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Danger in treating cardiac patients with stem cells

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Patients with severe and end-stage heart failure have few treatment options available to them apart from transplants and “miraculous” stem cell therapy. But a new Tel Aviv University study finds that stem cell therapy may, in fact, harm heart disease patients. The research, led by Prof. Jonathan Leor of TAU’s Sackler […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Singer Noa lashes Tel Aviv official for bid to nix gig

Songstress tells Arnon Giladi to mind his own business, after council member says event should be canceled over views he calls anti-Zionist By Jessica Steinberg Singer Achinoam Nini performs during a memorial ceremony for the late Yossi Sarid, on January 12, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Singer Achinoam Nini, known for her outspoken support for a two-state

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Shooter had long history of run-ins with police around Belleville, Ill.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — An Illinois man who shot a GOP congressman Wednesday morning in Virginia was described as “an angry little man” with “a chip on his shoulder” by a lawyer who represented him in past legal trouble. The man identified as the gunman in Virginia, James T. Hodgkinson, 66, of Belleville, was killed in

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USA

Proposed Israeli ethics code angers university faculties

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The slippery subject of academic freedom has moved into our headlines with a draft code of ethics for universities and their personnel. It is the work of Professor Asa Kasher, a philosophy professor at Tel Aviv University, and the author of the IDF’s code of ethics. He prepared this code at

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel rejects US claim Palestinians stopping payouts to terrorists

After US Secretary of State Tillerson said Ramallah intends to stop paying inmates and families, Jerusalem says it has seen no change By Raphael Ahren Security prisoners in the Ofer Prison facility near Ramallah, August 20, 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) Jerusalem on Wednesday said the Palestinians were continuing to pay salaries to incarcerated terrorists, rejecting US

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Middle East, USA

Republican leader in critical condition after shooter attacks GOP baseball practice

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the third-ranking Republican in House leadership, was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon after being shot during a baseball practice, according to the hospital treating him. Two Capitol Hill police officers and at least two others were also shot and injured in a melee that triggered heightened security in and

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USA

Bernie Sanders On Scalise Shooter: ‘I Am Sickened By This Despicable Act’

Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor today after learning that James T. Hodgkinson, the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice had volunteered for his presidential campaign. Sanders said, “I have just been informed that the alleged shooter at the Republican baseball practice is someone who apparently volunteered on my presidential campaign. I

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USA

What We Know About Wounded Republican House Whip

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot in the hip during a congressional baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning. His injuries were non-life-threatening, a congressional source told ABC News. Multiple congressional aides were also hit by the gunman. Several Republican lawmakers were in attendance. “Behind third base, I see a rifle…I hear Steve Scalise over

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Illinois congressman saw Virginia shooting: ‘This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act’

WASHINGTON — Rep. Rodney Davis was just yards from the gunman who opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Virginia on Wednesday morning, an attack he blames on the “hatefulness” in American politics today. “This could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act,” Davis, R-Ill., told CNN as he stood in the Capitol, still

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