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August 22, 2016 at 10:16 pm
Washington - Former President Bill Clinton defended the work of his charitable foundation Monday, telling supporters that it had “improved millions of lives around the world” but needs to change if his wife, Hillary Clinton, wins the White House.
The former president outlined the Clinton Foundation’s accomplishments and planned shift in scope in an email to about 500,000 supporters. It came hours after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called the foundation “the most corrupt enterprise in political history” adding, “It must be shut down immediately.”
Bill Clinton announced last week that the foundation will no longer accept contributions from foreign governments and corporations if his wife, the Democratic presidential nominee...
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August 22, 2016 at 10:15 pm
Tel Aviv - The mechanism by which melanoma – the most aggressive and deadly type of skin cancer – spreads through the body has been discovered by Tel Aviv University and German Cancer Research (DKFZ) researchers.
The “breakthrough,” just published as the lead article in the journal Nature Cell Biology has raised hope that it will lead to the cancer becoming “nonthreatening and easily curable.”
The researchers, led by TAU’s Dr. Carmit Levy of the human molecular genetics and biochemistry department at TAU’s Sackler School of Medicine, unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma.
The scientists discovered that before spreading to other organs, the tumor sends out tiny vesicles containing molecules of microRNA that induce structur...
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August 22, 2016 at 10:12 pm
Washington - Two senior lawmakers on the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Monday pushed for information regarding sharp price increases for EpiPens, drug-filled injectable devices used by people to counter potentially deadly allergic reactions.
Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote Mylan Chief Executive Heather Bresch on Monday to ask how Mylan determined the price of EpiPens and what changes had been made to the product to account for the higher price.
The top Democrat on the committee’s antitrust subcommittee, Senator Amy Klobuchar, urged the Federal Trade Commission on Monday to investigate the prices, citing news reports showing that the price of a pack of two EpiPens had gone from $100 in 2008 to $500 this year. Mylan acq...
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August 22, 2016 at 10:10 pm
Detroit - Briefly Monday, it looked like the federal government was going to push all 50 states to ban the use of cellphones and other wireless devices while people are driving.
But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now says it was all a mistake.
The agency posted non-binding guidelines on distracted driving for states on a federal website Monday morning. The guidelines recommended that states prohibit use of hands-free as well as hand-held devices. State laws control use of phones by drivers.
But the agency says the guidelines were not fully reviewed before being posted and would be withdrawn. The agency says it has no plans to recommend a cellphone ban.
The documents were posted on a website that previews actions to be published in the Federal Register.
They ...
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August 22, 2016 at 6:12 pm
Two more officers who were charged in the death of Freddie Gray are expected to get their back pay later this week.
On Wednesday, the Baltimore City Board of Estimates is expected to approve back pay for Officer William Porter and Sgt. Alicia White.
Both were charged with felonies in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray and had their pay suspended when they were charged on May 1 of last year.
Their pay was restored on July 27, when State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby decided to drop charges against both officers, and Officer Garrett Miller.
Porter's first trial ended with a hung jury in December, and he was due to face a retrial next month. Porter is expected to receive $70,523.11. White is expected to receive $96,855.46.
The officers are entitled to back pay, ...
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August 22, 2016 at 6:10 pm
New York - New York City has launched a new interactive website with weekly updates on its mosquito surveillance and control activities.
The map-based site is part of the city health department’s three-year, $21 million initiative to keep the Zika virus from spreading.
Residents can learn when their neighborhood was last sprayed for mosquitoes. The site also tells them where standing water violations were recently issued.
The city Health Department has 120 surveillance traps throughout the city. That includes 60 for the mosquito that could potentially carry the Zika virus.
The agency says no Zika virus has been found in any mosquitoes in the city. It also reports no human cases of the West Nile virus this summer.
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August 22, 2016 at 6:09 pm
CHICAGO, Aug. 22 – A handful of African-American leaders who are top advisors to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship), and who represent more than 9 million people, today rejected the anti-Israel stance of the Movement for Black Lives, an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Fellowship advisors representing three African-American Christian denominations, who form The Fellowship’s African-American Advisory Council and are involved in the organization’s increasing bridge building with the African-American community, include Rev. Dr. Kenneth C. Ulmer, of L.A., vice presiding bishop-at-large with the Global United Fellowship and senior pastor-teacher of the Faithful Central Bible Church; Rev. Dr. Carroll Baltimore, of Alexandria, V...
