Istanbul (dpa) – An attempted coup in Turkey was fended off by government forces, authorities said, but reports of fighting and explosions continued in the early hours of Saturday in Ankara and Istanbul. Thirteen soldiers were arrested near the presidential palace in Ankara, and another 50 in Istanbul, in connection with the coup attempt, broadcaster […]
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Middle EastHillary Clinton and Donald Trump are soaking up the spotlight – for now. But there are others chasing the presidency and a record number of voters dissatisfied with those two choices. Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton last Tuesday released a wave of anger from the purists among his supporters. And at least some of
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USABy Bruce Abramson and Jeff Ballabon, TABLET The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is “the most important organization affecting America’s relationship with Israel.” At least, the New York Times once described it as such. AIPAC proudly shares the accolade with anyone who peruses its website, and few if any sources seem to disagree. AIPAC claims
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Middle East, USACLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s choice of Mike Pence as his running mate serves to calm the party’s conservatives but the way Trump did it is a fresh reminder that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee appears to make decisions impulsively. The vice presidential candidate rollout was a potential opportunity for the unpredictable and volatile Trump to
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USAThe Turkish Military said it has taken over the country from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The military said it would honor all existing foreign relations and that the rule of law must remain. The military has also taken over the State Broadcasting service and has declared Turkey “is now run by Peace Council,” which will
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, July 15, 2016 – Mental illness is a growing problem throughout our culture and is of particular concern for our military veterans. Our military veterans are suffering from invisible wounds, those injuries that are not visible but that are deep and debilitating. In fact, veterans suffer from invisible wounds at a rate six times
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — It’s not just Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who are so different from each other. On the eve of back-to-back political conventions, Republicans and Democrats across the land see their neighbors, their country and their world through very different eyes, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays and God all
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USAVienna (dpa) – Austria will seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born from its private owner to prevent it from becoming an attraction for neo-Nazis, the government decided Tuesday. The government has tried since 1984 to buy the property in Braunau near the German border, but the woman who owns it refused to sell.
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InternationalWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama took a shot Friday at Newt Gingrich’s suggestion of a widespread ban on Muslims after the terrorist attack in France, condemning the idea of a “religious test” that was originally proposed by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and expanded on by Gingrich. “In the wake of last night’s attacks,
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USADALLAS — His wife and daughters’ final goodbyes came as the crowd broke: a quiet prayer with their heads bowed over Sgt. Michael Smith’s casket. There, they left three gerbera daisies — the kind Smith and his daughters used to plant in their yard. After days of services and teary-eyed speeches, Smith is at rest.
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump has aggressively challenged and won reductions in property tax bills on his elite golf courses — and then boasted as a presidential candidate that several of those same courses are worth tens of millions more than his staff argued to county assessors. His maneuvers to contain tax increases have posed fiscal
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USAOne Utah woman called Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday with a question: Where should she send her used tampons in case of a miscarriage? An Indiana woman called with a different query: Could she go swimming, or would the chlorine in the water be harmful to her unfertilized eggs? And a Colorado woman had
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USAYour cigarettes could one day look a lot grosser, with the packaging depicting rotten teeth, charred lungs or cancer-ridden skin. It’s all thanks to a judgment in a landmark case between the tiny South American country of Uruguay and the giant tobacco company Philip Morris International. The ruling has sent a stark message to the
LOS ANGELES — Three University of California, Berkeley students studying abroad were injured in the Nice, France, terrorist attack on Thursday, while a fourth student remains missing and unaccounted for, school officials confirmed Friday. The missing student was identified as Nicolas Leslie, 20, a junior from Del Mar. University officials are working with local police,
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