Coupled with an 0-4 start, the Chargers move to Los Angeles hasn’t gone over well. Despite playing in the smallest venue in the NFL, the Chargers are only filling 25,000 of the possible 27,000 seats. On Tuesday, an NFL spokesman finally spoke to the rumors that the league could force a move back to San […]
WASHINGTON — In an unusual statement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson forcefully denied persistent reports Wednesday that he planned to resign over foreign policy differences with President Donald Trump, and instead pledged strong support for the president. “I have never considered leaving this post,” Tillerson told a hastily called news conference at the State Department.
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International, USADALLAS — A Southern Methodist University fraternity accused of forcing new members to wear clothing covered in vomit has been suspended by the school for hazing. The Beta Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha Order also paddled its members, the university said in a letter to parents Wednesday that announced the group’s suspension. The Office of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Trump administration insiders are seeing signs that Russia may be planning to rescue Venezuela by helping Caracas cover $3.5 billion in debt payments over the next two months. Russia is already laying the groundwork, with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro traveling to Moscow this week to meet with Vladimir Putin, whose government is taking
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International, USACatalonia will declare independence from Spain on Monday, according to government officials in the region. Pro-independence parties which control the regional parliament have asked for a debate and vote on declaring independence. A declaration should follow this vote, although it is unclear when. The regional government staged last Sunday’s referendum in defiance of a Constitutional
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InternationalWASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday proposed legislation that would ban gun bump stocks, which police said were used by a Las Vegas shooter this week to make semi-automatic weapons work more like automatic weapons. “The only reason to modify a gun is to kill as many people as possible in as short a
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USAFormer Marine Taylor Winston, who stole an empty truck with the keys left inside during the Las Vegas shooting and used it to drive victims to the hospital, just got the perfect message from the vehicle’s owner. “Hey Taylor, [I was] told you might have the keys to my truck??” he texted Winston, 29, after
Mexico said Wednesday it will send humanitarian aid to Puerto Rico to help the island recover from Hurricane Maria, a disaster that US President Donald Trump has been accused of minimizing. The Mexican foreign ministry said it would send about 30 tonnes of bottled water, insect repellant and other supplies to help the US territory,
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InternationalTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday again claimed there is a connection between the Israeli Mossad and the recently-held referendum by the Kurds in northern Iraq, claims which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has already denied. Speaking at a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Erdogan said Wednesday, according to
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Middle EastWhen word began to spread of the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night, the city”s Chabad rabbis mobilized to help, support, counsel, and comfort those affected. As of Tuesday, the death toll numbered 59, with more than 500 people wounded in the attack. When Rabbi Levi Harlig of Chabad Las Vegas Blvd. with his
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USAThe UJA-Federation of New York delivered a planeload of humanitarian supplies to the JCC in Puerto Rico and returned a stranded retired New York firefighter in time for his son’s wedding. Firefighters in the city of Yonkers collected the supplies that arrived in Puerto Rico on Sunday morning in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The
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USAAlexandria’s Menasce Synagogue has been placed on Egypt’s Heritage List, reports Nevine El-Aref Alexandria’s Menasce Synagogue The Menasce Synagogue is located in Mansheya Square in central Alexandria, its simple architectural style and façade being complemented by decorated arcaded widows. This week, more than 100 years after it was built, the synagogue has been added to
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastRabbi Shlomo Riskin will step down from running the network of liberal Orthodox schools and seminaries he founded. The Israeli-American leader will retire in July 2018 as chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone, a network of educational institutions that has pushed the limits of traditional Jewish law to be more inclusive of women and converts. Rabbi
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastTwo Las Vegas synagogues held special evening prayers and a GoFundMe page raised over $50,000 for an injured Jewish woman as the city’s Jewish community rallied to help in the aftermath of the mass shooting on the Strip. Chabad Rabbi Mendy Harlig, a chaplain with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, told the Chabad.org website
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