Two 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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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Force versus appeasement? It’s not an easy choice. We’re hearing Trump supporters blaming previous Presidents for giving in to North Korea, and Iran, and letting those countries develop what they wanted without using an overwhelming military advantage to end their dangerous aspirations. For Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack
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International, USAThe Trump administration has turned down a request from Puerto Rico that food stamps be made available for use in fast food restaurants and in other places that serve prepared hot meals, amd power cuts and food shortages on the island. Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria several weeks ago, leaving many of its
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USAJewish groups responded to the mass shooting in Las Vegas by condemning the violence and calling for gun control legislation. At least 59 people are dead and more than 500 wounded in the attack at a country music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Strip late Sunday night. It is the
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USAMIAMI — The United States has given Cuba seven days to evacuate 15 members of its embassy in Washington, a State Department official told reporters on Tuesday. Also, a 22nd American diplomatic employee has been confirmed as suffering in a mysterious sonic attack in Havana. The U.S. has been unable to determine who or what
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International, USAWASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Congress showed no interest Tuesday in pursuing gun control legislation, leaving Democrats to urge President Donald Trump to intervene in the aftermath of the shooting in Las Vegas. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said only Trump could change the stalemate in Congress, which has been unable to approve
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USAScreenshot – Jason Aldean Rare Country has just learned that Jason Aldean is canceling upcoming dates on his “They Don’t Know Tour” in the wake of the shocking events that took place during Jason’s Oct. 1 show in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. In a press release, Jason explained his difficult decision:
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sandra Rivera was down to her last cans of tuna and corned beef, her final precious bottle of water, when a man knocked at the door of her aunt’s house in Rincon, Puerto Rico. “A guy came, Harry, and said, ‘Sandra, (your daughter) Rebecca has arranged for you to get on
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The World We Share, USATaylor Winston was among the thousands of concert-goers in Las Vegas who ran from the bullets on Sunday night at the worst mass shooting in modern United States history. But 29-year-old’s story is a little different, as he rushed to help those injured by the gunfire. When the shooting ceased, Winston stole a truck, loaded
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USAWASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, a top priority of the anti-abortion movement, but the measure is widely expected to die in the Senate. What Republicans call the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would prohibit anyone from performing an abortion if the fetus is
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ron Liebowitz WALTHAM, Massachusetts — I am delighted to share the news that Brandeis professors Michael Rosbash and Jeffrey Hall today (Tuesday, Oct. 3) were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work on circadian rhythms. The Nobel Committee recognized Michael, the Peter Gruber Professor of Neuroscience, and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAA former white supremacist recently had his Nazi tattoos removed, and he credits his African-American parole officer with helping him turn his life around. Michael Kent, 38, from Colorado, had a swastika tattoo on his chest for over 20 years, he told ABC News last week, and his home was decorated with Nazi flags. He
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USAANALYSIS/OPINION: Tom Petty turned Jim Ladd, L.A.’s “Free Form Radio” kingpin, into a folk hero with “The Last DJ,” his 2002 album with The Heartbreakers whose central themes of the corporatization of radio, the loss of artistic freedom and money winning out over creativity dovetailed with love songs and tentative optimism. One of the great
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USATel Aviv’s city hall lit up in red, white and blue on Monday, in solidarity with the United States after a gunman killed at least 58 people and injured over 515 more in the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. The facade of the building displayed an American flag and an Israeli flag, toggling
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