Donald H. Harrison

3 CNN journalists resign over retracted Trump-Russia story

NEW YORK — Three journalists from CNN’s investigative unit are leaving the network after the retraction of their June 22 story connecting an ally of President Donald Trump to a Russian investment fund. The story, citing an anonymous source, said Senate investigators were examining a meeting between Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci and an executive […]

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Action on abortion measures in Missouri likely stalled until mid-July

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — It could be mid-July before the fate of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ mid-summer bid to toughen state abortion laws is known. With senators back home in their districts, legislative leaders are surveying members to determine when they will be able to return to the capital city. On Tuesday, the chamber will

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China’s jailed Nobel laureate is granted parole after terminal cancer diagnosis

BEIJING — Chinese authorities released detained dissident and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on medical parole after he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, his lawyer said Monday. Liu, 61, is receiving treatment at a hospital in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, according to his lawyer Mo Shaoping. The Norway-based Nobel committee awarded Liu, a

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Jewish trivia quiz: Uber

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Uber founder Travis Kalanick (whose mother is Jewish, but whose own religious identity is not known) resigned as CEO of the company last week, under pressure from major shareholders following a number of scandals, including reports of sexual harassment and other workplace discrimination, intellectual property lawsuits, and controversy over

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Romping through Withering Heights

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO– The Roustabouts continue to make their debut season a winner.  The trio opened with Margin of Error, a dramatic and emotional ride, and continues with Withering Heights, a delightfully, over-the-top hilarious adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic.  But, don’t expect a rehashing of the nineteenth century novel you read in tenth grade. 

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Supreme Court rejects 2nd Amendment challenge to California limits on carrying guns in public

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected a major 2nd Amendment challenge to California’s strict limits on carrying concealed guns in public. The justices turned away an appeal from gun rights advocates who contended most law-abiding gun owners in San Diego, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area are being wrongly denied permits to

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Supreme Court rules for Columbia, Mo., church in landmark religious freedom case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In what some are calling a landmark ruling for religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided in favor of a Columbia, Mo., church that had been denied state assistance to improve its playground. The high court’s 7-2 ruling in a suit known as Trinity Lutheran of Columbia v. Comer undoes

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US Senate health care plan would leave 22 million more uninsured

Washington (dpa) – A health care reform bill proposed in the US Senate will leave 22 million more Americans without insurance within a decade, a non-partisan analysis said Monday. The figures released by the Congressional Budget Office will provide fodder to opposition Democrats, who uniformly opposed the measure, which they fear would hurt many Americans

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA