Angélica Vale, widely-known to Latinos for her comedic talent and starring in “La Fea Más Bella” telenovela, was discriminated at the Los Angeles airport. You would think that this only happened to non-famous people, but it seems like even highly-recognized personalities are being labeled wrongfully. The actress says that she had a pre-boarding pass and […]
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International, USATALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles resigned from the Florida Legislature on Friday, consumed by a scandal that erupted three days earlier over a diatribe of insults the Miami Republican unleashed against two lawmakers at a Tallahassee bar. In a letter to Senate President Joe Negron, Artiles said he was stepping down for
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USAI’ve been asked to speak at various locations for various occasions in the past. I spoke at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall in 2009 when the tea party had a rally. I’ve been a panelist for the Philadelphia Bar Association discussing the media and O.J. Simpson. I’ve gone to the state Capitol to testify about gun violence
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFriday marks Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday. The queen of England, whose full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor of York, was born April 21, 1926. She became monarch on Feb. 6, 1952, and is today the world’s longest reigning living monarch. “The Queen usually spends her actual birthday privately, but the occasion is marked
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InternationalFormer Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai claimed Wednesday that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was a tool of the U.S. Karzai, a former ally to Washington who has become increasingly critical of U.S. foreign policy, said America’s’ two-year fight against ISIS has been “weak.” Speaking to Voice of America’s (VOA) Afghan Service, Karzai criticized a
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International, USAUS President Donald Trump hasn’t won any friends in South Korea this week. A firestorm has erupted on South Korean social media after Trump said during an interview with The Wall Street Journal, “Korea actually used to be a part of China.” The Wall Street Journal published the story on April 12, but it gained
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International, USAThe gunman who killed one policeman Thursday night on Paris’s Champs Élysées before he was shot dead was known to police and had been arrested in February on suspicion of planning to kill officers, before being released due to lack of evidence. The attack on one’s of the world’s most famous boulevards came just three
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InternationalIn an interview with “The Today Show,” Senator Lindsey Graham advocated for a first strike against North Korea in the absence of Chinese action, saying that the United States is “on a collision course” with North Korea. “I talked to the president when I had lunch with him about this very topic. I said, ‘Do
Hawaii’s Attorney General Dougal Chin has hit back at U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions following his dismissive remarks about a Ninth Circuit judge “sitting on an island in the Pacific.” Sessions criticized Hawaii-based Judge Derrick Watson, who placed a temporary restraining order on two sections of Trump’s controversial travel ban in March, blocking the bill’s
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USAConvicted murderer Ledell Lee was executed shortly before midnight Thursday in Arkansas, making him the first prisoner to die under an expedited timetable before a key lethal-injection drug expires at the end of the month. Lee, 51, who had long maintained his innocence in the 1993 murder of 26-year-old Debra Reese, also became the first
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USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO–Mesmerizing strums of the oud opened the first number, a Kurdish melody, in a program at SDSU’s Smith Recital Hall entitled: Desert Caravan: New Jazz from Israel and Beyond. This concert, arranged by SDSU Judaic Studies Scholar-In-Residence, Yale Strom, featured, in addition to his band, Hot Pstromi, the prize-winning Israeli musician, Amos
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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal EN ROUTE TO SAN DIEGO — I am writing this onboard a Swissair flight to Los Angeles. After we arrive at LAX we will pick up a rental car and drive to San Diego. (I understand why it is more economical to fly out of LAX, but it is nevertheless frustrating.) Every
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and FoodParis (dpa) – One Paris police officer was shot dead and another injured in an attack on the Champs-Elysees on Thursday evening, police said. The attacker was “neutralized,” the police said. Local media reported that he had been killed. Broadcaster BFMTV reported that a bystander had also been injured. The incident took place at 9
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InternationalSenator Elizabeth Warren launched another attack on U.S. President Donald Trump on April 19, describing his election win as partly the result of an “ugly stew of racism” on the MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show. The Massachusetts Democrat has been one of the most outspoken critics of the real estate mogul since he launched his presidential
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