WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation, a top priority of the anti-abortion movement, but the measure is widely expected to die in the Senate. What Republicans call the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act would prohibit anyone from performing an abortion if the fetus is […]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USASydney and Melbourne could regularly face 50 degree Celsius (122F) days within 25 years even if Australia meets its Paris global warming targets, a new study warned Wednesday. Other areas across the country should also prepare for extreme heat, said the research led by the Australian National University (ANU) and supported by the Centre of
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International, The World We ShareBy Ron Liebowitz WALTHAM, Massachusetts — I am delighted to share the news that Brandeis professors Michael Rosbash and Jeffrey Hall today (Tuesday, Oct. 3) were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work on circadian rhythms. The Nobel Committee recognized Michael, the Peter Gruber Professor of Neuroscience, and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACulture Minister Miri Regev has traveled to Cuba for a “private family vacation,” her office said Tuesday, marking the first time that a cabinet member has visited the country since it broke diplomatic ties with Israel in 1973. The visit, first reported by the Haaretz newspaper, was not organized through the Foreign Ministry and will
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International, Middle EastPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israel would reject any reconciliation deal between the two leading Palestinian factions unless the Iran-backed Islamist movement Hamas disarmed. “We are not prepared to accept bogus reconciliations in which the Palestinian side apparently reconciles at the expense of our existence,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “Whoever wants to
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Middle EastGENEVA — The Geneva lawyer for the heirs of a Jewish woman whose art collection was seized by France’s pro-Nazi regime in World War II said they are “absolutely delighted” about a hard-won deal to recover from a Swiss town a 19th-century painting by English master John Constable. Marc-Andre Renold said Monday that heirs of
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International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsA former white supremacist recently had his Nazi tattoos removed, and he credits his African-American parole officer with helping him turn his life around. Michael Kent, 38, from Colorado, had a swastika tattoo on his chest for over 20 years, he told ABC News last week, and his home was decorated with Nazi flags. He
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USADays before tens of thousands of Israelis descend on the Sea of Galilee for the Sukkot holiday, the Water Authority warned that the freshwater lake is at dangerously low levels and expected to reach “the lowest level ever recorded.” Northern Israel is experiencing one of the worst droughts in 100 years, leaving the country’s water
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Middle EastEvangelina Elizondo has passed away at the age of 88. The legendary actress was confirmed dead by the actors guild in Mexico, ANDI. “The directorial board on behalf of ANDI feel the loss of Evangelina Elizondo,” they wrote in a tweet. Elizondo is credited as the voiceover in Spanish for “Cinderella.” She also starred in
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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe leader of Catalonia said on Monday he doesn’t want a “traumatic” break with Spain, a day after the region’s banned independence referendum. Carles Puigdemont however said Sunday’s vote was valid and binding, and he called for international mediation to resolve the standoff with Madrid. He also demanded the withdrawal of riot police from the
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InternationalANALYSIS/OPINION: Tom Petty turned Jim Ladd, L.A.’s “Free Form Radio” kingpin, into a folk hero with “The Last DJ,” his 2002 album with The Heartbreakers whose central themes of the corporatization of radio, the loss of artistic freedom and money winning out over creativity dovetailed with love songs and tentative optimism. One of the great
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USATel Aviv’s city hall lit up in red, white and blue on Monday, in solidarity with the United States after a gunman killed at least 58 people and injured over 515 more in the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. The facade of the building displayed an American flag and an Israeli flag, toggling
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Middle East, USAThe deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was shocking in its scale — but it wasn’t a surprise that it was committed by a white male. Statistics show that since 1982, the majority of mass shootings — 54 percent — were committed by white men, according to data from Mother Jones. Black people were the
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USAA shipment of 20,000 date palm fronds were trucked Monday from the Gaza Strip to Israel where they were to be sold for use in a traditional Jewish religious ritual during the coming Sukkot holiday, the Defense Ministry said. A closed palm frond, known in Hebrew as a lulav, is gathered along with myrtle stalks,
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