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Fast Forward FBI Will Investigate Death, Violence At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. authorities will investigate the violence stemming from a white nationalist rally on Saturday that killed one person, injured more than 30, and challenged President Trump’s leadership. Four people were arrested in the violence, including James Fields, a 20-year-old white man from Ohio being held in jail on suspicion of plowing…
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Fast Forward Synagogue Employee Claims She Was Fired For Getting Married While Pregnant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan Jewish congregation known as the oldest in the United States must face a lawsuit claiming it illegally fired a employee after learning she was 19 weeks pregnant when she married, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived Alana Shultz’s claim that…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Meets With UN Chief As Donald Vows Cuts
Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and informal adviser, met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for lunch at U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday amid a push by the president to slash funding for the world body. Ivanka Trump is seen as an important influence on her father, and her husband, Jared…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Calls For Healthcare ‘Turning Point’
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday he hoped Congress had reached a turning point on efforts to repeal Obamacare and it was time for the parties to work together to stabilize the insurance markets and fix the system’s weaknesses. Schumer, speaking at a news conference, praised the three Republican senators who decided join…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Quieter For Muslim Prayers After Israel Backs Down On Security
The main prayer session at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque ended more quietly on Friday than expected with Israel setting an age limit on who could attend after two weeks of violent protests over tougher Israeli security measures. Extra police stood guard throughout the walled Old City, some wearing riot gear, some on horseback, in anticipation of…
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Fast Forward More Than 100 Injured After Thousands Of Muslim Worshippers Surge Temple Mount
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Muslim worshippers surged into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday and at least 113 were hurt in scuffles with police after Israel lifted security measures imposed at the sacred site in the face of days of violent protests. Chaotic scenes unfolded as Israeli police used stun grenades to try to control…
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Fast Forward Hitler Bunker Exhibit Asks: How Did Germans Become Nazis?
More than 70 years after Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker in the final days of World War Two, an exhibition in the capital examines how he became a Nazi and what turned ordinary Germans into murderers during the Third Reich. The exhibition “Hitler – how could it happen” is set in a…
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Fast Forward Muslims Flock Back To Temple Mount As Crackdown Eases
Thousands of Muslim worshippers rushed to pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque in chaotic scenes on Thursday after Israel backed down in the face of 10 days of often-violent unrest and removed security measures it had installed at the sacred site. At least 37 Palestinians were injured as Israeli security forces used sound bombs to control…
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