Lola Gayle, STEAM Register January 28, 1986 was a tragic day in NASA history. At 73 seconds into its flight (11:39 EST, 16:39 UTC), NASA Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members as the orbiter disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. STS-51-L […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAYossi Chaikin’s tale of hard work, grit and determination took him from Kiryat Yam to the Juilliard School of Dance. Now, he’s made it to the big leagues By Ronit Bezalel CHICAGO — Yossi Chaikin, grew up in Kiryat Yam with immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union. So while he always knew that he
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhen details leaked earlier this week about a spate of immigration-related executive orders from President Donald Trump, much public discussion focused on a 30-day ban on new visas for citizens from seven “terror-prone” countries. But the order signed this afternoon by Trump is actually more severe, increasing the ban to 90 days. And its effects
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, took to Twitter on Saturday to endorse President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the United States’ border with Mexico. “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea,” Mr. Netanyahu tweeted. The Israeli wall
Donald Trump’s “extreme vetting” plan to keep out “radical Islamic terrorists,” is a policy based in fear, rather than facts. The ban suspends immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations for 90 days and suspends all entry of Syrian nationals indefinitely. This means the fixers that have saved my life in the Middle East for the past
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International, Middle East, USAPresident Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly seriously considering labeling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, making business political or business contact with the international Sunni Islamist group a punishable offense under U.S. law. The move would be seen as a victory for conservatives who have long been suspicious of the organization’s foreign ties, which span
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Middle East, USAShia LaBeouf was arrested during his livestreamed anti-Trump protest early Thursday morning at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York. The actor and performance artist was charged with misdemeanor assault. LaBeouf, 30, was continuing his four-year protest called “He will not divide us,” which began Friday when Donald Trump was sworn in
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy JT – Jan 26,2017 – Last updated at Jan 26,2017 AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah is scheduled to start a working visit to the US next Monday, a Royal Court statement said Thursday. During the visit, the King is slated to hold talks with key US administration officials and members of Congress, according
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International, Middle East, USAMelania Trump isn’t planning on living in the White House anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean the first lady of the United States isn’t busy planning her impact on Washington, D.C. Trump is assembling her White House staff with a crew of her closest insiders and advisors, while gearing up for major transformations to the
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USAShealah Craighead, a photojournalist who has served as the photographer for former first lady Laura Bush and Gov. Sarah Palin’s vice presidential campaign, has been named official White House photographer for President Trump. Ms. Craighead, who has worked for the George W. Bush White House and the office of former Vice President Dick Cheney, was
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USABaby Theodore is on the move! Since her father took the official oath of office last week, Ivanka Trump has given fans a behind-the-scenes look at her family’s new life in the White House. On Wednesday, President Trump’s eldest daughter shared an adorable video of her youngest son, Theodore Kushner, crawling for the first time.
Vice President Mike Pence combined some of his running mate’s favorite slogans in an optimistic speech at the March for Life on Friday, telling a crowd of hundreds of thousands that “life is winning again in America.” He said the pro-life movement has had an uphill battle since the Supreme Court created a constitutional right
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USABritish Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that Britain and the United States must stand up for friends such as Israel. Speaking to leaders of the Republican party in Philadelphia ahead of her meeting on Friday with President Donald Trump, May said that Britain and America must “stand up for our interests” but cannot
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International, Middle East, USAThe White House issued a statement Friday commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. But in a break with recent tradition, the statement didn’t make any mention of the Jewish people or anti-Semitism, only referring to the victims of the Holocaust as “innocent people.” In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly voted to observe Jan. 27 as
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