By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I am hardly part of a 9/11 family but I did lose someone who was trying to help that day. Though an imposing figure of bulk and professionalism, rarely not dressed in his suit and tie, or in his naval reserve attire that he wore with quiet pride, he […]
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Obituaries & memorials, USALola Gayle, STEAM Register A new species of butterflyfish, first seen in a video taken from manned submersibles more than 20 years ago, has finally been given a name: Prognathodes basabei. Why did it take so long? According to Bishop Museum scientist Richard Pyle, who first observed the species those many years ago, the fish
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The World We Share, USADhaka (dpa) – The death toll in the boiler-explosion-triggered fire at a packaging factory near the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka has risen to 23 as rescuers were still trying to douse the flames, officials said Saturday. The morning explosion at Tampaco Foils factory caused the collapse of the building, said Mohammad Rafiquzzaman of the Fire
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InternationalThe Rio Paralympics got started in stunning fashion on Wednesday, with an opening ceremony featuring a robot arm dancing alongside athlete Amy Purdy, and a high-flying wheelchair stuntman doing a backflip through a huge ring. There was also some political drama, as President Michel Temer was booed (again) by thousands of fans at the Maracana
CHICAGO — Making the decision to help 15 years ago might end Garrett Goodwin’s life early. Goodwin, 39, was one of tens of thousands of people at the World Trade Center right after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. A trained medic, he traveled from Tampa, Fla., to New York to volunteer. Now, his lungs are
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USADonald Trump stands alone as the only major party nominee for president or vice president who has not released tax returns. Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence released 10 years worth of tax returns as promised Friday, which followed disclosures earlier this summer by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine.
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USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — In my most recent column, “Thinking Outside the Two – State Box” I pointed out the fundamental lack of overlap between the incompatible demands insisted on by Israelis and Palestinians. Without substantial agreement between the two parties, there is no possibility to reach a treaty for a viable
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Middle East, Steve KramerWASHINGTON — Rep. Louie Gohmert, never known for holding his tongue, made clear Friday morning that his disdain for Hillary Clinton runs deep. The Texas Republican called the Democratic nominee for president “mentally impaired,” a line that drew approving laughter Friday at a gathering of religious conservatives. The taunt came despite the fact that Gohmert
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USABERLIN — Not long before U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump started talking this week about the qualities he admired in Russian President Vladimir Putin as a leader, Putin’s government demonstrated some of that leadership by classifying the nation’s oldest and only independent polling agency as, essentially, a spy network. It was a move that in
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InternationalThe opening scene of Sully, the new Tom Hanks/Clint Eastwood movie about the “Miracle on the Hudson,” takes place in a midtown Marriott, in the mind of U.S. Airways Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, and the image is pretty much what every New Yorker expects when they see an airplane flying way too low over Manhattan.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAYunique walks around her Brooklyn neighborhood in stylish, loose clothing that skims over her body and a gray shawl that’s delicately draped around a baseball cap. It’s not evident right away that she is dressed modestly because she is Muslim. The only giveaway of her faith might be if she decides to share her last
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USAWashington on Friday fumed at comments made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video released online in which he accused the Palestinians of advocating ethnic cleansing of the Jewish population in the West Bank. US State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told reporters the administration is “engaging in direct conversations with the Israeli government” about
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Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – The US Justice Department ordered a halt Friday to construction of an oil pipeline opposed by a native American tribe in North Dakota. The decision in Washington came minutes after a federal judge had rejected the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s plea to temporarily block the Dakota Access underground pipeline. The tribe argues
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USAHillary Clinton said Friday night that half of Donald Trump’s supporters are sexist, racist and homophobic, writing off roughly a quarter of the American population as “irredeemable.” At a fundraiser in New York, Mrs. Clinton attempted to explain the support for Mr. Trump, who is running neck-and-neck with her in some recent polls. “To just
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