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Obama condemns ‘despicable’ shootings of Dallas police officers

WARSAW — President Barack Obama called the shooting deaths of at least five Dallas police officers a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack” and a “wrenching reminder” of the sacrifices of law enforcement. Speaking from Warsaw on Friday after the first of a series of meetings with European Union and NATO leaders, the president said he […]

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Two Dallas Shooter Suspects In Custody, Police Say Threat To Public Is Over

Dallas police are reporting that three suspects involved in the attacks on 11 police officers during a protest are now in custody, while one remains at large engaged in a gun fight with police. Two snipers fired on police from an elevated position during a protest in Dallas, Texas Thursday night, according to multiple reports.

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5 officers killed in Dallas at rally against police shootings

DALLAS — At least five police officers were killed, and at least seven others shot Thursday night by two snipers in downtown Dallas near the end of a protest of officer-involved shootings in other cities, Dallas police Chief David Brown said. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings described the shooting “as our worst nightmare. (Editor’s Note: The fifth

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With FBI probe over, State opens new investigation of Clinton’s email

WASHINGTON — The State Department announced late Thursday that it was launching its own internal review of Hillary Clinton’s email practices while she was the nation’s top diplomat. The department’s inspector general has already conducted an investigation that found serious lapses in Clinton’s use of a private server and email address during her tenure as

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P.M.’s storybook African tour masks underlying issues

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Africa was in Israeli headlines this week, with the emphasis on the 40th anniversary of Entebbe and the Prime Minister’s visits to Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. It was more bombast than substance, and not all of the bombast positive. Uganda’s President repeatedly referred to the ties between his country

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

U.S. government should welcome Islamic reformers

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Reformations are good for the soul. They keep the religious leaders and faiths in check. In the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, people began to read the Bible critically for the first time without having the local priest spoon-feed it to  them while they sat on

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International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

Obama: Louisiana, Minnesota shootings not isolated incidents

By President Barack Obama WASHINGTON, D.C. — All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. We’ve seen such tragedies far too many times, and our hearts go out to the families and communities who’ve suffered such a painful loss. Although

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House Republicans report positive meeting with Donald Trump

House Republicans emerged from a meeting with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday reporting a positive outcome from the gathering, with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan saying it’s clear the party is committed to defeating likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Mr. Ryan said in a statement it was a “great meeting” and that

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New Texas rules would require fetal tissue to be cremated or buried

DALLAS — Texas health officials are proposing new rules that would mandate that abortion providers cremate or bury fetal remains. The rules proposed by the Health and Human Services Commission would require that fetal remains be cremated or buried, regardless of the period of gestation. Abortion providers often use third-party special waste services that dispose

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