This article originally appeared on The Conversation. How to report on a fascist? How to cover the rise of a political leader who’s left a paper trail of anti-constitutionalism, racism and the encouragement of violence? Does the press take the position that its subject acts outside the norms of society? Or does it take the
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InternationalWashington (dpa) – Vanity Fair magazine has reportedly seen its subscriptions soar following a tweet by US president-elect Donald Trump which suggested the magazine was “dead” and its editor had “no talent.” The tweet appeared to be a response to a negative review of a Trump restaurant published by the magazine on Wednesday titled “Trump
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USAThe day before the presidential election, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside Cushing, Oklahoma—an 8,000-person town that’s also North America’s top oil-trading hub and one of the largest oil-storage facilities in the world. The quake knocked bricks off century-old buildings, cracked foundations and forced Cushing to evacuate its downtown. Workers at the town’s sprawling
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USALOS ANGELES — Howard Bingham, a close friend and longtime photographer of Muhammad Ali who was also known for his community activism, died Thursday afternoon. He was 77. Bingham died in a Los Angeles hospital. No cause of death was given by his agent, Harlan Werner. The renowned photographer, who grew up in Compton, had
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Sports & Competitions, USARod Carew “is expected to make a full recovery,” the Twins announced Friday, after the Hall of Fame infielder underwent 13-hour surgery to receive a heart and kidney transplant at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. “The entire Minnesota Twins family is happy to report that Rod Carew had a successful heart and kidney transplant,”
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — There is “strong consensus” among U.S. intelligence services that Russia orchestrated hacks and online leaks in part to help Donald Trump win the White House, the head of the CIA told agency employees in a message Friday. FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. agree with
RALEIGH, N.C. — State legislators wrapped up their work Friday on a pair of controversial bills that would deprive the incoming governor of a substantial part of his power to make appointments and reduce Democrats’ power over elections regulation. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed the bill dealing with elections a short time later. Less than
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USARamallah/Tel Aviv (dpa) – A leading figure in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Friday warned against the relocation of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The warning came after David Friedman, recently picked as future ambassador to Israel by US president-elect Donald Trump, said he expected to be based in
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Middle East, USAIran”s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that Israel could be destroyed within 25 years through a united “Palestinian struggle”, PressTV reports. Speaking during a meeting with the head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, Khamenei praised the Palestinians” motivations and added, “The only way to liberate the holy city
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Middle East, USAGaza (dpa) – The Palestinian Islamist militant movement Hamas will be able to make another prisoner swap deal with Israel, a senior Hamas leader said Friday. Four Israeli soldiers have been missing since the 50-day Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip in 2014. The comments by Mahmoud al-Zahar, made during a rally in Rafah
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Middle EastA French court on Friday upheld the two-year suspended sentences of Pablo Picasso’s former electrician and his wife, who kept 271 of his artworks stashed in their garage for almost 40 years. Pierre Le Guennec and his wife Danielle were convicted last year of possessing stolen goods and for hiding the works from Picasso’s heirs.
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsIn the next couple of weeks, a lot of changes are going to be made within the United States. As Presient-elect Donald Trump is gearing up to take over the White House, many people are scared and not ready to see the new regime take over. Due to his upcoming inauguration, thousands of people are
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USAAround 2.7 million people in Britain today identify as Muslim — around 1 in 25 people. In the media, they are often portrayed as a single, unified community. But a new BBC TV series is challenging that notion. “Muslims Like Us” is a social experiment in which 10 Muslims of different ages, genders and ethnicities
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InternationalIn mid-summer 2015, the Pentagon deployed a vast fleet to the Western Pacific with an invasion force of 33,000 troops. The little reported exercise was supported by warplanes and attack helicopters, along with 21 ships, including the aircraft carrier George Washington and three nuclear missile-bearing submarines. It was only a game, the Navy said. But
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