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2016The GOP presidential nominee called for a Cold War-style mobilization against “radical Islamic terror,” repeating and repackaging calls for strict immigration controls — including a new ideological litmus test for Muslim visitors and migrants — and he accused President Obama and Hillary Clinton of allowing the rise of the Islamic State.
Hillary Clinton’s political foes have sought to blame her, together with President Obama, for the Islamic State’s stunning takeover of western Iraq. But a review of the record during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state presents a broader picture of missteps and miscalculations by multiple actors.
Paul Manafort denied receiving any improper payments after a Ukrainian bureau said more than $12 million had been earmarked for him by the political party of one of the country’s former presidents.
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In one of the most dramatic finishes in Rio, Shaunae Miller took the gold medal after launching head-first across the finish line. Allyson Felix’s silver medal made her the most decorated female Olympian in U.S. track and field history.
Most Olympians train their entire childhoods for records, for glory, for a shiny chunk of circular hardware. But after the games many competitors will return to day jobs or college.
After rising waters swept across the southern part of the state, officials warned that the flood's impact is far from over. "This truly is a storm that has ravaged all of south Louisiana," said Gov. John Bel Edwards.
The medications pile up and often are prescribed by different specialists who don’t communicate with each other, raising the chances of dangerous drug interactions and serious side effects.
The charges came hours after 1,000 mourners attended the funeral for the two men. The suspect was taken into custody Sunday after a hit-and-run shortly after the bold daylight killings in Queens.
The transfer of the 15 detainees to the United Arab Emirates comes as the president faces a looming deadline to keep the promise he made on his first day in office to close the military prison.
At a year and a half old, Jeremy Shuler asked his mother about an email she was typing, and she showed him letters in Korean. The next day he was reading a book in Korean. Now he will be one of Cornell’s youngest students ever.
Though typically united behind conservation causes, solar-energy advocates and environmentalists have split over a plan to divide up the desert’s public lands between renewable energy and conservation areas.
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What if they were around to set the candidate straight on the role of the press in a democracy? Here’s how they might react to his tweets on the subject.
Two pregnancy discrimination cases — one by a spy, the other by a burrito maker — reveal practices right out of the “Mad Men” era.
Despite reforms and a new attention to sexual violence, the number of rapes continues to rise, and activists, lawyers and officials say victims still face many barriers in the courts.
The FBI was within days of arresting Balcones Heights police officer Julian Pesina. But gang members got to him first.
