Stockholm (dpa) – Rock legend Bob Dylan said he had never considered winning the Nobel Literature award and was “honoured” to join “giants of literature” like Rudyard Kipling and Thomas Mann in a speech read on his behalf Saturday at the Nobel banquet. “If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance […]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABALTIMORE — Army quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter and the Black Knights ended a 14-game losing streak against Navy with a 21-17 victory in their 117th meeting on Saturday. Fullback Andy Davidson rushed for a pair of touchdowns and the Black Knights (7-5) amassed 316 yards on the
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Sports & Competitions, USABALTIMORE — Nearly two hundred people marched around M&T Bank Stadium Saturday to protest the appearance of President-elect Donald Trump at the Army-Navy football game. Demonstrators denounced the Republican’s positions and rhetoric on immigration and minorities. Trump campaigned on promises to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, build a wall along the Southwest Border and bar
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Sports & Competitions, USAThe notorious Stanford University band will be suspended through next spring after administrators found “a systemic cultural problem” in the student group that has “not been taken seriously by the band or its leadership.” The punishment stops all band activities, both on and off campus. Students who flout the order could be disciplined individually. “Nothing
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACongress has passed legislation enabling the transfer of the ancient skeleton called Kennewick Man from the federal government to Native American tribes for burial. The bill was sent to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law. Last year, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., introduced a provision to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for
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USAAfter recent comments from a United States Navy Admiral skewering their son’s position to protest the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick’s parents are coming out to defend their son. During a 75th anniversary remembrance of the attack on Pearl Habor in 1941, U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Harris made a not so subtle dig at Kaepernick. “You
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has asked senior Goldman Sachs banker Gary Cohn to coordinate economic policy across his administration, turning to Wall Street for expertise in managing the world’s largest economy, NBC News reported on Friday. Trump’s pick of Cohn, 56, the firm’s president and chief operating officer, to head his White
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USAWashington (dpa) – US president-elect Donald Trump is naming Australian-American Andrew Liveris, chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemical Company, to lead a panel to promote US manufacturing. The “American Manufacturing Council” will be “tasked with finding ways to bring industry back to America,” Trump said at a rally with supporters late Friday in Grand
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International, USAWashington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama has ordered an intelligence review of “malicious cyber activity” during the US presidential election, the White House said Friday. US intelligence agencies in October pinned hacking of Democratic Party targets on the Russian government. Since then, concerns about Moscow’s attempts to influence the election have continued to grow.
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International, USAOAKLAND, Calif. — As investigators tried to find the cause of a warehouse fire that killed 36 people, Oakland city officials faced more scrutiny over their handling of complaints about the building in the years before the blaze. Despite numerous complaints about conditions both inside and outside the warehouse, city officials have not produced any
In the wake of the US presidential election, a Utah mosque has opened its doors to the non-Muslim community. They’re holding Friday night information sessions called, “Meet the Muslims.” The Utah Islamic Center is tucked inside a strip mall in Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Shoes fill the entryway shelves and spill out
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USAIn 60 Minutes interview, Israeli leader acknowledges relations with Obama have not always been smooth, though he insists it was never personal By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to CBS’s 60 Minutes in an interview set for broadcast on December 11, 2016 (CBS screenshot) US President-elect Donald Trump feels “very warmly”
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Middle East, USAPresident-elect Donald Trump’s transition team questioned the veracity of assessments by U.S. intelligence officials that Russia-backed hackers interfered in this year’s elections, challenging assertions that the CIA determined Russia sought to help the Republican nominee win the presidency. “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” the transition team
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USANEW YORK – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) presented a donation on Friday to help rebuild the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, Florida, severely damaged in an arson attack in September. “An attack on any house of worship is an affront to all Americans, regardless of their religious affiliation,” said Robert Silverman, AJC Director of Muslim-Jewish Relations.
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