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24 Million People Will Lose Health Insurance Under GOP Plan

Twenty-four million people will lose health insurance by 2026 if the healthcare plan put forward by House Republicans is enacted, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said in a report released Monday. The CBO estimated the American Health Care Act, the bill proposed by House Republicans to repeal and replace the American Care Act, also

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

USC professor named first African-American president of a Fed regional bank

WASHINGTON — USC professor Raphael Bostic made history on Monday when he was named president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, becoming the first African-American to lead one of the Fed’s 12 regional banks. The choice of Bostic, 50, director of the Bedrosian Center on Governance at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy,

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USA

Opposition grows to ‘workplace wellness’ bill that would scale back genetic privacy

Opposition to a congressional bill that would explicitly remove genetic privacy protections from workplace wellness programs grew on Monday, with one of the country’s leading wellness associations calling the proposed changes “punitive.” The bill, approved by a House committee last week, would eliminate longstanding genetic privacy protections from workplace wellness programs, which are allowed to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

BGU researcher protects against video-borne cyberattacks

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher has developed a new technique that could provide virtually 100 percent protection against cyberattacks launched through internet videos or images, which are a growing threat. “Any downloaded or streamed video or picture is a potential vehicle for a cyberattack,” says Professor Ofer Hadar,

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Iran Says Israel’s Netanyahu Distorts Jewish History

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for saying Persians once tried to destroy the Jewish people, accusing the Israeli premier of distorting Jewish history. On a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Netanyahu said Persians tried to destroy the Jewish people 2,500 years

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Jewish History, Middle East

Will The Kennedy’s Run In 2020?

President Donald Trump may have bested the Clintons with his electoral upset victory in the 2016 presidential election, but another American political dynasty could be planning for a major comeback in 2020. The Kennedys have several Democratic candidates who could potentially announce bids for the ticket to take on the sitting-president, including Rep. Joseph P.

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USA

Kellyanne Conway on surveillance: We have ‘microwaves that turn into cameras’

WASHINGTON — Last week, the White House tried to avoid giving further life to President Donald Trump’s stunning and unsupported allegation that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of him last year. And when WikiLeaks posted new documents claiming to expose surveillance tactics available to the intelligence community, the White House steadfastly refused to confirm

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USA

Fresh wave of bomb threats target Jewish centers during Purim

Five Jewish community centers across the United States and Canada were evacuated following bomb threats during the Purim holiday on Sunday, the latest incidents in a wave of harassment targeting Jewish institutions across North America. The targets of Sunday”s bomb threats included the Jewish Community Center of Rochester, the Indianapolis Jewish Community Center, the Evelyn

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International, USA

Trump’s Golf Course In California Vandalized

A group of environmental activists snuck into a public golf course owned by President Donald Trump in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and vandalized it to protest the Trump administration’s “blatant disregard” for the environment, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The group, which calls itself an “anonymous environmental activist collective,” carved the words, “No More Tigers,

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USA

Handing out Purim treats, Rivlin praises female troops

‘Alongside every great male fighter is a wonderful female fighter,’ president tells security forces at Ofer Checkpoint By Times of Israel staff President Reuven Rivlin gives Purim packages (Mishloach Manot) to members of the Israeli security forcesguarding at the Ofer checkpoint on March 12, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO) President Reuven Rivlin handed out treats to members

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Middle East