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How the Arizona Republic is handling death threats after endorsing Clinton

Recently, for the first time in its 126-year history, the Arizona Republic endorsed a democratic candidate for president. The backlash has been intense. Mi-Ai Parrish, the head of the paper, published an editorial today about the threats she and her staff have been receiving. Threats like: ”You’re dead. Watch your back.” ”We will burn you […]

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Here’s how white Catholics could decide the presidential election in 3 key states

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump wasn’t the top choice for Roman Catholic Republicans when he first started running. But they started to come around once he secured the nomination. “We have not yet endorsed his candidacy, but we like a lot of the things he is saying,” said Brian Burch of Catholic Vote, a conservative group

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Khloe Kardashian fires back at ‘cruel’ Donald Trump remarks

Before Khloe Kardashian found out Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had allegedly branded her “the ugly Kardashian,” she wasn’t the politician’s biggest fan. “I’m very good on energy, and I just never really vibed with him from the start,” Kardashian said, reflecting on her 2009 stint on “The Celebrity Apprentice,” which Trump was host of

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Obama to Trump: ‘Stop whining’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama all but invited Donald Trump on Tuesday to jump into a fight with him, baiting the Republican nominee as he faces an overwhelming disadvantage in the polls just weeks before election day. In a midday news conference in the White House Rose Garden, Obama, whose approval ratings rank among the

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Middle East Roundup: October 18, 2016

  Fatah claims anti-Semitic children’s drawings are innocent (JNS.org) Fatah posted anti-Semitic Palestinian children’s drawings on Facebook, calling the hate-filled, and often violent, depictions of Israel innocent, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. One drawing personifies Israel as a human, wearing a Star of David napkin, eating a Palestinian boy wrapped in a Palestinian flag, with

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There’s a hospital in the United Arab Emirates the serves only falcons

Images of falcons are prevalent the moment you step into the United Arab Emirates. They’re everywhere — on walls, in TV ads, even on bank notes. The falcon is UAE’s national bird. And the Emiratis take falcons and falconry very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that back in 1999 the city of Abu Dhabi decided

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Middle East, The World We Share

A once-dreamy Haitian beach town picks up the pieces after Hurricane Matthew

If you Google images of Port Salut, Haiti, you’ll see a Caribbean paradise — white sand beaches, coconut trees and inviting turquoise sea. The Hotel Reposoir du Village had a bar on the beach and tables under thatch umbrellas. When I stayed there two years ago, the only problem was an almond tree noisily dropping

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No, voter fraud isn’t a myth: 10 cases where it’s all too real

As Donald Trump takes on the Republican establishment, Democrats and the mainstream media, he’s telling supporters they’re fighting against a “rigged” system, rife with voter fraud and those eager to protect the status quo. The left, predictably, says this type of talk is “dangerous” to the integrity of our electoral system, and then glibly asks

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