As questions swirl about the contact members of President Donald Trump’s campaign had with Russians throughout the 2016 election, a majority of Americans favor an independent investigation, a new poll has found. Fifty-two percent of Americans support such an inquiry, while 23 percent are opposed, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
MEXICO CITY — At least 154 people were killed when a torrent of mud and floodwater swept through a small Colombian city early Saturday morning, toppling homes, uprooting trees and sweeping away vehicles. Unusually strong rains caused three nearby rivers to overflow, triggering what officials described as a sudden avalanche of water and mud that
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InternationalPresident Trump will not ask the American Bar Association to evaluate candidates for federal judgeships prior to formally nominating them for the more than 100 existing judicial vacancies – a departure from a practice that has been previously criticized for bias against Republican nominees. ABA President Linda Klein announced Friday that the association was “notified
In a dramatic week in Venezuela, the pro-government Supreme Court on Saturday revoked its controversial annulment of the opposition-led congress amid international condemnation and protests against President Nicolas Maduro. “This controversy is over … the constitution has won,” Socialist Maduro said in a televised speech just after midnight local time to a specially convened state
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InternationalCalifornia’s cigarette tax increased by $2 a pack Saturday under new tobacco policies passed by voters during last November’s general election. Smokers in California will now pay $2.87 in state taxes for a pack of cigarettes, more than tripling the 87-cent tax levied before the new excise took hold April 1. In implementing the $2
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK — Revelations of sexual harassment claims involving Fox News keep piling up, with the news Saturday that two additional women who accused star anchor Bill O’Reilly had received settlements — one in 2011 and one just months ago. According to a report in The New York Times, late last year a payment of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident Trump on Saturday told NBC News to stop reporting on Russia’s involvement in his White House victory as accusations concerning Moscow’s role in last year’s election face heightened scrutiny in the form of no fewer than three federal probes. Via his personal Twitter account, Mr. Trump fired off a pair of posts Saturday morning
With short viral videos, a Facebook group gets thousands of laughs when US-born bilingual youth poke fun at their esteemed Russian-speaking elders By Julie Masis Floating above the obligatory hammer and sickle, the centerpiece of this red Soviet Union flag is a six-pointed Star of David. The overtly Jewish symbol is front and center in
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International, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAEnraged protesters have stormed Paraguay’s congress leaving it in flames after the Senate secretly voted on a constitutional amendment to allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election. The proposal was to go to the House, where it appeared to have strong support. The chamber’s President Hugo Velazquez said that a vote, expected to take
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International7-year-old Brady Duke was heartbroken to hear that one of his local police officers was killed in the line of duty. He could only imagine how sad the rest of the police force must be feeling after losing one of their own. So Brady selected his most prized possession to send along as a gift
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USAFormer “Star Trek” star George Takei on Saturday said he’d run next year again U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, triggering widespread support before his would-be congressional run was revealed to be a well-played April Fool’s Day prank. “Well, the cat’s out of the bag it seems. Let’s do this! #Takei2018,” the actor-turned-activist tweeted shortly
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAGaza-based terrorist group is training and manufacturing weapons for naval warfare, officer warns By Judah Ari Gross While Hamas’s terror tunnels and its reportedly refilled and upgraded rocket arsenal garner attention, the Israeli Navy is keeping a watchful eye on the terror group’s growing maritime capabilities and is investing its resources in preventing attacks “at
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Middle EastOn the same day the stockbroker for then-Georgia Congressman Tom Price bought him up to $90,000 of stock in six pharmaceutical companies last year, Price arranged to call a top U.S. health official, seeking to scuttle a controversial rule that could have hurt the firms’ profits and driven down their share prices, records obtained by
Drawing on the Old Testament as inspiration, the late Chaim Stephenson crafted compassionate scenes of familial pain and drama By Anne Joseph LONDON –Acclaimed Anglo-Israeli artist and self-taught sculptor Chaim Stephenson had a lifelong sympathy for people driven from their homes. In a career that spanned over 60 years, he produced a huge body of
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