An American woman who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State in Syria, leading an all-female military battalion, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court Tuesday. Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, who grew up on a farm in Kansas, was given the maximum possible sentence by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema after […]
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20 years on, ‘Titanic’ keeps that sinking feeling alive
Part saturnine elegy to doomed youth, part exaltation of the transcendent power of love, blockbuster disaster movie Titanic is delivering that sinking feeling to a whole new generation of fans. This week marks two decades since Rose vowed to Jack she’d “never let go” – before spectacularly reneging on her promise, sending her frozen-to-death paramour […]