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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The longtime chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Education is facing accusations that he pursued sexual relationships with teenage girls more than 35 years ago, when he was in his late 20s and early 30s. Two women tell The Philadelphia Inquirer they had long-term sexual relationships with Larry Wittig beginning when they were 16 and 17. One of the women, Annette DeMichele, says her relationship with Wittig started in 1981, the summer after her high school graduation. She says it continued at the University of Pennsylvania... Читать дальше...

Farhad Rezaei

Politics, Middle East

The decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has drawn the Muslim world's gaze away from Iran.

Breaking with decades of U.S. foreign policy and defying the international opposition, on December 6, 2017, President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He also promised that in time, the American embassy in Tel Aviv would be moved to Jerusalem.

Trump was acting on October 23, 1995, congressional... Читать дальше...

A retired state trooper who spent decades in law enforcement was arrested for drug trafficking after he was caught delivering fentanyl to a buyer in a parking lot, authorities said. Jeffrey Linscott, a 51-year-old former Maine state trooper, was arrested late Wednesday after agents from the state’s Drug Enforcement Agency spotted him delivering the powerful...

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Police in a Baltimore suburb have arrested a physician they say sexually assaulted two patients, including a 16-year-old girl. Baltimore County Police said in a statement that officers arrested 54-year-old Dr. Alberto Yataco on Wednesday. He is charged with rape, sex abuse of a minor, assault and other sex offenses. He is being held without bail pending a preliminary hearing in January. Authorities say Yataco owns and operates Get Well Immediate Care in Towson. Police say they... Читать дальше...

In the past year, I've seen people reading books on trains, planes and buses. I've sighted them in libraries, on park benches and at malls, in restaurants and at coffee shops, standing on street corners, in hotel lobbies, at the beach, in line at the bank and in the market. And all of these sightings have one thing in common: All of the readers were reading actual books, not books on devices. The book lives. I started this column 12 years ago. Back then, the pundits and industry watchers and just... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks moved higher in late-afternoon trading Thursday, on course to erase modest losses from the day before. Banks and energy companies accounted for most of the gains. Retailers also rose. Technology stocks lagged the most. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 9 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,688 as of 3:27 p.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 88 points, or 0.4 percent, to 24,815. The Nasdaq composite added 12 points, or 0.2 percent, to 6,973. The Russell... Читать дальше...

Jeffrey Stacey, Bassima Al-Ghussein

Politics, Middle East

The U.S. relationship with Qatar offers a non-unique benefit to the United States, which could easily be replaced or replicated by other Gulf Cooperation Council governments.

As the region careens toward twin crises related to Trump’s Jerusalem decision and the sectarian conflict whose latest round is playing out in Lebanon, one crisis the Middle East and Western allies could do without is the needless internal imbroglio... Читать дальше...

Political scribe: Dems Are Readying for Impeachment The selection of Manhattan Rep. Jerrold Nadler as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee is “the clearest sign yet” that Democrats are gearing up for a “full-blown constitutional showdown” they hope will end with President Trump’s impeachment, says The Washington Post’s Paul Kane. So much for Dem...

Current ESPN NFL analyst spent time as a personnel executive with the Redskins and the Eagles prior to joining the network

This morning, Long Island Iced Tea, a New York-based beverage maker, announced it was changing its name to Long Blockchain Corp. The company’s relation to cryptocurrency is dubious — it says it will “leverage the benefits of blockchain technology” — but it was quickly rewarded with a 200 percent jump in stock price at the opening of trading.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on special deer hunts to gauge the prevalence of a newly-found wildlife disease in Montana that can be fatal to deer, elk and moose (all times local): 1:30 p.m. Montana will conduct a second special deer hunt — this one along the Canadian border — as wildlife officials scramble to gauge the prevalence of a newly-found disease that's fatal to deer, elk and moose. State wildlife commissioners approved the hunt Thursday. Officials said they expect to issue about 335... Читать дальше...

Surrey RCMP’s Special Victim Unit has been called in and will be canvassing the neighbourhood for any potential witnesses or surveillance video.

