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Aretha Franklin stole the show with her national anthem performance on Thanksgiving Day

November 25, 2016

Aretha Franklin really stole the show at the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game. Franklin totally went off book and performed a rather lengthy performance of the National Anthem that made for some pretty hilarious responses from Twitter. RELATED: Soon-to-be first daughter Ivanka Trump gave us a glimpse inside her familyâ€™s Thanksgiving Day Yes, Franklin has

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Florence Henderson, ‘The Brady Bunch’ mom, dies at 82

November 25, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Florence Henderson, whose portrayal of Carol Brady on the iconic television show “The Brady Bunch” created an idealized mother figure for an entire generation, died Thursday. She was 82. Henderson died from heart failure about 7:30 p.m. while surrounded by her four children, said her longtime manager and publicist Kayla Pressman. As

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Soon-to-be first daughter Ivanka Trump gave us a glimpse inside her family’s Thanksgiving Day

November 24, 2016

Happy Thanksgiving, Ivanka Trump! The business woman and busy mom shared a few special snaps from her adorable family’s Thanksgiving week together. Trump shared a sweet photo of her eldest son, Joseph Kushner during a busy day of volunteering and feeding the homeless. “Thank you Project Ore / UJA for allowing Joseph, Arabella and me

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USA

Trump Calls For Unity Across America This Thanksgiving

November 24, 2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has called on America to come together this Thanksgiving holiday. In a near-two-minute-long video posted to his Twitter account, Donald Trump has said that when America is unified “there is nothing out of our reach.” He called on the people of the U.S. to move forward and “restore the bonds of

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USA

Trump tells Mayor Garcetti he supports LA’s Olympics bid

November 24, 2016

LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for Los Angeles’ 2024 Olympic bid during a phone call with Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday, Garcetti’s office said in a statement. Garcetti spokeswoman Connie Llanos said Trump spoke on the phone with the mayor in their first exchange since the Nov. 8 election. Besides talking

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Sports & Competitions, USA

US ambassador gives blood for Israel

November 24, 2016

The MDA blood service team arrived at the US embassy where the ambassador Dan Shapiro and other members of his staff donated a total of 40 units of blood. This was not the first time that the ambassador has given blood. He is accustomed to donating blood twice a year and appreciates the important of

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Middle East

Angela Merkel to the Rescue

November 24, 2016

It was vintage Merkel. Neatly organizing her papers before speaking in her soft Berliner accent, the German Chancellor made the announcement everybody had been waiting for, “To stand as a candidate for a fourth time after 11 years in power is anything but a trivial decision, not for the country, for the party, nor for

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International

Colombia signs new peace deal with rebels

November 24, 2016

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the head of the country’s largest guerrilla group Thursday signed a new deal to end the nation’s half-century civil war. Santos and the commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, Rodrigo “Timochenko” Londono signed the agreement using a pen made from

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International

Community Pays For Beloved Crossing Guard’s Prosthetic Repairs

November 24, 2016

Fetene Yezengaw is a crossing guard who has brought smiles and laughter to the same intersection for the last decade – so now, the community is repaying him for all the kindness. When Fetene was a 15-year-old child soldier in Ethiopia, he stepped on a land mine that blew his leg off. After healing in

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USA

Nigeria ‘Killed 150 Pro-Biafra Protesters:’ Amnnesty

November 24, 2016

Nigerian security forces have killed at least 150 pro-Biafra supporters, some by extrajudicial executions, since August 2015, according to Amnesty International. In a report published on Thursday, the human-rights group said that Nigerian government forces killed at least 60 people on May 29 and 30, when pro-Biafra activists had come together for a memorial gathering

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International

Author’s account of JFK’s last footage

November 24, 2016

Alexandra Zapruder was not born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy. On Nov 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder, a devoted supporter of Kennedy and his vision for America, shot a home movie

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

How To Name A New-Born Panda

November 24, 2016

There are a little less than 2,000 giant pandas in the world, making the chance to name two of the newest born a rather special and rare treat. And that’s exactly what Zoo Atlanta is offering animal lovers around the world to do. The zoo announced Monday it would allow people to name its new

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The World We Share, USA

“This is what ‘coexistence’ looks like”

November 24, 2016

With fires raging across Israel, including inside the northern coastal city of Haifa, growing numbers of Israelis believe that many of the blazes were intentionally set – in an attempt by Arabs to take advantage of the dry, windy weather to pursue war against the Jewish state by any means. Among the proponents of this

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Middle East

Trump’s pick for UN Ambassador hints at closer ties with Israel

November 24, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump announced that the US ambassador to the UN will be South Carolina Novernor Nikki Haley. Haley, now in her second term as governor and a former member of the House of Representatives. Israel supporters in Washington praised the pick, citing her pro-Israel, anti-BDS bona fides. The Republican Jewish Coalition called the choice

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International, USA

Aretha Franklin stole the show with her national anthem performance on Thanksgiving Day

Florence Henderson, ‘The Brady Bunch’ mom, dies at 82

Soon-to-be first daughter Ivanka Trump gave us a glimpse inside her family’s Thanksgiving Day

Trump Calls For Unity Across America This Thanksgiving

Trump tells Mayor Garcetti he supports LA’s Olympics bid

US ambassador gives blood for Israel

Angela Merkel to the Rescue

Colombia signs new peace deal with rebels

Community Pays For Beloved Crossing Guard’s Prosthetic Repairs

Nigeria ‘Killed 150 Pro-Biafra Protesters:’ Amnnesty

Author’s account of JFK’s last footage

How To Name A New-Born Panda

“This is what ‘coexistence’ looks like”

Trump’s pick for UN Ambassador hints at closer ties with Israel

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