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Fast Forward Australian Headmistress Accused of Molesting 70 Girls Freed — Ruled Unfit for Trial
An Israeli court has ruled that a former Australian school principal accused of more than 70 counts of sexual assault was mentally unfit to face extradition and could be freed from house arrest, officials said on Friday. For nearly three years Australia has been pushing Israel to extradite Malka Leifer, who fled Australia in 2008,…
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Fast Forward UCLA Murder-Suicide Killer Had ‘Kill List’ — Minnesota Woman Found Slain
The man accused of fatally shooting a University of California, Los Angeles, professor in a murder-suicide had written a “kill list” that included a woman who has been found dead in Minnesota, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said on Thursday. Investigators found the list while searching the suspect’s home in Minnesota, Beck told Los…
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Fast Forward Engineering Professor Slain by Grad Student in Bloody UCLA Murder-Suicide
Los Angeles police on Thursday identified the gunman who killed a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, before taking his own life as Mainak Sarkar, an engineering student at the school. Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Jane Kim confirmed that the gunman had been identified as Sarkar but declined to provide other details….
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Lashes Out at ‘Fool’ Bill Kristol — and Media
Donald Trump n Tuesday bristled at the possibility that Republicans opposed to him might run a third-party candidate as an alternative to Trump or the expected Democratic nominee Clinton. He said a leader of that effort, Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard magazine, “looks like such a fool.” “Let me tell you these people…
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Fast Forward Doll Box Sparks Terror Scare on Israel-Bound Flight — Hebrew Word Looks Like ‘Bomb’
Brief panic over a label on a toy box caused a short delay on a flight from Cyprus to Israel on Tuesday when an aircraft cleaner thought it was a warning of a bomb. The Aegean Airlines flight bound for Tel Aviv via Larnaca, was searched by police at the Cypriot airport on Tuesday after…
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Fast Forward Hitler’s ‘Older’ Brother Was Actually Younger — Did Infant’s Death Affect Future Fuhrer?
A brother of Hitler’s who was thought to be older was actually younger and died within days, raising questions about how his death might have affected the future leader of Nazi Germany, a historian said in comments published on Monday. Hitler is widely thought to have been the fourth of six siblings, but records from…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Rally Disrupted by Animal Rights Activists
At least five animal rights activists on Monday rushed the stage as presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a rally in Oakland, video posted online showed. The protesters were led away by several Secret Service agents before they were able to reach the Democrat, whose speech was briefly interrupted by the disturbance, a video posted…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Wife Faces Indictment in ‘Sara-gate’ Household Scandal
Israeli police have recommended bringing criminal charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, Israeli media said, on suspicion she misused state funds at their official and private residences. Mrs Netanyahu, who has denied any wrongdoing, was questioned by the police fraud squad in December. Any significant political fallout for the prime minister would likely…
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