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Kerry slams Human Rights Council’s ‘excessive, biased focus on Israel’

As US reelected to UN’s much-chastised rights body, top US diplomat says focusing on rights abuses, rather than on Israel, an ‘important challenge’ By Eric Cortellessa US Secretary of State John Kerry makes opening remarks during a ministerial meeting at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts on September 24, 2016 (AFP/Matthew Healey) WASHINGTON — Secretary of […]

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Trump campaign bears down on new twist in Clinton email case

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s running mate Sunday seized on new revelations by the FBI director to feed voters’ doubts about the trustworthiness of Hillary Clinton, saying they are a reminder that she is a “risky choice” to be president. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway signaled in television interviews how the Trump

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Clinton, in Florida, promises to fight for ‘underdogs’

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned Sunday before black and LGBT voters in Broward County, Fla., as she made appeals to a Democratic voting base. She promised to fight for an AIDS-free generation and to combat discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. “It is no longer the 1950s,” she said in a speech at

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‘Supergirl’: A Film About Orthodox Jewish Powerlifter Naomi Kutin

“Supergirl” is an intriguing coming-of-age film about Naomi Kutin, an Orthodox Jewish girl who broke a world record in the sport of powerlifting. In many ways, Kutin’s story is just like everyone else’s: She’s trying to find her way as she transitions into adolescence. But what makes Kutin extraordinary is her dedication to the sport

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Why Whoopi Goldberg designed a Hanukkah sweater

Actress releases line of cheeky clothing featuring a multicultural, multi-species cast of characters By Josefin Dolsten Whoopi Goldberg designed a collection of holiday-themed sweaters for Lord & Taylor. (Twitter) Although she isn’t a Member of the Tribe, Whoopi Goldberg may have been feeling inspired by her Jewish-sounding last name when she designed her holiday sweater

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In this campaign, Michelle Obama became more than just another political voice

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — When Michelle Obama delivered the most influential speech of the 2016 campaign in an out-of-the-way stop in New Hampshire, she suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly commanded the spotlight with her emotional account of how Donald Trump’s private words about women’s bodies had “shaken me to my core.” Though she spoke this month while

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Joe Biden says FBI Director James Comey is ‘a straight guy’

Vice President Joseph R. Biden called FBI Director James Comey a “straight guy,” in spite of being a Republican, who will be fair in his renewed investigation of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s emails. “Look, I’ve found him to be a straight guy,” Mr. Biden told CNN’s Michael Smerconish in an interview released Saturday. “He’s a

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Hillary Clinton is helping Senate candidates now so they can help her if she wins the White House

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — Hillary Clinton wanted to share her birthday with a special someone this week in Florida. “One of the best gifts you can give yourselves would be sending Patrick Murphy to the United States Senate!” she told a crowd of supporters here in a college gymnasium. While Clinton has taken care to

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Supreme Court to consider constitutionality of social networking ban for sex offenders

The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it’ll review a North Carolina state law that prohibits convicted sex offenders from using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Enacted in 2008, the law imposes penalties against individuals on the state’s sex-offender registry caught using “commercial social networking websites” where minors can sign-up as members. Among those

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I broke the news to the Clinton campaign about the new FBI emails probe: Here’s what happened next

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Arizona was supposed to be the biggest news for Hillary Clinton on Friday. Aboard a flight to Iowa, top campaign officials told reporters she would travel to the state in a fourth-quarter gambit to turn it from red to blue. It was the kind of move that could reshape the electoral map, but

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