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Fast Forward Did Israel Block U.N. Envoy From Easter Event?
A United Nations envoy accused Israel on Saturday of trying to block him and other diplomats from a pre-Easter “Holy Fire” ritual in the packed Jerusalem church Christians revere as the burial site of Jesus. The incident, following two days of violence at a separate flashpoint holy site for Jews and Muslims, pointed up rising…
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Fast Forward 3,000 Mourn Grandfather and Teen Kiilled in Overland Park Rampage
Thousands of mourners filled a church in Kansas on Friday to remember a teenager and his grandfather who were shot dead outside a Jewish community center last week in a suspected anti-Semitic hate crime. Adam Hamilton, the senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, called on the more than 3,000 mourners to…
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Fast Forward Overland Park Killer Among Racist Web Site Users Who Kill 100
A white supremacist charged with killing three people near two Jewish community facilities in suburban Kansas City this week posted more than 12,000 messages on a racist website which carries the slogan “No Jews, Just Right,” according to a leading organization that tracks hate groups. The online activity by Frazier Glenn Cross follows a trend…
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Fast Forward Tears and Calls for Peace at Overland Park Service
The scene of what authorities say was a hate crime just days ago became the setting for tears, prayers and calls for peace as religious leaders gathered at a Kansas Jewish community center for a memorial service in honor of three people shot dead on Sunday. Heavy security surrounded the Jewish Community Center on Thursday…
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Fast Forward SodaStream May Sell Up to 16% Stake
At-home soda leader SodaStream International is in early talks to sell a 10 to 16 percent stake in the company to a large strategic entity, the Calcalist financial news website reported on Wednesday. The talks involve a company valuation for SodaStream of $1.1 billion, Calcalist said, noting that there are still differences between the parties…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Plans $50M Push on Illegal Guns
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ramped up his efforts to fight gun violence on Wednesday with a plan to spend $50 million on a grassroots network to organize voters on gun control. The initiative’s political target is the powerful pro-gun lobby, including the National Rifle Association, that spends millions of dollars each year to…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Closed as Passover Violence Flares
Israeli riot police entered one of Jerusalem’s most revered and politically sensitive religious compounds on Wednesday to disperse rock-throwing Palestinians opposed to any Jewish attempts to pray there. The confrontation erupted after Israeli police tried to escort some 20 visitors onto the plaza revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the…
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Fast Forward NYPD Disbands Unit That Snooped on Muslims
The New York Police Department has disbanded a surveillance unit that targeted and monitored Muslim communities, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The unit, which began in 2003, has been largely inactive since the incoming Police Commissioner William Bratton took over the department in January, and its detectives have been reassigned, the report said….
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