Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broke down in tears at the funeral for his former campaign manager and others, killed in the violence during the foiled military coup attempted by a rogue group of soldiers, Turkish news agency Sozcu reports. A total of 265 people died during the attempted coup, 161 of whom were civilians […]
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Middle EastThere’s a good chance you’ve heard of Nate Silver. After getting his B.A. in economics at the University of Chicago in 2000, Silver took a job as an economic consultant with KPMG, the consulting company, but quit after a couple of years and made good money playing online poker. He also came up with a
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USATurkey has arrested more than 6,000 during purges of the army and judiciary following the failed coup attempt over the weekend. More than 290 people were killed and some 1,400 wounded in the abortive uprising Friday night and Saturday. While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed an exiled Muslim cleric for inspiring the attempted overthrow
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Middle EastTwo people have been injured in a stabbing attack at El-Aroub Junction in the Gush Etzion region near Hevron. The victims are both Israeli men in their twenties, and were lightly wounded in the attack. Magen David Adom paramedics are on the scene, as are security forces. The terrorist was shot and seriously injured by
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Middle EastBrussels (dpa) – Boris Johnson, Britain’s new foreign secretary with a reputation for undiplomatic language, said his country would not abandon its leading role in European cooperation as he prepared to meet his EU counterparts in Brussels on Monday. Johnson, a lead campaigner for Britain to leave the European Union in last month’s referendum, was
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InternationalMilwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is set to speak at the Republican National Convention this week, but the vocally anti-Black Lives Matter law enforcement officer is already making headlines with his message. In the wake of a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, over the weekend that left three police officers dead and three more wounded,
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USAIn 1952, TV manufacturers with such now-forgotten brand names as Philco, Admiral and Westinghouse were the exclusive sponsors of network coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions. They sought to motivate Americans to head to their local appliance dealer to purchase their first televisions, and ABC, CBS and NBC helped by offering viewers hours
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USACLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s climb to the top of the Republican ticket shattered the rules of presidential politics. Now, his nomination is promising to break with tradition like no other political convention in the modern era. Trump’s brash brand of reality-TV politics is expected to produce a crowd-pleasing four days in Cleveland. It’s sure to
This article originally appeared on Medical Daily. A new study suggests that a vaccine for the incurable Alzheimer’s disease could become a reality in as little as five years, and may one day become as much of a fixture in the lives of our aging population as the common flu shot. The potential vaccine would
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Science, Medicine, & EducationCLEVELAND — The day before Republicans were to open a convention meant to serve as a fresh opportunity to redefine Donald Trump, organizers had to delay their long-awaited preview of the gathering so as not to collide with President Barack Obama’s remarks to the nation about yet another shocking act of violence. This time it
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USAThe aura of Donald Trump – such as it is – largely began with the autobiography “The Art of the Deal,” a work that has defined the real estate mogul’s public person. But the man who served as a ghostwriter for Trump’s 1987 screed has come out publicly as an ardent critic of the now
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USANetanyahu slams PA for condemning terror in France while encouraging it in Israel (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) of encouraging terrorism in Israel while condemning terrorism abroad. Speaking at the start of Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said that “like Israel, the Palestinian Authority extended condemnations and condolences”
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Middle EastBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Responding to some Jewish religious concerns that photographs of women constitute immodesty, Adam’s Apple Electronics has developed a high-tech, gender-sensitive camera that cannot photograph females. The sophisticated new device has a tiny, built-in sensor that, as soon as it detects the two X chromosomes that make females female, automatically closes the shutter. A company spokesperson (male) said that
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Leading up to this week’s Republican Convention in Cleveland, the Republican Platform Committee under RNC Chair Reince Priebus has been finalizing details of the official party platform, covering such issues as reforming government, women in combat, coal as a clean energy source, and religious liberty. According to Michele Bachmann,
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