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Cubs win first World Series since 1908 with 8-7, 10-inning victory

CHICAGO — After waiting since 1908 for a World Series title, the potential for misery became even more acute for the Cubs when they failed to close out a victory after needing only four outs to fulfill their long-awaited quest. From manager Joe Maddon’s use of the pitching staff to Javier Baez’s failed one-out bunt […]

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

Alan Grayson Explains Why Murphy Is Such a Sad Senate Candidate: What $10 Million Buys From the Democratic Party

Most people are aware of the nauseating fact that in American politics today, money talks far louder than actual policy. Nevertheless, it is always valuable to hear from an insider’s perspective the level of depravity our Democracy is willing to sink for a few extra millions. Congressman Alan Grayson may have failed to win Florida’s

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USA

Putin to US: Be more like Israel

Speaking at an international forum last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Israel”s anti-terror efforts, suggesting the United States could learn much from the Jewish state. In an address to the Valdai International Discussion Club, the Russian leader offered a critique of American foreign policy, particularly with regards to the Middle East and the spread

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International, Middle East, USA

State Department blasts new Jerusalem construction

The State Department on Wednesday issued a scathing condemnation of Israel after it issued building permits for 181 new homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, located in the southern part of the city. Jerusalem spokeswoman Brachie Sprung said plans in Gilo were first approved in 2012 and that Wednesday’s approvals were for “technical details

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Middle East, USA

Trump will crack down on anti-Israel intimidation on campus

Donald Trump would ask the Justice Department to investigate the intimidation of pro-Israel and Jewish students on American college campuses if elected president, according to a report by the Algemeiner news site. “Colleges are generally being far too lenient in allowing the pro-Palestinian community to deprive those in the pro-Israel camp of their First Amendment

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Middle East, USA

Peace in Palestine: Balfour Apology Is a Distraction

If love means never having to say you are sorry, then the renewed push for the U.K. to “atone” for the 1917 Balfour Declaration is yet another reminder of the bad blood between Israelis and Palestinians—and of how elusive peace remains. Today, on 99th anniversary of the letter, which endorsed “the establishment in Palestine of

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Trump, feeling good about Florida, tells backers: ‘Pretend we’re slightly behind’

MIAMI — When Donald Trump believes he’s winning, he stays on script. Looks like feels good about Florida. The Trump who marshaled his political army in downtown Miami on Wednesday rattled off a list of touchstone issues in Florida politics: the Herbert Hoover Dike in Lake Okeechobee, the Everglades, Homestead Air Reserve Base. He talked

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USA

Clinton ally compares black Republicans to Jews who aided Nazis in Project Veritas video

A longtime Clinton ally and donor has a theory about black Republicans: They’re like the Jewish guards in concentration camps who tried to save their own skins by helping the Nazis kill Jews. In a hidden-camera video released Wednesday by Project Veritas Action, author and academic Benjamin R. Barber compared black Republicans to the “Sonderkommandos”

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USA

Suspect in Des Moines police officer shootings had history of racist incidents

Officials have captured an Iowa man who is suspected of ambushing and killing two Des Moines-area police officers in separate shootings early Wednesday morning. Officials have not given a possible motive for the attack. Scott Michael Greene, 46, was detained without incident on a rural road after flagging down a state Department of Natural Resources

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USA

Republicans reopen firebombed NC office

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Republicans rejoiced Wednesday morning after reopening the Orange County Republican Party headquarters, less than a month after someone firebombed the building. North Carolina GOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse said the reopening of the building has taken a “monumental effort” with the support of both Republicans and Democrats. “We don’t believe this represents

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USA