sheaf of proposals aimed at spurring economic growth. Almost all of these will be familiar to anyone who has followed Republican economic policy over the decades. They include a moratorium on financial
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USAKABUL, Afghanistan — Two university professors — an American and an Australian — were kidnapped in Kabul by gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms, Afghan officials said Monday. The incident occurred Sunday evening when the gunmen stopped the professors’ car near the American University of Afghanistan, where both worked, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi
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International, USAAmong Japan’s people there is mostly sympathy for the plight of Emperor Akihito as he signalled his apparent wish to abdicate by expressing concern about his ability to carry out his duties fully. In failing health he cannot step down as that is not allowed under Japanese law. And the current system dictates the Emperor
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InternationalRio de Janeiro (dpa) – Ibtihaj Muhammad made her debut as the first American Olympic athlete competing with a hijab on Monday but her adventure ended prematurely in the second round of women’s sabre fencing. Wearing a black Muslim head scarf under her mask, the eighth-ranked Muhammad won her first round match 15-13 against Ukraine’s
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAAUSTIN, Texas — Texas businesses that ask customers to disarm themselves will have to pay for injuries incurred in these gun-free zones if Texas state Sen. Bob Hall has his way. Hall, a Republican, wants to propose a law that will make gun-free businesses liable for “any harm that befalls patrons as a result of
If you watched the Olympics this weekend, you probably noticed the purple circles on swimmer Michael Phelps, and some members of the US men’s gymnastics team. The marks have been garnering a lot of buzz, and speculation: Michael Phelps probably just fell asleep on his medals pic.twitter.com/IOzvGaJ0Dv — Above Average (@AboveAverage) August 8, 2016 But
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