Donald H. Harrison

Attorney skeptical of cop’s claim autistic man’s caregiver was shot accidentally

MIAMI — The attorney for the mental health care worker shot by a North Miami cop isn’t buying the police union’s explanation that the officer was trying to save his client’s life, but accidentally shot him instead. Hilton Napoleon, who is representing behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey, said Friday that it was implausible that a trained […]

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USA

35 million TV viewers watched Trump’s acceptance speech at GOP convention

NEW YORK — Nearly 35 million TV viewers watched GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. Nielsen reported that an average of 32.2 million viewers watched across the ad-supported networks that carried the speech between 10 and 11:45 p.m. ET. An additional 2.75 million viewers were tuned in

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Deaf author at Comic-Con tells of break- through book

El Deafo by Cece Bell, color by David Lasky; Amulet Books; © 2014; ISBN 978141-9712173; 233 pages plus a note from the author;  price not listed. Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Written for elementary and middle school audiences, El Deafo tells the story of author Cece Bell

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori

Trump says he doesn’t want and wouldn’t accept Ted Cruz’s endorsement

CLEVELAND — Fresh off his marathon Republican convention acceptance speech, Donald Trump looked backward Friday, rekindling his feud with onetime chief rival Ted Cruz. Trump, in classic style, essentially said he couldn’t care less that Cruz declined to endorse him in a dramatic snub at the convention. “I don’t want his endorsement,” Trump said at

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USA

David Duke, Ex-KKK Leader, Running for U.S. Senate

Just hours after Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced he is running for a U.S. Senate seat representing Louisiana under an “America first” campaign slogan. It’s a two-word phrase that Trump also used in his speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. “I’m overjoyed

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USA

Humoring the headlines: July 22, 2016

The Republican National Convention Wrap Up By Laurie Baron Trump delegate Al Baldasaro of New Hampshire reiterated his belief that Hillary should be “put in the firing line and shot for treason.”  Forget about fact checking.  He needs tact checking. * Jerry Falwell Jr. praised Donald Trump as “America’s blue-collar billionaire,” but failed to mention

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

‘Why did Hitler kill the Jews?’: Article in Ontario Arabic newspaper blames Holocaust on victims

Police in London, Ont., are investigating a possible hate crime after an article appeared in an Arabic-language community newspaper that said Jews inflated the number of Holocaust victims from between “100,000 and 600,000” to six million. Beneath the headline “The Question Which Everyone Ignores: Why Did Hitler Kill the Jews?”, the article in the June/July

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Travel and Food

San Diego city officials become Trekkers

Mayor Faulconer Is ‘Capt. Kirk of Starship  San Diego’ as Comic-Con Opens Mayor Kevin Faulconer applauds as Councilman Todd Gloria (in blue) addresses Comic-Con welcome. Photo by Chris Stone By Ken and Chris Stone Times of San Diego Wearing a “Star Trek” shirt circa 1966, Kevin Faulconer introduced himself at a Comic-Con press conference Thursday morning

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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Germany and Austria Warn Erdogan on Coup Crackdown

Germany and Austria’s foreign ministers have warned Turkey not to use the current state of emergency in the country to persecute political opponents, German public broadcaster DeutscheWelle reports. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, after a group of military personnel attempted to topple his government over the weekend. Erdogan

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International, Middle East

‘Barbaric,’ ‘cultural genocide’ and a ‘return to Maoism’: GOP platform’s tough words rile China

BEIJING — Reacting to strong language in the GOP’S 2016 platform, which criticizes China over issues including Internet censorship, destroying churches and “cultural genocide” in Tibet, Beijing on Thursday urged U.S. Republicans to stop “groundlessly accusing China and interfering in China’s domestic affairs.” The platform delegates adopted this week in Cleveland before nominating Donald Trump

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International, USA