Muslims in a small town in New York are protesting a new Sept. 11, 2001, memorial because it includes the words “Islamic terrorists.” The Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier said the phrase might encourage hate crimes toward Muslims at a time when reports of Islamophobia have spread across the nation. The memorial in Owego […]
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International, USARussian President Vladimir Putin is “a leader far more” than Barack Obama, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday as he continued to assault the Democratic party and heap praise on the former KGB agent. The Republican candidate took questions about his credentials to serve as commander-in-chief in a 30-minute forum hosted on the U.S.
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International, USASouth Korea, the United States and Japan are in talks to hold a trilateral meeting of their top diplomats on the sidelines of a United Nations plenary session scheduled for later this month in New York, official sources said Thursday. The trilateral meeting, if held, will bring together South Korean Foreign Ministry Yun Byung-se, U.S.
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International, USAVIENTIANE, Laos — President Barack Obama called Thursday for closer scrutiny of Republican nominee Donald Trump during the final weeks of the presidential campaign, advising voters to reject his “outright wacky ideas.” At a news conference to end his final trip to Asia while in office, Obama warned that governing is complex, particularly diplomacy, and
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International, USANASHVILLE, Tennessee (Press Release)–From piggy banks to that first savings account, many children are taught the value of saving from an early age. But as they grow to adolescence, following parental advice sometimes gives way to peer or media influences, and those once-thrifty children are now teenagers in a consumer-driven world where spending, not saving,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congresswoman Susan A. Davis (D-San Diego) moved to honor fallen San Diego Police Officer Jonathan “J.D.” De Guzman by introducing legislation to name a local post office after Officer De Guzman. “Officer De Guzman is no longer with us but we can ensure that his name lives on,” said Davis. “He
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San Diego County, USAWASHINGTON — Anti-Israel activism on college campuses in the US is shifting away from efforts to push for a boycott of the Jewish state to more dramatic displays of anti-Israel sentiment, such as disruption of events, a report released Tuesday shows. However, the annual report by the Israel on Campus Coalition, reviewing the 2015-16 academic
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USALOS ANGELES—The mission, from the day “Star Trek” premiered on America’s televisions on Sept. 8, 1966, was ambitious: “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Where did Gene Roddenberry’s TV series go to find that world? Often as not, it
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USAThe following editorial is from the Dallas Morning News. ——— There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton. We don’t come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation’s highest office since before World War II — if you’re counting, that’s
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USAWashington (dpa) – The US presidential candidates traded personal attacks on Tuesday as they provided more access to reporters trying to keep up with the quickening pace of the campaign. Republican Donald Trump, in another provocative comment about a woman’s appearance, said Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton lacks “a presidential look,” while she criticized him for
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USAIn years past, Labor Day marked the start of the general election campaign. But studies show voters tend to make up their minds earlier, prompting political analysts to consider whether underlying factors mean the 2016 race is already as good as over. Veteran analyst Stu Rothenberg says it is. “Given the current numbers, the major
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USAMEXICO CITY—As a handsome young politician named Enrique Pena Nieto ascended at lightning speed from state legislator to president of Mexico, Luis Videgaray was never far from his side. An MIT-trained economist and one-time investment banker, Videgaray was Pena Nieto’s presidential campaign manager, secretary of finance and closest confidant. With his soft voice and glasses,
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International, USAThe Coast Guard is searching for a woman who fell overboard during a cruise to the Bahamas. Rina Patel, 32, from Interlaken, N.Y., was wearing a white and pink dress when she fell into the sea at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday from the 11th deck of the Carnival Ecstasy. The ship was 27 miles southwest of
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Travel and Food, USAORLANDO, Fla. — Bill Clinton criticized Donald Trump over his donation to Pam Bondi, praised the University of Central Florida’s scientific investments and held up Orlando as an example of how America should embrace the LGBT and Muslim communities during an Orlando campaign rally Wednesday for Hillary Clinton. Before a crowd of about 400 in
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