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Arafat’s nephew said tapped to lead PA after Abbas

Arafat’s nephew said tapped to lead PA after Abbas

Nasser al-Kidwa emerging as next head of Palestinian Authority as Arab states push 81-year-old president to name successor A nephew of the late Palestinian leader… Read More ›

Donald Trump is forcing some congressional Republicans into survival mode

Donald Trump is forcing some congressional Republicans into survival mode

  Donald Trump’s slip in the pollsthis past week has Republicans reportedly worried that their choice at the top of the ticket could drag down… Read More ›

Marc Andreessen on what everybody gets wrong about the US economy

Marc Andreessen on what everybody gets wrong about the US economy

  Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen gave a long interview to Vox about artificial intelligence on Wednesday, but the most interesting part was actually about something… Read More ›

Theranos just laid off 340 workers and is closing all its clinical labs

Theranos just laid off 340 workers and is closing all its clinical labs

  Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes just announced via an open letterthat the embattled blood testing startup will be closing all of its clinical labs and… Read More ›

New York – Target Thinks Small To Try To Win Over Shoppers

New York – Target Thinks Small To Try To Win Over Shoppers

  New York – Target is thinking small to win over shoppers. The discounter opened a store in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday that’s just its… Read More ›

Honolulu – Gurgling Lava Splashes Up Hawaii Volcano Walls In Rare Video

Honolulu – Gurgling Lava Splashes Up Hawaii Volcano Walls In Rare Video

  Honolulu – As the high-definition camera pans across the surface of an active Hawaii volcano’s viscous summit lava lake, a large bubble of volcanic… Read More ›

Washington – U.S. Government Health Plans Spent Over $1 Billion On EpiPens Over Five Years

Washington – U.S. Government Health Plans Spent Over $1 Billion On EpiPens Over Five Years

  Washington – U.S. government health plans spent more than $1 billion on Mylan NV’s EpiPen emergency allergic reaction treatment between 2011 and 2015, according… Read More ›

Beijing’s 13th century hutongs get a futuristic makeover

Beijing’s 13th century hutongs get a futuristic makeover

  With evocative names such as “Skewed Tobacco Pouch Street” and “East River Rice Lane,” the charming, ancient Hutongs of Beijing are always popular with… Read More ›

Fox News not commenting on Jesse Watters’ controversial Chinatown segment

Fox News not commenting on Jesse Watters’ controversial Chinatown segment

Fox News isn’t commenting on a controversial segment by its on-the-street interviewer Jesse Watters that has been widely criticized for containing several offensive Asian stereotypes.… Read More ›

Trump took Polaroids, interviewed models in 1994 Playboy video

Trump took Polaroids, interviewed models in 1994 Playboy video

Donald Trump’s tame appearance in a 2000 Playboy video came to light late last week after he attacked a former beauty queen for her alleged… Read More ›

New satellite images reveal extent of Aleppo devastation

New satellite images reveal extent of Aleppo devastation

Pictures document damage since breakdown of Syria ceasefire, as Assad forces step up anti-rebel offensive in besieged city   GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations… Read More ›

IS recruits, suicide bombers more educated than average, study finds

IS recruits, suicide bombers more educated than average, study finds

World Bank: Data shows clearly that poverty is not a driver of radicalization into violent extremism   WASHINGTON — Recruits into the Islamic State terror… Read More ›

Kerry, Lavrov discuss Syria despite US suspension of talks

Kerry, Lavrov discuss Syria despite US suspension of talks

State Department says two diplomats spoke by phone as it would be ‘irresponsible’ for US ‘not to touch base’ with Russian FM   WASHINGTON (AP)… Read More ›

Security Council agrees on Portugal’s Guterres next UN chief

Security Council agrees on Portugal’s Guterres next UN chief

Former Portuguese PM and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has been chosen to replace Ban Ki-moon; the UNSC vote is expected Thursday, and… Read More ›

US officials lobby Obama on need to strike at Assad

US officials lobby Obama on need to strike at Assad

The president is reportedly concerned over whether the US has international legal standing to strike Assad, whose government is still represented at the United Nations.… Read More ›

Polls: Clinton builds on gains after first debate with Trump

Polls: Clinton builds on gains after first debate with Trump

Democratic nominee makes headway with male voters, independents who had been in favor of GOP rival   WASHINGTON — Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton… Read More ›

Jeff Gundlach thinks a ‘pivot’ is coming to economic policy — and everyone is looking the wrong way

Jeff Gundlach thinks a ‘pivot’ is coming to economic policy — and everyone is looking the wrong way

  Jeff Gundlach, Wall Street’s bond god, thinks the world of monetary and fiscal policy is about to pivot. “How in the world could we… Read More ›

Liberal pundits concede: Mike Pence won the vice presidential debate

Liberal pundits concede: Mike Pence won the vice presidential debate

  A handful of liberal pundits admitted that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s running mate, came out on top over Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine,… Read More ›

Mike Pence’s comments on Putin make it sound like he’s on a completely different ticket than Trump

Mike Pence’s comments on Putin make it sound like he’s on a completely different ticket than Trump

  Donald Trump’s running mate criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin during the vice presidential debate Tuesday, calling the leader “small” and “bullying.” Indiana Gov. Mike… Read More ›

Hoboken, NJ – Official: Investigators Estimate Train In Crash Was Speeding

Hoboken, NJ – Official: Investigators Estimate Train In Crash Was Speeding

  Hoboken, NJ –  Federal investigators estimate a commuter train was traveling two to three times the 10 mph speed limit when it slammed into… Read More ›