Tag: calls
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Ken Jennings calls out ‘problematic’ answer on ‘Jeopardy!’ and apologizes to female contestant
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings called out a “problematic” answer during Monday night’s episode and apologized to a female contestant before moving on to the rest of the show. The moment came when contestant Heather Ryan picked the $400 clue under the category of “Complete the Rhyming Phrase.” Jennings read out the clue “Men rarely make…
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Calls for hate crime charge as Jewish man shot in Chicago
A Chicago man has been charged with 14 felonies after allegedly shooting a Jewish man who was on his way to a local synagogue. But some community leaders are questioning why hate crime charges have not been filed. The Chicago Police Department said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is accused of shooting an unidentified 39-year-old man…
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Georgian president calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election; U.S., allies call for probe
Georgia’s president called for protests on Monday following a disputed parliamentary election, and the United States and the European Union urged a full investigation into reports of violations in the voting. The results, with almost all precincts counted, were a blow for pro-Western Georgians who had cast Saturday’s election as a choice between a ruling…
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King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said Friday that the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 countries, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that began in Samoa on Monday, with slavery…
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Kamala Harris calls Trump a ‘fascist’ as she argues he’s ‘dangerous’ and unfit for office
Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump a “fascist” at a CNN town hall Wednesday in Pennsylvania — echoing the Republican’s one-time chief of staff’s criticism as she makes a more vocal pitch to voters that he is unfit for office. John Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general who was Trump’s longest-serving White…
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First audio of 911 calls from Trump assassination attempt
The first call came in at 6:12 p.m. “Gunshots at the Trump rally,” a woman’s voice exclaims. “Gunshots —” “Yep,” the emergency dispatcher interrupted. “The police are on the way there.” “Better get over here quick!” Following that 15-second phone call, a barrage of others flooded into Butler County’s 911 communications center over the next…
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Harris says Trump ‘demeans the office’ of the president after he calls her a ‘s—’ vice president
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday reacted to former President Donald Trump calling her a “s—” vice president, telling the Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC that “the American people deserve so much better.” She went on to talk about the importance of the president setting a standard not only nationally, but internationally — saying Trump’s…
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Trump calls Harris a ‘s— vice president’ as personal attacks escalate
Former President Donald Trump called rival Kamala Harris a “s— vice president” during a rally in Latrobe, Pa., Saturday evening, punctuating his broader argument that she is too liberal in a more aggressive fashion and with fresh vulgarity. “Bernie is radical left, and this one, Kamala, is further left,” Trump told the crowd at Arnold…
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Trump calls judge overseeing his Jan. 6 case ‘the most evil person’
WASHINGTON — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday called the judge overseeing the Jan. 6-related federal criminal case against him “the most evil person,” despite threats U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has already faced from his supporters. Trump also called special counsel Jack Smith, who has faced threats from Trump supporters as well, “a…
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile nation, state news agency KCNA reported Friday, with photos showing Kim conferring with high-ranking soldiers and poring over a map labeled “Seoul” at a command post. Kim discussed the use of “offensive forces” against the South as…