During a ceremony in Washington, DC this Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Interior announced it was canceling 15 energy exploration leases on land that is sacred to Native Americans. The Badger-Two Medicine area is an expanse of wilderness stretching along the Montana mountain line that is home to the Blackfeet people. For the last 10,000 […]
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USASharon Jones, the incendiary soul singer who propelled to stardom at an age when most musicians had either hit the big time or accepted the club circuit, has died. The artist’s albums with her backing band the Dap-Kings paved the way for a soul renaissance that influenced singers including Amy Winehouse and Adele. Jones’ death
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USAMost Democratic lawmakers returned to Washington this week in a state of mourning, still reeling from the gut punch they took in last week’s election. One delegation of Democrats, however, had reason for a (restrained) victory lap. In a quiet corner of Capitol Hill Monday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid declared himself “elated” at
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USANotwithstanding a resounding Election Day defeat in his U.S. Senate bid, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke appears optimistic about the future of the United States following President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment this week Steve Bannon, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, to roles in his administration. Mr. Duke, the
CHICAGO — After attending funerals for slain teenagers, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., always knew there was a possibility that someone close to him could get hurt from gun violence. “It is so unfortunate when these tragedies continue to occur and reoccur and somehow or another our society has not been able to find and exact
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USAThe hit television show” Law & Order SVU” is a national favorite, as the New York City squad investigates sexually based crimes, murders, suicides and assaults. While the show is purely fictional, art is know imitating life. It is being reported that an actress from the show has been found dead. According to Huffington Post,
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAHillary Clinton, the press, refugees, fellow Republicans—the list of Donald Trump’s Twitter targets is long, with no signs of letup now that he’s less than two months away from inauguration day. We can now add a cultural phenomenon to the extensive list of perceived enemies: the cast of the Broadway smash Hamilton. The president-elect demanded
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA golf course in Scotland. Loans from a Chinese bank. Hotels the world over. President-elect Donald Trump has substantial financial holdings and business interests both in the US and abroad. He has conducted business with many different countries, including China, Azerbaijan and Uruguay. Eric Lipton, a reporter for The New York Times, has been doing
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USAThe actor playing Aaron Burr in the Broadway hit “Hamilton” issued a challenge Friday night to Vice-President-elect Mike Pence. It wasn’t for a duel, but the man playing the role of the nation’s third vice-president did direct some verbal shots toward Pence after the curtain call. Actor Brandon Victor Dixon let Pence know that Hamilton’s
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next U.S. attorney general. He previous served in that role for Alabama, and was also a federal prosecutor before his election to the Senate. Sessions was the first senator and among the only members of Congress to endorse Trump during the
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USAPresident-elect Donald Trump has reportedly decided to pay out $25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit concerning Trump University. According to sources first cited by the New York Daily News, Trump was planning to pay out approximately $20 million to settle outstanding claims related to the program. The amount was later bumped up to $25
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –As a bi-partisan organization, the ZOA treasures opportunities to work with lawmakers and opinion makers on “both side of the aisle.” Alarmingly, Congressional bipartisanship on pro-Israel issues, as well as on issues related to U.S. security, is likely to be immeasurably harmed if radical Muslim-American Congressman Keith Ellison a/k/a
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Middle East, USAThis story was co-published with The Guardian. I would like to express my gratitude to Jared Kushner for reviving interest in my 2006 book, “ The Price of Admission.” I have never met or spoken with him, and it’s rare in this life to find such a selfless benefactor. Of course, I doubt he became
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USADonald Trump is slowly starting to fill out his important cabinet positions ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. And like the President-elect himself, many have a past littered with controversial comments. In particular, those in the frame are unlikely to assuage the fears of the Muslim community, already on edge by Trump’s rhetoric during
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