SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California gained an embassy in Russia last weekend, at least in the eyes of those who have promised to seek a statewide vote on secession, nicknamed “Calexit,” in 2018. Louis Marinelli, a San Diego resident who is the leader of the group promoting an effort to turn the state into an independent […]
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) …Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday, Dec. 21, called on the United States to “unequivocally affirm” that it would veto any one-sided condemnatory United Nations Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli issue if it is presented to the Council for a vote. Stephen M.
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International, Middle East, USAMichelle Obama sat down with Oprah Winfrey to talk about her husband, President Barack Obama, his legacy and life after White House. The interview, titled “First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell to the White House: An Oprah Winfrey Special,” aired Monday on CBS. In the hourlong interview, Michelle said that she has no plans to
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USASaeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is threatening that the PLO will revoke all its previously signed agreements with Israel as well as its 1993 “recognition of Israel” if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Speaking at a
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Middle East, USAColin Powell didn’t campaign or raise any money, but he outperformed every presidential candidate not named Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Electoral College. The former secretary of state received three electoral votes Monday in Washington state from rogue Democratic electors who refused to vote for Mrs. Clinton, the winner of the state’s
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USATel Aviv (dpa) – The radical Islamist Hezbollah group is fighting in war-torn Syria with armoured transport vehicles from the US intended for the Lebanese army, an Israeli army official said on Wednesday. The senior military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said it was unclear how Hezbollah had managed to obtain the vehicles
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Middle East, USANEW YORK – On a frigid December afternoon, Dr. Harold Bornstein was talking about his most famous patient, President-elect Donald Trump. He hadn’t spoken with Trump since the election, and had no idea whether he would be asked to move his medical practice to Washington. But he also didn’t seem particularly worried about what the
California’s birth rate dropped to its lowest ever in 2016, according to data released by the state’s Department of Finance. Between July 2015 and July of this year, there were 12.42 births per 1,000 Californians. The last time birth rates came close to being that low was during the Great Depression, when they hit 12.6
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USADonald Trump has gotten upset with a number of different media outlets in his rise to the presidency. Those include CNN, The New York Times, MSNBC, Vanity Fair and a few other organizations. And “Saturday Night Live” has been the thorn in his side throughout the entire race. He’s tweeted that the show is “boring
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Press Release) — An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri yesterday in Buenos Aires. The private meeting was the centerpiece of a two-day visit that also included meetings with the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Gustavo Slauvinen, U.S. Ambassador Noah Mamet, and Israeli Ambassador Ilan Sztulman. The
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief William “Bill” Scott, the department’s highest-ranking African-American officer, has been appointed chief of the San Francisco Police Department following recent scandals involving racist texting among Bay Area officers. Scott, who oversees LAPD’s South Bureau, was selected by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to lead the embattled
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USAHe’s a white nationalist, and he’s pondering a run for Congress. Richard Spencer, whose National Policy Institute has been described as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League, said he’s considering running for the Montana congressional seat expected to be vacated by Republican Ryan Zinke. Last week, Zinke was tapped
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USAA Dallas county judge issued an order on December 19 allowing a lawyer representing Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald to issue subpoenas to compel Twitter to reveal the identity of the subscriber who used the social media platform to intentionally trigger a seizure in the journalist. According to the court filing, Twitter agreed to the
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABeijing (dpa) – China confirmed Tuesday that it has returned a US Navy underwater drone back to US authorities, which the country seized last week in the South China Sea. The underwater glider was handed back at noon (0400 GMT) Tuesday the Chinese Defence Ministry announced in a one sentence Chinese language statement on its
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