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Here’s what happened during the National Anthem at the first World Series baseball game

October 27, 2016

Protesting the National Anthem has been a focus on this year’s football season, but at the first game of World Series baseball game Tuesday night, the scene was different. Singer Rachel Platten, famous for her song “Fight Song,” sang the opening National Anthem, and all players appeared to stand during the ceremony. RELATED: National anthem […]

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ISIS-Aligned Militants Seize Town in Somali Region

October 27, 2016

Fighters aligned with the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) took control of a small town in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region Wednesday. The militants took over the port town of Qandala following a brief battle with local security forces. Qandala lies close to the eastern tip of the Horn of Africa and is around 50 miles

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International, Middle East

Donald Trump on People Magazine accuser: ‘Give me a break’

October 27, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump scoffed at the notion that a People Magazine reporter who accused him of unwanted advances a decade ago felt too intimidated to come forward at the time, saying she would have won a Pulitzer Prize if she had followed through with the story. “They made up stories,” Mr. Trump said

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USA

Casual Sex Could Soon Be Outlawed In Indonesia

October 27, 2016

Anyone engaging in sex outside of marriage in the world’s third-largest democracy could soon face up to five years in prison. Indonesia’s highest court is deliberating whether to broaden existing law to make all casual sex illegal in the latest bid by conservative Islamists in the country to revise a relatively secular legal code. A

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International

Dom Giordano: Leaked emails show anti-Catholic bias still among us

October 27, 2016

I don’t think Hillary Clinton hates Catholics or evangelicals. I think Donald Trump went too far at the Al Smith dinner in New York last week when he said she talked about fighting anti-Catholic bias while in private hating Catholics. His lines were not precise and not delivered properly. Despite all that, I’m glad every

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USA

Michael A. Lindenberger: After Trump is gone, his angry movement will remain

October 27, 2016

By breaking up what had become a quasi-permanent camp for about 7,000-plus migrants in Calais, France has traded one big problem for a legion of smaller ones. Refugees, ineligible under European law for deportation, are being relocated to villages and towns across France in groups as small as five. They are being greeted by protesters

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International, USA

McMullin, Stein, Johnson: How not to waste your vote

October 27, 2016

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2016 – Is a vote for Evan McMullin a wasted vote? If Jill Stein tickles your political fancy, are you an idiot for giving her your vote? Is a vote for Gary Johnson really just a vote for Hillary Clinton? Panicked Donald Trump supporters are likely to tell you that if you

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USA

New Zealand’s marine animals at risk of extinction

October 27, 2016

Wellington (dpa) – Ninety per cent of New Zealand’s native sea and shorebirds and more than a quarter of marine mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to an official report released Thursday. Twelve sea and shorebird species, including albatrosses, shags, petrels and penguins, were facing an extremely high risk of extinction, according to

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International, The World We Share

Thousands flee as battle for Mosul rages

October 27, 2016

An estimated 10,000 people have already fled villages caught up in the battle for Mosul. And they keep on coming. They head for the relative safety of behind the Iraqi military front line. IRAQ – Displaced Iraqis arrive at refugee camp in Qayyarah as an operation to recapture Mosul from the IS group takes place.

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Middle East

John Podesta says Hillary Clinton private email server ‘f—ing insane’ in WikiLeaks docs

October 27, 2016

A new round of WikiLeaks documents released Thursday morning reveal Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta referring to her use of a secret email server while secretary of state as “f—ing insane.” Mrs. Clinton’s server scandal continues to be a political albatross for her campaign, despite the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision not to prosecute

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USA

Netanyahu recalls UNESCO ambassador

October 26, 2016

Following the second UNESCO vote to deny the connection between the Jewish people and their holiest sites in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made the decision to recall Israel’s ambassador to UNESCO, Carmel Shama-Hacohen. This was an unprecedented move that has never been taken against any other UN body before. Netanyahu confirmed the move during

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International, Middle East

Mexican synagogue vandalized

October 26, 2016

For the second time in days, a Mexican synagogue was vandalized. The walls were sprayed, windows were shattered and furniture broken. Local Jews see this as a reaction to the Mexican vote in favor of the UNESCO decision regarding the connection between the Jewish nation and the Western Wall and Temple Mount and the attendant

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

An aide says he once arranged for $50 million in payments for Bill Clinton

October 26, 2016

WASHINGTON — A close aide to Bill Clinton said he arranged for $50 million in payments for the former president, part of a complicated mingling of lucrative business deals and charity work of the Clinton Foundation mapped out in a memo released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday. The report was written by Doug Band, who has

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USA

Ivana Trump Says Donald Can Be A Cry Baby

October 26, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana, says her ex-husband can be a big baby who cannot stand to be bested in public in an interview released with just 12 days to go until Election Day. In an interview with Trump biographer Michael D’Antonio, Ivana Trump recounted an incident from their courtship, a ski

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USA

Here’s what happened during the National Anthem at the first World Series baseball game

ISIS-Aligned Militants Seize Town in Somali Region

Donald Trump on People Magazine accuser: ‘Give me a break’

Casual Sex Could Soon Be Outlawed In Indonesia

Dom Giordano: Leaked emails show anti-Catholic bias still among us

Michael A. Lindenberger: After Trump is gone, his angry movement will remain

McMullin, Stein, Johnson: How not to waste your vote

New Zealand’s marine animals at risk of extinction

Thousands flee as battle for Mosul rages

John Podesta says Hillary Clinton private email server ‘f—ing insane’ in WikiLeaks docs

Netanyahu recalls UNESCO ambassador

Mexican synagogue vandalized

An aide says he once arranged for $50 million in payments for Bill Clinton

Ivana Trump Says Donald Can Be A Cry Baby

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