New York Democrat lawmaker says she also wants to combat institutional racism and take on special interests in Washington: 'We have to rise up and reclaim our values'

After chase to UNSCO offices in Gaza, terror chief Ismail Haniyeh confirms the men's identities with Italian embassy in Israel

Kenya-born Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter's career was hamstrung by illness, bad luck and her adopted home's refusal to give her citizenship; now she holds more records than she can count

Al-Shabaab claims assault on upscale hotel complex in which 14 killed, including American who survived 9/11

Despite freeze over top job, 7 candidates receive Public Security Ministry's backing for senior posts, including 2 women

British press says May 'humiliated and crushed' by defeat; however, PM likely to survive the vote unless lawmakers from her Conservative party rebel

Panel adopts a series of resolutions proposed by PM and expels 14 members of the 'New Likud' faction, accused of being left-wing infiltrators

The Israeli actress joins a host of other superhero voices in the film that opens in US theaters next month