WASHINGTON, August 20, 2017 – In July 1945, the crew of an American heavy cruiser anchored at a Pacific island named Tinian, gazed up as the ship’s metal crane lowered a large and mysterious crate to the dock below. Unnoticed by the crew was the balding man walking down the rear gangplank, a lead-lined case […]
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International, USAFERGUSON, Mo. �� A Missouri state senator Sunday apologized for a Facebook post that hoped for the assassination of President Donald Trump, saying, “I made a mistake.” But Maria Chappelle-Nadal, a Democrat who critics say should resign, did not indicate any willingness to do so. At a news conference held at Wellspring Church on Sunday,
Former California governor blasts Trump for his comments on Charlottesville, recalls childhood in post-Nazi Austria in warning to white supremacists By Times of Israel staff Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger lambasted US President Donald Trump on Thursday for his failure to unequivocally condemn participants in a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. In
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International, USAMark B. Toubin I attended Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio, Texas from 1977 until 1981. The following is an open letter I penned to my classmates regarding the school’s namesake. Dear Classmates of Robert E. Lee High School’s Class of 1981, We graduated among 535 diverse members of a thriving high school
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USAThe scores of people carrying flaming torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us” last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, bore the message of the “alt-right,” the name given to the white supremacist movement dedicated to eradicating religious and ethnic minorities from America. This racist uprising will be followed by at least nine rallies this weekend—ostensibly
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USAMiriam Jefferson of Texas and Kalavati Mistry of Leicester finally tie the knot after 20 years By Times of Israel staff A Jewish woman and her longtime Hindu female partner have married in a traditional Hindu ceremony that British media is reporting as apparently the UK’s first interfaith lesbian wedding. Miriam Jefferson of Texas met
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International, USADick Gregory, who became the first black stand-up comic to break the color barrier in major nightclubs in the early 1960s, a decade in which he satirized segregation and race relations in his act and launched his lifetime commitment to civil rights and other social justice issues, died Sunday. He was 84. His death was
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Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, will not attend the annual Kennedy Center honors — a traditional showcase of the nation’s arts — over concerns of a political distraction, the White House said Saturday. The announcement came the day after the entire 17-member White House arts council quit Friday in protest over
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USAHe was credited with bringing Benjamin Netanyahu to power for the first time in 1996 and a series of successful campaigns in the US and Israel By Times of Israel staff Arthur Finkelstein and Benjamin Netanyahu in March 10, 1999. (Flash 90) Arthur Finklestein, a conservative campaign strategist widely credited with bringing Prime Minister Benjamin
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USAJason Kessler, the alt-right activist and organizer of last weekend’s deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, tweeted that the woman who died protesting his event “was a fat, disgusting Communist” and called her death “payback time” – then walked back the remark and blamed it on drugs and alcohol. “Heather Heyer was a
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USAAfter all the criticism Donald Trump received last week when he failed to quickly condemn violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, he was quick to tweet Saturday about Boston. The Massachusetts capital had been bracing for a Charlottesville-like clash between supporters of a so-called Free Speech Rally and counter-protesters, but the rally ended early as activists
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USAHans Wolfermann is remembered for his tenacity in the face of dictatorial regimes from Nazi Europe to South America By Steve North Hans Wolfermann was nearly 96 when he passed away last month, lucid until the end, with his loving wife of 70 years at his side. It was, perhaps, a typical death in a
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International, Jewish History, USAEverett Miller has been arrested and charged with murdering Officer Matthew Baxter and Sgt. Sam Howard in Florida. The 45-year-old, who left the Marines for mental health reasons, came in contact with police around 9:30 p.m and shot at officers, killing Baxter and Howard. Watch the video Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said that there
A controversial Free Speech Rally in Boston fell apart Saturday afternoon when thousands of counter-protesters showed up and drowned it out. Journalists at the Boston Common, a downtown park, tweeted about an hour into the planned rally that many, if not all, of the attendees left the bandstand where they were due to hear speeches
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