In a prepared statement read during the trial of six people involved in the 2012 publication of topless photos of Duchess Kate, Prince William said the images were “all the more painful” given “the harassment” by the paparazzi that led to his mother’s death in 1997. “The clandestine way in which these photographs were taken
Man said to suffer allergic reaction after eating kosher meal By Stuart Winer Illustrative photo of an Iberia airline plane touching down in Miami, Florida, 1985. (CC-BY-SA: Aero Icarus/Wikimedia) An Israeli man died overnight Tuesday after eating a meal on a plane to Miami, where he and his newlywed wife were traveling to for their
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Middle East, Travel and FoodCNN has refused to run a Donald Trump campaign ad because it contained a graphic in which mainstream media organizations were branded “fake news,” the network said Tuesday. The head of Trump’s campaign committee criticized the network for not running the ad, which focuses on the president’s first 100 days in office. “It is absolutely
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACHICAGO — Former first couple Barack and Michelle Obama on Wednesday offered the first look at the design of the planned Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park — a campus of three buildings highlighted by an eye-catching museum, whose height and splaying walls would make a bold architectural statement. The museum, which will house
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USAA new book, “Rising Star,” shedding light on Barack Obama’s past, suggests he was more politically ambitious at a younger age than previously believed – and that he had asked another woman to marry him before he ever met his eventual partner, Michelle. You think Michelle looked mad when Obama shamelessly flirted with Denmark’s Helle
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAWASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey strongly defended his decision to inform Congress in late October that he had reopened an FBI investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the decision to go public 11 days
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USAHARRISBURG. Pa. — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Wagner calls it a dirty campaign trick. His campaign tracker calls it assault. What is for sure is that a routine luncheon speech at a country club near York, Pa., on Tuesday landed Wagner, a state senator, the role of unwitting star in a pair of YouTube videos,
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USAA woman recently walked into my Massachusetts office to talk about her daughter, who had been diagnosed with serious mental illness in 2007, when she was just 4 years old. A decade later, the stories this mother shared with me are heartbreaking. The countless hospital visits. The fights with insurers and doctors and courts. The
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert has never really tried to hide his political leanings. As host of “The Colbert Report” he played a mockingly over-the-top Conservative who blasted every politician willing to run for public office. Since taking the “Late Show” reins from David Letterman, he’s come out pretty far to the left. Colbert has
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIsraeli Arab doctor who treats Syrian refugees honored by AJC NEW YORK (Press Release) – Dr. Masad Barhoum, Director General of the Galilee Medical Center, was honored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) with the global Jewish advocacy organization’s International Human Dignity Award for providing urgent treatment to Syrians severely injured in their country’s civil war.
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USAIn the latest sign of what some see as growing rigidity of thought among American liberals, new New York Times columnist Bret Stephens has been skewered online by readers of the paper for his first column. The subject of that column was a growing rigidity of thought among American liberals. Stephens arrives at The Times
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USAThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Steering Committee voted Tuesday afternoon to adopt a resolution denying Israel’s rights to its own capital, Jerusalem. The vote took place on Israel’s Independence Day. 22 nations voted in favor of the resolution, compared to 10 which voted against it. 23 nations abstained. Among the countries
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International, Middle EastStockholm (dpa) – One of Norway’s richest men, industrialist Kjell Inge Rokke, said Tuesday he wants to give back to society by donating most of his fortune. The first step was to fund a new research and exploration ship in partnership with conservationist group WWF Norway. “The oceans have given me great opportunities. I’m grateful
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International, The World We ShareA man who claimed to be 146 years old and the world’s oldest living person has died in Indonesia. Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (Grandpa Ghoto), was born in December 1870, according to his papers. Mbah Ghoto was not officially recognised as the world’s oldest living person because Indonesia only started recording births in
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