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Copa America 2015: Gonzalo Jara’s poke in backside earns him ban

Copa America 2015: Gonzalo Jara’s poke in backside earns him ban

  Chile’s hopes of making the Copa America final on home soil were dealt a blow after key defender Gonzalo Jara was suspended for three… Read More ›

Solar plane faces most dangerous part of around-the-world flight

Solar plane faces most dangerous part of around-the-world flight

This is pretty much it: the most dangerous part of a historic solar-powered adventure playing out thousands of feet above the Earth. For folks who… Read More ›

Iranian Americans set up pro-nuke deal lobby

Iranian Americans set up pro-nuke deal lobby

Advocacy group will ‘maximize community’s political influence at the most high-stakes moment in US-Iran relations in a generation’   WASHINGTON — An Iranian-American group that… Read More ›

France preparing to resume business with Iran

France preparing to resume business with Iran

Foreign minister will reportedly travel to Tehran quickly if accord signed; 100 companies plan September delegation   France is gearing up for the resumption of… Read More ›

PM postpones gas vote after failing to clinch majority

PM postpones gas vote after failing to clinch majority

Coalition’s scramble to pass controversial bill on offshore drilling is unsuccessful; Netanyahu may make details of deal public   A parliamentary vote on a controversial… Read More ›

Palestinians’ words kill too

Palestinians’ words kill too

Op-ed: The ‘lone-wolf terrorist’ may be ‘alone’ in their actions, but they are driven and influenced by the mass, systematic, Nazi incitement on the Palestinian… Read More ›

Jewish group’s ‘gay conversion’ therapy is fraud, jury says

Jewish group’s ‘gay conversion’ therapy is fraud, jury says

In ruling hailed as ‘momentous’ for LGBT rights, New Jersey non-profit fined for promising Orthodox homosexuals it could ‘turn them straight’   JERSEY CITY —… Read More ›

Housing prices in Silicon Valley are so out of control that you can rent a tent for $899 per month

Housing prices in Silicon Valley are so out of control that you can rent a tent for $899 per month

You may have heard that real estate is expensive in the Bay Area. This is how expensive: A 9′ by 7′ tent someone has pitched… Read More ›

This is the most important sentence to come out of the Supreme Court today

This is the most important sentence to come out of the Supreme Court today

  Over the long term, the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday on the Fair Housing Act (FHA) is potentially even more important than its Obamacare decision. There may… Read More ›

A plane carrying 9 people crashed in Alaska

A plane carrying 9 people crashed in Alaska

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A sightseeing float plane carrying eight cruise ship passengers and a pilot crashed against the granite rock face of a southeast Alaska cliff Thursday,… Read More ›

Washington – State Dept.: At Least 15 Emails Missing From Clinton Cache

Washington – State Dept.: At Least 15 Emails Missing From Clinton Cache

  Washington – Hillary Clinton did not give the U.S. State Department at least 15 emails from her personal server from her time as secretary… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Intelligence Chief: China Top Suspect In Government Agency Hacks

Washington – U.S. Intelligence Chief: China Top Suspect In Government Agency Hacks

  Washington – U.S. intelligence chief James Clapper said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in the massive hacking of a U.S. government… Read More ›

New York, NY – Man Gets 14 Years Prison For Gun Threat In Hurricane Sandy Gas Line

New York, NY – Man Gets 14 Years Prison For Gun Threat In Hurricane Sandy Gas Line

  New York, NY – A man convicted of threatening a motorist with a handgun while cutting in line at a gas station during the… Read More ›

Israel signed out at UN for women’s right violations

Israel signed out at UN for women’s right violations

The UN Commission on the Status of Women approved a resolution blaming Israel for “the grave situation of Palestinian women.” Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor… Read More ›

Billionaire philanthropists launch anti-tobacco industry fund in Abu Dhabi

Billionaire philanthropists launch anti-tobacco industry fund in Abu Dhabi

Billionaire philanthropists Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates launched a joint fund in Abu Dhabi to help developing countries pass tobacco-control laws in their legal battle… Read More ›

British Prime Minister pledges $14.7 million to protect Jews

British Prime Minister pledges $14.7 million to protect Jews

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged 10 million pounds (about $14.7 million) to protect Jewish schools and synagogues in the wake of recent terror… Read More ›

More than 50 people killed in Yemen’s mosque bomb attack

More than 50 people killed in Yemen’s mosque bomb attack

At least 55 people were killed in triple suicide bombings that targeted mosques attended by Shiite Huthi militiamen in the Yemeni capital, medics said. Dozens… Read More ›

Tokyo police investigates death threats against U.S. ambassador

Tokyo police investigates death threats against U.S. ambassador

Tokyo police are investigating death threats against U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and another American diplomat, according to media reports. The U.S. Embassy in… Read More ›

Netanyahu visits Western Wall for a prayer of thanks after winning reelection

Netanyahu visits Western Wall for a prayer of thanks after winning reelection

In his first public appearance since winning reelection, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Wednesday the Western Wall for a prayer of thanks, saying he was… Read More ›

Museum attack in Tunis

Museum attack in Tunis

Gunmen in military uniforms attacked a museum in downtown Tunis around noon on Wednesday, killing 19 people, officials said. Security forces later advanced into the… Read More ›