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WATERTOWN — On July 19, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan and Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan, accompanied by Armenian Ambassador to the US Varuzhan Nersesyan, appeared at a[...]

By Kevork Keushkerian PASADENA — An Armenian community round table meeting was organized by the Western District Committee of the Armenian General Benevolent Union to introduce Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn[...]

LOS ANGELES (BBC) — David Hedison, the actor best known for playing Felix Leiter opposite two James Bonds, died on July 18 at the age of 92. He first played[...]

LOS ANGELES (Armenpress) — US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders said he is ready to recognize the Armenian Genocide. During a round-table discussion with ethnic media on July 26 in[...]

WATERTOWN — In June, St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) completed its 35th academic year. The Graduation Ceremonies were held on June 13 (K) and June 14 (Elementary), in the[...]

PASADENA, Calif. — Tekeyan Cultural Association’s Pasadena-Glendale Chapter organized a book presentation that took place on Sunday, July 14, at Tekeyan’s Beshgeturian Center Hall in Altadena. Asdghig Khanjian was master[...]

By Robert D. McFadden NEW YORK (New York Times) — Robert M. Morgenthau, a courtly Knickerbocker patrician who waged war on crime for more than four decades as the chief federal[...]

GLENDALE — California Governor Gavin Newsom on July 3 signed the 2019-2020 state budget with $5 million included for the Armenian American Museum. The 2019-2020 budget provides $4 million in[...]

By Katie Rogers and Thomas Gibbons-Neff WASHINGTON (New York Times) — The White House informed Turkey, a NATO ally, on Wednesday, July 17, that the United States would not sell it F-35 stealth[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MIT news)  — Economist Daron Acemoglu, whose far-ranging research agenda has produced influential studies about government, innovation, labor, and globalization, was named Institute Professor, MIT’s highest faculty[...]