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Washington – Conservative Writer George Will Drops Out Of GOP Over Trump Share Tweet Share Mail

Washington – Conservative Writer George Will Drops Out Of GOP Over Trump Share Tweet Share Mail

  Washington – Conservative columnist George Will has parted ways with the Republican Party, changing his voter registration to “unaffiliated” because of the GOP’s support… Read More ›

What Hitler’s Jewish neighbor saw

What Hitler’s Jewish neighbor saw

London – “I knew only too well, even when I was 8 years old — I knew it was a very bad business for us.”… Read More ›

German cinema attacker takes hostages before being killed by police

German cinema attacker takes hostages before being killed by police

A masked gunman stormed a German cinema Thursday afternoon, taking hostages before he was killed by police, officials said. The rifle-wielding man entered the cinema… Read More ›

Five reasons Europe would miss the UK

Five reasons Europe would miss the UK

Brussels, Belgium – Britain’s referendum on EU membership stands to be the biggest change in the Union’s history. It would be the first time a… Read More ›

Brexit figurehead Farage says UK will likely stay in EU

Brexit figurehead Farage says UK will likely stay in EU

UKIP leader says his party will ‘only continue to grow stronger’ even if ‘Leave’ campaign fails   Anti-EU figurehead Nigel Farage said Thursday it appeared… Read More ›

First mainland Brexit results closer than expected

First mainland Brexit results closer than expected

Pound takes wild ride as markets react to early vote counts, which indicate contest over staying or leaving EU is neck and neck   LONDON… Read More ›

100 years later, Sholem Aleichem’s censored tales available in Russian

100 years later, Sholem Aleichem’s censored tales available in Russian

Since the Soviet regime prevented proliferation of the writer’s anti-communist religious nostalgia, these new translations are a first glimpse into shtetl life for many  … Read More ›

Seattle, WA – Sewage Workers Retrieved Flushed Wedding Ring

Seattle, WA – Sewage Workers Retrieved Flushed Wedding Ring

  Seattle, WA – A Washington family says sewage workers in Bothel found a diamond in the rough after their 4-year-old son flushed his mom’s… Read More ›

Chelsea Clinton gives birth to a baby boy, her second child

Chelsea Clinton gives birth to a baby boy, her second child

Chelsea Clinton is out with the first photos of her new son, Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky. “At 7:41 AM Saturday, our family and hearts expanded with… Read More ›

‘Star Trek’ actor Anton Yelchin dies in freak car accident

‘Star Trek’ actor Anton Yelchin dies in freak car accident

Actor Anton Yelchin, 27, who played Chekov in recent “Star Trek” movies, was killed in a freak accident early Sunday morning, police told CNN. Yelchin,… Read More ›

Asia’s worst refugee crisis in recent years could happen again

Asia’s worst refugee crisis in recent years could happen again

A year after one of southeast Asia’s worst refugee crises, things seem to have improved. But below the surface, the situation remains bleak. In May… Read More ›

Bangladesh arrests more than 11,000 after wave of killings

Bangladesh arrests more than 11,000 after wave of killings

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested nearly 150 suspected militants and more than 11,000 others as part of a crackdown on extremism after… Read More ›

Witness: Orlando shooter laughed during rampage

Witness: Orlando shooter laughed during rampage

Norman Casiano crawled into a bathroom and wedged himself into a stall, crammed with at least a dozen people. They were hiding, crying and saying… Read More ›

Source: Orlando gunman told wife of interest in a terror attack

Source: Orlando gunman told wife of interest in a terror attack

The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mir Seddique Mateen told the FBI that her husband said he wanted to carry out a jihadist attack,… Read More ›

Fuming Obama assails Trump over anti-Muslim remarks

Fuming Obama assails Trump over anti-Muslim remarks

President says GOP candidate’s comments targeting Muslims in wake of Orlando shooting don’t represent ‘America we want’; Ryan says Muslim ban is a non-starter  … Read More ›

Clinton issues stinging rebuke of ‘shameful’ Trump

Clinton issues stinging rebuke of ‘shameful’ Trump

Democratic nominee says remarks by presumptive GOP candidate over Orlando massacre show he is unfit, unqualified to lead   Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering assault… Read More ›

GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump after Orlando remarks

GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Trump after Orlando remarks

Republican hopes for a ‘more presidential’ nominee fade as party’s divisions around him grow more acute   WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed Republicans scrambled for cover… Read More ›

Zionism didn’t cause the Farhud, Israel didn’t cause Sarona

Zionism didn’t cause the Farhud, Israel didn’t cause Sarona

Op-ed: 75 years later on, the motives behind the pogroms on Baghdad’s Jews are the same as the Sarona Market and Orlando attacks: murderous hatred;… Read More ›

Trump urges ban on immigration from countries with ‘history of terrorism’

Trump urges ban on immigration from countries with ‘history of terrorism’

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would suspend immigration to the United States from countries “where there is a proven history… Read More ›

UN warns Israel over its refusal to cooperate with human rights investigations

UN warns Israel over its refusal to cooperate with human rights investigations

The refusal stems from Israel deep conviction that the investigations are biased and akin to a “kangaroo” court whose negative judgment against Israel is already… Read More ›