NEW YORK — “I get really nervous when I’m reading about refugees. The stories are usually on page 32 and they all remind me of the past,” said Manfred Lindenbaum, 84. “Whenever I hear news reports of people crossing the border, the horror of it all, what followed afterwards, comes right back.” Lindenbaum was just […]
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – The suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend was charged in US federal court Tuesday on four counts including the use of weapons of mass destruction. Ahmad Rahami, 28, a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan, is alleged to be behind the bombings, which injured
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International, USACHARLOTTE, N.C.—Police fired tear gas late Tuesday at several hundred people protesting an officer-involved fatal shooting in the University City area earlier in the day. Several dozen police officers in riot gear faced off with the shouting protesters on Old Concord Road at Bonnie Lane. A CMPD helicopter was circling very low over the crowd
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USARespectAbility, a non-partisan Jewish advocacy group for people with disabilities, sent questionnaires to candidates about issues affecting the disabled community. Here are the answers provided by Hillary Clinton. QUESTION 1: Do you have a clear and transparent process for making decisions on disability issues? For example, how do you know/learn about disability issues and make decisions
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIran”s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday said the Islamic Republic must stand strong against Washington on the region”s conflicts. “The Americans insist we negotiate with them on regional issues, especially on Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen,” Khamenei said in a speech to commanders of the elite Republican Guards quoted by AFP. “What is
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Middle East, USARepublican Presidential candidate Donald Trump says that while police in the US know a lot about who might be a potential terrorist, they are afraid to act for fear of being accused of racism. He then suggested that the Americans will do well to learn from Israel regarding counter-terrorism practices. Speaking to Fox News show
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Middle East, USAU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday met Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas in New York, where the two discussed the “two-state solution”. “The Secretary and President Abbas discussed regional challenges and constructive ideas for the way forward to support our shared goal of a two-state solution,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — In the wake of a recently signed agreement providing aid to Israel, Sen. Lindsey Graham thinks two more things need to be done: The U.S. should give the country additional funds, and sanctions should be reimposed on Iran. The South Carolinian was joined by fellow Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, John McCain
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Middle East, USAHours after 88 senators publicized a joint letter to President Obama, urging him to continue America”s longstanding policy of vetoing anti-Israel resolutions in the United Nations Security Council, Texas Senator and 2016 GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz rejected the letter, saying its call for a two-state solution violated Israeli sovereignty. The bipartisan letter, coauthored by
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Middle East, USAExaggerated criticism and unsupported charges are nothing new in American presidential politics. All candidates do that to some extent. But Donald Trump has created a special situation by saying so many things that are flatly untrue and doubling down when challenged. He’s created real problems for the news media because it’s hard to check every
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USAHitting back at critics of his plan to accept more refugees in the U.S., President Obama said Tuesday that foreigners fleeing war zones are victims, not threats to national security. Hosting a meeting at U.N. headquarters on the global refugee crisis, Mr. Obama criticized proposals by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to temporarily ban Muslim
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The investigation into bombs planted in New York and New Jersey over the weekend is so far “eerily similar” to the Boston Marathon bombing, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Tuesday. Like those responsible for the Boston attack, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami had traveled overseas and come to the
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International, USAHIGH POINT, N.C. — Citing three terrorist attacks over the weekend, Donald Trump criticized the nation’s immigration system in a speech Tuesday at the Mills Athletic Center at High Point University. “Since 9/11, hundreds of immigrants and their children have been implicated in terrorist activities in the United States,” said Trump in an oft-repeated accusation
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USAWASHINGTON — Sure, there are lots of similarities between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But there’s one place they differ: who helps finance their campaigns. Hundreds of people who each raised thousands of dollars for Obama from friends, acquaintances and associates haven’t collected a dime for Clinton, according to an analysis through the first half
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