Caroline Biden, a niece of former vice president Joe Biden, who was accused of stealing $110, 000 from a borrowed credit card, avoided jail Friday after she took a plea deal at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, reports said. She was arrested May 5 after a criminal complaint was filed against her […]
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USADay after announcement Gaza tunnel was uncovered beneath school, PM reveals he told US envoy Nikki Haley the time may have come to close UNRWA By Raphael Ahren Palestinians receive aid at a United Nations distribution center (UNRWA) in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on July 31, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
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International, Middle East, USAANALYSIS/OPINION: His voice remains smooth like silk, and as flawlessly on-pitch as he was a half-century ago when the world of rock was yet young. Neil Diamond, now 76, brought his hits, his verve and his unconquerable joy to Baltimore’s Royal Farms Arena Friday night, where the New Yorker took the thousands gathered – from
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USASen. Lindsey Graham told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that he wants to hear from former Attorney General Loretta Lynch following ousted FBI director James Comey’s testimony last week that she requested he call the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email a “matter.” “I want to hear from Loretta Lynch,” said Mr. Graham, South Carolina
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USASen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) doubled down Friday his accusation of perjury against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, re-asserting that the Alabama Republican and the nation’s top lawyer lied to Congress during his confirmation hearing earlier this year. The former Saturday Night Live writer was asked by NBC’s Meet The Press Daily host Chuck Todd if he
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USAUS forces are providing the Philippines with technical assistance to end a siege of the southern town of Marawi by militants allied to the Islamic State (IS) group, more than two weeks into fierce fighting. Both Philippine military officials and US diplomats on Saturday insisted the American troops were not engaged in combat operations in
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International, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for a post as a powerful banking regulator has misrepresented a college degree on his resume, according to a spokeswoman for Dartmouth College. Joseph Otting, the former chief executive of Pasadena’s OneWest Bank who Trump nominated on Tuesday to be the next comptroller of the currency, has claimed to
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USAWASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday to answer questions about his dealings with Russian officials. Sessions, who came under criticism for failing to report meetings with the Russian ambassador, wrote a letter Saturday saying he wanted to answer questions raised during former FBI Director
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USAAmid James Comey’s damning testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, calls for President Donald Trump to face impeachment proceedings are surging. In the past 48 hours, two of the leading Trump resistance groups have called for the first time for the impeachment process to start against Trump on charges of obstruction of Justice. Related: Trump
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From Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The Navy will commission the USS Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, the latest littoral combat ship headed for San Diego. The trimaran variant of the the fast, agile class of ships is named for the former Arizona Congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2012 that left her with
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By Micha “Mitch” Danzig SAN DIEGO — Recently it was discovered that Sears, Walmart and Amazon were selling on their respective websites “Free Palestine” shirts with clenched fists and similar hateful anti-Israel rhetoric. In response to concerns expressed by many in the Jewish and pro-Israel community, both Sears and Walmart agreed to stop selling the
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday made an explicit commitment to NATO’s core mutual defense obligation, weeks after he declined to do so at a meeting of alliance members in Brussels. “I am committing the United States to Article 5,” Trump said in response to a question during a Rose Garden news conference with
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International, USABy Sandee Brawarsky J.R.R. Tolkien’s great-grandson Nicholas Tolkien. Separated by three generations, one lived through war to create a magical world of fantasy, and one was blessed to know peace but writes about an unimaginably tragic chapter of history. Playwright and director Nicholas Tolkien, who makes his Off-Broadway debut this month with “ Terezin,” is
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhile the number of Orthodox Jews in the United States is on the rise, non-Orthodox American Jewry is in the midst of a steep demographic decline which, according to a new study, is only growing worse. The Jewish People Policy Institute, a Jerusalem-based think tank founded in 2002, released a new study earlier this week
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