U.S. denies strike in Syria, Russia says Israel did it

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BEIRUT — Missiles struck an air base in central Syria early Monday, but the Pentagon quickly denied claims from Syrian state media that the strikes were “an American aggression.” As a war monitoring group said Iranian-backed militia members were killed in the strikes, Russia accused Israeli jets of firing the […]

Chuck McCann, comic and actor, dies at 83

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LOS ANGELES — Chuck McCann, the zany comic who hosted a children’s television show in the 1960s before branching out as a character actor in films and TV, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 83. McCann died Sunday of congestive heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital, according to […]

Commentary: Trump’s Syria quandary

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Just a week ago, the headlines about President Trump and Syria all contained the word “withdraw.”  The president’s directive to the U.S. military was to find a way out — sooner rather than later. “He did not want to be having the same conversation about withdrawal six months from now,” […]