WASHINGTON — The North Carolina couple won’t even watch the news in the same room anymore. He is voting for Donald Trump to cancel out her vote for Hillary Clinton. The tension has brought their marriage to its lowest point, she said. “I really, genuinely think the marriage is the worst it has ever been,” […]
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USA“Supergirl” is an intriguing coming-of-age film about Naomi Kutin, an Orthodox Jewish girl who broke a world record in the sport of powerlifting. In many ways, Kutin’s story is just like everyone else’s: She’s trying to find her way as she transitions into adolescence. But what makes Kutin extraordinary is her dedication to the sport
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAActress releases line of cheeky clothing featuring a multicultural, multi-species cast of characters By Josefin Dolsten Whoopi Goldberg designed a collection of holiday-themed sweaters for Lord & Taylor. (Twitter) Although she isn’t a Member of the Tribe, Whoopi Goldberg may have been feeling inspired by her Jewish-sounding last name when she designed her holiday sweater
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Travel and Food, USAWelcome back to The Day in Polls. As we approach Election Day, we’ll be keeping you up-to-date on the latest poll numbers and where the candidates stand. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continues to chip away at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead in the polls, although Clinton is still favored nationally by 4 to
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USAWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — When Michelle Obama delivered the most influential speech of the 2016 campaign in an out-of-the-way stop in New Hampshire, she suddenly and somewhat unexpectedly commanded the spotlight with her emotional account of how Donald Trump’s private words about women’s bodies had “shaken me to my core.” Though she spoke this month while
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USAVice President Joseph R. Biden called FBI Director James Comey a “straight guy,” in spite of being a Republican, who will be fair in his renewed investigation of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s emails. “Look, I’ve found him to be a straight guy,” Mr. Biden told CNN’s Michael Smerconish in an interview released Saturday. “He’s a
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USAHillary Clinton hit back Saturday at the latest twist in the FBI email investigation and pumped up her supporters in Daytona Beach, Fla., for the final stretch of the presidential campaign. “It’s not just the fact that my name is on the ballot,” Clinton said at a rally at a community center. “Everything we care
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USALAKE WORTH, Fla. — Hillary Clinton wanted to share her birthday with a special someone this week in Florida. “One of the best gifts you can give yourselves would be sending Patrick Murphy to the United States Senate!” she told a crowd of supporters here in a college gymnasium. While Clinton has taken care to
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it’ll review a North Carolina state law that prohibits convicted sex offenders from using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Enacted in 2008, the law imposes penalties against individuals on the state’s sex-offender registry caught using “commercial social networking websites” where minors can sign-up as members. Among those
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USADAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Arizona was supposed to be the biggest news for Hillary Clinton on Friday. Aboard a flight to Iowa, top campaign officials told reporters she would travel to the state in a fourth-quarter gambit to turn it from red to blue. It was the kind of move that could reshape the electoral map, but
The disclosure by the Federal Bureau of Investigation late on Friday, October 28 that it had discovered potential new evidence in its inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s handling of her personal email when she was Secretary of State has virtually nothing to do with any actions taken by the Democratic nominee, according to government records and
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USAEarlier this month American Jewish journalist Danielle Berrin accused an unnamed Israeli author of sexual assault, saying he had grabbed her by the head and tried to force her towards him. On Thursday, Haaretz writer Ari Shavit acknowledged that he was the subject of Ms. Berrin”s accusations, but downplayed the incident, calling it an attempt
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Middle East, USAIt was a scary night for Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence after his campaign plane slid off the runway at LaGuardia Airport on a rainy night in New York City. According to PIX11, the incident happened just before 8 p.m., on a rainy Thursday night, limiting air traffic on Runway 13. Roughly an hour later,
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he “regrets” that his country does not have a propaganda machine, but alleged that the West does, Russian daily newspaper Kommersant reports. Putin, whose three terms as president since 1999 have seen a large state takeover of Russian media, used a speech at the annual Valdai Club summit in Sochi
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