CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a weekend health scare, Hillary Clinton is doing well, Vice President Joe Biden said after arriving in Charlotte on Monday for a speech on education. “I’ve had pneumonia,” Biden told Clinton campaign workers. “You take antibiotics and you rest a bit.” Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, left a 9/11 memorial service […]
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USAWASHINGTON — She responded this way when challenged about potential conflicts of interest involving her family’s foundation, and again when questioned about her use of private email to conduct government business. And now, when asked about her health Sunday, Hillary Clinton has fallen back on the same strategy she has used for decades: silence. Her
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USALittle old Fidencio Sanchez may have been pushing his Mexican popsicle cart until the end of his days if it hadn’t been for the kindness of internet strangers. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> Joel Cervantes was driving through the Little Village district of Chicago, Illinois when he saw the 89-year-old man pushing his paletas stand with stooped
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USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would allow families of American terror victims to sue foreign governments involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the White House said Monday. “The president intends to veto this legislation … We’ll see what Congress chooses to do from there,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest
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Middle East, USADonald Trump said he was stunned to the point of disbelief when he heard that Hillary Clinton said half of his supporters belong in a “basket of deplorables,” calling Mrs. Clinton’s statement “the biggest mistake of the political season” and saying the president has to be a leader for everybody. “Personally, when I heard it,
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in Samburu County of northern Kenya has opened the first community owned and managed elephant orphanage in Africa. The Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is situated in the remote Mathews Range, among Kenya’s second largest elephant population. It will take in orphaned and abandoned elephant calves, with an aim
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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareNext week, two summits—one at the United Nations, the other at the White House—are set to tackle the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis that has seen the largest number of displaced people on the move around the world since the end of the World War II. On September 19, the U.N. will host its first-ever
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International, Middle East, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO– Question: Money Maven, what is the Alternative Minimum Tax? Answer: The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is a tax designed by the gonif IRS to ensure that high income people pay their fair share of taxes. Unfortunately, it is a rather insidious tax that can make you forblongjid! This tax, which can
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USAAs a young(ish) Muslim woman heavily tied to Jews both personally and professionally, many of my Jewish friends often ask to hear my thoughts on “the latest radical terror attack.” What can I say each time that would be different from whatever I said last time? As a peace-loving Muslim, I hate each attack —
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USAAuthors and historians discover and document community’s rich past The dry goods store owned by Art Finkle’s grandfather, Sam Finkle, who began as a peddler and had a store on Union Street before moving to this location, the corner of Willow and Spring Streets. In his book, Arthur Finkle, whose roots in the Trenton Jewish
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Jewish History, USAA major Jewish donor to Britain’s Labour Party has been suspended from the party a month after comparing supporters of party head Jeremy Corbyn to stormtroopers. Michael Foster, whose family contributed more than $500,000 to the party in the last election, had written an op-ed in the Daily Mail newspaper in which he referred to
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InternationalA third century epitaph for a Jewish woman living in Egypt has recently been translated, after its discovery in a Utah library. The limestone tablet had been labeled as a Coptic artifact for years until it was translated by Lincoln H. Blumell, an associate professor at Brigham Young University, who published his findings this month.
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International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe city fathers of Pilsen, Czech Republic, have agreed to close the museum and concert hall that have operated in the city’s famous synagogue, and to restore the structure to the Jewish community. The decision follows more than ten years of lobbying efforts by representatives of the dwindling Jewish community. The Great Synagogue is known
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International, Jewish HistoryBritish Labour leader Jeremy Corbin asked to remove a Hebrew greeting from his Passover message because it made him sound “too Zionist”, his former policy adviser claimed over the weekend. The Labour leader”s office denied the claim, however, saying it was categorically untrue, according to a report Sunday in The Independent. The allegation was made
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