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Bloomberg Out, Biden Resurgent After Super Tuesday Victories

The former mayor of New York City ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, as Elizabeth Warren watched her prospects fade after a win-less Super Tuesday. By: AP New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her candidacy Wednesday as the winnowing process in the Democrats’ 2020 nomination […]

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Israeli Celebrity Sparks Firestorm with ‘Netanyahu, King of the Apes’ Post

Yonatan Geffen posted the insult on his Instagram account but erased it hours later. By: Batya Jerenberg Outspoken veteran composer, singer and journalist Yonatan Geffen reacted with intense dislike to the triumph of the right-wing bloc Tuesday night, insulting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his constituents by calling them monkeys. Over a picture of Netanyahu […]

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German Court Blocks Attempt to Enshrine Sharia Law

“The burqa and the niqab are, for me, symbols of oppression. Successful school lessons need good communication at eye level… This is not possible with a full veil.” By: Soeren Kern Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms of Muslims can be curtailed if public displays of religiosity — in […]

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Why Hand-Washing Really Is as Important as Doctors Say

By: Michelle Sconce Massaquoi As the threat from the coronavirus grows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health officials are stressing the importance of hand-washing. Prevention becomes essential to stopping the spread of the virus because there is no vaccine to prevent it and no anti-virals to treat it. How can […]

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Rivlin to Select PM Candidate the Week of Netanyahu’s Trial

Despite a victory for Likud over rivals in the Blue and White party, the prime minister’s future remained uncertain on Tuesday evening as the final votes were counted. By: AP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future remained up in the air Tuesday as preliminary results and exit polls from Israel’s third election in under a […]

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Fed Judge Sets Bklyn Anti-Semite Free Without Bail; Suspect is Repeat Offender

By: Veronica Kordmany Tiffany Harris infamously made headlines after being repeatedly set free without bail on hate crime charges under the New York State’s new bail reform law. Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Levy ordered Tiffany Harris, 30, to be released on her own recognizance from Brooklyn federal court after she was arraigned Friday. Federal prosecutors […]

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Weinstein Juror: #MeToo Movement Not a Factor in Sex Abuse Trial

By: Veronica Kordmany In the landmark trial of former Hollywood icon, Harvey Weinstein, an anonymous juror who played a role in convicting the disgraced movie mogul revealed that the rape and sexual assault charges, did not consider factor into the trial’s implications for the #MeTooMovement. Harvey Weinstein was initially accused of sexual harassment and rape […]

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