Rex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil chief picked by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next secretary of state, was already going to have to answer tough questions in confirmation hearings about his relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Now come leaked documents that suggest Tillerson’s relationship with Putin and the Kremlin is even cozier than initially […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Animal welfare activists say their advertisements in the Mall of America opposing the wool industry’s treatment of lambs were taken down by mall officials. In response to the mall’s actions, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, commonly known as PETA, staged a protest in downtown Minneapolis early Tuesday afternoon, with three nearly
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The World We Share, USAThe search warrant that gave FBI agents access to a cache of Hillary Clinton emails just nine days before the recent presidential election was unsealed Tuesday. It shows that FBI agents obtained the warrant by telling a federal judge they believed the emails contained classified information that broke the law. “There is probable cause to
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By Mimi Pollack Makeda[/caption]SAN DIEGO –Makeda “Dread” Cheatom believes the world would be a better place if people took the time to learn about and respect other cultures. She believes there would be less prejudice and a greater understanding among people. Learning about different cultures and promoting unity in diversity have been lifelong passions for
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International, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAResponding to media reports that suggested that the President-elect Donald Trump advisory team has nominated Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone for the position of chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the 70-year-old actor said Sunday that while he is flattered, he will not be taking up the job. The Hollywood star best remembered
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USAAmbassador Ronald S. Lauder Praises Obama and Congress for Delivering Overdue Justice to Holocaust Victims and Their Families WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Friday evening, President Barack Obama signed the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act into law. The new law ends an era where victims of the Nazis and their descendants were
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAMy grandparents, immigrants from Poland and Romania, were Orthodox Jews and deeply observant. My parents, born here, joined a Conservative shul (mixed seating), and kept a traditionally Jewish home. My husband and I joined a Reconstructionist synagogue (liturgically traditional, theologically agnostic, anchored in Jewish “peoplehood”), and mainly express ourselves Jewishly through community volunteerism and Zionism.
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International, Jewish Religion, USATom Arnold is telling-all about what he’s seen in outtakes from “The Apprentice.” According to Mediate, footage of president-elect Donald Trump using racially offensive language during his time on “The Apprentice” has surfaced just months after audio of Trump’s “Access Hollywood” hot mic incident made waves in the media. A producer from “The Apprentice” has
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday defended his attendance at President-elect Donald Trump’s tech summit last week in New York, telling employees that the best way to influence policy is from within, not by yelling from the sidelines. Mr. Cook made the comments on Apple’s internal employee info service Apple Web, TechCrunch reported. “Personally, I’ve
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USAPHILADELPHIA — A federal judge denied former Congressman Chaka Fattah’s bid to remain out of prison while he appeals his conviction on racketeering conspiracy, bribery, money laundering and other crimes. The Pennsylvania Democrat must now report to begin serving his 10-year sentence on Jan. 25, U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III wrote in a 10-page
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USAQAYYARAH WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq — By the time Iraqi forces recaptured this airfield once known as “Key West” from Islamic State last summer, the militants had ruined everything: the Olympic-size pool, the track, the PX, dining hall, even the runways, plowed under and rendered unusable. But it was a significantly changed scene that U.S. Air
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International, USAI’m a news reporter and I’ve been writing about Mexican immigration for many years. Last month, I covered an anti-Trump rally in Memphis, Tennessee, where I live. At one point the protesters chanted, “Let’s be loud! Let’s be clear! Immigrants are welcome here!” I tweeted the chant. Responses came back quickly. Protest now at Cooper
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International, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump nominated Vincent Viola as Secretary of the Army, his transition team announced Monday. Viola is a West Point graduate, the founder of electronic trading firm Virtu Financial, former chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange, owner of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and founder of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. “I
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump has decided that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, one of his favorite villains during the presidential election, might not be so bad after all. He’s even “wonderful,” Trump now says. The two dined together Saturday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, after which Trump had only nice things to say about Slim,