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MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff visited the University of California Irvine on Tuesday but could only find one student who said that he planned to vote.

"I remember my older sister Anita with her black hair, but I saw her now with her with her gray hair and all these other details," says one relative.

Shortly after her father spoke, Ivanka Trump had a different idea.

US crude futures settled higher as suppliers worked to shut in Gulf Coast production ahead...

Police Minister Stuart Nash is encouraging feedback on an initiative that will help Police prevent crime by having the most up-to-date and accurate information about offenders.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would consider selecting former Goldman Sachs executive and White House adviser Dina Powell as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and he shot down speculation he would tap his daughter Ivanka for the post. Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before departing for an event in Iowa, hours after announcing that current U.N

Google desperately wanted to copy Facebook's success on social media. Instead it may be left with a version of one of Facebook's biggest failures.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that it did not know what happened to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared in Istanbul after entering the Saudi consulate.

Undated photo provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families

In Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty, John Boles offers us another biography of Thomas Jefferson. In his brief introduction, he mentions that his aim is to present Jefferson as “politician, party leader, executive; architect, musician, oenophile, gourmand, traveler; inventor, historian, political theorist; land owner, farmer, slaveholder; and son, father, grandfather.” He cautions readers that his portrait is “admittedly sympathetic but critical when appropriate.” (The choice of “sympathetic” is unfortunate... Читать дальше...

National School Lunch week is here (October 15-19), a time for shining the spotlight on this essential program that feeds hungry children. For just a moment, let’s take a step back in time to see what President Harry Truman and the United States Army were doing about school lunches in the fall of 1946. Truman had recently signed the National School Lunch Act, which provided meals for needy children.  This meant free or reduced price school lunches for children of families living in poverty. The... Читать дальше...

The rich made off with the money the GOP predicted would be shared with workers.

Donald Trump is the first candidate to win the Presidency who lacked government or military experience. Only Wendell Willkie before him in 1940, and H. Ross Perot as an Independent in 1992 and 1996, are comparable.

Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway could solve many mysteries about her famous husband.  She could tell us how he got his start as a playwright, how he negotiated work and family, how he grieved for the death of his only son, how he died, and whether or not he was a closet Catholic. She could reveal where he wrote his plays, if he was a family man dutifully traveling back to Stratford, or if he heartlessly abandoned his wife and children to seek fame and fortune.  She could also tell us why her name is on their marriage bond... Читать дальше...

Professor Nell Painter, Artist 

(Detail, John Emerson Photo)

In my history books I have already had my say in clear language and discursive meaning about community. Now what history means to me in images is freedom from coherence, clarity, and collective representation. Nell Painter, Old in Art School

At age 64, Nell Irvin Painter retired from her chaired history professor position at Princeton University. During her distinguished career as a historian and teacher she was acclaimed... Читать дальше...

This goes far toward explaining one of the most troubling facts historians have uncovered about myths: they don’t die. They just go into hibernation, ready to spring back to life when circumstances become favorable. Take Joseph Stalin. He was officially repudiated by the Soviet Union shortly after his death in 1953. His horrors were fully exposed. But on the sixtieth anniversary of his death, who did Russians tell pollsters was the greatest Russian leader in history? Joseph Stalin. It’s not the man Russians were celebrating. Читать дальше...

On the second Monday of October various cities and states celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. Some locales do so along with Columbus Day, others instead of honoring a man who began the conquest of America’s Indians. Thus, it seems an appropriate occasion to ask whether in ranking our forty-five presidents we are mindful enough of their policies toward Native Americans. 

Four centuries ago, somebody starving in the drought afflicted Elbe region in what is today the Czech Republic, anonymously chiseled onto the stone of the receding river bank a warning. Here, along the river where one day American and Soviet troops would meet on their duel approach to Berlin, a graffito made by unknown hand marks 1616 as the oldest year recorded on one particular “Hunger Stone”, and on that surface there is a memento mori which reads “Wenn du mich sicht, dann weine.” This summer... Читать дальше...

By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brett Kavanaugh spent a collegial first day on the bench as a U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday that contrasted sharply with the venom of his confirmation process, taking an active role in arguments alongside his eight new colleagues.

‘It really, really sucks to be honest,’ says midfielder of watching Canada in CONCACAF tournament instead of playing.

By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-DE-PAIX (Reuters) - The weekend earthquake which battered Haiti killed 17 people, authorities said on Tuesday, and damaged or destroyed nearly 2,500 houses, sparking fears that many buildings are in a precarious state in the impoverished Caribbean country. The shallow, magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northern Haiti on Saturday, spreading panic, particularly around Port-de-Paix, a coastal town that absorbed the brunt of the shockwave. Two more people were confirmed dead on Tuesday... Читать дальше...

Team HumanitarianAlarm joined the people of the Peki Traditional area to raise funds and celebrate the rejuvenated Yam Festival over weekend with sub-chiefs from the various towns paying homage and renewing their loyalty and paying allegiance to His Majesty Diega Kodzo Dei XII (Paramount Chief of Peki Traditional Area)as he sat in state. The co ...

After a bitterly contentious confirmation battle, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, marking President Trump’s second SCOTUS pick to take a seat on the nation’s highest court. But while conservatives might have won in the short-term, Republican political strategist Rick Wilson says, they could lose the in the long-run.

President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday, as he said he was weighing locations for a second North Korea summit and declared an emergency in Florida with Hurricane Michael expected to hit.