MINNEAPOLIS — Sen. Al Franken broke an eight-day silence Sunday, reaching out to Minnesota media to talk about what he’s done, and what he’ll do next. “I’m embarrassed and ashamed. I’ve let a lot of people down and I’m hoping I can make it up to them and gradually regain their trust,” said Franken, who […]
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USAAn artificial earthquake caused by a North Korean nuclear test in September reportedly caused buildings to collapse and killed scores of people, including schoolchildren, South Korean media reported this week. On Sept. 3, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test, successfully detonating a hydrogen bomb — one that could fit onto an intercontinental missile (ICBM).
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InternationalRobert Mueller, special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, is a “gruff guy” who routinely undermined his subordinates and evaded responsibility as head of the FBI, according to several former aides and investigators who worked with Mueller interviewed by the Los Angeles Times. In a lengthy profile published
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USATelevision Academy’s 22nd Annual Hall of Fame Gala – Backstage & Audience Hollywood royalty Rance Howard, father of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” movie director Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, sadly passed away on Saturday at the age of 89, his son announced on Twitter. “Clint & I have been blessed to be Rance
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASaudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince vowed to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth” as officials from 40 Muslim countries gathered Sunday in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance. “In past years, terrorism has been functioning in all of our countries… with no coordination” among national authorities, Prince
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Tzipi Hotovely is an Israeli success story. Born in 1978 to immigrants from Georgia she became a lawyer and is now a doctoral student at Tel Aviv University. She married a lawyer and is the mother of two young children. For the last eight years she has been a Member
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Middle East, USABy Renee Ghert-Zand You can be certain Saul Marks isn’t scamming you when he calls to say you have a windfall coming your way. The money he’ll tell you about is a legitimate inheritance you didn’t even know you were entitled to. BBC One watchers will recognize Marks from “Heir Hunters,” a reality show about
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International, Sports & CompetitionsSaturday marked the 10th day since the ARA San Juan submarine reported its last position off Argentina’s southern coast. Reports of a sound detected underwater near the last known position of the vessel suggest it might have imploded after reporting an electrical problem. What do we know about the missing Argentine submarine? https://t.co/ldzPSC49Os pic.twitter.com/FMQTb0ct1x— euronews
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InternationalBy TOI staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly take over the Health Ministry if current Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Sunday follows through on his promise to resign. According to a report Saturday night on Hadashot news (formerly Channel 2), Netanyahu is planning to hold on to the cabinet position, rather than appoint a
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Middle EastThe United States warned Pakistan on Saturday that there would be “repercussions” in bilateral relations unless Islamabad immediately re-arrested and prosecuted an Islamist leader accused of masterminding the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India. The warning came after Pakistani authorities on Friday acted on a court order and freed Hafiz Saeed, a U.S.-designated global terrorist, from
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International, USABANGKOK — In August, responding to the first reports of Rohingya Muslims fleeing an army-led crackdown in Myanmar, Pope Francis called for prayers for “our Rohingya brethren.” “Let all of us ask the Lord to save them, and to raise up men and women of goodwill to help them, who shall give them their full
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InternationalDonald Trump is reportedly not happy with his daughter Ivanka’s condemnation of embattled GOP senate candidate Roy Moore. Moore, who is accused of sexual misconduct by five women, one of whom claimed she met Moore when she was just 14 years old, was slammed by the first daughter but has received support from the president.
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USAPresident Trump said he turned down Time magazine after being told there were conditions for being named its next Person of the Year, in turn prompting the publication to publicly refute the president’s claim Friday evening. “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year,’ like
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USAThe US will stop supplying arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria, President Trump told Turkey’s president on Friday according to Ankara, a move sure to please Turkey but further alienate Syrian Kurds who bore much of the fight against the IS group. In a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump said
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