The U.S. has built a better, smarter nuclear bomb capable of replacing all four of its predecessors and, as of last month, it’s ready to fly. The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it conducted an inert test in March of an upgraded version of one of its primary nuclear gravity bombs, the B61, in an
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International, USA‘Duchifat-2,’ a joint venture by dozens of pupils from around the country, will study the lower thermosphere By Stuart Winer Participating high school students hold up the Duchifat-2 nanosatellite that was launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 18, 2017. (Israel Space Agency/Roi Greenberg) A tiny satellite built by Israeli
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIn the company of visitors from his native Germany and his brother, former pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 90th birthday with a mug of beer, and according to AP News, a gift basket whose goodies included pretzels, both considered staples of Bavarian cuisine. The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano published photos of the celebration with Benedict
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InternationalA female rape victim has criticized a Utah judge for describing the man who attacked her, former Mormon bishop Keith Robert Vallejo, as an “extraordinarily good man.” Judge Thomas Low made the remark at the sentence hearing of Vallejo on April 12 after a jury convicted him of 10 counts of forcible sexual abuse and
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USAJakarta (dpa) – Millions of residents of the Indonesian capital Jakarta went to the polls Wednesday in the second round of the city’s gubernatorial election following a campaign marked by religious and ethnic tensions. The election pits incumbent governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, against former education minister Anies Baswedan, who has
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InternationalATLANTA — Republicans on Tuesday apparently forced the front-running Democratic candidate for an Atlanta-area House seat into a runoff, extending until June a congressional contest that has become a nationalized referendum on President Donald Trump. With a small percentage of votes uncounted because of a balloting glitch, Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old former Democratic congressional aide
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USANew England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady did not attend the ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, citing “personal family matters” as the reason for his absence. Several players are not in Washington, D.C., with the Patriots to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. Many cited political and social causes as the reason they did not
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Sports & Competitions, USASEDE BOQER, Israel (Press Release)– Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel ultrafiltration membranes that significantly improve the virus-removal process from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking in water-scarce cities. Current membrane filtration methods require intensive energy to adequately remove pathogenic viruses without
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe future of Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appears increasingly uncertain amid growing signs that the embattled TV star is losing support from his bosses at 21st Century Fox. O’Reilly, 67, has been on a planned vacation since last Wednesday and said on his top-rated prime-time program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” that he would be back
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — Returning to a favorite campaign theme at a time when his domestic agenda has stalled, President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a review of a visa program that he said has undercut American workers, declaring his move a “powerful signal” of his administration’s commitment to “finally put America first.” The White House said
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International, USAThe hunger strike now being held by jailed terrorists comes with various ramifications, starting with the expected rioting on Palestinian streets and possibly beyond, and extending to the question of the Israeli government”s ability to stand up to this sort of struggle. Among other things, a hunger strike like this leads to the question of
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastHAVANA – Cuba’s tourism industry, now its most dynamic economic sector, is looking to boost visitor numbers by attracting larger cruise ships. International cruise operators, such as Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line, have regularly sailed into Cuban ports. The plan is to expand the ports’ infrastructure to accommodate larger passenger ships. Jose Manuel
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International, Travel and Food, USADonald Trump’s son Eric Trump defended the president’s golf trips saying his father uses the outings for professional bonding. Donald Trump made his 16th visit to his golfing properties earlier this month since assuming office amid criticism over his travel costs. “You can sit with somebody in a golf cart where there might be cultural
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USATel Aviv (dpa) – Israel must not yield to demands being made by more than 1,000 “shameless” Palestinian prisoners on an indefinite hunger strike, top Israeli lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi said on Tuesday. “This is a gang of shameless guys, of merciless murderers,” Hanegbi told Israel Radio. Calling their demands baseless, Hanegbi argued that the strike
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