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A sculpture, titled “Mother of the Martyr,” depicts a slender peasant woman, a traditional artistic representation of Egypt, with her arms outstretched with a helmeted soldier standing behind her. (AP) A provincial goveor in Egypt has ordered changes to a sculpture honoring fallen soldiers, which used to have a helmeted soldier standing behind the woman. (AP) Previous Next CAIRO – A provincial goveor in Egypt has ordered changes to a sculpture honoring fallen soldiers after many on social media said it appeared to depict an unwanted advance on a woman symbolizing the country. The concrete sculpture, titled "Mother of the Martyr," depicts a slender peasant woman, a traditional ...

AsDonald Trumparrived in Phoenix lateWednesday, fresh from a visit to Mexico City’s presidential palace, he had in his hands a bigimmigration speechthat omitted the usual line that Mexico would have to pay for his proposed wall along the U.S. southe border. Just after landing, though, Mr. Trump discovered that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nietohad tweeted that he had told the Republican presidential nominee during their private meeting earlier that day that his country would refuse to pay for the wall. Mr. Trump was peeved that Mr. Peña Nieto had gone public with the fact that the Mexican president had broken what Mr. Trump considered a deal to keep the question of paying for the w...

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is fighting Tuesday to hold onto her House seat after losing her post atop the Democratic National Committee last month over a leaked email scandal, amid waings from her primary challenger that she’s taken her base “for granted.” First-time candidate Tim Canova, a law professor backed by Beie Sanders, is trying to unseat the incumbent Tuesday, in one of several big end-of-the-season primaries. Canova’s longshot bid to upset Wasserman Schultz got a huge boost this spring when Sanders endorsed him and even hinted at coming to Florida to campaign for him. He benefited again when Wasserman Schultz was caught up in the leak of emails showing top DNC officials crit...

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department homicide detecitves want to question Rory Murga in the death of 16-year-old Elena Moore. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP) Califoia deputies say a 16-year-old stabbing victim’s chilling last words may have fingered her ex-boyfriend as her killer. Elena (Lily) Moore was yelling and screaming the ex’s name after being stabbed once in the chest in her home in Pico Rivera in the middle of the night Friday. Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies the girl’s screams wakened her mother. She watched her daughter die. “She was yelling and screaming his name. It's horrible,” Lt. Eddie Heandez said of Elena. “Can you imagine waking up to the screams of...

Russia's long jumper Darya Klishina speaks at a track meet in June. (Associated Press) The IAAF said Saturday it has baed the only Russian in Olympic track and field from competition and that she is appealing the ruling. IAAF spokesman Yais Nikolaou told The Associated Press that the goveing body revoked eligibility for long jumper Darya Klishina based on new information it received last week. Nikolaou would not specify what the new information is or who delivered it. Klishina, a former European indoor champion, was previously the only one of 68 Russians allowed to compete in the sport amid a massive doping scandal. The IAAF had accepted her application because she is based in the United...

Hillary Clinton clashed from afar with Donald Trump on the economy Monday, accusing him of peddling “old, tired ideas” that benefit the “really wealthy” – after the Republican nominee hammered the Democrats' “job-killing” agenda in a speech of his own where he unveiled a revised plan to jolt the economy by slashing taxes and regulations. Trump delivered his economic address early Monday afteoon in Detroit, touting a plan he called a "nigh...

Hillary Clinton clashed from afar with Donald Trump on the economy Monday, accusing him of peddling “old, tired ideas” that benefit the “really wealthy” – after the Republican nominee hammered the Democrats' “job-killing” agenda in a speech of his own where he unveiled a revised plan to jolt the economy by slashing taxes and regulations. Trump delivered his economic address early Monday afteoon in Detroit, touting a plan he called a "night-and-day-contrast" with the “job-killing, tax-raising, poverty-inducing Obama-Clinton agenda.” Clinton retued fire hours later during a rally in St. Petersburg, Fla., saying her GOP rival has simply hired advisers trying to “make his old, tired ideas ...

MOOSE, Wyo. – An Ohio teenager located by searchers two days after she vanished in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park cut and dyed her hair, changed her clothes and fled when authorities initially approached her, officials said Saturday. MISSING PERSON: Fauna Jackson search enters 2nd day. Call 307.739.3517 with info. Summary: https://t.co/tsSEtvrLFZ pic.twitter.com/SDIUkQV5lY — Grand Teton NP (@GrandTetonNPS) August 5, 2016 Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said the incident is "under investigation." Jackson, who is from Cinciati, was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen on Thurs...

