SCRANTON, Pa. — After some good-natured banter between Kelly Ripa and Neil Patrick Harris on their morning show, there was Hillary Clinton suddenly on screen, with a dark message of looming danger. During a break in Thursday morning’s “Live with Kelly” show, the Clinton ad painted Donald Trump as a risk to all things America […]
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USAPHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton, campaigning Monday at Temple University, told college students — many of whom are drowning in debt — that she’s the candidate to address their needs. “No one will work harder to make your life better,” Clinton said, promising to give young people a say in White House decision-making. Clinton told the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe University of California, Berkeley has reinstated a course on the history of Palestine, just days after suspending it amid criticism that it fostered anti-Semitism and indoctrinated students against Israel. The university’s ethnic studies department has revised the original course description and syllabus, which aimed to examine Palestine through the “lens of settler colonialism,” according
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPeople around the world continue to pray for a swift and complete recovery for Shimon Peres. We feel profound grief at the prospect of losing the last living founder of the State of Israel and a man who many regard as a grandfather. Shimon Peres’s life story is entwined with the story of Israel. His
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Middle EastRussian President Vladimir Putin has plans to create new security service that will closely mirror the Soviet-era KGB, according to a report Monday from the Russian newspaper Kommersant. Kremlin sources said the “Ministry for State Security” — which will be known by the acronym “MGB” — is set to officially take shape before Russia’s 2018
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Donald Trump still doesn’t have John Kasich’s support. And he says he doesn’t care. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” Monday, Trump again found himself discussing the long-since resolved primary battle for the GOP nomination, even as only 50 days remain until the general election. The Ohio governor has been defending what he calls
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USAA Newsweek article about Donald Trump’s foreign business entanglements has prompted 55 former U.S. government and national security officials to publish an open letter calling for transparency regarding the Trump Organization’s dealings. “Donald Trump still has not revealed to the American public his international business relationships, even as it becomes increasingly clear that his overseas
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International, USANEW YORK (JNS.org) –Following a shootout with New Jersey police on Monday, authorities arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, a naturalized American of Afghani descent, in connection with the spate bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend. The shootout and arrest came after the FBI circulated his photograph. Rahami, an Elizabeth, New
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International, USAPalestinian cleric at Al-Aqsa Mosque prays destruction of America, Russia (JNS.org) A Palestinian Muslim cleric prayed to Allah to “vanquish American and Russia” in an address last week at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Jerusalem Post reported. “Oh America, let me tell you about the day when the call to prayer will be heard from atop
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Middle EastAs the UN General Assembly prepares to host a high-level summit to address the refugee and migrant crisis, the reality for the millions of Syrians who have fled the country since 2011 is one of frustration, insecurity, poverty and statelessness. In the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan the refugees feel helpless: “We have been here
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Middle EastThe deputy head of Hamas’s political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, left Gaza 10 days ago via the Rafah border crossing, supposedly on his way to Saudi Arabia to perform the hajj — the pilgrimage to Mecca that is required of all believing Muslims. The departure — an unusual one, it must be said — of Haniyeh,
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Middle EastBerlin (dpa) – Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) suffered slumped to their worst-ever result in Berlin city-state poll increasing the pressure on the chancellor ahead of next year’s national elections after a surge in support for the right-wing party. The CDU dropped to 17.6 per cent from 23.3 per cent in the last election
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InternationalThough the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday celebrated television’s best moments, the ceremony gave near equal time to celebrating its own newfound diversity — and joking about the Oscars’ lack of it. “This year’s nominees are the most diverse ever,” host Jimmy Kimmel said in his opening monologue of a field that included 18
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPALO ALTO, California — A looming Donald Trump presidency would make it more likely for lame-duck US President Barack Obama to support a United Nations Security Council resolution laying down the basic parameters for the creation of Palestinian state, a former top US official said Sunday. “I suspect that if Trump wins, the president would
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