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Judge rules Trump's sanctuary city order is unconstitutional
The Week - 21 Nov 2017 05:32
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick permanently blocked President Trump's executive order to cut funding to so-called sanctuary cities, calling it "unconstitutional on its face." A sanctuary city limits i...
Sen. Al Franken groped Arianna Huffington in 2000 photo shoot, NY Post reports
USA Today - 21 Nov 2017 05:41White House Asks Supreme Court to Allow Full Travel Ban
The New York Times - 21 Nov 2017 04:54
The White House asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to take full effect after an appeals court in California ruled last week that only parts of it could be enacted.
Donald Trump Is Promising Americans a 'Huge Tax Cut' for Christmas
Time - 21 Nov 2017 04:51
"We're going to give the American people a huge tax cut for Christmas," he said
Trump ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 Haitians who came here after 2010 earthquake
Chicago Tribune - 21 Nov 2017 04:30Michigan Rep. John Conyers denies sexual harassment settlements
Chicago Tribune - 21 Nov 2017 17:48White House: Trump, Putin set to speak Tuesday
ABC News - 21 Nov 2017 15:31
Trump and Putin spoke informally several times last week.
Zvimba: Mugabe's homeland calls for a dignified exit
Al Jazeera English - 21 Nov 2017 15:05
Although much of Zimbabwe is demanding Mugabe quits, many in his rural homeland remain loyal to the veteran leader.
Kate Steinle: Victim of Deadly 'Russian Roulette' or a Tragic Accident?
Time - 21 Nov 2017 04:56
The case became a flashpoint in the 2016 election because the accused is an undocumented immigrant
President Trump's charitable foundation is being shut down
ABC News - 21 Nov 2017 03:35
Trump promised to close the foundation after winning the election.
German police retrieve 100 stolen John Lennon items
Miami Herald - 21 Nov 2017 17:47
German police recovered around 100 items that belonged to late Beatles star John Lennon that were stolen from his widow in New York, including three diaries, two pairs of his …
DOJ threatens to sue Harvard over race-based admission practices
New York Post - 21 Nov 2017 16:53
The Department of Justice has launched a probe into Harvard University’s use of race in admission practices to determine whether the Ivy League school is discriminating against Asian-American students, according to a r...
Iraq relocates hundreds of foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State militants to Baghdad
Reuters - 21 Nov 2017 16:36
ERBIL/BAGHDAD
Russia confirms spike in radioactivity over Ural Mountains
New York Post - 21 Nov 2017 16:11
MOSCOW -- Russian authorities on Tuesday confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of contamin...
Russia's Putin hosts Assad in fresh drive for Syria peace deal
Reuters - 21 Nov 2017 16:03
MOSCOW/BEIRUT
Air China suspends flights between Beijing and North Korea
New York Post - 21 Nov 2017 16:00
BEIJING -- State-owned airline Air China suspended flights Tuesday between Beijing and North Korea due to a lack of demand, deepening the North’s isolation amid mounting U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile prog...
European court opens hearing on recognizing same-sex unions
Miami Herald - 21 Nov 2017 15:55
The European Court of Justice has opened a hearing on the recognition of same-sex marriages in European Union countries where they aren't legal. Tuesday's hearing in Luxembourg came after Romania's …
Holocaust survivor meets nephew he never knew he had
USA Today - 21 Nov 2017 15:54
This 102-year-old Holocaust survivor thought he lost his entire family. This tear-filled exchange is the moment he meets a nephew he never knew existed.
How a missing 'the' enabled Israeli occupation
Al Jazeera English - 21 Nov 2017 15:39
The wording of UN Resolution 242 helped Israel justify its occupation of Palestinian land.
Nigeria police say at least 50 killed in mosque bombing
Miami Herald - 21 Nov 2017 15:37
A teenage suicide bomber attacked worshippers as they gathered for morning prayers Tuesday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people, police said, in one of the …
Read: Two Settlements that Harvey Weinstein Reached with His Accusers
The New Yorker - 21 Nov 2017 15:33
Documents detailing the agreements that Harvey Weinstein made with Rose McGowan and Zelda Perkins, two women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
UK police: Data-tampering probe affects up to 10,000 cases
Miami Herald - 21 Nov 2017 15:22
British police say as many as 10,000 criminal cases may have been affected by alleged data manipulation at a forensics laboratory. Two people have been arrested by police investigating claims …