DENVER – Sen. Tom Cotton made no mention Saturday of the Republican presidential ticket, but had plenty to say about the Democratic campaign scandal involving President Bill Clinton’s private airport meeting. The Arkansas Republican joked that he was stuck on the tarmac in Denver so long that he thought he might be getting a visit […]
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USAAuthor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel, who died Saturday at age 87, won the Noble Peace Prize in 1986 in recognition as “one of the most important spiritual leaders and guides in an age when violence, repression and racism continue to characterize the world.” Below is Wiesel’s full acceptance speech upon receiving the award, according to
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Jewish HistoryThree students from American universities were among the victims of an armed attack at a restaurant in Bangladesh early Saturday, university and foreign officials confirmed. At least 20 hostages were killed in a 10-hour standoff before security forces stormed the restaurant in the capital, Dhaka, and killed six of the attackers, Bangladeshi officials said. A
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International, USAWhile both national parties argue in Congress over gun control bills, California had adopted sweeping legislation limiting semiautomatic rifles in response to the Orlando nightclub shooting massacre. Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of six bills Friday that expand background checks for ammunition purchases; ban the sale of semiautomatic rifles with “bullet buttons” that allow
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USAWASHINGTON — No matter how the FBI investigation into the handling of sensitive information on Hillary Clinton’s personal computer server ends, it is likely to hurt her campaign for president. If she is indicted, she will face further questions about her honesty and perhaps even calls for her to step aside. If she isn’t indicted,
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USAIslamist militants attacked an upscale cafe in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday night (July 1), killing 20 foreign civilians and two police officers in a siege that ended Saturday, the Bangladeshi military said. Several Italians were killed at the scene, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said, declining to give any details of the victims
Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor whose book Night became an important part of school curricula and was read by countless young people, died Saturday at 87, according to Haaretz.com. “My goal is to sensitize the desensitized, world leaders first among them,” Wiesel told Newsweek in 2008. Wiesel was absent from an event on May 5
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Jewish History, Obituaries & memorialshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Korman In this sketch, Korman is the irritable Angel Haddington, and Tim Conway is the new angel on the cloud
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Travel and FoodScarlett Johansson, star of multiple Marvel superhero movies, Luc Besson’s brilliant sci-fi thriller Lucy and Girl with a Pearl Earring, has been a leading lady for a while now. She’s filled that action heroine role left vacant by Angelina Jolie, who seems more content behind the camera these days. She sometimes makes fun, quirky movies
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastMassachusetts senator and rock star progressive Elizabeth Warren joined Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail this week, giving rousing speeches in support of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. But Warren was not always Clinton’s biggest fan. On Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” Wednesday, host Trevor Noah listed off the reasons why Warren could be
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON—After escalating one of the most lethal covert operations in U.S. history, President Barack Obama finally made a public estimate of the civilian cost of the nation’s secret drone program, which has targeted Islamic militants in remote corners of the globe. Human rights groups immediately challenged the estimate and the amount of transparency from the
Bad News, Good News By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The bad news is that Ikea dressers not anchored to walls easily topple over injuring and killing children. The good news is that only a small fraction of the dressers ever were assembled by purchasers who tried to follow the instructions. * The good news is
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You don’t trust Bibi? Few do. No reason to. He’s a politician. He isn’t any different from a long line of others, including Barack Obama, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, JFK, the Clintons, FDR, and Abe Lincoln. They all promised a lot more than they delivered. It’s inherent in the occupation. The reputations
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu paid a condolence call on Hallel-Yaffa Ariel’s family in Kiryat Arba on Friday morning. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) joined Netanyahu, along with Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) and Kiryat Arba-Hevron council head Malachi Levinger. Netanyahu spoke with Hallel’s parents and listened to stories about their 13-year-old daughter who
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