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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Slams Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., But Forgets His Slips

And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Miss the Grapevine? Watch it! A Lott of Hypocrisy Around?One byproduct of the Trent Lott case is that politicians who have condemned Lott are being reminded of some of their own off-the-cuff ethnic comments. Massachusetts …

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US official says Iran could be behind Yemen's Houthi rebels' seizure of Red Sea cargo ship: report

Yemen rebels who hijacked an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea were backed, supported and potentially trained by Iranian authorities, according to a U.S. official. New photos of the helicopter-borne Houthi attack on the Galaxy Leader, a cargo vessel linked to Israeli billionaire Abraham “Rami” Ungar, shows “all the …

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Striking Portland teachers temporarily block downtown bridge

Teachers in Portland, Oregon, temporarily shut down a major bridge Tuesday morning as they marched in a strike started roughly three weeks ago. Members of the Portland Association of Teachers union and their supporters stopped in the middle of the Burnside Bridge for about 15 minutes, KGW reported. By 9 …

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