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Mar 12 2017
News
UN report: How to save 20 million people from starvation
The United Nations is calling for a united effort among member countries to tackle the “largest humanitarian crisis” in more than 70 years.
Stephen O’Brien, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said on Friday that more than 20 million people in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, and Nigeria are facing the threat of starvation and famine. Urging more financial support from
Christian Science MonitorDec 17 2014
News
Why Miami's Cuban-Americans are divided on US thaw with Cuba
Cuban-Americans in South Florida were torn after President Obama's announcement that he would restore ties with Cuba. Long seen as a monolithic group opposed to the Castro regime, 68 percent of Miami-Dade County's Cuban-American population said they favored diplomatic relations in a recent poll.
Christian Science MonitorOct 21 2014
News
Oscar Pistorius sentenced to maximum of five years in prison for girlfriend's killing
A South African judge sentenced former Olympic and Paralymic sprinter Oscar Pistorius to a maximum of five years in prison Tuesday for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend last February, though lawyers on both sides of the case later acknowledged that he is unlikely to serve his full sentence in prison.
Fox News (Online News)Mar 08 2021
Analysis
California housing crunch: Is the answer to end single-family zoning?
The history of single-family zoning in America stretches back more than a century to what today ranks as one of the bluest cities in one of the country’s bluest states.
Now famous as a bastion of liberal politics, the Northern California enclave of Berkeley established a first-of-its-kind policy in 1916 that prohibited multifamily housing on residential land. City planners at the time
Christian Science MonitorAug 15 2014
News
Ferguson Images Evoke Civil Rights Era and Changing Visual Perceptions
Danny Lyon, one of the photographers whose work came to define the civil rights upheaval in the South in the 1960s, said he was struck on Thursday when he saw a news image from the racially torn suburb of Ferguson, Mo., showing four police officers arrayed in a phalanx.
New York Times (News)Feb 04 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden to End Support for Saudi-Led Attacks in Yemen
National security adviser Jake Sullivan announced Thursday morning that President Joe Biden would end American support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s offensive operations against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The conflict has contributed to a humanitarian crisis in the country over the last five years, leaving millions without food, water or electricity. Biden is also reportedly expected
Fox News (Online News) NBC News (Online) ReutersJan 02 2016
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Purported terrorist recruitment video includes Donald Trump clip
A recruitment video purportedly released by a major al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group and aimed at American Muslims includes a clip of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the SITE Intelligence Group reported Saturday.
The video weaves together Trump's remarks, delivered at a campaign appearance Dec. 7 in South Carolina, with
USA TODAYDec 10 2013
News
Nelson Mandela memorial: President Obama honors Nelson Mandela
President Barack Obama praised Nelson Mandela's unique role in changing his country and the world - and inspiring him to work to become the first black president of the United States - as he eulogized the former South African president at a memorial service Tuesday.
PoliticoMar 06 2020
Opinion
I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me.
In August 19 of last year I listened in stunned silence as Nikole Hannah-Jones, a reporter for the New York Times, repeated an idea that I had vigorously argued against with her fact-checker: that the patriots fought the American Revolution in large part to preserve slavery in North America.
Hannah-Jones and I were on Georgia Public Radio to discuss the path-breaking New York Times 1619
Guest WriterNov 12 2014
News
Trey Gowdy Takes on Obamacare Architect For Lying to "Stupid" Americans
Last night on The Kelly File, South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy made an appearance to address comments made by Obamacare architect and MIT professor Jonathan Gruber in 2013 about the deliberate "tortuous" language used to mislead "stupid" Americans about the healthcare overhaul in order to get it through Congress.
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