MOOSE, Wyo. – An Ohio teenager located by searchers two days after she vanished in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park cut and dyed her hair, changed her clothes and fled when authorities initially approached her, officials said Saturday. MISSING PERSON: Fauna Jackson search enters 2nd day. Call 307.739.3517 with info. Summary: https://t.co/tsSEtvrLFZ pic.twitter.com/SDIUkQV5lY — Grand Teton NP (@GrandTetonNPS) August 5, 2016 Fauna Jackson, 16, was uninjured and taken to a hospital to be checked out. The National Park Service said the incident is "under investigation." Jackson, who is from Cinciati, was found near the Snake River Overlook about 4 miles from where she was last seen on Thurs...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

Brown University officials say an alumni’s short film on censorship at the Ivy League school deserves a failing grade, but the man behind the camera says students and faculty have told him it is “spot on.” Rob Montz, who graduated in 2005 with a degree in philosophy, retued to the Providence, R.I., school to film and narrate a 13-minute documentary on the state of free speech at his alma mater. His findings, that the vaunted university’s liberal-minded administration stifled conservative voices, struck a chord with students and professors, he said. Related Image Expand / Contract Montz retued to his alma mater and found free speech in short supply. (Courtesy: Rob Montz) “There has...

(Reuters/Fox News) Roger Ailes resigned Thursday as chairman of Fox News, Fox Business and Fox television stations, effective immediately, in the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit that led to days of negotiations about his departure. Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of parent company 21st Century Fox, who hired Ailes to launch Fox News two decade ago, said in a company statement that he would take over as chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Chael and Fox Business Network. “Roger Ailes has made a remarkable contribution to our company and our country,” Murdoch said in the statement. “Roger shared my vision of a great and independent television organization and executed it brilliantly ...

(Reuters/Fox News) NEW YORK – 21st Century Fox today aounced that Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Chael and Fox Business Network, and Chairman of Fox Television Stations, has resigned from his role effective immediately. Rupert Murdoch will assume the role of Chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Chael and Fox Business Network. Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman, 21st Century Fox, said: “Roger Ailes has made a remarkable contribution to our company and our country. Roger shared my vision of a great and independent television organization and executed it brilliantly over 20 great years. Fox News has given voice to those who were ignored by the traditional networks and has been on...

AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas' strictvoterIDlaw violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered changes before the November election. The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals instructs a lower court to make changes that fix the "discriminatory effect" of the 2011 law, but to do so in a way that disrupts this year's election season as little as possible. President Barack Obama's administration took the unusual step of deploying the weight of the U.S. Justice Department into the case when it challenged the law, which requires Texas residents to show one of seven forms of approved identification. The state and other supporters say the Texas law prev...

AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Texas' strictvoterIDlaw violates the Voting Rights Act and ordered changes before the November election. The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals instructs a lower court to make changes that fix the "discriminatory effect" of the 2011 law, but to do so in a way that disrupts this year's election season as little as possible. President Barack Obama's administration took the unusual step of deploying the weight of the U.S. Justice Department into the case when it challenged the law, which requires Texas residents to show one of seven forms of approved identification. The state and other supporters say the Texas law prev...

CLEVELAND – Anti-Trump Republicans launched a last-ditch bid on Monday to deny the New York businessman the party’s nomination by trying to force a state-by-state vote at the Cleveland convention on the rules that bind delegates to back Donald Trump. The effort stands little chance of succeeding, but could pose a major disruption to the proceedings just as party officials were trying to smooth over divisions. The Trump camp is said to be "livid" at the revived push. "This is a big headache," one official told Fox News. The group of Republicans has been working to upend convention proceedings by taking their objection of the presumptive GOP nominee to the convention floor. Trump’s camp ...

The Donald Trump campaign is again changing its logo, Fox News leaed Saturday. The campaign has already scrapped the one released Friday with ruing mate Mike Pence's name, presumably because the interlocking “TP” logo was criticized by reporters and on social media for appearing sexually suggestive. Sources told Fox News that Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, personally approved the design from among several options. The decision to change the logo again was made Friday night. The new logo -- Trump and Pence’s name over the signature campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” -- appeared Saturday on the official campaign website and on fundraising emails. Several Trum...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg faced a growing and bipartisan backlash Wednesday -- including a call from Donald Trump to resign -- as she doubled down on her criticism of the presumptive GOP nominee, calling him a “faker” who is unqualified to be president. Even political figures and newspaper editorial writers who might agree with the comments swiftly said they were out of line for a high court justice. And Trump himself lashed out on Twitter, saying: Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. Her mind is shot - resign! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2016 The liberal icon justice had kic...