MIAMI — Fidel Castro died, and Cuban Miami did what it does in times of community celebration: It spilled onto the streets of Little Havana — and Hialeah, and Kendall — to honk horns, bang pans, and set off more than a few fireworks, saved for exactly the sort of unexpected special occasion that proved […]
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International, USACuban leader Fidel Castro, the charismatic icon of leftist revolution who thrust his Caribbean nation onto the world stage by provoking Cold War confrontation and defying U.S. policy through 11 administrations, has died. He was 90. With his trademark fatigues and scruffy beard, Castro wore his defiance of Western capitalism like a badge of honor,
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International, USAWith pardons perhaps his only lasting legacy, will President Obama add to it for the Clintons? When the election ended, the Clintons’ investigation problems did not. Adding insult to November’s injury, the Clintons still face FBI investigations with potentially serious legal consequences. Mr. Obama therefore faces an equally serious decision: Should he do for the
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USAThe election results were rolling in, and so were the phone calls for Donald Trump. But no matter who was on the other end of the line, the person handing the phone to the next president of the United States was the same. “Jared was screening the calls,” said Armstrong Williams, a political ally who
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USAThe president of Vassar College in New York commemorated the Thanksgiving holiday by sending a special campus-wide message condemning president-elect Donald Trump and his strategic adviser Steve Bannon. “Dear members of the extended Vassar community,” opened the message from president Jon Chenette. “With the approach of Thanksgiving break, I wanted to take a moment to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAU.S. President-elect Donald Trump filed two staff positions on Friday afternoon. Trump named campaign finance lawyer Don McGahn as his White House Counsel, and he chose national security analyst K.T. McFarland his deputy national security adviser. Neither selection comes as much of a surprise. McGahn was the chief lawyer for Trump’s campaign and has been
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump has scheduled a full day of interviews for Monday back at Trump Tower with business leaders and law enforcement professionals, transition team officials announced. Mr. Trump is spending the long Thanksgiving weekend at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, taking a break from the interview process, which has included meetings with
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USAWelcome to Newsweek’s daily rundown of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition process. There are about 4,000 positions to fill, and we’ll be keeping track of appointees through the January 20 inauguration. After a short hiatus for Thanksgiving, Trump’s transition team provided an update on the president-elect’s plans for next week, as inauguration day inches ever closer.
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USAAretha Franklin really stole the show at the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game. Franklin totally went off book and performed a rather lengthy performance of the National Anthem that made for some pretty hilarious responses from Twitter. RELATED: Soon-to-be first daughter Ivanka Trump gave us a glimpse inside her family’s Thanksgiving Day Yes, Franklin has
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions, USALOS ANGELES — Florence Henderson, whose portrayal of Carol Brady on the iconic television show “The Brady Bunch” created an idealized mother figure for an entire generation, died Thursday. She was 82. Henderson died from heart failure about 7:30 p.m. while surrounded by her four children, said her longtime manager and publicist Kayla Pressman. As
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAHappy Thanksgiving, Ivanka Trump! The business woman and busy mom shared a few special snaps from her adorable family’s Thanksgiving week together. Trump shared a sweet photo of her eldest son, Joseph Kushner during a busy day of volunteering and feeding the homeless. “Thank you Project Ore / UJA for allowing Joseph, Arabella and me
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has called on America to come together this Thanksgiving holiday. In a near-two-minute-long video posted to his Twitter account, Donald Trump has said that when America is unified “there is nothing out of our reach.” He called on the people of the U.S. to move forward and “restore the bonds of
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USALOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for Los Angeles’ 2024 Olympic bid during a phone call with Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday, Garcetti’s office said in a statement. Garcetti spokeswoman Connie Llanos said Trump spoke on the phone with the mayor in their first exchange since the Nov. 8 election. Besides talking
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Sports & Competitions, USAFetene Yezengaw is a crossing guard who has brought smiles and laughter to the same intersection for the last decade – so now, the community is repaying him for all the kindness. When Fetene was a 15-year-old child soldier in Ethiopia, he stepped on a land mine that blew his leg off. After healing in
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