By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — It was just announced that grocery store chain Whole Foods is being acquired by Amazon for $13.4 billion. Whole Foods once found themselves in the middle of which of the following Jewish-related controversies? A. In 2015, charges were leveled against the Whole Foods store at Columbus Circle in New York […]
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABarack Obama has taken to Twitter to share a heartfelt Father’s Day message to his two daughters. The Democrat former president wrote on social media on Sunday: “Of all that I’ve done in my life, I’m most proud to be Sasha and Malia’s dad. To all those lucky enough to be a dad, Happy Father’s
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USAIRBIL, Iraq — A U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian jet on Sunday near the Islamic State-held city of Raqqah, officials said, marking the latest escalation between the U.S. and Syria since the blood-soaked civil war began six years ago. The Pentagon said the U.S.-led coalition took the unprecedented move after a Syrian Su-22 attack
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Middle East, USARep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is just beginning while Sen. Angus King said he doesn’t understand why President Donald Trump and his attorney general appear uninterested in the issue. Trump’s focus has been to get investigators
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International, USAVice President Mike Pence will soon lead the U.S. if President Donald Trump fires Russia investigation special counsel Robert Mueller, a Bush administration ethics lawyer said Saturday. Trump’s legal team and surrogates are “building a case for firing Mueller,” wrote Richard Painter in a tweet after he appeared on Fox News Saturday. Painter was President
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USAA member of President Trump’s legal team on Sunday said that there’s “no investigation into the president of the United States. Period.” “Let me be clear: The president’s not under investigation,” Jay Sekulow said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “As [fired FBI director] James Comey said in his testimony that the president was
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USAVice President Mike Pence’s home state of Indiana is paying $100,000 for extra lawyers to tackle a large backlog of records requests targeting government emails Pence sent through his private AOL account as governor. Pence was governor of Indiana for four years before becoming Vice President of the United States in January. His successor Eric
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USAThe Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged by colliding with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, is seen at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan June 18, 2017.[Photo/Agencies] TOKYO — All seven bodies of US sailors missing after a collision between the US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine container vessel have been
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International, USANews service admits it was inappropriate to ignore Israeli victim and focus on slain Palestinians who instigated the violence By Times of Israel staff Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on June 16, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The BBC on Sunday apologized for a headline it published
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International, Middle East, USASeven U.S. Navy sailors are missing after an American warship collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of Japan. The commanding officer of the USS Fitzgerald, Commander Bryce Benson, had to be medically evacuated after the collision, which took place at approximately 2:30 A.M. local time Saturday while the ship was sailing 56 nautical
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – Havana on Friday denounced US President Donald Trump’s move to roll back what he called the Obama administration’s “completely one-sided deal with Cuba.” “Cuba denounces the new measures tightening the blockade, which are destined to fail,” the government said in a communique carried on national television. However, Havana also emphasized its “willingness
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International, USALAS VEGAS — There will be no Medicaid-for-all option in Nevada. Gov. Brian Sandoval waited until the last day he could — Friday — to veto a measure that would have offered a state-sponsored health insurance option to all residents regardless of income. If he hadn’t signed it or vetoed it by midnight, it would
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, June 17, 2017 – President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and son Barron have finally taken a trip to the rustic Camp David, a secure military installation staffed by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, officially known as Naval Support Facility Thurmont. The secluded presidential retreat in Maryland offers the
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa.—The sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby ended in a mistrial Saturday morning after a jury said it could not reach a verdict on the only set of criminal charges to emerge from the allegations of dozens of women who say they were drugged and assaulted by the entertainer. Montgomery County Judge Steven T.
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