Peretz Chein Meet Richie Malone, his wife Misty, and his two boys, Brady and Liam. I met Richie outside his home in Houston, while he was removing debris from his now stripped bare first floor. All the homes on his block were deserted, the street silent, with piles of torn out sheet-rock, deformed furniture, and […]
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USAWASHINGTON — The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution to impose new economic sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear weapons buildup but the proposed penalties were weaker than the Trump administration had sought. The 15-0 vote marks the second unanimous decision against North Korea in the weeks since it unexpectedly tested intercontinental
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International, USAATLANTA — Irma slogged through Georgia on Monday, leaving a trail of flooding, power outages and downed trees in its wake. The storm weakened substantially after unleashing hurricane-strength winds in Florida and the Caribbean. But even as a tropical storm, Irma packed a powerful punch. Three Georgia deaths were blamed on the storm — a
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USAWASHINGTON — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy granted a request from Trump administration lawyers Monday and temporarily blocked a 9th Circuit Court order that would have allowed more refugees to enter the United States from six majority-Muslim nations. The government had asked for a “temporary administrative stay” to give the justices time to consider the issue.
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USAThe end is nigh for the monarch butterfly. Image credits Billings Brett / USFWS. Tradition dictates that every year, the American West Coast dons a fluttery, black-and-orange coat with the migration of the monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). But in recent decades, that coat has become thinner and frailer, an indication that something isn’t quite right
Miss Texas Margana Wood didn’t use vague language Sunday night when answering a question about President Donald Trump’s reaction to Charlottesville. Now, she’s winning praise on social media for it, though she didn’t win the Miss America title. “Last month, a demonstration of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and the KKK in Charlottesville turned violent and a
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USAThis 2-year-old pup does not care how small an animal is – she is determined to save every single one of them. Whenever Holliday the German shepherd/border collie mix goes on a walk with her owner Caitlyn Beebe, she makes sure to rescue all of the earthworms that are stranded on the hot dry pavement.
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The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON — The White House said Monday it will take “weeks” to fully restore electricity to Florida after Hurricane Irma, which left more than half of Floridians without power according to some estimates. “I would caution people to be very patient here,” said Tom Bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism. “We
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USAANNAPOLIS – A Maryland judge ordered the state bar to open an investigation Monday into the three lawyers who helped former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to delete her private emails. Circuit Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. said the complaints lodged against David E. Kendall, Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson were “egregious” and said the
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Internet provides insight into the range of opinions expressed by overseas Jews about Israel. It also raises the question about the nature of Israel’s relations with the Jewish Diaspora. Do overseas Irish, Germans, Italians, Indians, Sri Lankans et al demonstrate the same concern for a “homeland” as do Jews
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The white supremacist group whose slogan, “You will not replace us” reverberated across the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville earlier this summer has outlined plans for a year-long effort targeting college campuses with racist fliers, posters and stickers. Newly emboldened by the events and violence in Charlottesville and determined to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Binyamin Netanyahu is the most American prime minister that Israel has ever had. He lived in the United States for many years and at some point even made his surname more pronounceable for Americans. He seems to have learnt there more than impeccable English. One has sometimes a feeling that he
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, left the White House last month vowing to support the man he helped into the Oval Office and to savage those he saw as blocking Trump’s way. It is a long, long list. In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Bannon exacted revenge on a
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USAThe Daily Stormer neo-Nazi website published an article supporting Yair Netanyahu for publishing a meme on his private Facebook account that appeared to be inspired by anti-Semitic overtones. “Yair Netanyahu is a total bro,” wrote Daily Stormer reporter Andrew Eglin, who went on to say that “this is one of those things that is just
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