CHICAGO — Former “Saturday Night Live” star Rachel Dratch has lived in New York City for the better part of two decades. But like a relentless stalker in a horror movie, the city of Chicago tracked her down — and hit her with a $73 parking ticket from 20 years ago. “I did a double […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAA complete skull of an ancient infant primate was found in northern Kenya “Alesi” is only about the size of a lemon, but could be a common ancestor of apes and humans dating back 13 million years. Fred Spoor In September of 2014, a cigarette break would lead to an incredibly important discovery of a
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareSujatha Gidla was only 2 years old when she first realized she’s different. One day, her parents had a fight. Her mother stormed out of the house and headed for the railway station. There, she bumped into a colleague, who was also with her daughter. “My mother was carrying me and she was carrying her
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, InternationalWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea, saying Thursday that “maybe it wasn’t tough enough.” Trump used four versions of the word “tough” in describing his posture toward North Korea for its continued pursuit of a nuclear-armed intercontinental missile, while downplaying the potential for
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International, USANeda Amin, 32, who wrote regularly from Turkey for The Times of Israel’s Persian website, faced deportation, feared she would be sent back to Iran By Times of Israel staff Neda Amin is welcomed by Times of Israel’s David Horovitz at Ben-Gurion Airport, August 10, 2017 (Times of Israel staff) Neda Amin, a Turkey-based, Iranian-born
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Middle EastThe 2016 election may be long over but the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails related to the 2012 Benghazi attack has been given fresh life—by a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama. U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled earlier this week that the State Department had not been sufficiently thorough when responding to
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By Darren Schwartz SAN DIEGO — This week I would like to highlight an incredible teen who chose to do something pretty unique with her summer. Sydney Schenk is a rising senior at the San Diego Jewish Academy. This summer Sydney was selected to be a North American fellow for Camp Szarvas (SAR-vash), an
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International, San Diego CountyBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — In a recent speech, President Trump raised the possibility of his likeness being added to those of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt at Mount Rushmore. He may well have been joking about the prospect, as he suggested. But, in any case, mention of Mount Rushmore inspired
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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) –A swastika was spray-painted on one of the buildings of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, which resides in Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem. This is the second time in two weeks that swastikas have been found at the Hebrew University campus. Last week, students were shocked to discover
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Do you assume that adding a smiley to work-related emails can help you make a positive first impression? A new study has found that a smiley is not regarded the same way as a smile, and can actually have a negative impact on the initial impression created in formal work-related
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Between the lines, if not clearly in the lines of nearly every news broadcast is the question of how close are police investigators to the Prime Minister. Except for what seems to have been a temporary uptick in tensions about the Temple Mount, Jordan, and Jaffa, we’ve been dealing with
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastAliza Lavie Last month saw a historic success in the fight against prostitution in Israel: the Knesset gave unanimous preliminary approval for a bill incriminating the clients of prostitution and providing rehabilitation services to survivors of prostitution. It was a bill I submitted along with colleagues from across party lines in the Knesset, which is
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Middle EastA week after Netanyahu took credit for African nation’s ostensible decision, its president says he has no say in foreign policy By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Netanyahu (right) meeting with Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca during a summit in Monrovia, July 4, 2017 (screen grab YouTube) Cape Verde on Tuesday denied that it had
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International, Middle EastUnder plea deal, servicemen will serve at least two years in prison, pay damages, be demoted to private By Judah Ari Gross Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier in military court (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90) An IDF serviceman pled guilty to raping a female soldier in his unit on Wednesday, a military official said. In May, Military
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