Jeremy Corbyn, whose political career reached unexpected heights as the results of the UK’s general election filtered through last night, has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to stand down after a dismal night for the Conservatives. After a nailbiting evening for the opposition leader, Corbyn said the results showed the public is turning its back […]
WASHINGTON — In the wake of James Comey’s riveting testimony, congressional investigators say they want to know if the White House has recordings of Trump’s discussions with the former FBI director. If it does, they want to listen to them. Trump added to the mystery Friday by saying he will address the question of tape
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial closed their case Friday, ending five days of evidence and testimony by letting jurors hear the 79-year-old entertainer’s admission that he used to get Quaaludes, a powerful sedative, to use in sexual encounters with women. In a 2005 deposition, Cosby admitted to obtaining seven prescriptions
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADefense minister urges visiting American UN ambassador to pressure Beirut to expel dangerous terrorist Saleh al-Arouri By Times of Israel staff US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley meets with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem on Friday, June 9, 2017 (Dana Shraga/Ministry of Defense) Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Friday that a senior official
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — The woman Roman Polanski was convicted of sexually assaulting in 1977 when she was 13 appeared in court Friday and urged a judge to dismiss the 40-year-old sex case against the fugitive director. Samantha Geimer stood before Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon in downtown Los Angeles and said she wanted the case
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAOn Friday, just more than 24 hours after former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Donald Trump appeared outside the White House to address reporters. There were a number of questions for Trump who stayed silent throughout Thursday as James Comey testified and even called the president a liar on
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International, USAHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday she finds it “strange” that President Trump decided to make Saudi Arabia his first foreign trip, adding that she was looking into it. “I just think it was a very strange choice to go there,” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said on MSNBC. “Especially in light of having served
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International, Middle East, USAThat little blue check mark next to a Twitter handle means you’re legit. It means you are who you say you are – at least its supposed to. According to Twitter, Danney Williams is who he claims to be – former President Bill Clinton’s real son. Williams’ Twitter profile now carries the blue check mark
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Off to a caterpillar’s start in its first decade, the worldwide Butterfly Project, which began in 2006 at the San Diego Jewish Academy, today in its 11th year has taken wing and is gathering momentum and supporters. Cheryl Rattner Price, who cofounded the project with former SDJA
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International, Jewish History, San Diego CountyBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you’re looking for American ingenuity and technological prowess to help resolve the climate issues that face the world, the Paris Climate Pact is not for you. The pact is a voluntary agreement among countries including the world’s worst polluters (this is axiomatic, since only Nicaragua and Syria are
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Shoshana Bryen, The World We Share, USABy the time Michael Flynn was fired as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser in February, he had made a lot of bad decisions. One was taking money from the Russians (and failing to disclose it); another was taking money under the table from the Turks. But an overlooked line in his financial disclosure form,
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International, Middle East, USATucked into a corner of physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed’s otherwise very cerebral-looking office is a computer with the ’90s TV show, “Twin Peaks,” paused midscene. The cult classic is constantly on in the background as Arkani-Hamed works on physics problems at the Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey. “I find watching it inspiring because, there,
Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to enact legislation to comply with the Paris agreement on fighting climate change, in direct contrast to the national line. The U.S. signed the agreement under former President Barack Obama, but his successor Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from it, calling it a “bad deal” and
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