Michelle Obama returned to the spotlight as a presenter at The ESPYs, drawing the loudest ovation at the awards show honoring the past year’s best athletes and moments in sports on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The former first lady has rarely made public appearances since leaving the White House in January. She presented the […]
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident Donald Trump took it upon himself to remark on the looks of Brigitte Macron, France’s first lady, during his visit to Paris Thursday. “As Macron and Trump bid goodbye to first ladies, Trump looks Brigitte up and down, ” tweeted Agence France-Presse correspondent Adam Plowright. The U.S. president then spoke. “You know, you’re in
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International, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Tragic drama of nearly 70 years has coincided with make-believe drama via a fictitious Israeli mother worried about her son’s military service. The play To the End of the Land, adapted from the novel by David Grossman, has triggered the ire of a long list of American theater professionals
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Editor’s Note: Editor Donald H. Harrison and his grandson Shor recently completed a 2,000 mile journey through California and Nevada, collecting and photographing Jewish stories along the way. This article is the second in a series generated during that trip. Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori MADERA, California – Stuart Weil
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USARepublicans are both attacking and defending Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian attorney he was told had damaging information about his father’s election adversary, Hillary Clinton. The implications of “the email thread are serious & disturbing,” Michigan Congressman Justin Amash tweeted Tuesday. “We deserve answers, not an ever-changing story. If there’s more, tell us
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USAWith the Trump administration under siege, Vice President Mike Pence told students Wednesday that leaders need “a healthy dose of courage” to achieve their goals. Speaking at a national student leadership conference at American University, Mr. Pence didn’t directly refer to the latest allegations of Russian collusion involving President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. But
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USAAfter one of the Shoah memorial’s glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston’s response to the incident By Matt Lebovic BOSTON — Several hundred Bostonians gathered to rededicate the New England Holocaust Memorial Tuesday following an act of vandalism committed two weeks ago. According to authorities, Boston
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USACHICAGO — An investor group led by former Chicago alderman Edwin Eisendrath and the Chicago Federation of Labor on Wednesday bought the Chicago Sun-Times, keeping the city’s No. 2 paper in business and ending a bid by the Chicago Tribune’s owner to acquire its longtime rival. The sale of the Sun-Times by its owner, Wrapports,
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USAAmerican ambassador David Friedman also takes part in meeting with PM, following sit-down with Palestinian officials Tuesday By Raphael Ahren and Dov Lieber L-R: US President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on July
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Middle East, USAWhile there have been a number of Democrats calling for impeachment over the past few months, Californian Congressman Brad Sherman finally introduced articles of impeachment against president Trump on Wednesday afternoon. In a tweet, Sherman enclosed the four-page document outlining his case for the impeachment of Donald J. Trump. I have introduced H.Res. 438 Articles
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the FBI during the highly sensitive investigation into Russia’s efforts to sway the 2016 election pledged Wednesday to make sure the probe would go on free of political interference. Christopher Wray, nominated by Trump to replace the fired James B. Comey, said at his confirmation hearing that
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International, USAObama bet everything on Israel ceasing settlement expansion, but the current White House has made it just one of many issues, leaving Ramallah no choice but to acquiesce By Raphael Ahren On March 9, 2010, then-US vice president Joe Biden started a visit to Israel by asserting the administration’s “absolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israel’s
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Middle East, USAThis dramatic beach rescue proves that anyone can be hero. Over 80 pedestrians on the Panama City Beach in Florida formed a human chain to save a family of nine from a dangerous riptide. style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> Events began to unfold on Saturday evening when Roberta Ursrey and her husband saw their two young sons
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USAKellyanne Conway didn’t like the pink pussy hats that protestors of Donald Trump and his administration donned at women’s marches across the country the day after his inauguration. The sartorial symbol of resistance to Trump’s brash, sexist remarks during his presidential campaign and to the policies on reproductive rights he and Mike Pence have espoused,
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