USA

UC Berkeley reinstates controversial course on history of Palestine

The University of California, Berkeley has reinstated a course on the history of Palestine, just days after suspending it amid criticism that it fostered anti-Semitism and indoctrinated students against Israel. The university’s ethnic studies department has revised the original course description and syllabus, which aimed to examine Palestine through the “lens of settler colonialism,” according […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump on GOP dissenters: ‘I don’t even really care about their support’

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump still doesn’t have John Kasich’s support. And he says he doesn’t care. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” Monday, Trump again found himself discussing the long-since resolved primary battle for the GOP nomination, even as only 50 days remain until the general election. The Ohio governor has been defending what he calls

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USA

Donald Trump Urged to Disclose Foreign Deals

A Newsweek article about Donald Trump’s foreign business entanglements has prompted 55 former U.S. government and national security officials to publish an open letter calling for transparency regarding the Trump Organization’s dealings. “Donald Trump still has not revealed to the American public his international business relationships, even as it becomes increasingly clear that his overseas

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International, USA

Jimmy Kimmel and the Emmys tout – and pat themselves on the back – for their diversity

Though the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday celebrated television’s best moments, the ceremony gave near equal time to celebrating its own newfound diversity — and joking about the Oscars’ lack of it. “This year’s nominees are the most diverse ever,” host Jimmy Kimmel said in his opening monologue of a field that included 18

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Trump win could lead Obama to back 2-state move at UN, ex-diplomat predicts

PALO ALTO, California — A looming Donald Trump presidency would make it more likely for lame-duck US President Barack Obama to support a United Nations Security Council resolution laying down the basic parameters for the creation of Palestinian state, a former top US official said Sunday. “I suspect that if Trump wins, the president would

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Middle East, USA

Donald Trump: ‘We’re going to have to be very tough’

Donald Trump on Monday lamented political correctness in the wake of the explosion over the weekend in New York City, saying police are hamstrung because they don’t want to be accused of profiling and criticizing magazines that he said are providing how-to guides for building explosive devices. “It’s a mess and it’s a shame, and

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International, USA

In interview, Biden outlines a lifelong role in cancer research, but not in a Clinton White House

HOUSTON – Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to dedicate his career after politics to cancer research – and to do so for “as long as I’m alive” – but ruled out serving in Hillary Clinton’s administration should she win the White House this fall. In a wide-ranging interview with STAT, Biden said he

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Hunted for Holding Hands

Shortly before the three-month mark had passed since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Brad Lamm wrote a first-person account of his experiences since appearing on Newsweek’s landmark cover, “Gays Under Fire.” The 1992 cover story was accompanied by a poll that revealed limited public

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USA

HBO, FX reign over Emmys with ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’

LOS ANGELES — Thanks to O.J. Simpson, the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards partied like it was 1995. “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” the FX limited series that dramatized the sensational murder case and trial that divided a nation more than two decades ago, became the most celebrated program of the year at

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA