International

James Comey: DNC denied FBI direct access to servers during Russia hacking probe

FBI Director James B. Comey, in his first public comments since the presidential election, said the bureau requested but was denied direct access to the Democratic National Committee’s servers and other hacked devices as part of its probe of Russian hacking. Providing details Tuesday to the Senate Intelligence Committee about the bureau’s investigation into Russian

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International, USA

CNN Bombshell: Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him (UPDATED)

The article below references an unsubstantiated summary of a document about President-elect Trump’s personal and financial activities in Russia.  Here is a link to what Buzz Feed says is that document: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.html.  President-elect Trump has denied the allegations, saying they constitute “fake news” and are totally false. CNN has just released a bombshell report written by top reporters

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International, USA

Orlando police officer shot, killed; $60,000 reward offered for suspect

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Orlando-area law enforcement officers were killed Monday morning, one shot by a murder suspect who managed to get away and a second killed in a crash while officers and deputies scrambled to find him. Orlando police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton was shot about 7:15 a.m. by a murder suspect after someone

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USA

Suspect in US diplomat shooting in Mexico is American, officials say

Mexico City (dpa) – The man suspected of shooting a US consulate official in Mexico two days ago is a US citizen and will be extradited to his home country, Mexican officials said Sunday after his arrest. Thanks to cooperation between the FBI and Mexican agents, authorities were able to arrest “an individual of US

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International, USA

Trump to meet with outspoken vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump, whose remarks on the safety of vaccinations have alarmed the scientific community, planned to meet Wednesday with outspoken vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr. The meeting between Trump and the scion of America’s most prominent Democratic family is likely to concern scientists and public health experts who fear the incoming administration

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

New Palestinian Group Claims Jerusalem Truck Attack

A previously unknown Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Jerusalem that left four Israeli soldiers dead Sunday. The faction, identifying itself as “the Martyr of Baha Aylan Collective,” named after a Palestinian attacker who killed three Israelis in Jerusalem in 2015, said it had acted on “political motives” and claimed to

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Middle East

Thai king requests delay to election for cremation and coronation

Bangkok (dpa) – Thai King Rama X has made a request that this year’s planned general election be delayed until after the cremation of his late father and his own coronation, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of the ruling military junta said on Tuesday. “Elections can take place only after the cremation and the coronation,” Prayut

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International

Actress Natalie Portman: Women Are So Often Objectified

American actress Natalie Portman has spoken out against women being objectified “in business, in government, and in storytelling.” The Jackie star, who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her portrayal of the late Jacqueline Kennedy in the new biopic, said she believes Hollywood, like all industries, has a long way to go when

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Israel baseball team helps dedicate ambucycle

JERUSALEM (Press Release)- Jeff Aeder, owner of Chicago’s restaurant Milt’s BBQ for the Perplexed, and founder of the Jewish Baseball Museum, donated an ambucycle to United Hatzalah in honor of his late father Arthur Aeder. Jeff said that his father was a true Zionist, a lover of the Jewish people. The date of the ambucycle

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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions

Clare Hollingworth, the woman who broke the news of WWII, dead at 105

Hong Kong (dpa) – British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth is dead, aged 105, it was announced on her Facebook page Tuesday night. Hollingworth made history for her discovery that Germany was about to invade Poland and start World War II. She got the scoop just a week into her first job as a journalist at

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International, Obituaries & memorials