By Mimi Pollack Reprinted with permission from L’Chaim Magazine SAN DIEGO — Here in “America’s Finest City,” the weather is nice year round while rentals are very high, and many families live paycheck to paycheck. This situation is also the reason why there are so many homeless people in San Diego and worse yet- homeless […]
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — The eastern North Carolina teen now accused of beheading his mother Monday reportedly told a 911 dispatcher that he killed her “because I felt like it,” according to sworn statements cited by TV station WNCN. Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machado, 18, reportedly told dispatchers that he stabbed her “like eight times” and left the
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International, USAMINNEAPOLIS — Linwood Kaine, the youngest son of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in the presidential election, was one of six counter-protesters arrested during a rally supporting President Donald Trump over the weekend at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Kaine was arrested by St. Paul Police and booked
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USAOnly six players in NBA history have ever scored 30,000 career points. Three of them were Los Angeles Lakers when they did it, and one reached the milestone against the Lakers in their Tuesday night loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Dirk Nowitzki stepped back, away from Larry Nance Jr., and took that infuriatingly gorgeous fadeaway
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Sports & Competitions, USAFormer director of the CIA and NSA Gen. Michael Hayden made an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Tuesday to discuss President Donald Trump’s explosive claims against former President Obama. On Saturday morning, President Trump sent out several tweets accusing the former president of wiretapping Trump Tower, calling it a “new low.” Since
A conservative watchdog group sued the federal government Monday in pursuit of records related to its probe of conversations involving President Trump’s former national security adviser, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michel Flynn, and Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. Judicial Watch filed suit against the CIA, Justice Department and Treasury Department in
A Trump campaign aide who argues that Democrats committed “ethnic cleansing” in a plot to “liquidate” the white working class. A former reality show contestant whose study of societal collapse inspired him to invent a bow-and-arrow- cum-survivalist multi-tool. A pair of healthcare industry lobbyists. A lobbyist for defense contractors. An “evangelist” and lobbyist for Palantir,
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USAThis is the fourth and last in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey and what the future may hold for the country By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK–In many conversations and encounters I had over the years with former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu,
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Alon Ben-Meir, InternationalManila (dpa) – Philippine legislators on Wednesday rejected the appointment of a long-time friend of President Rodrigo Duterte as foreign minister, even though it’s been eight months since he started work. Members of the Commission on Appointments voted against Perfecto Yasay after it was determined he had had US citizenship until shortly before taking office,
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InternationalLOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, facing 10 little-known opponents, was gliding to a second term Tuesday in an election that tested his clout as Los Angeles voters weighed a sweeping anti-development measure that he fought to defeat, according to early returns. With less than 5 percent of the vote counted, Garcetti declared victory in
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USARafael defense contractor lauds achievement as proof of remote-controlled boats’ potential for naval security By Judah Ari Gross An unmanned Israel Navy ship test fires missile off the coast of Ashkelon on March 7, 2017. (IDF spokesperson) For the first time, a missile has been fired from a remote-controlled, unmanned ship during an exercise, the
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Middle EastPresident Trump has announced his intention to nominate six officials to his administration, including appellate lawyer Noel J. Francisco for the Justice Department’s solicitor general. Mr. Francisco has served as principal deputy solicitor general since Jan. 23, and previously worked as associate counsel to former President George W. Bush. Solicitor general is the administration’s chief
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USAPresident Donald Trump has no recollection of meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a pre-speech VIP reception at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington last April, AFP reported Tuesday. The White House has been embroiled in allegations of repeated contacts between members of Trump’s campaign staff and transition team with Russians, which culminated last week
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International, USAPresident Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with President Uhuru Kenyatta, with the White House saying that the US leader sought to “reaffirm the strong bilateral relationship between our two countries.’ The telephone conversation also focused on ‘economic partnership and mutual dedication to overcoming terrorism and other regional security challenges through close cooperation,’ a statement from
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