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US routs Puerto Rico, 8-0, to win World Baseball Classic

LOS ANGELES — The tension-filled odyssey was nine innings from its end. No more worries about satisfying the sometimes conflicting allegiances of his country, his players, and the major league teams for which they play. After 11 years, 27 games and repeated snubs from some of the brightest stars in baseball, the United States finally […]

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

FBI’s Russia Probe Expands to ‘PizzaGate’ Threats

The FBI’s widening investigation into Russian subversion is now looking into continuing threats against a Washington, D.C. pizza shop targeted by right-wing conspiracy mongers. Comet Ping Pong Pizza, a popular, family-oriented shop in an upscale northwest Washington, D.C. neighborhood, came under relentless online attack last year because of its owner’s friendship with senior members of

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Cal State trustees approve controversial tuition hike

LONG BEACH, Calif. — After a heated morning of debate and impassioned statements from students, professors and lawmakers, California State University’s Board of Trustees voted 11 to 8 Wednesday to increase tuition as a way to fill a looming gap in state funding. “I don’t bring this forward with an ounce of joy,” said Cal

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Bill passes first test to fund education program on WWII Japanese-American internment

SACRAMENTO (Press Release) — Assembly Bill (AB) 491, to appropriate $3 million over three years for education programs about Japanese American incarceration during World War II, on Wednesday passed the Assembly Education Committee on a unanimous vote of 7-0, according to its author, Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance). “The incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans without due

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Supreme Court justices in the pews and on the bench – and where Neil Gorsuch fits in

By Steven K. Green, Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University. On Jan. 31, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court occasioned by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The Senate hearing

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Jewish History, USA

Pilots Can’t Fly, Ships Can’t Sail & Trump’s Budget Is DOA, Say McCain & Thornberry

Sen. John McCain and Rep Mac Thornberry WASHINGTON: As Defense Secretary Jim Mattis prepared to appear before the Senate defense appropriations subcommittee to defend President Trump’s first defense budget, GOP stalwarts Sen. John McCain and Rep. Mac Thornberry were telling reporters it was dead on arrival. “We’ve got planes that can’t fly, ships that can’t

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In rebuff to Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, justices rule for children with autism

WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court strengthened the rights of nearly 7 million schoolchildren with disabilities Wednesday, and did so by rejecting a lower standard set by Judge Neil Gorsuch. The ruling, one of the most important of this term, came as President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee was wrapping up his third day of testimony

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Trump transition officials ‘unmasked’ by intel community

Multiple Trump transition officials were “unmasked” by the intelligence community in what could be repeated violations of federal secrecy laws, the chairman of the House intelligence committee said Wednesday. The information was all gathered legally, Rep. Devin Nunes said, but at some point multiple Trump officials’ names were attached to the information gathered by the

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Chuck Barris, creator of ‘The Gong Show’ and ‘The Dating Game,’ dies at 87

Chuck Barris, “The Gong Show” creator and host who claimed — though never too seriously — that he doubled as a CIA assassin during the height of his game show popularity, has died at his home in Palisades, N.Y. He was 87. The popular game show creator, producer and host died Monday of natural causes,

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Dallas Green, first Phillies manager to win the World Series, dies at 82

Dallas Green, the bearish, blustering, boom box-throated manager who in 1980 whipped a talented but complacent Phillies team to the franchise’s first world championship, died Wednesday at 82, a team official confirmed. Green spent most of his long baseball career with a Phillies organization that signed him as a Delaware high-schooler in 1955. Over the

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Sports & Competitions, USA

Azerbaijan Praised as ‘Beacon of Religious Tolerance’ Following Visit by Children From Atlanta Jewish Academy

ATLANTA, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Azerbaijan was hailed as a ‘beacon of religious tolerance’ following a visit by a group of children from the Atlanta Jewish Academy to the Muslim majority country, which is wedged between Russia and Iran. 17-year-old Devorah Chasen said she felt welcomed and safe in Azerbaijan, stressing the country’s open

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

Minnesota university denounces anti-Semitism after Muslim student body president’s tweets resurface

The president of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, is denouncing anti-Semitism after a tweet by the school’s student body president calling Israel supporters “scum of the earth” resurfaced online. Now-deleted tweets dating back to 2012 by Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Mayzer Muhammad were unearthed by anti-Semitism watchdog Canary Mission, prompting

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Colorado GOP Leader Charged in Voter Fraud Case

A former Colorado Republican Party chairman who claimed last year that Democrats were responsible for voter fraud has been charged with voter fraud for allegedly forging his ex-wife’s mail-in ballot during the November election, the Denver Post reported Tuesday. The criminal case comes as President Donald Trump and other Republicans have complained about widespread election

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