A woman viciously attacked a pair of Jewish girls in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood on Thursday. According to the New York Daily News, Shannon Polak asked the girls where they were going, and attacked them after the girls told her that they were heading to a Jewish event. Police say Polack pulled their hair, pushed […]
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USAEdwin Black’s latest 5–part investigative series, Hillel at the Crossroads, is based on more than 100 interviews in 4 countries, and the acquisition of many documents and internal emails. This is Part 5. Click on a part number to read a previous installment in this series: I, II, III, IV Feud resolution or escalation? By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Edwin Black, USABeauty brand Dove has been forced to apologize after releasing an ad that shows a black woman turning into a white woman in a move that has been deemed racist by consumers. Dove, which is owned by Unilever, pulled its ad—showing a woman turn from black to white after using Dove products—from Facebook following the
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Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON — A senior Republican senator publicly expressed on Sunday what party leaders mostly have whispered, calling the White House “an adult day care center” in a caustic reply to President Donald Trump’s weekend of tweets and off-the-cuff comments attacking the senator and a range of other targets. The extraordinary Twitter exchange between the president
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USASen. Dianne Feinstein, who authored the 1990s ban on assault weapons, said over the weekend that Congress must pass a law banning the so-called bump stock devices used in last week’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival. Speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” program, Ms. Feinstein, California Democrat who remains one of the
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USAThe United States and Turkey on Sunday scaled back visa issuing services in each other’s countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul. The American embassy in Ankara said that “recent events” forced the US government to reassess Turkey’s “commitment” to the security
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Middle East, USAFormer San Francisco 49ers star Colin Kaepernick has hit out at a report he would stand for the national anthem if he was offered a spot on an NFL team, deeming it a lie. Kaepernick, who refused to stand during the national anthem to protest police brutality towards African Americans, was previously a quarterback for
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Sports & Competitions, USAVice President Mike Pence walked out of Sunday’s NFL game in Indianapolis after 23 San Francisco 49ers players took a knee during the national anthem. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Pence said in a tweet that, “I left today’s Colts game because President Trump and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag,
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Sports & Competitions, USAUS Ambassador to Israel David Friedman took part Sunday in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the new dormitory of the Yeshivat Hesder Sderot in southern Israel, along with MK Bezalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) and Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi. During the ceremony, Smotrich addressed President Donald Trump”s recent remarks regarding the proposed relocation of the US
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Middle East, USAThe Fatah Revolutionary Council, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, met at the Palestinian Authority presidential headquarters in Ramallah to discuss the latest developments in the efforts to achieve reconciliation with the Hamas terrorist organization. According to the official PA news agency Wafa, Fatah leader and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said at the meeting that Jerusalem
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Middle East, USAThe former special counsel involved in investigating Watergate has said he believes there will be indictments over the probe into Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election. Speaking about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Ken Starr told CNN’s Smerconish on Saturday that he would expect there to be indictments in the case, suggesting Trump’s
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International, USAA note discovered in the hotel room of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock featured hand-written calculations on where he needed to aim to increase his accuracy and number of kills, US network CBS reported Saturday. The piece of paper was found by police officers who stormed Paddock’s room after he launched his attack from the
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USALOS ANGELES — Harvey Weinstein continued to lose key support over the weekend from people within his close circle of associates and in the larger media industry as the disgraced film executive moved to contain the fallout from his sexual harassment scandal. Two important members of his crisis team quit Saturday, including Los Angeles attorney
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON �� With Republicans having failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday that he has again asked Democrats to make a deal. They remain wary, at best. “I called Chuck Schumer yesterday to see if the Dems want to do a great HealthCare Bill,” Trump said Saturday in a Twitter
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