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Watch Boy’s Secret Act of Kindness When He Finds Empty Bowl of Halloween Candy

Anyone who has ever been trick-or-treating before is familiar with when you find a bowl sitting out on a household’s steps, promising candy – only to discover that it’s empty. Hayden Chapple of Idaho Falls experienced this exact same scenario while trick-or-treating on Halloween this year, except he responded to it by doing something that […]

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USA

Former Hamas leader: We will trample Balfour Declaration

Former Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday vowed that the Palestinian Arabs will forcefully cancel the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in then-Palestine. Speaking at a conference in Gaza, Mashaal attacked Britain for boasting of the “crime” of the Balfour Declaration instead of apologizing for

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International, Middle East

Bomb threat cancels Florida Jewish museum’s celebration of Balfour Declaration anniversary: Report

A South Florida Jewish center’s planned celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration Thursday was canceled over a bomb threat from a local college student, the Miami Herald reported Thursday night. Police believe it was 21-year-old Florida International University student Oscar Aguayo who issued a threat against the Miami Beach-based Jewish Museum of

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International, Middle East, USA

Hollywood scandal reaches business partner of Trump’s Treasury Secretary

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s inner circle expressed shock when Hillary Clinton failed to quickly condemn Democratic donor Harvey Weinstein after allegations of sexual assault. Now, the president’s team may find the shoe on the other foot as allegations land on a business partner of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Until June, Mnuchin co-owned RatPac-Dune Entertainment, a

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

British defense secretary Fallon quits over sexual harassment allegation

Britain’s defense minister resigned Wednesday after allegations emerged about inappropriate sexual behavior — the latest twist in a growing scandal over harassment and abuse in the country’s corridors of power. Michael Fallon said in a resignation letter to Prime Minister Theresa May that his “previous conduct … may have fallen below the high standards that

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Rep. Lamar Smith quitting Congress, second Texas GOP chairman this week

WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, an immigration hard-liner and climate change skeptic, announced Thursday that he will leave Congress at the end of his current term. He’s the second GOP chairman this week from Texas to retire. He chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and under GOP rules would hit a

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Trump aide caught in Russia probe withdraws from consideration for USDA nomination

WASHINGTON — Sam Clovis, a fiery Iowa talk radio host and former Trump campaign co-chairman who has been caught up in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, has withdrawn his name from consideration to be chief scientific adviser to the secretary of agriculture. The nomination was controversial because Clovis, 68, had no scientific or medical degrees

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International, USA

Liberal group calls Virginia Democrat ‘racist’ for opposing sanctuary cities

WASHINGTON — A liberal activist group on Thursday labeled Ralph Northam’s campaign “racist,” criticizing the Virginia Democrat running for governor a day after he declared that he would not support “sanctuary cities” for undocumented immigrants. “Let’s be really clear: If Ralph Northam wins next Tuesday, it won’t be because he publicly backtracked on his commitment

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