Barack Obama says the US will take action against Russia over claims of its involvement in the country’s recent presidential election. The US president made the statement in a national radio interview. Obama tells NPRinskeep that U.S. “will take action” in response to Russia hacking during election. pic.twitter.com/a8IxbfD17o— NPR (NPR) December 16, 2016 What Obama […]
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International, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — As we East Coast residents shudder in anticipation of snow and sleet, we also tremble a little at the thought of the inevitable flurry of year-end letters to come. It you’ve ever received any, you know that the no-detail-too-small missives (of interest mainly to grandparents) almost always come
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he plans to nominate as ambassador to Israel his lawyer, a hard-liner on the Middle East who has voiced opposition to decades of U.S. policy in the region. David Friedman, who served as one of Trump’s main advisers on Israel during the campaign, vowed to perform as
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Middle East, USAFor two days and two nights in December, the Israelis and their American friends in Washington, D.C., convened among the carolers and Christmas trees at a luxury hotel near the White House. It was supposed to be Haim Saban’s political bar mitzvah, the ultimate celebration of his president-making powers. In 2016, the billionaire emerged as
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Middle East, USASen. Cory Booker told Jewish activists that advocating for criminal justice reform serves “the greater cause of justice.” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) told Jewish community activists Dec. 13 that he will fight against the confirmation of his fellow senator, Republican Jeff Sessions of Alabama, to become the United States attorney general. Declaring Sessions to be
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USAWASHINGTON — South Carolina’s Jaime Harrison’s bid to become national Democratic Party chairman got tougher Thursday, as Labor Secretary Tom Perez joined the race. That makes four candidates who want to lead the ailing party. The other two are Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who has the strong backing from the party’s more liberal wing, and
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USATurner Sports NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager has died at the age of 65, the network announced Thursday. Sager waged a public battle with cancer over the past two years after originally being diagnosed with leukemia in 2014. The cancer went into remission after a bone marrow transplant but returned in March 2015. Sager, who
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Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — Capitol Hill tensions over handling of the alleged Russian cyber-hacking scandal boiled over late Wednesday, as the chairman of the House intelligence panel blasted U.S. spy agency officials for declining to brief the committee this week. In a blunt statement that exposed raw feelings and hinted at deeper conflicts, Rep. Devin Nunes, a
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International, USABaseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew is set to receive a heart transplant on Thursday, 15 months after a massive heart attack nearly killed him. A suitable donor was identified and the procedure will be performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Carew also will undergo a kidney transplant. “We appreciate your thoughts and
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump tapped Monica Crowley to join his cabinet as senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council Thursday. Crowley had previously been mentioned as a potential pick for press secretary. “I am deeply honored, humbled and grateful to be asked by the President-elect to join the extraordinary national security team he
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USACHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof is guilty of murder and hate crimes, a federal jury decided in the slayings of nine people last year at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The next question is whether the jury will give Roof the death penalty. Testimony for that phase of the trial is set to begin Jan.
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USARALEIGH, N.C. — Responding to the General Assembly’s effort to limit his power before he takes office Jan. 1, Gov.-elect Roy Cooper said it’s time for lawmakers to go home. “Major changes in the way state government operates should be done deliberately, with input from all parties, particularly something as important as elections and making
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USAWASHINGTON — Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced Thursday that he would leave the agency Jan. 20, guaranteeing Republicans will have a majority after President-elect Donald Trump takes office that day. The move makes it easier for Republicans to try to repeal new online traffic rules known as net neutrality, as
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USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. Susan Abeles’ saga began in 2013 when she took time off to observe the last two days of Passover, just as she had done annually for the past 26 years. During those years, Abeles, an Orthodox Jew, worked for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), mainly as a data specialist.
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