International

At least 25,000 people are displaced after Italian earthquakes

Sunday’s 6.6 magnitude quake is Italy’s strongest in decades Number of displaced is put at 25,000 since August PM promises massive reconstruction effort in quake prone region Sunday’s powerful earthquake – the fourth to strike central Italy in three months – has left yet more people homeless. Estimates by the country’s Civil Protection Unit put […]

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International

Tara Haelle: Trump shows ignorance on late-term abortions

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off on the question of abortion in the final debate. And it quickly became painfully obvious that the only person on stage, including the moderator, who knew much about women’s health was the woman. When Chris Wallace asked Clinton why she had “voted against a ban on late-term, partial-birth

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

FBI given warrant to examine newfound emails that could be related to Clinton investigation

WASHINGTON — FBI agents investigating Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information on a private email server Sunday obtained a warrant to search a computer used by former Rep. Anthony Weiner for messages they believe may be related to their inquiry, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. Agents stumbled across the potentially

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USA

Iceland faces tough coalition talks after unclear election result

Reykjavik (dpa) – Iceland was facing the prospect of tough coalition negotiations Sunday after a parliamentary election ousted the centre-right ruling government, but produced no clear winner. With all the votes counted, the conservative Independence Party emerged on top with 29 per cent, giving it 21 seats in the 63-seat chamber, the Iceland Monitor news

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International

Assange Makes a Mockery of the Diplomacy That He Enjoys

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. The U.S. election has given WikiLeaks an opportunity to revive its image as a world leader in “transparency” leaks. For several years, its leader, Julian Assange, seemed a forlorn and frustrated figure confined to a small office of the Ecuadorian embassy near the Harrods department store in London’s

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International, USA

Trump campaign bears down on new twist in Clinton email case

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s running mate Sunday seized on new revelations by the FBI director to feed voters’ doubts about the trustworthiness of Hillary Clinton, saying they are a reminder that she is a “risky choice” to be president. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway signaled in television interviews how the Trump

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USA

Fox News: Weiner voluntarily released crucial PC to FBI

WASHINGTON, October 30, 2016 – Things continued to get worse for Hillary Clinton and her campaign, as Fox News released a follow-on bombshell scoop this morning to the fast-breaking announcement that the FBI was effectively re-opening the Clinton email case. According to a syndicated Sunday morning report posted on Town News.com, “Fox News chief political

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USA

Tales of a Jewish lawman in the Old West

Devil Out of Texas by Roger Raffee, 2016; Amazon Publications; 456 pages; now on Kindle.   By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Author Roger Raffee, a fellow San Diegan, has written a novel—and I’ll repeat that word “novel”—purportedly about a great-great grandfather who was a sure-shooting, fast-drawing Texas Ranger who could snuff out a

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA

Deplorable Man Chants ‘JEW-S-A!’ At Media During Trump Rally (VIDEO)

As reality show star Donald Trump whipped his rally crowd into a frenzy last night, one man in a ‘Hillary for Prison’ t-shirt taunted the press pool with chants of “JEW-S-A!” instead of ‘U-S-A!’ This incident is just the latest example of anti-Semitic sentiments breaking through the surface with the Trump campaign. Observers worry that

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USA

Kerry slams Human Rights Council’s ‘excessive, biased focus on Israel’

As US reelected to UN’s much-chastised rights body, top US diplomat says focusing on rights abuses, rather than on Israel, an ‘important challenge’ By Eric Cortellessa US Secretary of State John Kerry makes opening remarks during a ministerial meeting at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts on September 24, 2016 (AFP/Matthew Healey) WASHINGTON — Secretary of

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