Washington (dpa) – Vanity Fair magazine has reportedly seen its subscriptions soar following a tweet by US president-elect Donald Trump which suggested the magazine was “dead” and its editor had “no talent.” The tweet appeared to be a response to a negative review of a Trump restaurant published by the magazine on Wednesday titled “Trump […]
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USAThe day before the presidential election, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside Cushing, Oklahoma—an 8,000-person town that’s also North America’s top oil-trading hub and one of the largest oil-storage facilities in the world. The quake knocked bricks off century-old buildings, cracked foundations and forced Cushing to evacuate its downtown. Workers at the town’s sprawling
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USALOS ANGELES — Howard Bingham, a close friend and longtime photographer of Muhammad Ali who was also known for his community activism, died Thursday afternoon. He was 77. Bingham died in a Los Angeles hospital. No cause of death was given by his agent, Harlan Werner. The renowned photographer, who grew up in Compton, had
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Sports & Competitions, USARod Carew “is expected to make a full recovery,” the Twins announced Friday, after the Hall of Fame infielder underwent 13-hour surgery to receive a heart and kidney transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “The entire Minnesota Twins family is happy to report that Rod Carew had a successful heart and kidney transplant,”
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — There is “strong consensus” among U.S. intelligence services that Russia orchestrated hacks and online leaks in part to help Donald Trump win the White House, the head of the CIA told agency employees in a message Friday. FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. agree with
RALEIGH, N.C. — State legislators wrapped up their work Friday on a pair of controversial bills that would deprive the incoming governor of a substantial part of his power to make appointments and reduce Democrats’ power over elections regulation. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed the bill dealing with elections a short time later. Less than
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USARamallah/Tel Aviv (dpa) – A leading figure in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Friday warned against the relocation of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The warning came after David Friedman, recently picked as future ambassador to Israel by US president-elect Donald Trump, said he expected to be based in
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Middle East, USAIran”s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Israel could be destroyed within 25 years through a united “Palestinian struggle”, PressTV reports. Speaking during a meeting with the head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, Khamenei praised the Palestinians” motivations and added, “The only way to liberate the holy city
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Middle East, USAIn the next couple of weeks, a lot of changes are going to be made within the United States. As Presient-elect Donald Trump is gearing up to take over the White House, many people are scared and not ready to see the new regime take over. Due to his upcoming inauguration, thousands of people are
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USAIn mid-summer 2015, the Pentagon deployed a vast fleet to the Western Pacific with an invasion force of 33,000 troops. The little reported exercise was supported by warplanes and attack helicopters, along with 21 ships, including the aircraft carrier George Washington and three nuclear missile-bearing submarines. It was only a game, the Navy said. But
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International, USAAccording to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a longtime grudge with Russian President Vladimir Putin may have led to her 2016 presidential downfall. In the weeks since the election, intelligence officials have confirmed that the Russian government took part in a coordinated hack against the Clinton campaign, and other Republican and Democratic politicians
WASHINGTON — A Chinese ship on Thursday seized a small U.S. Navy underwater drone that had been operating in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic complaint from the U.S. government. Two drones were collecting oceanographic information more than 50 miles off the coast of U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay in the Philippines when
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International, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump sent out a tweet ripping into Vanity Fair Thursday morning. The President-elect of the United States wrote that the magazine has “really poor numbers” and is in “big trouble.” “Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of @VanityFair Magazine,” Trump wrote. “Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter, no talent, will
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USAThe Navy’s plan calls for a 38 percent increase in the number of attack submarine, like the Virginia-class sub USS Minnesota seen here under construction in Newport News. WASHINGTON: Mr. Trump, we’ll see your campaign pledge of a 350-ship fleet and raise you five vessels, the US Navy effectively said this morning. The long-anticipated Force
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