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April 17, 2018 at 8:19 pm
HOUSTON (AP) — Here is a look at several things to know about the life of former first lady Barbara Bush:
LITERACY EFFORTS
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy began during her White House years with a goal to improve the lives of disadvantaged Americans by boosting literacy among parents and their children. The foundation partners with local programs and had awarded more than $40 million to create or expand more than 1,500 literacy programs nationwide as of 2014. "Focusing on the family is the best place to start to make this country more literate, and I still feel that being more literate will help us solve so many of the other problems facing our society," she wrote in her 1994 memoir.
HISTORY
Barbara Bush was the second woman in U.S. history to be both a wife and m...
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April 17, 2018 at 7:53 pm
HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush has died. She was 92.
A family spokesman says she died Tuesday.
The snowy-haired Mrs. Bush was one of only two first ladies who was also the mother of a president. The other was Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams.
Mrs. Bush's plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband. She brought a grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, often appearing in her trademark fake pearl chokers and displaying no vanity about her white hair and wrinkles.
She married George H.W. Bush in 1945. They had six children and were married longer than any presidential couple in American history.
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April 17, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Technology companies led U.S. stocks solidly higher Tuesday, giving the market its second straight gain.
Consumer-services companies, retailers and health care stocks accounted for a big slice of the broad rally. Banks declined, and oil prices recovered from an early slide.
Strong company earnings and outlooks, as well as some encouraging economic data, helped put investors in a buying mood.
"Even though we're early in the earnings season, the fact that we continue to see good earnings and earnings growth come out is really what's driving the market," said Nana Adae, global investment specialist at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. "Earnings growth ties to fundamentals and fundamentals are key."
The S&P 500 index rose 28.55 points, or 1.1 percent, to 2,706.39. The Dow Jones indus...
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April 17, 2018 at 4:44 pm
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Minnesota FBI counterterrorism agent who was caught in a Trump administration crackdown pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking classified documents to a national media organization, saying he knew it was illegal but felt FBI investigations treated minority communities with "suspicion" and "disrespect."
Terry J. Albury, 39, appeared in federal court in St. Paul on one count of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and one count of unauthorized retention of national defense information. Under his plea agreement, Albury faces a likely sentence of between 37 and 57 months but the decision will be up to U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright, who did not set a sentencing date.
The Trump administration and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have ma...
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April 17, 2018 at 4:41 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the outage of the IRS payment website (all times local):
4:30 p.m.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says Americans who have been unable to pay their taxes Tuesday because the IRS payment website is down will receive an extension when the site is working again.
The website has been down most of the day and wasn't operational as of 4:30 p.m. EDT.
Mnuchin commented on the outage when asked by reporters after an event in Derry, New Hampshire, where he promoted the Trump tax overhaul along with Ivanka Trump.
Mnuchin described the problem as a "high-volume technical issue" that the IRS is attempting to resolve.
Tax day falls on April 17 this year because April 15 was a Sunday and April 16 was Emancipation Day, a holiday in Washington, D.C.
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April 17, 2018 at 3:19 pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Federal investigator says 1 dead after plane with engine failure makes emergency landing in Philadelphia.
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April 17, 2018 at 3:15 pm
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 17, 2018 - If you have been emailing for any amount of time, you know the basics of email etiquette: don’t use all caps unless you are extremely angry, and even then be sparing with that sort of email, don’t send confidential information, be especially careful before you hit “Reply All.”
Following the above advice should keep you safe from harm to your job or workplace relationships. Which means that you are ready to achieve the next level of email professionalism. Here are some do’s and don’ts that will ensure you present yourself in your absolute best light:
Do punctuate carefully. If you are trying to be emphatic, one exclamation point will do. Try to use more powerful words instead to convey your passion.
Do keep s...
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April 17, 2018 at 2:52 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel marked its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism on Tuesday with somber ceremonies and a one-minute siren that brought the country to a solemn standstill.
Sirens wailed at 8 p.m. across the country, prompting Israelis to stop in their tracks and stand silently with heads bowed to remember the dead. Another siren will ring out on Wednesday morning.
Memorial Day, which goes from sundown to sundown, is marked across the country by mournful ceremonies and visits to cemeteries by bereaved families. Places of entertainment shut down and TV and radio stations broadcast war stories and melancholic music.
The main ceremony was held at Jerusalem's Western Wall on Tuesday evening and attended by Israel's president, military brass a...
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April 17, 2018 at 2:50 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says its management was unaware until it came out in court that host Sean Hannity shared a lawyer with President Donald Trump, but that Hannity "continues to have our full support."
Fox said in a statement Tuesday that it had reviewed the matter and spoken to Hannity about the announcement that Michael Cohen had represented him. That was revealed in a court hearing on Monday about the FBI's seizure of records last week from Cohen's office as part of the probe of Trump's Russian contacts.
Hannity had described his personal dealings with Cohen as centered on real estate advice, and that he considered it so minimal that he hadn't seen it necessary to bring it up to anyone.
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April 17, 2018 at 2:49 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local):
2:35 p.m.
Philadelphia fire chief says that one person was taken to the hospital in critical condition after a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing.
Philadelphia Fire Department Commissioner Adam Thiel (TEAL') declined to release any additional details on the victim or their condition.
He says that seven other passengers were treated for minor injuries, but none had to be taken to the hospital.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the flight from New York to Dallas made an emergency landing after the crew reported damage to one of the engines, as well as the fuselage and at least one window.
