WASHINGTON — Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted the United Nations Wednesday in a defiant speech to the 193-member General Assembly before it adopted a resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba. Haley called the long-standing debate “political theater.” “Let’s be honest about what we really see going on here,” Haley said. […]
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International, USADirector Rob Reiner’s “LBJ,” starring Woody Harrelson facially encased in latex and makeup best categorized as a good try, arrives in theaters a year after its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, and 16 months after “All the Way” (Bryan Cranston reprising his juicy Tony Award-winning performance) debuted on HBO. The timing puts this latest LBJ
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANEWARK, N.J. — Closing arguments in U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial are set to begin Thursday after a federal judge Wednesday finished instructing jurors on the laws to consider in reaching a verdict. U.S. District Court Judge William H. Walls also warned Wednesday that a verdict could be delayed by a juror’s long-scheduled vacation.
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USAThe FBI and New York Police Department have confirmed 29-year-old Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov is the main suspect in the Manhattan truck attack. The two bodies are jointly leading the investigation. They said Saipov rented the vehicle on the day of the incident, but had been putting plans into place for weeks. “Recovered in and
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USAGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The USS Cole case judge Wednesday found the Marine general in charge of war court defense teams guilty of contempt for refusing to follow his orders and sentenced him to 21 days confinement and to pay a $1,000 fine. Air Force Col. Vance Spath also declared “null and void”
ryan nash nypd The young officer who took down Tuesday’s terror suspect in Manhattan has been identified as 28-year-old Ryan Nash. He was responding to a report of a suicidal 17-year-old girl when he found himself in a situation that he’ll undoubtedly remember for the rest of his life. He was at the high school
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USAFormer first daughter speaks at NCJW event Jenna Bush Hager reads an excerpt from “Sisters First,” her collection of reminiscences coauthored by her sister, Barbara Pierce Bush, about growing up as the twin daughters of President George W. Bush. Photo by Robert Wiener Jenna Bush Hager looked up from her new book, cowritten with her
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USAThe terrorist who committed the deadly ramming attack in lower Manhattan on Tuesday showed no remorse and even bragged about his murderous deed Wednesday, NBC News reported. Investigators who came to interview the terrorist reported that he was rejoicing at having murdered many innocent people. A note written in Arabic praising the ISIS terrorist organization
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USABy TOI staff Tempers flared at a Wednesday meeting of the Knesset’s Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, with lawmakers and American Jewish leaders exchanging heated snipes over the government’s decision to freeze a plan for a permanent pluralistic prayer pavilion at the Western Wall. “When we go to various different places abroad, we automatically
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International, Middle East, USARutgers condemns hate, launches inquiry of two faculty members An anti-Semitic cartoon taken from the Facebook page of Prof. Michael Chikindas. Image courtesy JTA Scarlet Knights for Israel president Miriam Waghalter said it was urgent for Rutgers to suspend Chikindas. Rutgers Prof. Michael Chikindas is under fire after anti-Semitic posts made on Facebook went viral.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USATrump ally and Brexit leader Nigel Farage says there’s something Americans should worry about more than Russian meddling: Jews. Farage in a Monday interview singled out the so-called “Jewish lobby” as an overwhelming power in America during a discussion about Russia’s interference in U.S. politics. “There are other very powerful lobbies in the United States
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Judging a country is not easy or free of controversy. Political perspective and the norms of the person doing the judgment are likely to be involved. However, their influence can be limited by the range and nature of criteria employed, and especially by the breadth of comparison. There can be no
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Charles Bronfman Prize on Wednesday announced the call for nominations from around the world for its 2018 award. Each year, the Prize celebrates the vision and endeavors of an individual or team under the age of 50 whose innovative humanitarian work, informed by Jewish values, contributes to the betterment
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International, Middle East, Travel and Food, USAA Los Angeles man was nearly prevented from taking part in his own wedding in England on Monday when he was arrested and eventually deported after being denied a special marriage visa. The diplomatic intervention of senior Israeli officials and the British ambassador, however, helped turn what could have been a wedding disaster into a
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