WASHINGTON, June 17, 2017 – President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and son Barron have finally taken a trip to the rustic Camp David, a secure military installation staffed by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, officially known as Naval Support Facility Thurmont. The secluded presidential retreat in Maryland offers the […]
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa.—The sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby ended in a mistrial Saturday morning after a jury said it could not reach a verdict on the only set of criminal charges to emerge from the allegations of dozens of women who say they were drugged and assaulted by the entertainer. Montgomery County Judge Steven T.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAmichai Lau-Lavie to leave Conservative rabbinic group; seeks new definition for non-Jewish partners. By Gary Rosenblatt If you had to describe Amichai Lau-Lavie’s rationale for breaking ranks with the Conservative movement, as he is about to do, on its prohibition against rabbis performing intermarriages, it might be this: Love trumps tribe. A popular and dynamic
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Jewish Religion, USAWASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans from outside South Florida opposed President Donald Trump’s revamped Cuba policy announcement on Friday, as lawmakers from states with agricultural and trade interests on the island fretted about the economic implications of a ban on U.S. business with the Cuban military apparatus. “Any policy change that diminishes the ability of Americans
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International, USAFirst daughter and assistant to the president Ivanka Trump attended Thursday evening’s Congressional Baseball Game in support of both the U.S. lawmakers playing and the victims of Wednesday’s shooting during the congressional Republicans’ team practice. She shared a photo of her and two of her children, daughter Arabella and son Joseph. For the caption, she
Financial disclosure documents released Friday by the Office of Government Ethics shed new light on President Trump’s finances, even as he refuses to release his tax returns. The documents show that Trump owes hundreds of millions of dollars to major financial institutions — some with business before Trump’s administration. According to section 8 of the
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USASEATTLE �� Amazon.com said Friday that it would buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, its biggest acquisition ever and a huge move into the grocery business it’s been trying to crack for a decade. The deal, expected to close in the second half of this year, gives Amazon �� which has been experimenting with
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Travel and Food, USAA jury on Friday found 29-year-old Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty for fatally shooting black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop near St. Paul, an incident largely broadcast on Facebook live. Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter and faced up to 10 years in prison. The jury also found him not guilty
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump, often criticized for failing to act “presidential,” has reluctantly taken the advice of his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner and convened a telephone conference of five shul presidents for their suggestions. The presidents, four men and a woman, are from various parts of the nation
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori LA JOLLA, California – Ken Stone, a Jewish community member who serves as a contributing editor to the Times of San Diego, figures he did two things right before covering the visit Friday of the Dalai Lama to UC San Diego. First, he got a
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Ken Stone, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, USAWASHINGTON — Investigators on Thursday were working to piece together details of the journey of James T. Hodgkinson, trying to figure how his politically fueled rage led him from his small Illinois hometown to a shootout with police at an Alexandria, Va., ball field. Hodgkinson, 66, a former contractor and home inspector with a record
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USAWashington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted a report that he was being investigated for obstruction of justice related to the firing of FBI director James Comey. “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story.
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USADonald Trump is now under investigation for obstruction of justice by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to the Washington Post. Reports: Mueller probe now includes investigation of Trump for obstruction of justice https://t.co/wLxSdsGumd pic.twitter.com/kugBxnaNxR— POLITICO (@politico) June 15, 2017 Mueller is investigating allegations that Russia interfered in the election and possibly colluded with the Trump
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USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering restrictions on U.S. travel to North Korea after the harrowing experience of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia college student who was detained in Pyongyang for 15 months and returned in a coma. “We have been evaluating whether we should put some type of travel visa restriction to
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