When Delilah began working as an escort last year, she chose to blur her face in the photos she posts on her website and Twitter profile. The Ottawa, Ontario, college student made the decision in order to keep her sex work from her conservative Muslim family and so she can transition smoothly and without stigma […]
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USAMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Republican Party Chairman Keith Downey said Friday that a lawsuit by the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party to strike Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Pence from the state ballot in November is “a blatant and frivolous attempt to disenfranchise so many Minnesota voters.” DFL Chairman Ken Martin filed the petition Thursday with the Minnesota
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USANEW YORK — NBC News Chairman Andy Lack is standing up for Matt Lauer after the “Today” co-anchor was torched for his moderating skills at Wednesday’s “Commander In Chief Forum.” Lack issued an internal memo to staffers late Friday congratulating them on the news division’s one-hour special, in which presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald
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By Donald H. Harrison SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, California – The giant sequoias can be awe-inspiring and not only for their size, says Matt Fagan, the National Park Service’s district interpreter. “There was a gentleman named Walter Fry who back in the early part of the 20th century (circa 1920) was a lumberman and he cut
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By Jerry Klinger It‘s an unusual statement, “He did what no Jew could do.” Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel coined it. She coined it to recognize the special service of Rev. John Stanley Grauel to Israel. Rev. Grauel served as a secret Haganah Agent on the famed Holocaust Refugee ship the Exodus. Yet, Meir’s
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USAColin Kaepernick deserves comparison to Rosa Parks, according to the president of the NAACP. Cornell William Brooks said there is a line linking Parks’ refusal to stand in a Montgomery bus to give up her seat to a white person to Mr. Kaepernick’s refusal to stand during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” “It’s a lofty name, but
NEW YORK (Press Release)– In reverence for the memories of the innocents and fallen heroes, and solemn resolve that preventing more such terrorist tragedies will remain a central moral imperative of our era, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) marks the fifteenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 – a date that changed the world. On that
WASHINGTON — Year after year, more Americans attempt to board planes with concealed firearms in their carry-ons. They also come with hidden swords, hatchets, sharpened ninja stars and even gunpowder. Invariably, the response from passengers when officers from the Transportation Security Administration seize the weapons is: Oops, I forgot I had it. “It’s always astonishing
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International, USAAn exhibition of art inspired by the attacks on the World Trade centre is opening at the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York to mark the 15th anniversary. The exhibit features paintings, sculptures, videos and more from 13 New York-based artists, whose lives were affected by the attacks. One lost a brother in the attacks,
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USASAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The sound of gunfire and sirens drew about a dozen people out of their homes on San Bernardino’s west side one recent Wednesday night. A beat-up Honda sat in the street — a small cross dangling from the rearview mirror, two bullet holes in the door. Rescue workers pulled Alejandro Herrera,
LANSING, Mich. — The straight-party voting option will still be available in Michigan in the Nov. 8 general election after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-ditch appeal on the issue from Attorney General Bill Schuette. The court, which currently has eight members, rejected Schuette’s request for a stay of a preliminary injunction
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USABEIJING — North Korea said it conducted a “higher-level” nuclear warhead explosion Friday, a fifth atomic test that set the region on edge, drew condemnations from across Asia and exacerbated fears that the country is making progress on its goal of developing the technology to wage a nuclear strike on the U.S. State-run media in
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International, USAThe Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist who publicly protested against the country’s government has arrived in the United States, where he reportedly hopes to claim asylum. Feyisa Lilesa, who won the silver medal in the men’s marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympics, crossed his arms over his head as he finished the race. The gesture has
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International, Sports & Competitions, USALONDON, England (Press Release)– Diplomats from more than 40 countries came together in London on Thursday, Sept. 8, at a landmark seminar and evening reception jointly hosted by The Board of Deputies of British Jews and AJC (American Jewish Committee) Europe. The program included four sessions featuring experts from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Israel and Belgium.
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