By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Although Prime Minister Netanyahu is known for his focus on the Palestinian and Iranian threats to Israel’s national security, in recent months he has increasingly sounded the alarm over Iran in particular rather than the Palestinians. As the defeat of ISIS in both Iraq and Syria is all but […]
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastKremlin officials and Russian lawmakers are denying published reports that Moscow has deployed a team of special forces and drones to a military base in Egypt near the Libyan border. The denials came Tuesday, following multiple reports that Russian military activity had been spotted near the Mediterranean coastal town of Sidi Baranni, 100 kilometers from
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International, Middle EastMichael Krasny’s ‘Let There Be Laughter’ offers funny jokes and insightful commentary as antidote to trying times By Renee Ghert-Zand You know how a lot of people have trouble remembering jokes? Well, Michael Krasny isn’t one of them. An English professor and the longtime host of the most-listened-to locally produced public radio program in the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, getting a hearing before the Senate after a long delay, passionately defended Trump against concerns that his business interests abroad could compromise America’s trade objectives. Robert Lighthizer, Trump’s choice to be the U.S. trade representative, is well regarded by many on both
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International, USALOS ANGELES — The Queen Mary tourist attraction, moored in Long Beach’s harbor, is in such bad shape that its hull could collapse and flood if repairs costing as much as $289 million are not completed in the next few years. That is one of the conclusions of a marine survey, conducted by naval architects
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Travel and Food, USAIowa representative Steve King on Sunday tweeted that “we can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” He added a shout out to staunchly anti-immigrant Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who has called for mosques in the Netherlands to be shut down and for the Quran to be banned. It wasn’t the first time King has
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International, USAMSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Tuesday broadcast a portion of President Trump’s federal tax returns, saying the documents had been obtained by a financial journalist who shared them with the network. “Donald Trump’s tax returns have surfaced – a least a portion,” Ms. Maddow said. She said the return they obtained was a federal form
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USASpencer Weisz, the Ivy League’s Player of the Year, is a senior forward and a Maccabiah Games gold medalist By Marc Brodsky Spencer Weisz #10 of the Princeton Tigers attempts to go up and under against the Saint Joseph’s Hawks during the second half at the L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium on December 14, 2016 in
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Sports & Competitions, USAWhoopi Goldberg expressed her disgust on ABC’s “The View” after she was made the subject of a fake news allegation regarding Carryn Owens, widow of Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens who was killed in a raid in Yemen. A fake story claimed that Goldberg had criticized the widow after President Trump singled her out
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA bill to ban foreign laws in Montana courts that many have described as an anti-Sharia law bill, passed the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Monday. Senate Bill 97, which passed along party lines by an 11-8 vote, will now move to the House floor for debate. Although the bill does not specifically mention Sharia law, the
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International, USAAUSTIN, Texas — The Senate on Tuesday easily passed the so-called bathroom bill, a controversial piece of legislation that has divided lawmakers and caused an uproar in the LGBT community. After more than 4/12 hours of debate, the bill passed by a vote of 21-10 along mostly partisan lines. One Democrat, Sen. Eddie Lucio, broke
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy transportation secretary once represented a major airline lobby, a group that is now pushing the Trump administration to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system. Last week, Trump nominated Jeffrey Rosen, a Washington lawyer and former George W. Bush administration official, to run the day-to-day operations of
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Travel and Food, USARALEIGH, N.C. — Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says the backlash against House Bill 2 is making some employers reluctant to hire him but he’s currently doing consulting and advisory board work. McCrory has been appearing frequently in interviews with national media outlets to defend the controversial LGBT law, but he hasn’t announced what’s
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USAFormer Vice President Joe Biden declared Monday that President Trump “deserves a chance” to lead the country. During a press conference at the University of Delaware, Mr. Biden told reporters that Mr. Trump has been “playing catch-up” since taking office because he didn’t think he was going to win and was unprepared for a smooth
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