Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed his chief of staff and longtime ally, Sergei Ivanov, a hawkish ex-KGB spy with impeccable English who was once rumored to become his successor.
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Turbulence injures more than 20 on JetBlue flight from Boston to Sacramento
More than 20 passengers and crew members were injured when turbulence rocked their JetBlue flight from Massachusetts to California, forcing the aircraft to be diverted to South Dakota, the airline said.
Continue reading...She’s ‘old, for a woman’: Media around the world condemned for sexist Olympics coverage
A week into the Rio Games, NBC and some other U.S. news outlets have taken a drubbing for a sexist approach to female athletes. But around the world, other media organizations are showing they aren’t about to let the Americans win gold, silver and bronze in...
Continue reading...Some African American cops say they’re ‘on both sides of the fence’ in police-activist disputes
Ernest Spradley, who is African American, says he chuckled when a suburban white cop pulled him over and told him he was going 95 mph down a main drag.
Continue reading...District mapping is diluting minority votes in this Georgia county, civil rights groups allege in lawsuit
More than half a century after the passage of the federal Voting Rights Act, the most racially diverse county in the southeastern United States is depriving minority voters of the ability to elect local candidates of their choice, a coalition of civil rights groups has alleged...
Continue reading...Muslim boy who was arrested for building a clock says his family was forced to leave the U.S. for safety
It has been nearly a year since a Muslim teen was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school in Texas, instantly turning him into the pivot for a nationwide debate about security, terrorism and religious prejudice.
Continue reading...Politics isn’t the only motive driving Palestinian knife attacks on Israeli soldiers
With a knife raised above her head, 17-year-old Jamila Jaber froze momentarily opposite two Israeli soldiers with automatic rifles at a highway bus stop near the West Bank settlement of Ariel.
Continue reading...13 dead, 6 injured as fire rips through bar in northern France
A fast-moving fire swept through a birthday party in the basement of a bar in the northwest French city of Rouen, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said Saturday.
Continue reading...Here’s what happened to the sites of past mass shootings
Pulse wasn’t built to be a memorial. It was built to be a nightclub, a shrine to cocktails and loud music with a dance floor and a patio, a temple of the living. Then a gunman killed 49 clubgoers at the gay Orlando, Fla., nightspot on...
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