President Donald Trump just can’t seem to catch a break—or a handshake, for that matter. The commander in chief was attending a ceremony with first lady Melania Trump in Poland Thursday afternoon, accompanied by President Andrzej Duda and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda. Like any other political soiree, the time came for a beautiful photo op […]
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International, USAMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton recommended Thursday that a new $12 million law enforcement training fund be named for Philando Castile, the man shot and killed one year ago by a St. Anthony police officer. Speaking at the Capitol as Castile’s family flanked him, Dayton called Castile’s death “one of the most traumatic” events
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USASEATTLE — Microsoft on Thursday started the process of laying off thousands of employees, cuts that fall largely on the technology giant’s sales force. The layoffs, anticipated widely since word of the plans leaked last week, come as Microsoft reconfigures its massive sales organization to focus on its cloud-computing products and sales to specific industries.
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USAWARSAW — President Donald Trump’s speech in Warsaw cast the fight against terrorism as a clash of civilizations, adopting a framework that his two predecessors had determinedly avoided and linking it to his controversial policies on immigration. The speech on Thursday centered on extended praise for what Trump described as the unique virtues of Western
A rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck western Montana, briefly plunging a town into darkness and powerful enough to knock down shelves and break glass, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was the largest earthquake in western Montana in nearly 60 years, according to the USGS. “It’s not impossible, but it is a very rare
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USAMEXICO CITY — Authorities said at least 26 people were killed Wednesday in northern Mexico during a predawn gun battle between warring crime gangs, part of an escalation of deadly violence across the country. In an interview with Milenio television, Chihuahua state prosecutor’s spokesman Felix Gonzalez said the confrontation between armed groups broke out in
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International, USAOfficials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland have criticized a Louisiana congressman who narrated a section of a video from inside one of the concentration camp’s gas chambers. Representative Clay Higgins posted the video Saturday. In it he pays tribute to those murdered in the camp, and says “Man’s inhumanity to man can
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International, Jewish History, USAWASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump attempts to bolster Eastern European nations against Russian belligerence while meeting in Europe this week, he is getting added support from his top diplomat. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will accompany Trump on Friday and Saturday in Hamburg, Germany, for a summit of the Group of 20 developed countries,
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International, USAKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Could a grainy, black-and-white photo, long buried in the National Archives, offer new evidence to solve the Amelia Earhart mystery? The famous Kansas-born aviatrix disappeared on July 2, 1937, while attempting to fly around the world. The most widely held theory is that she crashed into the Pacific Ocean. But now
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International, USANew Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a pretty brutal Fourth of July in terms of public relations. New Jersey hadn’t made its budget deadline, and as a result, a few of the beaches in the Garden State were shut down. When Christie was photographed on one of the same beaches that had closed, the criticism
CHICAGO — Chicago saw one of its most violent Fourth of July weekends in recent years: At least 101 people were shot between Friday afternoon and early Wednesday, nearly half of them over 12 hours as the long holiday drew to a close. Fourteen of the wounded died. The last time the Fourth holiday spanned
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USADonald Trump didn’t exactly earn a unanimously warm welcome during his first trip to Europe as president in May. To ensure that his second visit this week starts off on a far more positive note, considerable measures are being taken, including those borrowed straight from the Communist Party playbook. Related: Trump Warns Of Ending Global
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman and Malcolm Hoenlien, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) issued the following statement: “We are appalled by widespread media reports that President Abbas and other officials of the Palestinian Authority have recently made statements in Palestinian social and other
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Middle East, USAOklahoma woman who answered ad for acting gig says suspect called herself a Mossad agent, had detailed plans to kill ‘IS operative’ in Tel Aviv By Times of Israel staff Danielle Layman (right) (courtesy) An Israeli expat living in Oklahoma is accused of attempting to arrange a contract killing of her ex-husband through Craigslist. The
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