Son Chemi Peres says his father left a compass and tools to help the country follow his path of making technology, not war By Shoshanna Solomon To die at the ripe age of 93 is a blessing in Israel, a country used to mourning young soldiers fallen in war who had only just started to […]
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsJean Stein, the literary editor and author known for producing engrossing oral histories on topics as disparate as the tumultuous life of an Andy Warhol acolyte and the dastardly intrigues of early Hollywood, has died at 83. Her death Sunday was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Nation magazine in New York City, where Stein’s
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Obituaries & memorials, USAThe Palestinian movement Hamas has declared for the first time its willingness to accept a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, without recognising Israel. Presenting a new document, the group which controls Gaza, dropped its long-standing call for the destruction of Israel. The rhetorical shift is being seen as an attempt by Hamas to soften
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Middle EastDALLAS — The body of a man believed to have wounded a Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter-paramedic and a neighbor Monday morning was found inside an Old East Dallas home several hours after the shooting was reported, officials said. Officers responding to a shooting call about 11:30 a.m. on Reynolds Avenue, near Dolphin Road arrived to find
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USAFrench presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron held a May Day rally in northeastern Paris Monday, presenting himself as a candidate of unity and progress against far-right rival Marine Le Pen. The rally brought together 12,000 followers of the centrist Macron in a convention centre near La Villette science park, six days before the final round of
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InternationalSasha and Malia Obama commemorated their last night as residents of the White House by engaging in a very typical teenage activity: throwing a pizza and slumber party with friends! Michelle Obama revealed the inside information during a speech at the American Institute of Architecture last Thursday. During a question and answer session, the former
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USAFar-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday used a May Day campaign rally to attack her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron as a clone of the deeply unpopular President François Hollande and a puppet of the world of finance. “You thought Hollande was leaving through the door,” she said, but noted Macron is in
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InternationalSEATTLE — Former Washington state Gov. Mike Lowry, a proud liberal Democrat who fought to expand health care and to secure reparations for Japanese Americans interned during World War II, has died. Lowry, 78, died Monday following complications from a stroke, according to a statement from his family released by Gov. Jay Inslee’s office. “Trudi
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Obituaries & memorials, USAAUSTIN, Texas — One student is dead and three others have been taken to the hospital after a reported stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus Monday afternoon, authorities said. UT Police Chief David Carter identified the suspect in the attack as 20-year-old UT student Kendrex J. White. Police got the call around 1:30
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USATucked into a $1 trillion bipartisan government funding bill Congressional negotiators reached Sunday night was a costly IOU to New Yorkers, who have footed the bill for Melania Trump to live in Trump Towers as her husband moved more than 200 miles away to the White House. The exhaustive operation to keep the first family
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Monday said he would be “honored” to meet leader Kim Jong Un of North Korea, only days after he raised the possibility of a “major, major conflict” with the reclusive state over its nuclear weapons program. Though White House aides separately downplayed the likelihood of a face-to-face meeting between a
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International, USAKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saying that Girl Scouts is “no longer a compatible partner in helping us form young women with the virtues and values of the Gospel,” the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas is severing ties with the organization and switching its support to a Christian-based scouting program. “I have asked the pastors
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USAWASHINGTON – Congress has rebuffed President Trump’s proposal to cut $1.2 billion from the National Institutes of Health budget in the current fiscal year. Lawmakers instead are boosting NIH funding by $2 billion, under a spending agreement reached late Sunday night. The deal does not address funding for 2018, when Trump has called for a
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Jeffrey Lazarow ON THE OPEN ROAD — We thought we were free until we began living on the road…then we became relatively free. Are you comfortable with the turmoil in the world? Of course not. Would you like to change it? Probably. Can you? No. Are you completely satisfied with your life…fulfilled? Can you improve
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