PSIHOPAT SA ŠARENOM KOSOM - On je jedan od najgorih ubojica u povijesti Kanade. A na prvi pogled nikad se ne bi reklo. Prije pet godina mladić s ljubičastom kosom i zaraznim osmjehom na licu bio je na glasu kao neviđeno zabavni momak koji u svojoj vili redovito organizira lude tulume. Baš svi su ga obožavali... A i danas kako izgleda u sudnici nikad se ne bi reklo da je Dellen Millard opasni psihopat. Na suđenju za ubojstvo Laure Babcock Millard brani sam sebe. Toronto Star piše da u skupom odijelu... Читать дальше...

NY ALBANY NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, December 21, 2017 _____ 865 FPUS51 KALY 212025 ZFPALY ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT for EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND National Weather Service ALBANY NY 323 PM EST Thu Dec 21 2017 NYZ033-220900- Hamilton- Including the cities of Speculator and Indian Lake 323 PM EST Thu Dec 21 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM FRIDAY TO NOON EST SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of snow this evening, then a chance of snow after midnight. Cold with lows around 7 above. Читать дальше...

CT ALBANY NY Zone Forecast for Thursday, December 21, 2017 _____ 865 FPUS51 KALY 212025 ZFPALY ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT for EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND National Weather Service ALBANY NY 323 PM EST Thu Dec 21 2017 CTZ001-220900- Northern Litchfield- Including the city of Torrington 323 PM EST Thu Dec 21 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... .TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 19. North winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow or sleet in the morning... Читать дальше...

He made it way past third base – with a little help. Mets legend Darryl Strawberry told Dr. Oz Thursday that he was able to fit in quickies between innings thanks to teammates and coaches who covered for him. “In the middle of games, you were so addicted to sex, that you would go out...

With the January transfer window fast approaching, Alison Bender and Stewart Robson look at what options Arsenal might have to strengthen their squad. For years, Arsenal have been sustained by the promise of a better future. It never really arrived, but they had reasons to believe it would. Not now. Now Arsenal's prospects for forthcoming years are starting to look bleaker. It is a sign of a loss of identity. It is also a warning. This season, especially if it produces the desired top-four finish... Читать дальше...

Make no mistake; Manchester United's 2-1 defeat to Bristol City in the Carabao Cup quarterfinal was a stinker of a result. Don't think that the League Cup doesn't matter; despite the weaker team selection, Jose Mourinho wanted to win it, just like he'd won it in his first season at Old Trafford. Those two cups wins in 2017 turned the year from a failure into a success. United fans wanted it, too. Perhaps the competition didn't matter as much at the start of this decade when United were the preeminent...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge has ruled a 16-year-old boy arrested in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a North Texas landfill will be tried as an adult. The decision came after a nearly four-hour court hearing Wednesday in Fort Worth. Frank Alder, the teenager’s attorney, told state District...

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson did not rule out the idea of a presidential run when asked about it. Listen to his comments to USA TODAY.

Crowds gathered at Memphis Park in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 20 singing the lyrics to Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye,” while a statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis was removed. A statue of Civil War general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest was also removed from Health Sciences Park, about two miles away. The parks were sold to Memphis Greenspace, a non-profit organization that circumvented a state law that requires the city to seek approval from the Tennessee Historical Commission for the statues’ removal... Читать дальше...

Don’t expect UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem to retire after his brutal KO loss to Francis Ngannou.

The confusing response she got was part of a bigger pattern in the Trump administration.

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After watching several videos online about a Grinch who wanted to steal Christmas, concerned citizen TyLon Pittman, 5, did what he was told to do in an emergency situation: call 911. Pittman told a Mississippi dispatcher what he knew about the Grinch, and warned her to be on the lookout. The amused woman wrote about their conversation on Facebook, in a post seen by Byram Police Officer Lauren Develle. Develle stopped by Pittman's house on Saturday, and promised she'd catch the Grinch if she saw him. Читать дальше...