RIO DE JANEIRO — The last time, Michael Phelps plunged into an Olympic pool. Two more laps and then, the rest of his life. One last time, he heard the crowd push him to an Olympic victory. The man who has won more medals than any other Olympian wasn’t looking to lose, and Phelps did […]
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — The man who beat Michael Phelps recently turned 21 but could pass for 16. He became the first athlete from Singapore ever to win an Olympic gold medal after a pre-race visit from his nation’s prime minister. He moved to the United States when he was 13 to attend the Bolles
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that she’s been slammed with “obscene and sick calls” after a hacker posted Democratic congressional lawmakers’ personal contact information online. The information was apparently stolen in a hack of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has personal contact and other information for all of the Democrats in the
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has appeared to concede that he is behind Hillary Clinton in the polls and faces an uphill task to win November’s election, marking a change from his previously confident stance. As the construction magnate campaigns in Florida, he has slid from his usual braggadocio attitude—vowing that he is going to
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USAYou might soon be seeing Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson on your TV. The newly created super PAC America Deserves Better will start running commercials Friday in Maine in an effort to drum up support for the third-party candidate, Politico reported. The organization plans to cast Johnson and his running mate, Bill Weld, as “the
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USAEAST LAMPETER, Pa. — They don’t email or tweet, Facebook or blog. They don’t follow TV news or YouTube, or know a viral moment from a head cold. They do not play casino slots or golf. Bankruptcy is anathema, a sign of shirked responsibility. A divorce — let alone two — is a ticket out
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USAWASHINGTON, August 13, 2016 – Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders seem to agree that free trade is responsible for our most serious economic problems. Now, in an effort to woo Sanders supporters, Hillary Clinton has reversed her position on trade agreements, expressing agreement with the Trump-Sanders position. The problem with this analysis is that it
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International, USAORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stressed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also calling on fellow Christians to “love” and understand LGBT people in a speech before a gathering of conservative pastors in Orlando Friday. The two-day event at the Hyatt Regency, titled “Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project” and sponsored by the
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USAFrance on Thursday condemned Israel over last week’s demolition of several structures, funded by the French government, in a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem. “France condemns the Israeli army’s destruction of several structures funded by France in the Palestinian village of Nabi Samuel (West Bank) on August 3,” the French government said in a statement.
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International, Middle East, USAUS-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, liberating more than 2,000 civilian hostages who had been held as human shields. But relief for residents who had been forced to live under the so-called Islamic State group’s rule comes amid reports that remaining jihadists fled
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Middle East, USAThe reputed head of Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch, Hafiz Saeed, was killed by an American airstrike in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border, Pentagon officials confirmed Friday. Saeed, who is the purported leader of the group’s Afghan and Pakistan faction – known as Islamic State of Khorasan – was traveling through the Kot
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International, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Yes, there are anti-Israel Jews. They may be intelligent, or not. They may be religious, or not. But one thing they are, is ignorant. They obviously don’t follow Rabbi Hillel’s famous admonition: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USARIO DE JANEIRO — A look back at day seven of competition at the Rio Olympics. ——— We love the Canadians If you have to have a country next door, you would want it to be Canada. Everybody loves them. They talk like we do but with some funny affectations, eh! And they are just
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — Among the 32 events contested at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, none came with less drama than Katie Ledecky’s final race of the Summer Games. The 19-year-old’s biggest competitor in the 800-meter freestyle Friday — the clock — hung from the stadium’s rafters high above blue and green seats. The question wasn’t
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