North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would allow his people to “eat grass” before he ever gives up his nuclear and missile defense programs, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a news conference in China. Kim and his military claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb Sunday, the sixth overall nuclear test conducted by […]
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International, USAMIAMI — Irma continued to strengthen into a powerful storm Tuesday afternoon, with winds increasing to 185 mph, National Hurricane Center forecasters said in a 2 p.m. EDT advisory. As the storm continued to track westward, islands in its path raced to complete last-minute preparations. The Leeward Islands are expected to get hit with “catastrophic”
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International, The World We Share, USAWASHINGTON — Plans for billions of dollars to flow to hurricane-ravaged Texas have already hit a snag in Washington, barely a half a day after Congress returned from a five-week recess Tuesday. The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the first installment of emergency funding for areas hit by Hurricane Harvey, a $7.85 billion
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USAJERUSALEM — Robert Kraft had two unforgettable comebacks this year. The first came in Super Bowl LI, when his New England Patriots overcame a 28-3 deficit in the second half to beat the Atlanta Falcons in overtime. And the second comeback was Kraft’s return in June to Israel, his second home, with a delegation of
A post shared by Catholic News Agency (@catholicnewsagency) on Aug 28, 2017 at 11:12am PDT This heartwarming wedding engagement has earned itself the unique title of “the papal proposal” after a man popped the question to his girlfriend in front of Pope Francis. Dario Ramirez, who is a Venezuelan politician seeking refuge from the totalitarian
Kenneth Jacobson Anti-Semitism is a form of hatred that shares characteristics with other kinds of prejudice such as racism and homophobia. Included are the fear of the other and the unknown, stereotyping and discrimination. On the other hand, anti-Semitism has a distinct history. What has made it distinctive and what goes a long way in
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USATaiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen named a staunchly pro-independence city mayor as her new premier Tuesday in a move which some analysts said would rile China. China still sees self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory, even though they split almost 70 years ago, and despite being a fully-fledged democracy the island has never declared a
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InternationalWASHINGTON: In an interesting twist in the era of software-heavy systems such as the F-35, President Trump has nominated a top cyber expert, Robert Behler, as the Pentagon’s top weapons tester. Behler currently leads the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center. Before that, he was president and COO
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USAUltiminio “Sugar” Ramos, a featherweight champion whose diminutive sized masked a giant punch, died Sunday in Mexico City. He was 75. #RIP Sugar Ramos, great @WBCBoxing featherweight champ. Won title @Dodgers stadium, battled Raul Rojas, Mando Ramos in ’70 @olympicaud pic.twitter.com/ZCbFKpWCRV — OlympicAuditorium (@olympicaud) September 4, 2017 Ramos’ career saw great success and tragedy. He
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International, Obituaries & memorials, Sports & CompetitionsWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has given Congress a nearly impossible task: Save nearly 800,000 young people who were brought to this country illegally as children, and overhaul the rest of the immigration system — all within six months. Lawmakers are pursuing at least two different, more narrow approaches to keeping the undocumented immigrants, sometimes
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International, USAFormer President Barack Obama called his successor Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program “cruel” and “contrary to our spirit and common sense.” In a rare public statement since he left office in January, Obama addressed the program he launched through executive actions in June 2012
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USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — A descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee who made headlines for denouncing racism on last month’s MTV Video Music Awards has announced he is leaving his post at a Winston-Salem after some in the congregation expressed discomfort over some of the statements he has been making. Among those concerns is that
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USAWASHINGTON — Young people currently shielded from deportation and allowed to work legally under the DACA program will begin losing their protection next March unless Congress acts before then, the Trump administration announced Tuesday. In the meantime, the administration will continue to renew two-year work permits as they expire but will stop accepting new applications
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USATimeless Travels: Tales of Mystery, Intrigue, Humor and Enchantment by Joseph Rotenberg, Gefen Publishing House © 2017; ISBN 9789652-299154; 358 pages, $24.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I haven’t finished reading all of Timeless Travels, and that, in part, is because I like to draw out my reading pleasure, rather than rush it.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison