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While vacationing in Mexico, American spring breakers chanted “build that wall”

A Mexican newspaper blasted a group of young Americans visiting Cancun on spring break after witnesses said they broke into chants of “Build that wall” earlier this month and refused to stop, despite complaints. In an editorial published Friday, The Yucatan Times said the incident was not isolated but was part of a growing number

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International, Travel and Food, USA

Archaeologists uncork 100-year-old liquor stash left by British troops

Aside from bottles of gin and whiskey knocked back by World War I soldiers, excavation near Ramle also turns up silver tip of swagger stick, medallion with face of Egypt’s King Fuad By Ilan Ben Zion After battling their way up through Ottoman Palestine 100 years ago, British soldiers garrisoned in Ramle took a break

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Middle East, Travel and Food

Azerbaijan Praised as ‘Beacon of Religious Tolerance’ Following Visit by Children From Atlanta Jewish Academy

ATLANTA, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Azerbaijan was hailed as a ‘beacon of religious tolerance’ following a visit by a group of children from the Atlanta Jewish Academy to the Muslim majority country, which is wedged between Russia and Iran. 17-year-old Devorah Chasen said she felt welcomed and safe in Azerbaijan, stressing the country’s open

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Child Knows Autistic Parenting Skills Best – Read the Sweet Note She Wrote For Mom

Erin Lynn is the mother of a 3-year-old boy with nonverbal autism named Kyler – and even though she’s his mother, she is apparently not the only one looking after the young child. He also has a friend and guardian in an 11-year-old girl named Giulia. 34-year-old Erin was picking her son up from daycare

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Travel and Food

Queen Mary needs urgent repairs to prevent flooding, hull collapse, study says

LOS ANGELES — The Queen Mary tourist attraction, moored in Long Beach’s harbor, is in such bad shape that its hull could collapse and flood if repairs costing as much as $289 million are not completed in the next few years. That is one of the conclusions of a marine survey, conducted by naval architects

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Trump’s pick for deputy transportation secretary did legal work for airline lobbyists

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy transportation secretary once represented a major airline lobby, a group that is now pushing the Trump administration to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system. Last week, Trump nominated Jeffrey Rosen, a Washington lawyer and former George W. Bush administration official, to run the day-to-day operations of

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