Britain’s Prince Harry and his American girlfriend Meghan Markle made their first formal public appearance together on Monday. The couple held hands and watched a wheelchair tennis match at the Invictus Games in Toronto. They appeared relaxed, turning around to chat with spectators behind them. They had both appeared at the opening ceremony at the
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InternationalAir Force One WASHINGTON: Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the White House had decided not to include aerial refueling as a capability for the next Air Force One fleet. Why? To save money. President Donald Trump has apparently made the decision, reflected by this
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USADonald Trump had been mum about the situation in Puerto Rico, but shortly after Marc Anthony called him out for focusing on the NFL and not on the devastation left by Hurricane Maria, he took to Twitter to address the issue. Only problem is that he threw in a bit of shade and reminded everyone
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USAWhile so much attention is focused on sports and politics, J.J. Barea took time the last couple of days to take care of what’s really important — helping people. The Mavericks point guard, getting a big assist from owner Mark Cuban, was given use of the team’s private plane to haul supplies to his native
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top uniformed officer said Tuesday that he believes gender identity is not a credible reason to discharge transgender service members from the military, an opinion that puts him odds with President Donald Trump. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services
Homeland Security said it began construction Tuesday on the prototypes for President Trump’s new border wall. In a short notice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the building began in San Diego on eight prototypes, which had been awarded over the summer. Four of the prototypes are concrete walls, and four are non-concrete designs. “We
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International, USAIt was a Tuesday morning in September, and a small crowd had gathered around the grand piano on Jaffa Road, listening to a medley of jazz improvisations performed by a guy who had plunked his battered fedora hat on top of the piano. His audience included an Arab street cleaner standing under a nearby tree,
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAmid a national controversy about athletes who “take a knee” in silent protest at sporting events, a Democratic lawmaker from Texas says he’s making good on his promise to put into motion articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, a Republican. “I rise today as a proud American, a person who believes in his country,
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USASaudi Arabia will allow women to drive from next June, state media said Tuesday, in a historic decision that makes the Gulf kingdom the last country in the world to permit women behind the wheel. The shock announcement comes after a years-long resistance from women’s rights activists, some of whom were jailed for defying the
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release) — In just the first few weeks of the new academic year, a pattern has emerged indicating a new malicious strategy by anti-Israel activists to paint Zionism, the liberation movement of the historically oppressed Jewish people, as being the equivalent of “White Supremacism” and “Fascism.” Specifically, this campaign has been seen
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy David Anderson NEW YORK — “Thank You NY” the United Nations building administration spelled out in lit-up windows of their beautiful 39 story headquarters years ago after their annual meeting of global big shots here. It is happening now again with the annual General Assembly in town. Every year it’s a strange time. The
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International, USASen. Susan M. Collins said Monday that she will vote against the latest Obamacare repeal effort, dealing what appears to be a fatal blow to Republican leaders’ last-ditch attempt to rewrite the bill and sway holdouts. Ms. Collins, who also helped sink repeal efforts in July, joined Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and John
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USADisgraced congressman Anthony Weiner bawled in court Monday as he received a 21-month prison sentence for sexting a 15-year-old girl — an online relationship that contributed to the demise of his marriage and his hopes for a political comeback. Weiner, a former New York representative who was forced to resign in an earlier sexting scandal,
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USAWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has postponed a decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, announcing Monday it will not hear arguments on the issue Oct. 10 as planned. The justices were set to hear an appeal from Trump’s lawyers who had urged the high court to reject a series of rulings
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