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August 22, 2016 at 6:08 pm
The State Department issued a warning on Monday urging U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to Iran, which has made the detention of American a priority.
The latest travel advisory, which emphasizes Iran’s desire to capture U.S. citizens, comes on the heels of a growing scandal over the Obama administration’s decision to pay Iran $400 million in cash on the same day that it freed several U.S. hostages.
The payment has been cast by lawmakers and others as a ransom payment and prompted increasing concern among U.S. officials that Iran is making arresting Americans a priority.
The travel warning is mean to “highlight the risk of arrest and detention of U.S. citizens, particularly dual national Iranian-Americans,” according to a State Department announcement on ...
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August 22, 2016 at 6:08 pm
Washington - Republicans stepped up their attacks on Monday on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and pointed to newly released messages to allege that foreign donors to the Democratic presidential nominee’s family charity got preferential treatment from her department.
Congressional Republicans issued subpoenas to three technology companies that either made or serviced the server located in the basement of Clinton’s New York home. The subpoenas were issued Monday by House Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith of Texas with the support of Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.
In a joint statement, Smith and Johnson said the move was necessary after the three companies — Platte Rive...
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August 22, 2016 at 6:06 pm
Hershey, PA - A roller coaster has gotten stuck at a Pennsylvania amusement park again, and riders have had to be removed from it.
It’s the second time a coaster has stopped working at the park in less than a week.
Hersheypark officials say The Sidewinder “experienced a stoppage” Monday afternoon and workers escorted all 27 riders safely off it. They say the coaster worked as it should during a malfunction by settling at a point that allowed guests to safely exit.
The ride is closed. The malfunction is being investigated.
The Sidewinder is a steel roller coaster that’s rated an “aggressive thrill ride” on Hersheypark’s website.
On Friday, the park’s Fahrenheit roller coaster was stuck mid-ride for about six minutes before continuing.
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August 22, 2016 at 4:59 pm
Israeli architect Haim Dotan designed what is believed to be the world’s highest and longest glass bridge and it is opening this weekend in China.
The construction of the footbridge that connects between two cliffs in Zhangjiajie in the Hunan Province was finished in December, though it is only now being opened to people wanting to cross.The 430 meter long bridge is six meters wide and it is 300 meters high. According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, it cost was $3.4 million.
There are ninety-nine triple-level clear glass panels installed along the length of the bridge, continuing the trend of glass bridges in China. Yoga conferences and even weddings have been held on similar structures in the country.
The Chinese have made of point of showcasing the bridges’ safety,...
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August 22, 2016 at 4:59 pm
Budapest - A Hungarian member of the European Parliament stirred controversy Monday by suggesting that displaying pig heads on a border fence would be an efficient way to scare Muslim migrants from entering the EU-member country.
Gyorgy Schopflin, a member of ruling Hungarian Fidesz party, made that suggestion in response to criticism of local people who have put carved root vegetable, human-face-like masks along the border, believing they would repel migrants.
He said: “Human images are haram (religiously prohibited.) But agree, pig’s head would deter more effectively.”
Muslims are barred from eating pork because pigs are considered unclean.
Over the weekend, Human Rights Watch director Andrew Stroehlein had written: “Refugees are fleeing war & tortu...
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August 22, 2016 at 4:59 pm
Three people have been injured in the Belgian capital, Brussels, after a woman attacked them on a bus with a knife.
One of the victims was only slightly injured and other two are in a more serious condition, RTBF reports. The ‘unstable’ attacker is said to have been shot by police.
Belgium media quoted unnamed sources describing the women as suffering from “psychological disorders” and insisting it is not an act of “terrorism”.
The attacker survived the shooting and was arrested at the scene.
A security perimeter has been installed and the Brussels public prosecutor is already on location.
The Belgian capital has been on high alert since local Islamic State militants carried out the attacks in Paris last November and suicide bombings in Brussels...
