Smoke, explosions, rubble, screams, blood. Down in the south of Israel, a residential building in Safed was hit by a missile with a half-ton warhead. There was no immediate body count, but videos surfaced on social media of people trapped in collapsed building and under cars. Not really, of course. This was a search and […]
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — Cleveland is reassessing its security plans for the Republican National Convention in the wake of Thursday night’s ambush in Dallas that left five police officers dead. City of Cleveland Deputy Police Chief Ed Tomba told Reuters on Friday: “We have got to make some changes, without a doubt.” Tomba, who is the city’s
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USABy Hillary Clinton Like so many people across America, I have been following the news of the past few days with horror and grief. On Tuesday, Alton Sterling, father of five, was killed in Baton Rouge — approached by the police for selling CDs outside a convenience store. On Wednesday, Philando Castile, 32 years old,
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USABy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — One man and a piano. For most, this would be a scene in a hotel lounge with patrons coming and going. But not for virtuoso Hershey Felder who completes this year’s Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival playing at the Lyceum Theatre. Hershey Felder is well known
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Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcasthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Matthau Matthau plays Marvin Michaels in Neil Simon’s “California Suite”
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Travel and FoodThe US Justice Department is to investigate the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Louisiana. It is reported the US attorney, the FBI and federal prosecutors will be involved in the inquiry. What happened? A second video showing the shooting death of #AltonSterling has emerged https://t.co/talcCuQMeF (Graphic images) pic.twitter.com/Na4nRUZVfN— CNN International (@cnni)
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USARepublicans officially petitioned the administration Thursday to deny Hillary Clinton access to secret information as Democrats’ presidential nominee, and some GOP lawmakers said if the intelligence community won’t do it, they’ll pass a bill to do it themselves. The White House has said it won’t deny Mrs. Clinton access, saying it is a tradition for
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USAU.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch called for more restrictions on access to firearms and praised protesters who mobilized against controversial police practices in the aftermath of a deadly attack on police in Dallas, Texas. “We must take a hard look at the ease with which wrongdoers can get their hands on deadly weapons and the
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USAWASHINGTON — Negotiators had been talking for hours with the hunkered-down killer of five police officers in downtown Dallas when the man suddenly resumed firing with an assault rifle. Fearing additional casualties, the officers deployed a small, remote-controlled robot to carry an explosive device near shooter Micah Xavier Johnson, which they then detonated, killing him.
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USAAUSTIN, Texas — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called protesters who ran away from the hail of bullets that rained down on downtown Dallas on Thursday night “hypocrites” during an interview Friday on Fox News. “All those protesters last night, they turned around and ran the other way expecting the men and women in blue to
LOS ANGELES — Rappers and Los Angeles-area natives the Game and Snoop Dogg led a unification march for men of color Friday morning to the LAPD’s graduation of its newest officers, hours after five Dallas police officers were shot and killed and seven others were wounded during a sniper attack. About 6:30 a.m., the Game
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USAA Jewish Veep for Trump? By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Donald Trump, smarting about allegations that an ad issued by his campaign was anti-Semitic — and, by extension, that he is, too — is seeking a Jewish running mate to counter the claim. According to an aide, who asked not to be named for fear of being
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAWASHINGTON — Up against the least-popular presidential candidates ever, Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party are getting extra attention. Both have been included in a series of polls and performed relatively well. And while neither may win any electoral votes, Johnson can still spoil the Southwest for GOP
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USABAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The Islamic State group extremists attacked a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad, killing 30 people, just days after one of the deadliest ever bombings in the country, a security spokesman said Friday. The overnight attack on the Sayyid Mohammed shrine in Balad, which involved suicide bombers and gun and mortar fire,
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