Clara Rollins was an 18-year-old photography intern at a newspaper in the southeastern United States when a section editor asked her if she’d ever had sex. The editor sent Rollins (not her real name) several flirtatious texts during her two years at the paper, asking her if she would come to his house and whether […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USANorth Korea on Monday threatened to mount a “preemptive nuclear strike” on South Korea and the United States as the allies kicked off their annual military exercise aimed at countering Pyongyang’s potential aggression. The command and control exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian, began its two-week run on Monday, involving tens of thousands of South Korean and
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International, USAWhen a U.S. State Department spokesman raised concerns about Russia’s surprise use of an Iranian air base to launch air strikes into Syria, the response from Moscow was notable for its snarkiness. “It’s against our rules to provide advice to the leadership of the U.S. State Department,” said Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, referring to suggestions
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International, Middle East, USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump launched an assault Monday on the Clinton Foundation, saying that foreign donations and other ethical conflicts made Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s family charity “the most corrupt enterprise in political history.” Mr. Trump called on the Clintons to immediately “shut it down,” after the Clinton Foundation last week announced that it
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International, USATo House Speaker Paul Ryan and James Dobson: In recent months, each of you has endorsed Donald Trump in his campaign to become president of the United States. Mr. Speaker, you undoubtedly took this action in hopes of preserving unity within the Republican Party. Mr. Dobson, because you are the founder of Focus on the
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USAFORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge in Fort Worth has blocked the Obama administration from enforcing rules requiring public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their gender identity. Responding to a lawsuit filed by Texas and joined by 12 other states, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Russian warplanes took off this week from Iran to hit targets in Syria. Russia has used Iranian bases for refueling and resupply in the past, but this is its first bombing mission from the Islamic Republic — it is also the first foreign military operation to take place from Iranian soil
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Tim Kaine, Democratic nominee for vice-president, recently visited the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Jeshuat Israel, the congregation that is housed in the Touro Synagogue building, was recently in the news as a result of its winning a lawsuit against Congregation Shearith Israel of New York
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Jewish History, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABREAUX BRIDGE, La. — Anita Leblanc was riding home on a tractor through several feet of floodwater Sunday, the same tractor that moments before had towed her car away from the overflowing Vermilion River to safety. More than a week after a storm flooded much of central Louisiana, killing 13, more than 86,000 have applied
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USABlack Lives Matter is coming under fire for its lackluster response to the catastrophic Louisiana flooding less than a month after mobilizing crowds to protest the shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge. In an online video going viral, Baton Rouge resident Jerry L. Washington asks, “Where are the Black Lives Matter and the
By the author of Humoring the Headlines Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — All of a sudden Donald Trump fashions himself as a reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln who will emancipate African Americans from the slavery they have experienced under Democrats. “What the hell do you have to lose?’ he asks them when he addresses white audiences
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Lawrence Baron, USARIO DE JANEIRO — American Claressa Shields made history Sunday afternoon, becoming the first U.S. boxer to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals, defeating the Netherland’s Nouchka Fontijn in the women’s middleweight (75 kg). This is gold medal story of survival, escaping from poverty and a difficult childhood, bouncing between 11 homes by the time she
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s new campaign manager said Sunday that the GOP nominee will not release his income tax returns to the public until an Internal Revenue Service audit is complete. It was a reversal for Kellyanne Conway, who was named Trump’s campaign manager on Wednesday. Earlier this year, the Republican pollster and strategist had
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USAHillary Clinton’s campaign manager defended her commitment to transparency and trustworthiness Sunday amid continuing doubts about her honesty and integrity. The decision of the Clinton Foundation to stop accepting foreign donations should the Democratic nominee become president as well as State Department emails that sparked fresh questions about access to Clinton were discussed on CNN’s
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