Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky and her Republican challenger have different takes on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election. Schakowsky and John Elleson are running in the Nov. 6 election in the 9th Congressional District, which includes all or parts of Evanston, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Lincolnwood, Golf, Park Ridge, Wilmette, Morton Grove, Des Plaines, Glenview, Chicago, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Northfield and Northbrook. Elleson, an Arlington Heights pastor, is a first-time candidate looking to prevent Schakowsky from receiving her 11th two-year term in Congress.Among the issues Elleson and Schakowsky addressed in a Daily Herald Editorial Board interview and in questionnaires is the Mueller investigation of possible collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian operatives in the 2016 election.Schakowsky, an Evanston resident, said she developed great respect for … [Read more...] about Congressional candidates differ on probe into Russian influence on 2016 election
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Russian Orthodox Church breaks with Constantinople in row over Ukraine
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it had decided to sever all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest over its endorsement of Ukraine's request for an "autocephalous", or independent, church. Speaking in Belarus after a meeting of the Russian Church's ruling body, Metropolitan Ilarion, a cleric, said the Holy Synod had been left with no choice but to sever ties with the Patriarchate in Istanbul, seat of the global spiritual leader of roughly 300 million Orthodox Christians. Ukraine last week secured approval from Constantinople to establish an independent church in what Kiev said was a vital step against Russian meddling in its affairs, but that the Russian Orthodox Church lamented as the biggest split in Christianity for a thousand years. "A decision was taken to completely sever ties," Metropolitan Ilarion told reporters in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, announcing Russian retaliation against … [Read more...] about Russian Orthodox Church breaks with Constantinople in row over Ukraine
Durbin blasts Trump’s comments downplaying Russian poisonings, assassinations
Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post Published 1:06 pm PDT, Monday, October 15, 2018 Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens to questioning of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 16, 2018. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens to questioning of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 16, 2018. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Melina Mara Photo: Washington Post Photo By Melina Mara Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens to questioning of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Jan. 16, 2018. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens to questioning of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen … [Read more...] about Durbin blasts Trump’s comments downplaying Russian poisonings, assassinations
Russian Woman, Who Claims to be World’s Oldest at 129, Says She’s Had One Happy Day in her Life
World Koku Istambulova is 129 years old, according to her Russian passport, but those years have been filled with more misery than happiness. At least, that's how she tells it. Hailing from the Russian Republic of Chechnya, the elderly Muslim woman has called out Allah (or God) for allowing her to live so long. “It was God’s will. Why did Allah give me such a long life and so little happiness? I would have been dead long ago, if not for Allah who was holding me in his arms,” Istambulova told British tabloid The Sun. “It is hard to live when all who remembered you died long ago. And it is very scary to die, however old you are,” she added. Speaking about some of the horrors she’s experienced in her long life, Istambulova recounted being deported to Kazakhstan, along with other Chechens under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. The mass deportation took place 74 years ago in 1944. At the time, she would have already have been in her mid-fifties. … [Read more...] about Russian Woman, Who Claims to be World’s Oldest at 129, Says She’s Had One Happy Day in her Life
Russian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Orthodoxy’s leader
Updated 10:24 am PDT, Monday, October 15, 2018 Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill chairs a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (Igor Palkin/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP) Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill chairs a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (Igor Palkin/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP) Photo: Igor Palkin, AP Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, prepares to chair a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (Igor Palkin/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP) less Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, prepares to chair a meeting of the Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. (Igor Palkin/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service ... more … [Read more...] about Russian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Orthodoxy’s leader