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A surprisingly restrained Donald Trump used the latest presidential debate to send a none-too-subtle message to Republicans still wary of his insurgent candidacy: “Be smart and unify.” Ted Cruz and
Dozens of uniformed and plainclothes police watch silently every Sunday morning as white-clad dissidents file into Mass at Santa Rita Church in a leafy Havana neighborhood of mansions overlooking the
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14:05: One person was wounded in a stabbing attack at Shar Yaffo in Yerushalayim. According to EMS personnel on the scene, the victim was stabbed in the shoulder area and
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