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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's highest court is expected to decide next year whether to dismiss a fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump over his former school for real estate investors. Schneiderman alleges Trump University was unlicensed and promised lessons with real estate experts hand-picked by Trump that didn't happen.

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Daniel L. Davis

Politics, Americas

Capitol Hill keeps passing the buck.

According to the United States Constitution, Congress has the responsibility—not merely the ability, but the obligation—to declare war, raise and support armies, and to “make rules for the government and regulations of the land and naval forces.” As a body, the U.S. Congress has abdicated this crucial responsibility. This is not only a shame to the legislators but a disservice to the American people. Читать дальше...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say the swift actions of a man and two boys saved the life of a 5-year-old girl who nearly drowned in a hotel swimming pool in South Dakota. Wisdom Bass-Robinson, 12, and Btin Spears, 13, of Walthill, Nebraska, noticed the girl face-down in the pool at the Best Western Ramkota in Rapid City shortly after 8 p.m. Monday and pulled her from the water, according to police.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just a week after voting to scrap an unfinished 1970s-era nuclear power plant in Alabama, the Tennessee Valley Authority began taking steps toward possible future construction of small modular reactors.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just a week after voting to scrap an unfinished 1970s-era nuclear power plant in Alabama, the Tennessee Valley Authority began taking steps toward possible future construction of small modular reactors.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 17 (UPI) -- The clearing of debris along Florida beaches was credited with a 200 percent spike in sea turtle nests.

Russia and Serbia signed a plan on Tuesday that sets out agenda for military cooperation between the two partners throughout 2016, the Balkan nation’s Defense Ministry said.

In a country where belonging to a tribe is vital to guaranteeing protection, status and livelihood, their community — which some estimates say numbers nearly 3 million people — is without a tribe and ignored by the government. Many have been thrown into a state of constant displacement, with no one to take them in. Some tell of fleeing from strikes by one side, only to be hit again by another of the many factions and combatants in the conflict. Walid Abdullah, a 20-year-old member of the Marginalized... Читать дальше...

The medal has a pre-sale estimate of $1.5 million to $2 million.

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Tuesday that Egypt's relations with Israel, rooted in a landmark 1979 peace treaty, can only be "warmer" if his country's former enemy reached a settlement with the Palestinians and pledged that Cairo would "make every effort" toward a solution.

The owner also recently reopened the Country Bar in Uptown but says that's not why he's putting his West Bank bar on the market.

A new report from the National Academy of Sciences knocked down some pro-GMO claims, such as that they've boosted crop yields, and urged federal agencies to change the way these foods are regulated.

A new report from the National Academy of Sciences knocked down some pro-GMO claims, such as that they've boosted crop yields, and urged federal agencies to change the way these foods are regulated.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have activated right-handed reliever Joaquin Benoit from the disabled list after he missed nearly a month with a shoulder injury.

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Responding to criticism about dismal diversity metrics, Chris Patten, the chancellor of the University of Oxford, disparaged the concept of racial quotas, as Quartz reported.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Patten said that quotas lower standards:

I am in favor of universities recognizing their responsibilities for promoting social inclusion. But I don’t think that if you want high-class universities, you should expect them to lower their standards in... Читать дальше...

Mexico’s president on Tuesday proposed allowing same-sex marriage nationally, the latest in a series of progressive policies in a traditionally conservative country. The presidency said on Twitter that President Enrique Peña Nieto had “announced the signing of a reform initiative which includes the recognition of the right to get married without any form of discrimination.” Same-sex marriage is currently permitted in Mexico City, as well as in several states, including Coahuila, Quintana Roo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Chihuahua and Sonora.

Cold snap damages wine grape crops in Minnesota, Wisconsin (AP) — Vintners in southern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota are reeling from a weekend cold snap that ruined huge swaths of their grapes. An informal survey of growers shows at least 30 vineyards in that area lost more than 50 percent of their crops, he said. Some wineries may yet see secondary grape buds on their vines, though it's unclear how much fruit they might bear as the plants recover from the freeze, he said. Wineries already have their 2016 products on the shelves... Читать дальше...

A department store in the U.K. has come under fire for selling bras meant for young girls that many parents are deeming too sophisticated and even sexual.

"When they attack me, I'm going to attack them," Donald Trump says.

Student body president's grandma helped get Obama for speech PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers University student's grandmother who helped the university nab President Barack Obama as its commencement speaker said she hasn't stopped smiling about that special day. Totten, a 70-year-old Highlands resident, is the grandmother of outgoing Rutgers student government president Matthew Panconi, who also spoke at the event.

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The sudden death of James Gandolfini in June of 2013 now has a new subplot: A paramedic at the scene allegedly stole the actor's $3,000 Rolex watch.

After Gandolfini’s 13-year-old son notified the front desk at the Boscolo Exedera Hotel in Rome that his father had collapsed in the bathroom of their suite, paramedics responded, and one is being charged with taking the watch from Gandolfini's wrist as he was on the floor, according to The Daily Beast. 

The paramedic... Читать дальше...