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from BBC News (UK)
The United States Tennis Association has apologised after a version of the German national anthem associated with the Nazi era was accidentally sung at a tournament in Hawaii.
Jesus miracle church in Israel reopens after arson attack
A mass has been held to reopen a Roman Catholic church in northern Israel badly damaged in an arson attack by Jewish extremists in 2015. The church at Tabgha, on the Sea of Galilee, is built where Christians believe Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes, also known as the Feeding of the 5,000.
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from CBC News (Canada)
Fadwa Alaoui, Canadian turned away at U.S. border, gets visit from Vermont strangers showing support
'It felt like someone had treated my neighbour badly,' says Vermonter who drove to Brossard with wife and kids
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
Geraldo Rivera quits Yale position over college name change
Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera says he resigned from a voluntary position at Yale University after the school decided to change the name of a residential college that honors a slavery supporter. Rivera said Sunday on Twitter that he resigned as an associate fellow of Calhoun College. He said the position was an honor "but intolerant insistence on political correctness is lame."
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from Intellihub
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What if you knew for a fact that foreigners from a random country listed in President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban would capture, torture, and possibly kill you for illegal entry into their country?
In yet another Friday night surprise, Politico reported that the Central Intelligence Agency had denied a security clearance for a top deputy of new national security adviser Michael Flynn due to his outspoken criticism of the secretive intelligence agency.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Webb: Aristocracy ‘Pervades American Politics’
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said “there is an aristocracy now that pervades American politics” and rebuked his party for leaving behind “white working people” to embrace identity politics during an interview Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
Will strip the John C. Calhoun name from school, replacing it instead with female military veteran's name.
The show's presidential diss, both with Alec Baldwin and without, gets personal
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from The Spokesman-Review
A 51st state, called Liberty, would have political clout and an ag-based economy
The State of Liberty would be comprised of the 20 counties of Eastern Washington knotted by conservative politics, wide-open landscapes and a shared reliance on natural resources and government services.
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from USA Today
This drug just got the FDA's OK -- and an $89K price tag
A drug sold for years overseas to treat a rare form of muscular dystrophy was OKed Thursday by the FDA to be sold in the U.S., but it comes at a high price. The Wall Street Journal reports the now-FDA-approved deflazacort will be offered by Marathon Pharmaceuticals for $89,000 or so a year, up to 70 times its cost outside the U.S.;
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from The Washington Times
Think tank backs Trump, says large number of non-citizens vote illegally
A small research group has entered the debate on voter fraud, siding with academics who estimate that large numbers of noncitizens illegally register and vote in U.S. elections. Just Facts, founded in New Jersey 20 years ago by a Brown-educated mechanical engineer, released its findings as President Trump was setting up a task force on voter fraud headed by Vice President Mike Pence. “Contrary to the claims of certain major media outlets and fact checkers, a comprehensive analysis of polling data, election records and government investigations shows that many noncitizens vote illegally in U.S. elections,” Just Facts President James D. Agresti told The Washington Times.
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