WASHINGTON — Texas will file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to keep its controversial voter identification law in place, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said Tuesday. A federal appeals court ruled July 20 that the stringent law discriminates against black and Hispanic voters. The state will soon file an appeal to “protect the […]
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USASAN FRANCISCO, California (Press Release) – San Diego Councilmember Todd Gloria joined the United States Navy on Tuesday, Aug. 16, for a ceremony to name a naval vessel in honor of iconic LGBT civil rights leader and San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk. Milk was a naval veteran who was stationed at Naval Base San Diego until
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San Diego County, USAAn unnamed Saudi princess is advertising for a personal assistant with an annual salary of up to $140,000. An advert posted on Career Builder states that the role, which will be based in Washington D.C., requires candidates to hold a bachelor’s degree and have two years of experience as a personal or executive assistant to
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Middle East, USAThe U.S. Army chief of staff plans to visit South Korea to receive updates on the plan to deploy the U.S. THAAD missile defense system to the Asian ally, the Army said Monday. South Korea will be the second leg of Gen. Mark Milley’s Aug. 15-23 trip, which will also take him to China, Japan
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International, USAIt didn’t take long for Roger Ailes to find a new job. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Ailes — the former Fox News boss who resigned last month in the wake of an overwhelming number of sexual harassment allegations against him — was advising Donald Trump ahead of the GOP presidential nominee’s highly
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USARALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory wants the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate North Carolina’s voter ID law for the November election. The law, which requires voters to bring a photo ID to the polls, was thrown out by a federal appeals court ruling. Late Monday, McCrory announced that he has sent a formal request
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USATuesday will be the 39th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, the boy from Mississippi credited with popularizing rock ‘n’ roll. Presley passed away on Aug. 16, 1977 of heart failure. He was 42. Presley’s career was an illustrious one. The iconic singer was famously suggestive but also prolific, lending his baritone voice to
MIAMI — A day after the Obama administration disclosed its largest single-day detainee downsizing, the Pentagon revealed Tuesday that the Guantanamo parole board approved the indefinite detention of a Libyan captive — the prison’s 18th board-approved “forever prisoner.” Ismael Ali Faraj Ali Bakush, 48, got to the detention center in southeast Cuba on Aug. 5,
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International, Middle East, USAPresident Obama faced renewed criticism of endangering national security Tuesday with the announcement that the administration is transferring another 15 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. “President Obama is more focused on releasing hardened terrorists than capturing new ones – a reckless policy that is putting America and the West at risk,” said House
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International, Middle East, USAHARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who was convicted Monday of perjury and other crimes, will resign Wednesday. In announcing her intention to step down, Kane, 50, the state’s first woman and first Democrat elected to the office, said only: “I have been honored to serve the people of Pennsylvania and I wish
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USAAs rivalries go, the United States and New Zealand are not known for being particularly antagonistic. But it was still heartwarming to see them come together on the Olympic track in Rio Tuesday. The scene: the first round of the women’s 5,000 metres. The pack of runners is clogged. New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin tries to
Donald Trump tests positive for every medical ailment. All of them. Supposedly, that’s what his doctor says—or at least, that’s what the Trump campaign portrays him as saying. On Monday, Trump opined that Hillary Clinton did not have the mental or physical stamina to be president. This was playing off of a conspiracy theory that
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO –I know I said I was taking a vacation for a week, but when Donald Trump invents a new word, I can’t resist jumping in. (Extreme Vocabulary by Donald J. Trump) Extreme Bedding: Courtship. Extreme Debting: Business strategy of borrowing more than you can pay back, declaring bankruptcy, and not paying your
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAThey came for Bill but left with Hillary. San Francisco philanthropist Susie Tompkins Buell says the first time she was in the same room with Hillary Clinton was at a Bay Area fundraiser for Bill Clinton, in the early 1990s. Hillary was there to deliver the introduction for her husband, and Buell was instantly smitten—but
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