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12 people, including Philippine city mayor, killed in anti-drug raids

Manila (dpa) – Twelve people, including a city mayor, were killed on Sunday in a shoot-out with police officers during a series of pre-dawn anti-drug raids in the southern Philippines, police and local officials said. Police officers also arrested the vice mayor of Ozamiz City, about 780 kilometres south of Manila, during the raids, said […]

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Military court upholds conviction, 18-month sentence for Hebron shooter

Prosecution appeal to stiffen manslaughter sentence for Elor Azaria turned down; ‘He acted like he was at a shooting range,’ judges say By Judah Ari Gross and Stuart Winer Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, center, accompanied by his mother, Oshrat, arrive at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2017. (Avshalom Sasoni/Flash90) A

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Middle East

Can Trump Strip Health Cate From Members of Congress?

As Republican members of Congress have tried and failed to follow through with their campaign promise of repealing Obamacare, President Donald Trump has threatened to eliminate some health benefits for members of Congress and their staffs. “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Kellyanne Conway: Trump will decide ‘this week’ whether to cut off insurance payments

White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that President Trump will decide this week whether to cut off cost-sharing payments that go to insurance companies under Obamacare. “He’s going to make that decision this week, and that’s a decision that only he can make,” Ms. Conway said on “Fox News Sunday.” Health and Human Services

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Border Wall Tied to Trump Transgender Ban: Report

The reasoning behind President Donald Trump’s sudden Twitter announcement Wednesday that upended Capitol Hill, the military and LGBT rights activists—that transgender people would be banned from military service—reportedly came down to one factor: funding for the billionaire’s much-hyped idea of constructing a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. In order to boost that funding,

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USA

Frustrated in defeat, Trump threatens health care of voters and lawmakers

WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the failure of the Obamacare repeal in the Senate, President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to end federal subsidies for health care insurance — for Congress as well as the rest of the country. “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members

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Republican leadership has more problems than John McCain

WASHINGTON—In the year since Donald Trump won the Republican presidential nomination, party leaders have been reluctant to challenge a man who has formed a tight bond with conservative voters, even when he upset party orthodoxies and norms of presidential behavior. But that reluctance is breaking down. A convergence of contentious issues, embarrassing infighting and shake-ups

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USA

Riots break out in Jaffa after police killing of suspect fleeing shooting scene

Major road blocked to traffic as dozens of masked protesters clash with police officers near city’s port; 3 detained By Times of Israel staff Screenshot from the clashes in Jaffa on Saturday, July 29, 2017 between residents and police following the police shooting of suspects involved in an earlier shooting at the city’s port. (Twitter/Dudi

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Middle East

Iran’s missile programme to continue ‘with full power’

Iran has vowed to press ahead with its missile programme, denouncing new US sanctions as “an effort to weaken the nuclear deal”. Bahram Ghasemi, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, said on Saturday Tehran considers the US move as “hostile, reprehensible and unacceptable”. “It’s ultimately an effort to weaken the nuclear deal,” he said, referring to the

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International, USA

US cities in range of N Korea missile, experts warn

Washington (dpa) – North Korea has launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the US, South Korea and Japan said Friday, with experts warning that US cities are now within Pyongyang’s range. The missile was launched at 11.41pm (1541 GMT) from Mupyong-ni, near the Chinese border, and travelled 1,000 kilometres before landing in the Sea

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International, USA

Noteworthy piano virtuoso trumpets his Jewish heritage

World-renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin holds three passports, but the one that defines him has a menorah on it By Jenni Frazer LONDON — Classical pianist Evgeny Kissin says he wrote his book, “Memoirs and Reflections” because over the course of many interviews he has constantly been asked the same questions. Ironically, now everyone wants to

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Donald Trump’s ‘paddy wagon’ line puts police in awkward position

Pledging to support police officers on the front lines of the battle against violent criminal gangs, President Trump hoped to show Friday that he was in lockstep with law enforcement. But some law enforcement groups have sought to distance themselves from comments the president made during the speech in which he told police they shouldn’t

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USA

Anthony Scaramucci’s Wife Deidre Ball Files For Divorce

A week after Anthony Scaramucci joined the White House as communications director, his wife, Deidre Ball, has reportedly filed for divorce. Scaramucci’s friends claimed Ball was not happy with him for joining the White House and his “naked political ambitions,” reports said. A source told Page Six that Scaramucci’s wife loved her Wall Street life

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USA

A billboard that just went up in Kentucky made its thoughts on Sen. Mitch McConnell loud and clear

A group called Indivisible Kentucky is garnering attention for the billboard they put up in Louisville. The billboard sent a loud and clear message to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): “You make us sick. #DitchMitch2020.” RELATED: Texas man buys a billboard to deliver a Texas-sized message about Donald Trump and the media Watch the video According

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