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William Shatner Reflects on ‘Star Trek’ in Rare Letters

Fifty years after Star Trek first beamed onto U.S. television screens, fans continue to be fascinated by stories of behind-the-scenes dramas. Now handwritten notes written by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, to be auctioned Thursday, are giving diehard Trekkies an inside look into some of the problems that plagued the cult hit in its infancy. […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Colson Whitehead Wins National Book Award in Fiction

Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award in fiction on Wednesday for his bestselling novel and Oprah Book Club pick The Underground Railroad. His fellow winners that evening were Ibram X. Kendi in nonfiction for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America; Daniel Borzutzky in poetry for The Performance of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA

Trump supporters try to undermine Megyn Kelly’s book with an onslaught of negative reviews on Amazon

Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are using online retailer Amazon to attack Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly through harsh reviews of her new book. More than 100 negative one-star reviews appeared on the Amazon page selling Kelly’s memoir “Settle For More,” within hours of its Tuesday release. Many of the comments came through a link

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USA

Huckabee Apologizes For Sharing Fake News Story

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee apologized Wednesday for posting and incorrectly citing an article to his official Facebook page that claimed two Northwestern University students charged with hate crimes and vandalism in March were “liberal, Jewish” students. The students, who have since been expelled, reportedly vandalized Alice Miller Chapel on Northwestern’s

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USA

Trump’s plan to fund his wall could actually make more Mexicans migrate north

President-elect Donald Trump has made many promises — and a few threats. Often, the latter are directed at Mexico. For example, he’s promised that Mexico will pay for the border wall he says must be built. His idea to do that is to stop people in the US from sending money back to their families

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International, USA

Shinzo Abe, Japanese P.M., to meet with Donald Trump: Kellyanne Conway

President-elect Donald Trump’s former campaign manager said Thursday she’s happy Mr. Trump will have the opportunity to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday, but said deeper conversations will likely be put off until next year. Kellyanne Conway, a current member of Mr. Trump’s transition team, said it’s a rather “informal” meeting since President

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International, USA

This woman has been stuck in Korea for three years trying to get home to the US

Kim Craig was adopted at the age of 5 by a family in New Hope, Minnesota. On a recent fall day in a coffee shop in Seoul, she looked like any typical American tourist on vacation — no makeup, casual clothes. She ordered her coffee in English. But technically, Craig is not an American. She

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International, USA

Donald Trump’s victory sparks optimism in an unlikely place: Iran

TEHRAN, Iran — Donald Trump had sharp words for Iran during his presidential campaign, but Iranian leaders see reasons for hope in a Trump presidency. For hard-liners, Trump’s threats to revisit the nuclear deal, which Iran struck with six world powers including the United States, bolsters their constant refrain that Washington cannot be trusted. Meanwhile,

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Middle East, USA

Ted Cruz: Eager to work with Donald Trump wherever I can have ‘greatest impact’

Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday he’s eager to work with President-elect Donald Trump wherever he can have the “greatest impact” defending the principles he was elected to defend, saying they had a “far-reaching conversation” earlier this week at Trump Tower. Mr. Cruz said they had a “very productive” meeting and spent “several hours” in Trump

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USA

He’s a Trump in-law who has bet big on Obamacare. What now?

Perhaps no presidential son-in-law has ever been more in the spotlight than Jared Kushner. He was President-elect Donald Trump’s “de facto campaign manager” and helps run the executive committee of Trump’s tumultuous transition team.A nd rumors are swirling that Trump’s team is trying to get him top-secret security clearance so he can attend the official

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Global Jewish roundup: November 17, 2016

AJC Delegation Meets European leaders in Belgium and Netherlands BRUSSELS, Belgium (Press Release)– An American Jewish Committee leadership delegation just concluded a three-day visit to Brussels. The trip was highlighted by private meetings with: * Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of the European Commission; * Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs

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International, Middle East, USA