North Korea has once again test fired a ballistic missile, this time via a submarine, South Korea’s military said on Wednesday morning (local time), according to the Reuters news agency. North Korea test-fired the missile at around 5:30 a.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET) near the coastal city of Sinpo, where satellite imagery shows a […]
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International, USAThe controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account and private server during her State Department tenure will likely continue through Election Day, making it well over two years since the entire episode was prompted by how the former secretary of state handled the 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya. Clinton has been grilled
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USAAUSTIN, Texas — Greeted by die-hard supporters and vocal protesters, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump swept into Austin on Tuesday for three rapid-fire events meant to raise money and steer the campaign’s focus toward securing the U.S. border with Mexico. Lines began forming hours before Trump’s plane landed in Austin around 2:30 p.m. — direct
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USAAround 30 people from the New York area attended the funeral of a woman they never met, after a rabbi’s daughter posted of her plight on Facebook. Francis Stein, 83, was buried on Wednesdsay in the Jewish cemetery in the town of Bluwalt, in Rockland County. Ora Weinbach, a high school teacher in New Jersey,
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Jewish Religion, USASan Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USATexas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, has made a three-day visit to Israel, his first overseas trip since taking elected office last year, The Associated Press reported Monday. According to the report, Bush met last week with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. His spokesman, J.R. Hernandez, told the
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Middle East, USACHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 23, 2016 – If Hillary Clinton is elected president in November, Huma Abedin is a name long remembered. If Clinton loses, it’s a name that will be forever washed away by the tsunami of history much like those of Dan Quayle and Michael Dukakis. Abedin is Clinton’s longest serving aide. Clinton once
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International, USAPresidential candidates facing defeat often try to change their image. Vice President Hubert Humphrey broke with President Lyndon Johnson and called for halting U.S. bombing in Vietnam. Moderate centrist Al Gore sought to turn himself into a raging populist. President George H.W. Bush took to hurling verbal epithets at his rivals. And Bob Dole started
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USASorin Grama had a great idea. Like, a really terrific idea. It was so good, MIT awarded him one of its most prestigious entrepreneurship prizes: second place in the university’s annual 100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Grama’s team built a machine using old car parts that can heat water without electricity. Think of the possibilities in rural
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAIn a major decision that opens the door for graduate students across the country to unionize, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that grad students who work as teaching and research assistants are employees covered by federal labor laws. The 3-1 decision — which stems from a petition filed by a group of graduate
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON — Joining a host of lawmakers calling for an accounting, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether a drug company violated antitrust laws by steeply increasing the price of a product that treats people suffering from severe allergic reactions. After hearing from constituents, Klobuchar, whose daughter
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThis is the first major election year since the December 2014 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre—in which 20 first-graders and six educators were fatally shot—and while the subject of gun control has been widely discussed, little action has been taken at the federal level: After the June massacre at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida—the deadliest
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USAStanford University has banned hard alcohol from undergraduate parties and shots from graduate-student parties in an effort to limit the availability of distilled liquor as well as the violence, vandalism and other consequences that may come from binge drinking, schools officials announced this week. “The University does not tolerate reckless drinking — lawful or unlawful
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday that Donald Trump is right to call for a special prosecutor to investigate the Clinton Foundation, and said the foundation’s recent moves to possibly wind down contributions show Hillary Clinton’s conscience only kicks in when people start asking questions. “Donald Trump is right to call for a
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