George H.W. Bush Former President George H.W. Bush issued a second apology, this time acknowledging he has groped women “on occasion” during photo-ops, just as a second actress accused him of doing so to her. “I got sent the Heather Lind story by many people this morning,” New York actress Jordana Grolnick said in an […]
Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance law by failing to disclose payments for a dossier on Donald Trump, according to a complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. The complaint from the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center said the Democrats effectively hid the payments from public scrutiny, contrary to the
LOS ANGELES — A brother of Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock has been arrested in North Hollywood on suspicion of possessing hundreds of images of child pornography, according to authorities. Bruce Douglas Paddock, 58, was taken into custody at a nursing facility in the 5300 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard on Wednesday morning. Television
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USABy TOI staff Hamas will not dismantle its military wing, the terror organization’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, said on Tuesday. But he added that Hamas’s weapons should be subject to the authority of the Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization dominated by the rival Fatah group. “As a nation, we are still in the throes
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Middle EastThe first Arab recognised by Israel’s Holocaust memorial as a hero for risking his life to save Jews during World War II will finally be presented with the honour after a four-year delay. Egyptian doctor Mohammed Helmy will be presented posthumously with the “Righteous Among the Nations” medal and certificate at a ceremony on Thursday
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastA former key minister in Argentina’s husband-and-wife Kirchner governments was arrested for corruption involving hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday after a Congress vote stripped him of his parliamentary immunity. Former planning minister Julio de Vido was a key figure in the 12-year period between 2003-2015, handling billions of dollars while in charge of Argentina’s
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InternationalPolice in southern Virginia have arrested two brothers after video emerged of them barking anti-Semitic remarks at a man outside their father’s taco shop. Joseph Killian, 33, and Henry Killian II, 35, were arrested and charged in connection with an incident in front of Hey Joe’s restaurant in Damascus, Va., a town of hardly 800
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USAUS Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin is visiting Israel tomorrow in his first visit since taking office. Mnuchin landed today in Saudi Arabia for a round of meetings with Middle Eastern ministers of finance. Following meetings in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday, Mnuchin will fly to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. In Israel,
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Middle East, USABy Renee Ghert-Zand Every time one of Arthur Adler’s grandchildren had a bar or bat mitzvah, he brought along the Bible he received at his own bar mitzvah at Amsterdam’s Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in March 1939. Adler’s bar mitzah was not arranged by his parents, but instead by a non-Jewish Dutch woman named Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer
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International, Jewish HistoryRutgers University announced that it is reviewing the “matter” of a professor who posted a series of anti-Semitic posts on social media. Michael Chikindas, a microbiology professor at Rutgers” department of food science and director of the university”s Center for Digestive Health, posted dozens of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel for many of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Raphael Ahren UK Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that her country would celebrate “with pride” its role in the creation of the State of Israel and upcoming 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which pledged London’s support for a Jewish homeland. Her comments came amid Palestinian demands that Britain retract and apologize for
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By John McCormick WAIPUKURAU, New Zealand — Now that the membership of New Zealand’s Coalition Cabinet is known, there is reason for optimism that there will be a turn for the better in relations between New Zealand and Israel, which were soured last year when New Zealand voted for a United Nations Security Council condemning
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International, John McCormick, Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday evening spoke at the award ceremony for the International Young Person’s Award (IYPA) – Israel. IYPA is a volunteering and young leadership project under the umbrella of the renowned Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme in the UK. The award ceremony was held at the residence of Britain’s Ambassador to
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International, Middle EastA building project planned for eastern Jerusalem was approved Wednesday, paving the way for the massive expansion of a Jewish neighborhood once in danger of being bought out by a wealthy Arab businessman. The Jerusalem housing committee approved an additional 176 homes for the Nof Tzion neighborhood, located next to the Arab neighborhood of Jabel
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