FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —Annika Dean’s decision to fly home early from a trip to Atlanta almost cost the Parkland teacher her life. A stranger helped her survive. As shots rang out at Fort Lauderdale airport, he shielded her. “He basically climbed on top of me and whispered, ‘I will protect you,’” Dean said. “I knew […]
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USAThe first major awards show of the year is upon us and, as expected, celebrities are being rewarded for their hard work with gilded statuettes. So far Billy Bob Thornton, Viola Davis, Ryan Gosling and more have brought home Golden Globes, as have Atlanta, La La Land and The People v. O.J. Simpson. Here’s the
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACivil rights icon Roy Innis, who for over 50 years in public life confounded stereotypes and the conventional wisdom of politics, died Sunday morning in New York City after a long illness. He was 82. “Roy got up every day and followed his conscience on what he thought was right, and if that led him
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Obituaries & memorials, USALOS ANGELES — The new movie “Hidden Figures” tells the uplifting true story of a trio of women who defied expectations as they helped the U.S. space program. Now the tale is also beating the odds at the box office. The Oscar hopeful surpassed industry projections in its wide-release debut over the weekend, collecting $21.8
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAMeryl Streep used almost all of her acceptance speech at Sunday night’s Golden Globes to denounce Donald Trump and sports fans, and to place Hollywood actors among the world’s most persecuted people. Miss Streep was garlanded with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) lifetime achievement award and said that in addition to losing her voice,
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Donald Trump has asked all current American ambassadors to vacate their posts the day of his inauguration. When asked why, he replied, “Who needs ambassadors when I have a Twitter account?” * The shooter who killed 5 people and wounded six others at the Fort Lauderdale airport told the FBI several
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USANat Hentoff Nat Hentoff – beloved civil libertarian, Constitution expert, author, columnist and jazz writer – whose work spanned seven decades – has died. He was 91. Hentoff, a WND weekly columnist since 2008, offered in his writing a compelling but unique mix of Americanism, undying reverence for the Bill of Rights and an uncompromising
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Obituaries & memorials, USAAt Philadelphia convention, Modern Language Association also votes to refrain from future boycott measures By Times of Israel staff Protesters urging a boycott against Israel in Melbourne, file photo (CC-BY SA Takver/Wikimedia Commons) The Modern Language Association, a top American academic group, on Saturday voted down a proposal to boycott Israeli academia. The measure, which
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident Obama on Sunday said it is “very clear” that Russia tried to interfere in the U.S. election and that he might have underestimated Vladimir Putin’s intent to use cyberspace to exert his influence on the world stage. The U.S. intelligence community concluded that Mr. Putin wanted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to lose
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International, USAAlec Baldwin didn’t have time to tease Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” this week, but that didn’t stop him from trolling the president-elect anyway. On Friday, Baldwin mocked Trump on Instagram with one savage selfie. Baldwin shared a photo of himself wearing a Trump-esque hat that reportedly reads “Make America Great Again” in Russian,
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFederal workers nationwide are bracing for reductions in head counts, civil service protections and salaries when President-elect Donald Trump and Congress turn their attention to government spending later this year. Trump, who ran on a promise to “drain the swamp,” has identified hiring freezes at most federal agencies as a top priority for his early
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USASenior Senate Republicans say Russia used cyberattacks to undermine American democracy, yet incoming White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday argued that there is plenty of blame to go around for any meddling and its results – starting with Democrats, their lack of a winning message and weak cyberdefenses. “We didn’t need WikiLeaks,” she told
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International, USAArutz Sheva met Judge Ruchie Freier at Bagels n’ Greens in New York for an exclusive interview, and asked her to detail her journey to the Civil Court. “This didn’t happen overnight. It started out with my dream, I wanted to be a lawyer. But I didn’t think it was possible,” Freier said. “So in
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USASen. Lindsey Graham implored President-elect Donald Trump Sunday to change his tune and punish Russians accused of interfering in the U.S. election, reasoning that the real estate mogul is hesitant to delve into what happened because it would undermine his legitimacy on the cusp of his inauguration. Mr. Graham said there is no doubt that