Religious, civic leaders gather to condemn vandalism Swastikas spray-painted onto the Union home of Democratic congressional candidate Peter Jacob. Photo by Johanna Ginsberg The swastikas drawn on the pavement in front of Jacob’s home, in a photo taken by neighbor Kathy Dematos. Photo courtesy Kathy Dematos Peter Jacob addresses an Oct. 11 press conference at […]
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USAA Colorado high school student killed himself “to show his allegiance to the Nazi party and the killing of the Jewish people,” according to media reports. He was the leader of a student-based Nazi-themed Facebook group that advocated the murder of Jews and African Americans, according to Boulder Police. At least 15 students, all from
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USAFor the first time in its 20-year history, Latina magazine has endorsed a political candidate, reports The Huffington Post. The magazine announced Friday, October 14, that it is officially endorsing Hillary Clinton and taking a stand against the candidacy of Donald Trump. The magazine further explained its stance in a statement on the website. “After
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USATwin baby boys conjoined at the head were successfully separated Friday following a 16 hour surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. The 13-month-old brothers, Jadon and Anias McDonald, now have a chance at a more independent future. Jadon was the first to exit the operating room after more than 16 hours of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USATo understand how Donald Trump’s comments and alleged mistreatment of women are stoking the anxiety of other Republicans, look no further than the private appeal sent Wednesday to a billionaire from a super PAC backing Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey. Without a last-minute infusion of money, Republicans could lose the Senate, the Prosperity for Pennsylvania PAC
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USABy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — At 10 o’clock in the morning on April 16, 2007 sirens sounded all over Israel and the country came to a standstill, people stopped what they were doing, pulled over in their cars and stood in remembrance. It was Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day to remember
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted on 13th October against the very principles that it was created. UNESCO was founded in 1945 after World War Two to establish humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity. It says it strives to build networks among nations to enable this
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USAWhen Noah Leavitt and Helen Kim first met and started dating in graduate school in 1997, they didn’t know many other couples that looked like them. Fast forward a decade, and the Jewish-American Leavitt and the Korean-American Kim, by then married and soon to become parents to the first of their two children, started to
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International, USALas Vegas (dpa) – If Bob Dylan was impressed by his recent Nobel literature prize win, he certainly did not let it show onstage in Las Vegas on Thursday. The 75-year-old rock legend took the stage for a previously planned show at the Cosmopolitan casino’s Chelsea music hall with not a word to the crowd
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAThis story was co-published with The New York Times’ Sunday Review. Few things are more awesome than listening to kids playing on the playground. There’s magic in that mix of laughter and exhausted breaths — giggle, pant, giggle. Just the other Saturday at Maplewood’s Memorial Park, I was watching my 5-year-old playing with his friends
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USALOS ANGELES — Wells Fargo & Co. said Friday its third-quarter profit slipped 3 percent from a year earlier as the banking giant began trying to recover from a scandal surrounding its sales practices. The bank’s net income in the three months ending Sept. 30 fell to $5.6 billion, or $1.03 a share, from $5.8
Conversation that took place this week between pretty much every straight couple in America: Wife: So, do men really talk like that? Husband: (Warily) Like what? W: You know — locker room talk. H: (A little indignant) Well, they don’t talk like that. W: (With avid curiosity) What, then? What do they say? H: (Like
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USACHIANG MAI, Thailand — Thailand awoke Friday to grief and uncertainty as it began a one-year official mourning period after the death of the country’s beloved monarch of 70 years. The highly revered king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, died Thursday at age 88 after years of illness and was considered a rare unifying figure in the country’s
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USAGOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence on Friday said there will be evidence coming “before the day is out” that calls into question allegations from a number of women in recent days that Donald Trump inappropriately touched or groped them years ago. “He’s categorically denied these latest unsubstantiated allegations,” Mr. Pence said on “CBS This
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