A transatlantic tussle is underway between two centenarians – to determine who is the world’s oldest skydiver! Officially, the record is held by British D-Day veteran Bryson Hayes, known as Verdun. He made it into the Guinness Book of Records) by taking the plunge in May, at the grand old age of 101 years and […]
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAATLANTA — Days after police widely criticized President Donald Trump for telling officers to be “rough” with people taken into custody, leaders of a prominent black policing group met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday to air their concerns that the remarks could deepen divisions between police and racial minorities. “We are not thugs.
WASHINGTON — Even as President Donald Trump renews his threat to undermine the Affordable Care Act, senior Republican and Democratic senators announced plans Tuesday to begin work on a new bipartisan effort to stabilize the 2010 health care law, often called Obamacare. The move — by Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen.
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USAPresident Donald Trump can’t be left alone to make decisions regarding matters of national security—at least, that is reportedly the view of his new chief of staff, John Kelly, and of his defense secretary, James Mattis. The two military men, who Trump affectionately refers to as “my generals,” hatched a plan during the initial months
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USAVice President Mike Pence on a visit to Estonia pledged Monday unwavering support of NATO allies and steadfast resistance to Russia aggression, especially in Baltic states that have been feeling intense pressure from Moscow. Mr. Pence said he was in Eastern Europe to deliver a message from President Trump that the “the United States of
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International, USAAuthor David Dalin’s new book explores the inner lives of trailblazing Members of the Tribe who helped mold the nation’s highest court By Rich Tenorio Eight out of 113 justices to have wielded the gavel in the United States’ highest court can also lay claim to membership in another club — the Tribe — and
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA“It was devastating.” That was the reaction from one US Army Captain to President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender individuals from military service. Just months ago, Jennifer Sims e-mailed over 200 fellow troops who knew her as Captain Jonathan Sims, to tell them her transgender secret. Now though she is left facing an uncertain
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USAIt’s a rare thing for a militant group often described as shadowy and secretive to bring dozens of foreign journalists to their mountain bases. But Hezbollah did just that on Saturday, eager to show off recent victories against jihadists on Lebanon’s frontier with Syria. The Lebanese Shiite movement, militant group and political party led a
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Middle East, USARussian President Vladimir Putin is defending his massive cut in the size of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia, saying it had waited long enough for relations with Washington to improve. Putin said he had hoped “the situation would perhaps change for the better. But it seems that even if the situation is changing, it
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International, USASouth Korean President Moon Jae-in and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will hold telephone discussions over ways to deal with North Korea’s provocations, an official from Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Monday. “(President Moon) and President Trump are soon expected to hold telephone talks. The sides are now working to arrange the conversation,”
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International, USAThe Trump administration on Monday froze assets, banned travel and prohibited Americans from dealing with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, calling him a dictator and accusing him of undermining democracy after he carried out an election Sunday for an all-powerful new legislative assembly in defiance of warnings from the international community. As part of what are
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International, USAPete Rose, whom the Phillies will induct into their Wall of Fame in less than two weeks, initiated and maintained a sexual relationship in the 1970s with a girl who at the time was not yet 16 years old, the woman said in a sworn statement filed in federal court Monday. The testimony was included
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — A powerful Senate committee has given the Justice Department until Thursday to disclose whether it’s investigating reported Ukrainian efforts in the 2016 election on behalf of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. If Justice says it’s not investigating the allegations, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s chairman wants to know why they’re not. “Are you investigating the
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International, USAPresident Trump removed newly appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci Monday, just over a week after the president had hired him to help force out chief of staff Reince Priebus. The stunning move came just hours after Mr. Trump swore in his new chief of staff, retired Gen. John F. Kelly, former Homeland Security
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