“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday. “If they do, there must be consequences—perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” What many many not know is that a decade ago, Hillary Clinton called for a similar punishment. Then a United States Senator for New York, Clinton […]
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USADuring the US presidential campaign, Donald Trump often boasted that he’d stop American companies from shipping jobs out of the country. One of his favorite targets was Carrier, an Indiana company that manufactures furnaces and other HVAC equipment. The company has been building heating and cooling systems in Indianapolis since the 1950s. Last February, Carrier’s
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International, USAThe last words of the pilot of flight LMI2933 carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense and others, which tragically crashed and killed 71 of 77 passengers on board as it traveled from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Medellín, Columbia have emerged. Players and the pilot before the take-off… #Chapecoense #football pic.twitter.com/LOZhbMJ6Vn Watch the video — Photos
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International, Sports & CompetitionsCHARLOTTE, N.C. — No charges will be brought against Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer Brentley Vinson in the September shooting death of a man in University City, District Attorney Andrew Murray announced Wednesday. Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot Sept. 20 in a confrontation with officers outside his apartment. Murray said that evidence in the case shows
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Legislation to honor fallen San Diego Police Officer Jonathan “J.D.” De Guzman took a major step forward when the House of Representatives approved a bill U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) is sponsoring to dedicate a Chula Vista post office to Officer De Guzman. “Officer De Guzman dedicated his life to
By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — The other day in my car, I came to an intersection at the same moment another driver appeared opposite. Our eyes met—he was a black man, a little younger than me, and he looked deeply into me. Two strangers transecting in an America where, it seems, we suddenly
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USA(Image via Twitter) Following a dinner with president-elect Donald Trump and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus in New York City Tuesday night, Mitt Romney told reporters that he thinks “America’s best days are ahead of us.” Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, is rumored to be at the top
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USASomalia’s presidential election will not be held on Wednesday as earlier schedule, official announced. The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) Chairman, Mr Omar Mohamed Abdulle, said in Mogadishu that the date was too close and impractical. He indicated that electoral colleges in various regions were still engaged in the voting for MPs, whose quorum
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InternationalThere were nearly 900 reports of hate incidents in the 10 days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and schools across the country reported an uptick in violence, derogatory comments and verbal harassment, according to a new study from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Montgomery, Alabama-based organization, known for tracking hate incidents and groups
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USAProvisional results suggest Jovenel Moise has won the presidential election in Haiti. The political novice has won a majority in the first round, avoiding a second round runoff, according to the country’s election council. BREAKING: Presidential election results in Haiti indicate Jovenel Moise won with 55 percent of votes.— The Associated Press (@AP) November 29,
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InternationalJOHANNESBURG — Jacob Zuma has survived a bid to topple him as South African president, the governing African National Congress party announced Tuesday. ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe said the party’s national executive committee held a no-holds-barred debate on calls for Zuma to stand down. But in a combative three-day meeting, the party leadership did not
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InternationalThe two men were dragged from the building blindfolded, their heads bowed, and covered in dust. A few neighborhoods away, the battle for Mosul was raging. But their fight was over. The captured fighters belong to the Islamic State. They swept into the city two years ago in a blitzkrieg that shocked the world. Now
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Middle EastTom Price, the Georgia congressman tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, is set to become the most powerful person in health policy. Price has made his name in Washington for his strong opposition to the Affordable Care Act – and implementing whatever congressional
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFormer U.S. president Jimmy Carter, who brokered peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David, has called on Barack Obama to recognize the State of Palestine (as the United Nations refers to the non-member observer state) before he leaves office in January. Of the U.N.’s 193 members, 136—more than 70 percent—recognize the State of Palestine
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