It’s a devastating report that’s sure to infuriate you and make you think twice about how much you trust the world of medicine. Earlier this Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution debuted their Doctors & Sex Abuse project, an exhaustive multimedia look at the thousands of medical professionals discreetly and oftentimes only lightly disciplined for some form […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a veteran of the civil rights movement, said he never felt ill will towards police officers who “beat him bloody” during demonstrations in the 1960s. Friday morning, Lewis tweeted: “I was beaten bloody by police officers. But I never hated them. I said, ‘Thank you for your service.’” Lewis,
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — the House of Representatives on Thursday night easily passed two amendments authored by U.S. Representative Peter J. Roskam to block the controversial sales of both Boeing and Airbus aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The amendments to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act passed by voice vote,
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Middle East, USAWARSAW, Poland (Press Release)– President Obama, meeting with NATO allies in Poland, made the following statement Friday morning about the Thursday night massacre of five police officers and the wounding of others: THE PRESIDENT: “I speak for every single American when I say that we are horrified over these events, and that we stand united with
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USADonald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who on Wednesday clarified that his father-in-law is not anti-Semitic following the infamous “Star of David tweet”, is facing backlash from his relatives. JTA reported on Thursday that two of Kushner’s cousins, Marc Kushner and Jacob Schulder, took to Facebook to rap their cousin, a businessman married to Trump’s daughter
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USARussian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation Thursday compelling telephone companies and internet providers to save and store the private communications of its customers, notwithstanding concerns raised by human rights advocates and big business alike. Included within a package of amendments proposed as antiterrorism measures, the law will require telecoms to collect and keep copies of
The ambush of Dallas police has the potential to upend the presidential campaign, forcing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to navigate race, violence and law enforcement in ways that are even more complex than the fraught situation before the attack on Thursday that left five police officers dead and six others recovering from bullet wounds.
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USAWashington (dpa) – Republicans in Congress grilled FBI Director James Comey for more than four and a half hours Thursday over his decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while secretary of state. “We believe that you have set a precedent, and it’s a dangerous
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USAWASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is still nominally a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, though he has turned his efforts to shaping the party’s platform after losing in both delegate and popular votes to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said she is willing to step aside if
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USAPresumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Friday that the overnight snipper attack in Dallas that killed five police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest was a “attack on our country” and pleaded for a restoration of law and order in America. “It is a coordinated, premeditated assault on the men and women who
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USANetanyahu held talks with Muslim leader during Africa tour (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that he held a phone conversation with a leader of a Muslim nation in Africa during his four state tour of the continent this week. “There are a lot these contacts. He is not the only Muslim leader who
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Middle East“The fiercest arguments we have in parliament are over Israel.” These words, spoken by the chairman of the Dutch Foreign Affairs Committee, startled me. But they failed to faze the other committee members from the both the left and right. On the contrary, they all readily agreed. In the end, only I displayed surprise. “Let
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USAThe first suspect in the Dallas police shooting was identified as Micah X. Johnson, 25, the Los Angeles Times reported. Johnson was a resident of the Dallas area who had no ties to terror groups or a criminal history. Law enforcement said he has relatives in Mesquite, Texas. Five police officers were killed late Thursday
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USADALLAS — Dr. Jeff Hood was so close to the gunfire in downtown Dallas, he held his gut thinking he might have been hit. Someone had taken aim at two police officers next to him. “Active shooter, active shooter,” he screamed to the crowd as the rally he helped organize against deadly shootings by police
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