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McConnell loses big in health vote delay, but can the master tactician bounce back?

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell suffered a rare, stinging defeat Tuesday. But he’s wily enough to recover. The Senate majority leader was forced to postpone a vote on a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare after failing to secure enough votes for Senate Republicans to deliver on their persistent campaign promise. But Senate observers say the

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

MKs backing conversion bill not welcome in Chicago, Jewish leader warns

After meeting PM over legislation and Western Wall about-face, Steven Nasatir says he’s done ‘being nice’ to Israeli dignitaries who ignore Diaspora Jewry’s needs By Raphael Ahren Any Israeli lawmaker who supports controversial Israeli legislation putting conversion matters exclusively in the hands of the Chief Rabbinate should consider him or herself persona non grata in

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Torahs survive flood and fire

  By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Press BROOKLYN, New York — In 2012, during Hurricane Sandy, the sifrei Torah of Congregation Kneses Israel of Sea Gate were saved from flooding water by the shul’s rav. The shul, however, was destroyed. Rabbi Chaim Brikman and his congregants rebuilt the upper floors of the beautiful synagogue, so this year’s Pesach sedarim were joyously

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Jewish Religion, USA

Son of former MLB player on life support following freak accident on the baseball diamond

Jason Lockhart, the son of former Atlanta Braves infielder Keith Lochart, is on life support at an Atlanta hospital following a freak accident on the baseball diamond. The family is asking for prayers for the 15-year-old, who is in the intensive care unit. Jason Lockhart was playing in a baseball tournament in South Carolina when

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Sports & Competitions, USA

3 CNN journalists resign over retracted Trump-Russia story

NEW YORK — Three journalists from CNN’s investigative unit are leaving the network after the retraction of their June 22 story connecting an ally of President Donald Trump to a Russian investment fund. The story, citing an anonymous source, said Senate investigators were examining a meeting between Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci and an executive

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Action on abortion measures in Missouri likely stalled until mid-July

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — It could be mid-July before the fate of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ mid-summer bid to toughen state abortion laws is known. With senators back home in their districts, legislative leaders are surveying members to determine when they will be able to return to the capital city. On Tuesday, the chamber will

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USA

China’s jailed Nobel laureate is granted parole after terminal cancer diagnosis

BEIJING — Chinese authorities released detained dissident and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on medical parole after he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, his lawyer said Monday. Liu, 61, is receiving treatment at a hospital in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, according to his lawyer Mo Shaoping. The Norway-based Nobel committee awarded Liu, a

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International