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Sad face. As America approaches the one-year mark without left-wing Savior Barack Obama to wisely guide its way, the U.S. returns to misery. At least, that's the declaration of The Washington Post: "Extreme poverty returns to America - -The U.N. finds growing numbers of Americans are living in the most impoverished circumstances. How did we get here?" Washington Post ✔ @washingtonpost Perspective: Extreme poverty returns to America http://wapo.st/2ldmDS9 1:54 AM - Dec 27, 2017 Perspective | Extreme poverty returns to America The U.N. finds growing numbers of Americans are living in the most impoverished circumstances. How did we get here?...

CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities hanged 15 men on Tuesday for an attack in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, the start of an Islamic insurgency that the military-dominated government has been battling ever since. The hangings, reported by state media, were the biggest mass execution in Egypt since six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015. A military court found the men guilty on terrorism charges last month for an attack on a military checkpoint in which one army officer and eight soldiers were killed. That assault came amid a surge of violence that swept across Egypt after Egyptian security forces...