Thiel says that there was a fuel leak and a small fire when f...
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April 17, 2018 at 2:43 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced.
The court's 5-4 decision — an unusual alignment in which new Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices — concerns a catchall provision of immigration law that defines what makes a crime violent. Conviction for a crime of violence makes deportation "a virtual certainty" for an immigrant, no matter how long he has lived in the United States, Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her opinion for the court.
The decision is a loss for President Donald Trump's administration, which has emphasized stricter enforcement of immigration law. In this case, President Barack Obama's admin...
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April 17, 2018 at 2:40 pm
FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) — A driver who admitted using her cellphone when she struck and killed two toddlers and their grandfather in Kentucky has been sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison.
Media report Boone County Circuit Court Judge James R. Schrand sentenced Jessica Hood on Monday. Hood was accused of killing 49-year-old Charles Napier and his twin 13-month-old grandchildren as he pulled them in a wagon in Florence.
Hood pleaded guilty last month to manslaughter and assault in the 2015 crash that also injured the toddlers' mother and another child. She told the court she was looking at her cellphone while trying to plug in an auxiliary cord and change the music player from a CD to her cellphone.
Hood apologized in court, saying she wished she could take back her actions.
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April 17, 2018 at 2:37 pm
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Seven students at a Prince George's County school took blades out of pencil sharpeners and cut themselves, a district official said.
The incident occurred before spring break at William Paca Elementary School.
crisis counseling team went to the school and worked with the seven students and their families.
All students involved were seen by the school nurse. The cuts were not severe enough to require a 911 call.
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April 17, 2018 at 2:35 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for its nearly 175,000 workers.
The announcement Tuesday comes after the arrests sparked protests and calls for a boycott on social media. Starbucks says the stores and corporate offices will be closed on the afternoon of May 29.
Starbucks, which once urged its employees to start conversations about race with customers, found itself through the looking glass: under fire for its treatment of black people.
The company reacted from a high level: Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said the arrests should not have happened and the company said he me...
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April 17, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Chaver Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Horav Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld, the Mattersdorfer Rov, Shlita, requires rachmei Shomayim. Please say Tehillim for Simcha Bunim ben Rochel, b'soch shae'ar cholei Yisroel.
May we share besoros tovos.
Chaim Dovid Zwiebel
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Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel
Executive Vice President
Agudath Israel of America
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April 17, 2018 at 12:52 pm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local):
12:45 p.m.
A passenger on a Southwest Airlines plane says a window was damaged after a problem with its left engine and the plane made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
Southwest Airlines says there were 143 passengers and five crewmembers on board the flight Tuesday en route from New York's La Guardia Airport to Dallas. The airline says something went awry and they landed at Philadelphia's airport.
Passenger Marty Martinez says a window exploded mid-air and posted photo of a damaged window and emergency oxygen masks dangling down.
Passengers were seen walking off the plane on the tarmac at the airport and the left engine of the plane is damaged.
It wasn't...
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April 17, 2018 at 12:16 pm
The Internal Revenue Service’s electronic system that allows Americans to submit their tax returns online has partly failed Tuesday, complicating filing for the millions of Americans attempting to meet the midnight deadline.
“On my way over here this morning, I was told a number of systems are down at the moment,” IRS Acting Commissioner David J. Kautter told lawmakers at an IRS oversight hearing Tuesday. “We are working to resolve the issue and taxpayers should continue to file as they normally would.”
The IRS plans to attempt a “hard reboot” of its system in the hope of solving the problem, according to a congressional official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
“If we can’t solve it today we...
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April 17, 2018 at 12:07 pm
Iranian-backed militants are operating across the United States mostly unfettered, raising concerns in Congress and among regional experts that these "sleeper cell" agents are poised to launch a large-scale attack on the American homeland, according to testimony before lawmakers.
Iranian agents tied to the terror group Hezbollah have already been discovered in the United States plotting attacks, giving rise to fears that Tehran could order a strike inside America should tensions between the Trump administration and Islamic Republic reach a boiling point.
Intelligence officials and former White House officials confirmed to Congress on Tuesday that such an attack is not only plausible, but relatively easy for Iran to carry out at a time when the Trump administration is considering abandoni...
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April 17, 2018 at 11:53 am
Baltimore, MD – Apr. 12, 2018 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of Mrs. Vera Revesz, z’l, mother of Rabbi Yitzchak Friedman. Rabbi Friedman will return to Baltimore, shiva beginning with minyanim on Tuesday morning at 6614 Chelwood Road, Baltimore, MD , 21209, through Thursday morning.Minyanim:
Shacharis: Tuesday-Thursday 6:45
Minchah/Maariv: Tuesday-Wednesday 7:25
Please no visits between 1:00-2:00 and 6:00-7:00
Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
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April 17, 2018 at 11:36 am
Baltimore County Police have cleared fifteen shoplifting incidents at home improvement stores involving an organized crew of criminals, and are asking for the public's assistance in identifying two more of the suspects.
The two suspects pictured to the left are associated with this shoplifting crew and were caught on surveillance camera taking tools from a Home Depot store in western Baltimore County. Detectives are now asking for the public's assistance in identifying these men.
The suspects involved in this shoplifting crew have stolen in excess of $100,000 worth of tools, usually Dewalt or Milwaukee tool kits like those seen pictured above. While detectives have cleared fifteen cases from Baltimore County, there are at least forty documented cases involving this group of s...
