Raging fire destroys historic New York City church
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A historic church in New York City was destroyed in a raging fire just hours after its Orthodox worshippers celebrated Easter. The fire […]
Trump accuses China of ‘raping’ US with unfair trade policy
Source: BBC Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of “raping” the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy. He told a rally in Indiana that China was responsible for “the greatest theft in the history of the world”. Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman, has long accused China […]
First U.S. Cruise in Decades Arrives in Cuba
Source: Time (HAVANA)—The first U.S. cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana on Monday, restarting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility. Carnival Cruise Line’s Adonia became the first U.S. cruise ship […]
Poll: Millennials don’t like Trump
Source: Politico By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL Millennials don’t like Donald Trump, a Harvard Institute of Politics poll released Monday shows. Hillary Clinton crushes Trump among millennials, who would overwhelmingly support […]
A Portrait of Jewish Americans
Source: Pew Research Center American Jews overwhelmingly say they are proud to be Jewish and have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people, according to a major new […]
US urges action by Bangladesh to prevent killings
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting […]
A closer look at Jehovah’s Witnesses living in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA The death of superstar musician Prince has prompted many reflections on his life – including his religious faith. Prince, who was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, became a Jehovah’s Witness as an adult and attended services in his home state of Minnesota. Jehovah’s […]
Bernie Sanders Looks to Promote His Ideas at Democratic Convention
Source: Time Sam Frizell Bernie Sanders is losing the primary battle, but he’s still waging a war for the soul of the Democratic Party. Now all-but eliminated from winning the […]
Donald Trump Offers Vague Vision for an Alternative Foreign Policy
Source: Time By Mark Thompson GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump strode from a domestic political campaign to the international stage Wednesday where he declaredhe would restore what he sees as America’s diminished standing in the world. But he offered no details on how he would do it. He insisted his deal-making […]
Meet the Man Behind Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
Source: Time By Jay Newton-Small On the wall in his office at Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters, campaign chairman John Podesta has an oil painting on loan from his lobbyist brother, who […]
Marine discharged after refusing to remove a Bible verse taped near her cubicle has her day in court
Source: The Washington Post By Thomas Gibbons-Neff Thomas Gibbons-Neff is a staff writer and a former Marine infantryman A Marine discharged for failing to remove a Bible verse posted in her […]
Britain Grapples With Enduring Questions of Religion and Race
Source: The New York Times By STEVEN ERLANGER and STEPHEN CASTLE APRIL 25, 2016 LONDON — As Britain engages in fierce debates centered on national identity, it is also confronting […]
The Woman Whose Addiction Story Shook Obama Now Has A Bill In Her Name
Source: Huffington Post Jessie’s Law tries to make a patient’s addiction history more widely known to his or her physicians. WASHINGTON — The young woman whose story of heroin addiction […]
Ark-Building Creationist Explains Why It Was Totally Cool For God To Kill Almost Everyone
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza Overnight Editor Ken Ham, the creationist behind the giant Noah’s Ark replica nearing completion in Kentucky, received some pointed questions on Twitter from those who […]
Donald Trump: Halting radical Islam must be US priority
Source: Aljazeera Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said halting the spread of Islamic extremism would be a priority of his administration if he is elected president. “Containing the spread of radical Islam […]
REVAMPING THE WAY THE U.S. DOES COUNTER ESPIONAGE PROSECUTION
Source: New York Times WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has issued new rules that give prosecutors in Washington greater oversight and control over national security cases after the collapse of […]
Why Donald Trump Is Probably Two States From Victory
Source: The New York Times By Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn APRIL 26, 2016 Donald J. Trump is essentially two key states from the nomination. By sweeping five states on Tuesday, he pulled […]
Viewpoint: How would Trump remove 11 million people from the US?
Source: BBC By Keith Olbermann |New York Lost in the most consistently astonishing US presidential campaign since the 1864 Democrats ran on a platform of conceding the Civil War, is […]
The dark side of Winston Churchill’s legacy no one should forget
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor There’s no Western statesmen — at least in the English-speaking world — more routinely lionized than Winston Churchill. Last Friday marked a half century since his […]
Lindsay Lohan, Winston Churchill, and the long history of flirting with Islam
Source: The Washington Post By Ishaan Tharoor Lindsay Lohan, the American actress, is said to be “exploring” Islam. Speculation was first stirred by a photograph of the celebrity carrying a copy […]