London (dpa) – The United States is prepared to act unilaterally to tackle the North Korean nuclear threat if China fails to help, President Donald Trump warned in an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are to meet for the first time in Florida on April 6-7, […]
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International, USALOS ANGELES — Gary Austin, who founded the Los Angeles improv company the Groundlings — a troupe that launched the careers of Paul Reubens, Will Ferrell, Lisa Kudrow and Melissa McCarthy — died Saturday in Los Angeles at age 75 after battling cancer. The Groundlings shared the news of Austin’s death at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — The Senate’s Republican and Democratic leaders have set the stage for Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to be confirmed to the Supreme Court this week, but only after a partisan battle that likely will lead to changing the Senate’s rules. On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote to send the Gorsuch
VILNIUS, Lithuania (Press Release) – An AJC leadership delegation met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis during a three-day visit to the Baltic nation’s capital. This latest AJC visit to Lithuania, which concluded yesterday, came immediately after AJC Central Europe, the global advocacy organization’s fifth and newest office in Europe, was launched at a gala
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International, USAFormer “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson opened up about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a blog she penned Thursday. In a candid post, Anderson said that her relationship with Assange was “no secret” and that he was “one of my favorite people.” “Julian is a human being who is extremely empathetic and cares deeply about the
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAStockholm (dpa) – Bob Dylan at long last received his 2016 literature Nobel medal and diploma during a private ceremony at an undisclosed location in Stockholm on Saturday. Members of the Swedish Academy told broadcaster SVT that the rock legend received his award at a private ceremony shortly before he took the stage at the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, USAAs questions swirl about the contact members of President Donald Trump’s campaign had with Russians throughout the 2016 election, a majority of Americans favor an independent investigation, a new poll has found. Fifty-two percent of Americans support such an inquiry, while 23 percent are opposed, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
President Trump will not ask the American Bar Association to evaluate candidates for federal judgeships prior to formally nominating them for the more than 100 existing judicial vacancies – a departure from a practice that has been previously criticized for bias against Republican nominees. ABA President Linda Klein announced Friday that the association was “notified
California’s cigarette tax increased by $2 a pack Saturday under new tobacco policies passed by voters during last November’s general election. Smokers in California will now pay $2.87 in state taxes for a pack of cigarettes, more than tripling the 87-cent tax levied before the new excise took hold April 1. In implementing the $2
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK — Revelations of sexual harassment claims involving Fox News keep piling up, with the news Saturday that two additional women who accused star anchor Bill O’Reilly had received settlements — one in 2011 and one just months ago. According to a report in The New York Times, late last year a payment of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAPresident Trump on Saturday told NBC News to stop reporting on Russia’s involvement in his White House victory as accusations concerning Moscow’s role in last year’s election face heightened scrutiny in the form of no fewer than three federal probes. Via his personal Twitter account, Mr. Trump fired off a pair of posts Saturday morning
With short viral videos, a Facebook group gets thousands of laughs when US-born bilingual youth poke fun at their esteemed Russian-speaking elders By Julie Masis Floating above the obligatory hammer and sickle, the centerpiece of this red Soviet Union flag is a six-pointed Star of David. The overtly Jewish symbol is front and center in
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International, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA7-year-old Brady Duke was heartbroken to hear that one of his local police officers was killed in the line of duty. He could only imagine how sad the rest of the police force must be feeling after losing one of their own. So Brady selected his most prized possession to send along as a gift
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USAFormer “Star Trek” star George Takei on Saturday said he’d run next year again U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, triggering widespread support before his would-be congressional run was revealed to be a well-played April Fool’s Day prank. “Well, the cat’s out of the bag it seems. Let’s do this! #Takei2018,” the actor-turned-activist tweeted shortly
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