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August 22, 2016 at 4:55 pm
The family of Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis has asked everyone to say Tehillim and pray for a Refuah Shelaima for Esther Bat Miriam, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis.
Rebbetzin Jungreis, born in Szeged, Hungary in 1936, is the founder of the international Hineni movement in the United States. A Holocaust survivor, she works to bring Jews to Orthodox Judaism.
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August 22, 2016 at 4:30 pm
A toddler fell four stories from his porch to the stone courtyard below in Jerusalem. MDA emergency personnel describe the scene.
A 1 1/2 year old toddler fell Monday evening from his fourth floor apartment porch on Sulam Yaakov Street in Jerusalem.
His condition is classified as serious, and he is unconscious.
MDA paramedics and Hatzalah volunteers treated him on site, then rushed him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital with multi-system injuries.
MDA EMTs Natan and Talia Unger, describe the scene: "We saw in the building courtyard a baby of around 1 year, seven months, semi-conscious after falling from a height of four stories onto a stone floor. We gave him first aid treatment, and after we strapped him to a gurney we transferred him to our nearby mobile ICU unit."
MDA paramedi...
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August 22, 2016 at 4:28 pm
Two workers were injured by hazardous substance leaking from tractor-trailer that flipped on Interstate 95, fire officials said.
BALTIMORE, MD — Interstate 95 has reopened after a tractor-trailer overturned and shut down the highway Monday afternoon near Russell Street.
The tractor-trailer was carrying hundreds of gallons of polyether modified trisiloxane, a petroleum-based product, some of which leaked from the truck, injuring two state employees who were exposed, the Baltimore City Fire Department reported. Their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., officials said that traffic on I-95 north was no longer being detoured at Caton Avenue. "Still avoid I-95," the Maryland Transportation Authority advised, due to backups.
Officials su...
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August 22, 2016 at 4:25 pm
Tel Aviv’s Dov Hoz School in the coming school year will offer a new major, smartphone repair which will also include tablets and electronic game consoles.
The number of Israelis with at least one smartphone continues to increase and this brings new realities and opportunities with it, including the new major in the Tel Aviv high school. The course will be available from 10th to 12th grade and upon successful completion the students will receive certification from the Ministry of the Economy.
The school will be opening a new lab to accommodate the new program where students will assemble, disassemble and repair the phones.
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August 22, 2016 at 4:20 pm
Cocoa, FL - Authorities say a 23-month-old girl managed to stay afloat in an air pocket until rescue crews found her under a boat that overturned on the Indian River in central Florida.
The Cocoa Police Department said in a news release authorities received multiple 911 calls Friday night following a boat crash. Four officers jumped in the water and started searching for victims.
A civilian in a nearby boat also helped search the water for victims.
Police say rescuers quickly found two adults and an infant. Officer Matt Rush and Cpl. Alan Worthy searched for nearly an hour until they found the little girl trapped beneath the boat. She was wearing a life jacket.
The child was treated by paramedics, who took her to the hospital.
She was listed in good condition.
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August 22, 2016 at 4:15 pm
Recent accusations by top Iranian officials that the US has violated last year’s nuclear agreement merely represent a continuation of a longstanding Iranian policy of “humiliating” the US, a Middle East expert and former Pentagon analyst told The Algemeiner on Monday.
Harold Rhode, an expert on Islamic culture who worked for the Pentagon for 28 years, was referring to the latest Iranian claims that America is not abiding by the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reported by Iranian regime-aligned news agency Tasnim on Sunday.
According to the report, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, an adviser to the speaker of the Iranian parliament, said, “Iran proved its honesty to everyone, but the US reneged (on the agreement) as usu...
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August 22, 2016 at 4:10 pm
A world-renowned Israeli Holocaust historian said this weekend that if he were a British Jew, he’d “be worried,” The Times reported.
Yehuda Bauer was responding to reports of rising antisemitism in the UK, particularly in the Labour Party, whose leader, Jeremy Corbyn, he said, “has a problem” when it comes to Jews.
The 90-year-old academic adviser to Israel’s national Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem, also branded former London Mayor Ken Livingstone a “violent antisemite.” He was referring Livingstone’s long history of antisemitic rhetoric, such as his controversial comment this May that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six milli...
