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A think tank funded by Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education pick recently advocated for putting kids back in the workforce. The Acton Institute, a conservative nonprofit that is said to have received thousands of dollars in donations from Betsy DeVos and her family, posted an essay to its blog this month that called child labor “a gift our…
Team Jess, Team Dean, Team Logan — whatever happened to Team Rory? (Netflix) Like any good bookish, nerdy Rory Gilmore-wannabe, I’m excited for the Netflix “Gilmore Girls” revival. But I’m fed up with the ever-present question: “So are you Team Jess? Team Logan? Or Team Dean?” For ye uninitiated, the hit TV show “Gilmore Girls” followed…
WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao — The dark outlines of land had just come into view when the smuggler forced everyone into the sea. Roymar Bello screamed. She was one of 17 passengers who had climbed onto the overloaded fishing boat with aging motors in July, hoping to escape Venezuela’s economic disaster for a new life on the Caribbean island…
JERUSALEM — Israeli firefighters on Friday reined in a blaze that had spread across the country’s third-largest city of Haifa and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, but continued to battle more than a dozen other fires around the country for the fourth day in a row. Some of the 60,000…
Middle East Israel Arrests 13 on Suspicion of Arson Over Mass Wildfires By REUTERSNOV. 25, 2016, 6:00 A.M. E.S.T. close story-meta-footer close story-meta JERUSALEM — Israeli police arrested 13 people on Friday on suspicion of arson, authorities said, after massive wildfires tore through central and northern Israel, a conflagration that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded…
Dry conditions and strong winds on Thursday whipped up wildfires near the port city of Haifa in northern Israel, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, damaging property and devouring forests. By REUTERS and THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date November 24, 2016. Photo by Ariel Schalit/Associated Press. Watch in Times Video »…
Israel continued to battle fires in different parts of the country on Friday, with outbreaks reported in Beit Meir in the Jerusalem hills, near Kiryat Gat in the South of the country, next to Harashim in the Galilee, and across the wider Haifa region. In addition to the countries to respond to calls for help…
Some 70 years ago, this was the Asian stereotype. (Russell Lee, July 1942, Twin Falls, Idaho. Library of Congress) For those who doubt that racial resentment lingers in this nation, Asian Americans are a favorite talking point. The argument goes something like this: If “white privilege” is so oppressive — if the United States is so hostile…
A wildfire ripped through parts of Israel’s third-largest city on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate as several nations sent firefighting reinforcement to help battle the blaze. View this image › The fire spread quickly through Haifa’s northern neighborhoods, although no serious injuries beyond treatment for smoke inhalation were immediately reported. In…
A quote from Ivanka Trump surfaced Thanksgiving morning, showing her reaction to her father commenting on her appearance on a 2006 talk show. Donald TrumpDonald TrumpSecret Service in talks to rent space in Trump Tower: report Report: Russian propaganda efforts propelled fake election news See Trump’s Thanksgiving menu at the Mar-a-Lago MORE, now the president-elect,…