AUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called protesters who ran away from the hail of bullets that rained down on downtown Dallas on Thursday night “hypocrites” during an interview Friday on Fox News. “All those protesters last night, they turned around and ran the other way expecting the men and women in blue to […]
LOS ANGELES — Rappers and Los Angeles-area natives the Game and Snoop Dogg led a unification march for men of color Friday morning to the LAPD’s graduation of its newest officers, hours after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed and seven others were wounded during a sniper attack. About 6:30 a.m., the Game
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USAA Jewish Veep for Trump? By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Donald Trump, smarting about allegations that an ad issued by his campaign was anti-Semitic — and, by extension, that he is, too — is seeking a Jewish running mate to counter the claim. According to an aide, who asked not to be named for fear of being
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON — Up against the least-popular presidential candidates ever, Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party are getting extra attention. Both have been included in a series of polls and performed relatively well. And while neither may win any electoral votes, Johnson can still spoil the Southwest for GOP
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USABAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The Islamic State group extremists attacked a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad, killing 30 people, just days after one of the deadliest ever bombings in the country, a security spokesman said Friday. The overnight attack on the Sayyid Mohammed shrine in Balad, which involved suicide bombers and gun and mortar fire,
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Middle EastIt’s a devastating report that’s sure to infuriate you and make you think twice about how much you trust the world of medicine. Earlier this Wednesday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution debuted their Doctors & Sex Abuse project, an exhaustive multimedia look at the thousands of medical professionals discreetly and oftentimes only lightly disciplined for some form
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a veteran of the civil rights movement, said he never felt ill will towards police officers who “beat him bloody” during demonstrations in the 1960s. Friday morning, Lewis tweeted: “I was beaten bloody by police officers. But I never hated them. I said, ‘Thank you for your service.’” Lewis,
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — the House of Representatives on Thursday night easily passed two amendments authored by U.S. Representative Peter J. Roskam to block the controversial sales of both Boeing and Airbus aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The amendments to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act passed by voice vote,
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Middle East, USAWARSAW, Poland (Press Release)– President Obama, meeting with NATO allies in Poland, made the following statement Friday morning about the Thursday night massacre of five police officers and the wounding of others: THE PRESIDENT: “I speak for every single American when I say that we are horrified over these events, and that we stand united with
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USADonald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who on Wednesday clarified that his father-in-law is not anti-Semitic following the infamous “Star of David tweet”, is facing backlash from his relatives. JTA reported on Thursday that two of Kushner’s cousins, Marc Kushner and Jacob Schulder, took to Facebook to rap their cousin, a businessman married to Trump’s daughter
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USARussian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation Thursday compelling telephone companies and internet providers to save and store the private communications of its customers, notwithstanding concerns raised by human rights advocates and big business alike. Included within a package of amendments proposed as antiterrorism measures, the law will require telecoms to collect and keep copies of
The ambush of Dallas police has the potential to upend the presidential campaign, forcing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to navigate race, violence and law enforcement in ways that are even more complex than the fraught situation before the attack on Thursday that left five police officers dead and six others recovering from bullet wounds.
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USAWashington (dpa) – Republicans in Congress grilled FBI Director James Comey for more than four and a half hours Thursday over his decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while secretary of state. “We believe that you have set a precedent, and it’s a dangerous
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USAWASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is still nominally a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, though he has turned his efforts to shaping the party’s platform after losing in both delegate and popular votes to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said she is willing to step aside if
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