By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department cannot prevent an interned undocumented teen from having an abortion. Mike Pence has asked President Trump to issue an executive decree calling for the deportation of undocumented fetuses. * Melania Trump visited a school in Michigan to denounce cyber bullying. When The President […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAU.S. President Donald Trump is meeting Tuesday with the majority Republicans in the Senate, hoping to advance his plans to cut taxes for corporations and the middle class, even as he traded taunts with a key lawmaker, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee. Trump is having lunch with the lawmakers, including Corker, on Capitol Hill amid
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USAPHILADELPHIA — Former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday, the maximum punishment he faced after pleading guilty earlier this year in a federal corruption case. Held in custody since his surprise decision in June to abruptly end his trial and admit his crimes, the city’s former top prosecutor
By Judah Ari Gross The Friends of the IDF organization raised more than $35 million as part of a gala event in New York on Monday night, which it has pledged to causes supporting Israeli soldiers, the group said. Over 1,200 people attended the event at the Hilton Midtown hotel. Former Israeli Air Force commander
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Middle East, USAOver bitter protests from the pharmaceutical industry, California this month enacted a law that requires drug makers to explain and justify prices for some medicines. Predictably, those who backed the effort are hailing the move as a significant victory, because they hope this will become the first step toward reining in drug prices. To be
Roy Moore was twice ousted from the Alabama Supreme Court for flouting the U.S. Constitution. Now he’s on a path to become the state’s next U.S. senator. Scott Wagner accosted a videographer recording him as he campaigned for Pennsylvania governor. He’s since won the endorsement of Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s political alter ego, and
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USARisks are growing while environmental protections are disappearing. Wildfire Pixabay The deadly wildfires ripping through Northern California are just the latest in a season of record-defying natural disasters in the United States. As the death toll passes 40, reports of Californians hiding in pools as their houses burn and scenes of devastated homes and vineyards
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The World We Share, USASAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — If it weren’t for the tangled clump of power lines on a nearby corner and the partially unhinged stop sign down the street, Tuesday might have seemed like the first day of a normal school year at Julio Selles Sola School in San Juan’s Rio Piedras neighborhood. Hundreds of students
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s longtime business lawyer Michael Cohen may be best known for his aggressive campaign television defenses of the real estate mogul, his role in an abortive effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and allegations that he attended a meeting last summer with Russians in Europe. But while serving as a top executive
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USAA North Korean electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could possibly eliminate 90 percent of U.S. population, according to a new report. Peter Vincent Pry, a nuclear strategist formerly with the CIA, told Forbes Monday an EMP attack would be detrimental to the U.S. by targeting electrical grids. “The U.S. can sustain a population of 320 million
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International, USAAmericans are growing ill and bacteria outbreaks are spiking in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico as people use dirty water — sometimes contaminated by urine and hazardous waste — for drinking and bathing. One month after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, about 25 percent of its 3.4 million citizens lack clean water and 80 percent still live
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USAFrom the Office of Christopher Porrino, NJ Attorney General TRENTON – Likening the conduct of Mahwah township officials to 1950s-era “white flight” suburbanites who sought to keep African-Americans from moving into their neighborhoods, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that the State has filed a Superior Court complaint against the Mahwah Township Council and
[twittervideo:2034193] An American filmmaker is under fire for comments she made in a television interview regarding the role Jewish tradition played in the Holocaust. Heidi Ewing, a documentary director best known for the Academy Award-nominated Jesus Camp and Freakonomics, was interviewed by Charlie Rose last Thursday, discussing among other, things her latest film, One of
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Jordan Hoffman NEW YORK — A visit to the Center for Jewish History in New York City is not unlike a visit to Israel herself. The elaborate building is comprised of a number of different cohabiting subgroups, each with their own agenda for the night, allowing for no shortage of last-minute confusion. There are
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