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Here’s the new Hillary Clinton hairstyle that had everyone talking this week

Hillary Clinton, who addressed the 16th annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards on Wednesday, debuted a new hairstyle the same day. The awards ceremony, which honors people who support women in leadership roles, was held on International Women’s Day. “Stand up, resist, run for office” – Hillary Clinton on Snapchat #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/7xqTLv2ude — Joshua Hoyos […]

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Joe Biden urges SXSW crowd to put innovation to work to cure cancer

AUSTIN – Practically shouting for emphasis, former Vice President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned plea Sunday to an audience at the South by Southwest festival to find a cure for cancer. “You are the future,” Biden said in his first major speech on cancer since leaving the White House. “Many of you are developing technologies

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Divisions among Jews focus on U.S., Israel leaders

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I’ve recently received notes from two of my Internet friends suggesting that the usual tension among Jews has reached a point of high fever. Involved in the uptick is the continuing issue of Israel not doing enough to accommodate Palestinians, and the election of Donald Trump. Both notes come from Jews

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Rand Paul, Kentucky senator, stokes division between President Trump, Paul Ryan on health care bill

President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have tried to present a unified front on the GOP’s health care bill, but a top Republican critic of that legislation on Sunday tried to stoke divisions between the two. Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said flatly that he doesn’t believe the president is fully committed to the

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McCain: Trump Must Retract or Justify Wiretapping Claim

Senator John McCain wants Donald Trump to put up or shut up about his unsubstantiated claims of wiretapping during the presidential election. The veteran Senate Republican issued his call Sunday, one day before top lawmakers on the House Intelligence Committee expect the Justice Department to provide any evidence that could back up the president’s claims

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Preet Bharara of New York says he’s fired after refusing to resign as US attorney

Did Preet Bharara resign or get fired? He says it was the latter. On Saturday, the outspoken U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York said he was fired after refusing to resign, as requested a day earlier by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions sought the resignation of dozens of U.S. attorneys appointed by

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Utah set to enact nation’s lowest threshold for drunken driving

Utah is on the verge of becoming the first state to lower the maximum legal blood-alcohol content for drivers to 0.05 percent. Lawmakers in the state passed a measure last week to lower the limit from 0.08 percent. Currently, all 50 states have a 0.08 percent cap. The National Transportation Safety Board has called on

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Travel and Food, USA

Richard Gere: Cigar gifts ‘no big deal‘ if Netanyahu makes peace

In Israel, Hollywood star says disgraced ex-PM Olmert was ‘a friend of mine’; compares PM, US president: ‘It’s all deals to them’ By Sue Surkes Richard Gere attends opening night of the Miami Film Festival on March 3, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images/AFP) Hollywood movie star and veteran peace campaigner Richard Gere weighed

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

John McCain, Arizona senator, predicts ‘there’s a lot more shoes to drop’ on Trump-Russia connection

Sen. John McCain predicted Sunday that “there’s a lot more shoes to drop” regarding President Trump’s connections to Russia, and said he believes top Trump associates should be called before Congress to testify. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Arizona Republican said the American people need more information and need it quickly. “There’s

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International, USA

Barack and Michelle Obama were spotted in NYC having lunch with a famous musician

Barack and Michelle Obama were spotted having lunch at a New York City eatery with U2 frontman and activist Bono. The trio was seen at the Upland restaurant in Manhattan, an establishment that the former president has frequented in the past. During the outing, the former first lady was dressed stylishly in black pants, a

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA

Pelosi says the FBI director should publicly contradict Trump’s wiretapping claim

WASHINGTON — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday that FBI Director James Comey should refute President Donald Trump’s claim last weekend that President Barack Obama had wiretapped his campaign. “Theoretically, do I think that a director of the FBI who knows for a fact that something is mythology, but misleading to the American people,

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