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Body camera didn’t record Chicago cop’s fatal shooting of teen in back

CHICAGO — The body camera of a Chicago police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager on the South Side last week was not recording when he opened fire, police officials said Monday. Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the department is investigating why the equipment didn’t capture the shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal, who […]

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Humoring the headlines: August 1, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Criticizing President Obama’s characterization of Donald Trump as a “homegrown demagogue,” Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Mike Pence indignantly asserted, “I don’t think name calling has any place in public life.”  Either Pence doesn’t consider Trump’s epithets for rivals like crazy Bernie, crooked Hillary, lyin’ Ted, little Marco, low-energy Jeb, 1 for

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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

2016 Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio

There are athletes, and then there are Olympic athletes. And then there are Jewish Olympic athletes. When the 2016 Summer Olympics open Friday, we’ll of course be cheering the American athletes — all 555 of them — and we’ll be rooting for Israel, too, which this year is sending its largest ever cohort to Rio.

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

PA insists on timeframe for any peace talks with Israel

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that any reboot of peace talks with Israel should happen within a clear timeframe and under international supervision. Abbas made the comments after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris, reported the AFP news agency. Abbas also held talks with French Foreign

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International, Middle East, USA

It’s billionaire vs. billionaire as Mark Cuban targets Donald Trump for Hillary Clinton

PITTSBURGH — Mark Cuban, the flashy billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, made a surprise stop here in his hometown to support Hillary Clinton and mock Donald Trump. “Leadership is not yelling and screaming and intimidating,” Cuban said. “You know what we call a person like that in Pittsburgh? A jagoff,” using some

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USA

Netanyahu: Israel will remain neutral in U.S. election

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would remain neutral in the U.S. presidential election campaign and avoid any intervention on behalf of any candidate. The remarks were made in a press conference with diplomatic correspondents and quoted by Haaretz. Netanyahu told the reporters that although he is attending the United Nations General

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Middle East, USA

Clinton: Trump ‘scapegoating’ parents of Muslim soldier

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday accused her Republican rival Donald Trump of scapegoating the parents of a Muslim soldier killed in Iraq, after Trump took issue with remarks the soldier’s father made at the Democratic National Convention, Reuters reports. Trump, in an ABC interview that aired on Sunday, questioned why Ghazala Khan,

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USA

Benghazi, Emails, Foundation: Clinton Talks Controversy

Hillary Clinton addressed the controversies that continue to shadow her run for president on Sunday in her first sitdown interview since formally becoming the Democratic nominee at last week’s Democratic National Convention. Benghazi, her use of a private email server, Clinton Foundation donations and Americans’ faith in her honesty were discussed with host Chris Wallace

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Donald Trump says Bernie Sanders showed ‘buyers remorse’ after endorsing Hillary Clinton

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday that his Democratic rival is the one with a party unity problem. He pointed to the raucous resistance to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by supporters of far-left candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders, who endorsed Mrs. Clinton at the party convention last week. “If you look

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Hillary Clinton contradicts FBI, says no classified info in emails

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton still insisted Sunday that she never sent classified material on her private account when she was secretary of state, contradicting claims by FBI Director James B. Comey. “I was communicating with over 300 people in my emails. They certainly did not believe and had no reason to believe what they

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USA

‘Black Lives Matter’ movement arrives in Israel

A delegation from the radical “Black Lives Matter” movement arrived in Israel last week to promote what the group called “the fight for dignity, justice and freedom”. Founded with the aim of raising awareness about fatalities among African Americans resulting from encounters with law enforcement officers, the Black Lives Matter movement has argued that American

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Middle East, USA