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Fast Forward Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Abortion Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to abortion rights advocates, striking down a Texas law imposing strict regulations on abortion doctors and facilities that its critics contended were specifically designed to shut down clinics. The 5-3 ruling held that the Republican-backed 2013 law placed an undue burden on women exercising their constitutional…
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Fast Forward Lucrative Gas Deals Driving Israel Normalization of Ties With Turkey
Israel and Turkey announced on Monday they would normalize ties after a six-year rupture, a rare rapprochement in the divided Middle East driven by the prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals as well as mutual fears over growing security risks. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the two countries would exchange ambassadors as soon as…
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Fast Forward 10 Hurt as Clashes Erupt at Neo-Nazi Rally in Sacramento
At least 10 people were injured at a rally outside the California state capitol in Sacramento on Sunday as members of a white supremacist group clashed with counter-protesters, authorities said. The melee erupted during a rally staged by the Traditionalist Worker Party, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white nationalist extremist group….
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Fast Forward Steven Sotloff’s Parents Join Plea for Action on Captive Journalist Austin Tice
The families of four Americans killed by Islamic State on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to do everything possible to bring home the only U.S. journalist known to be held in war-torn Syria. “We are asking the president … to engage boldly and to use all appropriate means to bring Austin Tice safely home as…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans Push To Stifle Terror Incitement on Social Media
Israel’s Justice Ministry is drafting legislation that would enable it to order Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social media to remove online postings it deems to be inciting terrorism. “We are working on draft legislation, similar to what is being done in other countries; one law that would allow for a judicial injunction to order…
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Fast Forward Hitler’s Trousers Fetch $70K at ‘Disgusting’ Auction of Nazi Trove
Trousers with leather pockets worn by Adolf Hitler and a brass container that held the cyanide used by a top deputy to commit suicide were among a trove of Nazi memorabilia sold for hundreds of thousands of euros at an auction in Germany. The sale of items from a collection of an American medical officer…
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Fast Forward After Orlando, Jewish Democrats Lead Anti-Gun Fight in Senate — but GOP Holds Cards
The U.S. Senate will make its strongest push in years to tighten gun controls on Monday, voting on four proposals a week after the Orlando shooting massacre prompted new calls to keep firearms away from people on terrorism watch lists. But while the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has spurred quick action in…
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Fast Forward How Natural Gas Could Warm Israel Detente With Turkey
On the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington in March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a private meeting with Israel’s energy minister, Yuval Steinitz. It was the highest level contact between Israel and Turkey since diplomatic relations broke down six years ago after Israeli forces raided a Turkish ship bound for Gaza,…
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