USA

Warner Bros. suspends ‘Supergirl,’ ‘Arrow’ producer after sexual harassment allegations

LOS ANGELES—Warner Bros. confirmed it has suspended Andrew Kreisberg, an executive producer on The CW’s “Arrow,” “Supergirl,” “The Flash” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” after opening an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. The allegations by 19 unnamed sources, including 15 women and four men, appeared Friday in Variety and detailed a pattern of misconduct […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Trump lashes out at ‘haters and fools’ over criticism of his meeting with Putin

DA NANG, Vietnam—President Donald Trump lashed out at critics of his meeting Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which Trump again declined to press concerns about Russian interference in the election last year. In a pair of tweets sent Saturday evening, Trump wrote that Russia “can greatly help” U.S. efforts to deal with a

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International, USA

APEC summit: ‘TPP’ free trade push continues despite Trump withdrawal

The Trump-Putin factor has focussed much attention, with all eyes on handshakes and words exchanged between the US and Russian leaders. But other headlines are being made at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam. On the sidelines there has been an annoucement of progress by countries in pursuing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

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International, USA

Trump, Putin agree ‘no military solution’ in Syria: Kremlin

The United States and Russia issued a presidential joint statement saying there was “no military solution” to the war in Syria, the Kremlin said Saturday, after their leaders met briefly on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam. There had been mixed messages for days from both Moscow and the White House on whether

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International, USA

Ex-Trump aide Flynn rejects ‘kidnap cleric plot’ reports

The lawyer for former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has branded as “outrageous” and “false” media reports suggesting that his client may have been involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars. Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania,

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International, USA

Trump says Putin ‘means it’ when he says he didn’t meddle in U.S. election

DA NANG, Vietnam — With new details emerging about contacts between Russian officials and advisers to President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Trump again declined to press concerns about Russian interference in the election last year with Russian President Vladimir Putin while the two leaders met in Vietnam Saturday. “Every time he sees me, he

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International, USA

N. Korea Slams Trump for Trying to Halt Its Nuclear, Missile Programs

North Korea denounced U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday for trying to halt the North’s nuclear and missile programs. The North Korean Foreign Ministry issued its first official statement on Trump’s trip to Asia, saying it “is a warmonger’s trip for confrontation with our country, trying to remove our self-defensive nuclear deterrent.” Pyongyang also accused

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International, USA

To honor WWII vet, seafaring Torah scroll to sail on new US Navy supercarrier

By Rich Tenorio As Americans give thanks to their military veterans, a unique Torah scroll aboard the US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier will honor one veteran in particular — and it’s the centerpiece in remembering 100 years of outreach efforts to Jewish servicemembers. On November 29, in Norfolk, Virginia, the JCC Association of North America

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Jewish History, USA

The man charged with attacking Senator Rand Paul makes a surprising plea

AP_17173716123848 (2) (1) The man charged with attacking Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault on Thursday. Rene Boucher, Paul’s 59 year-old neighbor, allegedly attacked Paul on Friday while the senator was riding his lawnmower. Paul broke six ribs and also suffered from cuts to his mouth and face, along with bruised

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USA

US Immigration Enforcement Agency Seeks to Double in Size by 2023

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering a hiring surge that would more than double the agency’s size in the coming six years to nearly 46,000 employees, surpassing previously published estimates, according to a government contracting-related document released this week. In a “Request for Information” Wednesday seeking input from the private sector about staffing services

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USA

US looking to agreements with Russia over Syria

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is nearing agreement with Russia on establishing additional cease-fire zones in Syria, a key step to finally resolving that country’s brutal civil war. Some officials had suggested agreement could be announced in a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of Friday’s Asia summit in

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Middle East, USA