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Muslim hatred has taken a hold in the French Riviera city, leaving its Jewish community on edge
Decision 2016
The Republican Jewish Coalition's relationship with presumptive nominee Donald Trump is . . . complicated. But they're having no trouble getting behind his newly announced running mate
Keeping It Real
Now that I'm in a relationship that feels right, I realize what was so wrong all these years
Wellness
Despite the anti-carb hype, it can be part of a healthy diet
Wealth Strategies
The dark days of the recession are over, but some consumers have yet to learn some key lessons
Consumer Intelligence
You get a lot in this 'entry level' vehicle, including one of the smoothest running autos in the U.S. market
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
This earthy, succulent salad is hearty enough to be a meal centerpiece
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
• John Deering BONUS!
• Bob Gorrell BONUS!
• Michael Ramirez BONUS!
Marilyn Penn: If I Am Not For Myself
Julia Gorin: CNN Headline: Albanian Couple Arrested in France Attack
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 64, the Great Fire of Rome began
• 1290, King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishing all Jews (numbering about 16,000) from England; this was Tisha B'Av on the Hebrew calendar, a day that commemorates many Jewish calamities
• 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England
• 1870, the First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility
• 1914, the U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first timee
• 1925, Adolf Hitler, ym"sh, publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf
• 1939, after a sneak preview of "The Wizard of Oz," producers debated about removing one of the songs because it seemed to slow things down. They finally decided to leave it in. The song: "Over the Rainbow"
• 1942, during World War II: the Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jet engines for the first time
• 1944, during World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort
• 1955, Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public
• 1968, Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California
• 1969, after a party on Chappaquiddick Island, a drunk Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a bridge and leaves his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, to die. He escapes prosecution and survives with career intact
• 1976, Nadia Comaneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at that year's Summer Olympics
• 1977, Vietnam was admitted to the United Nations
• 1994, the bombing of the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentinian Jewish Communal Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300
• 2002, accused 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui tried to plead guilty to charges that could have brought the death penalty, but a federal judge in Alexandria, Va., insisted he take time to think about it
• 2007 sports, Michael Vick, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, was indicted on federal charges related to an illegal dogfighting operation. He was subsequently sentenced to 23 months in prison
• 2008, Israeli authorities confirmed they had arrested six people in an alleged al-Qaida plot to kill U.S. President George W. Bush during a visit to Israel
• 2010, Pakistan and Afghanistan sealed a landmark trade deal in the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who pushed the two neighbors to step up civilian cooperation and work together against al-Qaida and the Taliban
• 2013, Detroit became the largest U.S.city to file for bankruptcy.
• 2014, in a unanimous vote, the U.S. Sentencing Commission approved guidelines under which 46,000 imprisoned federal drug offenders were eligible for reduced sentences.
• 2015, Saudi Arabia announced it had broken up planned Islamic State attacks in the kingdom and arrested more than 400 suspects in an anti-terrorism sweep, a day after a powerful blast in neighboring Iraq killed more than 100 people in one of the country's deadliest single attacks since U.S. troops pulled out in 2011
Heather Mac Donald: The Fire Spreads: Three cops dead in Baton Rouge, and the analogies to the 1960s deepen
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Least Competent Cops
Argus Hamilton: The News in Zingers
Paul Greenberg: Rain in summer
Alexandra Petri: Pokemon Go, an honest review
Ed O'Keefe: Not so fast: Defeated anti-Trump delegates vow trouble during the convention
Robert Barnes: Following backlash, Ginsburg expresses 'regret' for remarks criticizing Trump
Bernard Goldberg: Donald Trump and the Man Who Would Be Howard Beale
Chris Cillizza: Welcome to the Trump National Convention. Expect the unconvential
Kori Schake: Mike Pence is good for GOP conservatives --- and for Cory Booker
Karen Tumulty: Dennis Kucinich's sister and her husband are among former Dems jumping on the Trump train --- how many more will follow?
Albert R. Hunt: Mike Pence is the perfect not-Trump running mate
Marc A. Thiessen: We were warned. Get ready for more terror attacks, folks
Dan Balz: A world in turmoil raises the bar for the party conventions
Bruce Bialosky: What if Obama Is Wrong About Islam
Kathleen Parker: The massacre in Nice will loom over Cleveland and Philadelphia
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Jeff Jacoby: Real debates illuminate issues. Presidential 'debates' debase them
David Weigel: Black Cleveland pastor has been a Trump believer for years, promoting the candidate as an ideal president for people who want to protect morality and build wealth
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