Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Sky M. Masori SAN DIEGO – LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya has solved one of Balboa Park’s greatest problems: how to see as much as possible in an hour or so. With 18 museums of varying size and subject matter to tempt them, San Diegans know that it takes
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Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USAA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires was briefly evacuated on Thursday following a false bomb threat, Argentina”s Jewish community association AMIA said in a statement quoted by Reuters. The AMIA statement said police had received an anonymous phone call threatening a center for senior citizens near the AMIA building that was attacked nearly 23
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International, Jewish HistoryWASHINGTON — He’s been bounced out of the U.S. Senate, but will Mark Kirk’s landing spot be just down the road at Washington’s home of lobbying, K Street? Speaking Thursday night at the Heartland Ball, a bipartisan celebration of the presidential inauguration for Illinoisans in D.C., the former U.S. senator told Chicago Inc. that he’s
There was no pivot. There was no olive branch, no binding of wounds, no lofty summons to the better angels of our nature. The 16-minute inaugural address that President Donald Trump delivered was Trumpism distilled to its raw essence: angry, blunt-spoken and deeply aggrieved. He spoke of ending the “American carnage” under President Barack Obama,
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USAIn his first film “Hedi: a Wind of Freedom” Mohamed Ben Attia shows us what life is like for young Tunisians after the Arab Spring. Lives which are caught between the desire to live and the weight of conventions, like the young man who has to go through an arranged marriage. One look is enough
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMexico has extradited drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to the United States — handing US authorities a massive drug case on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Guzmán is the head of the Sinaloa cartel, which is accused of generating much of the deadly violence in Mexico and providing tons of drugs to the
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International, USAJust moments after he recited the oath of office on Friday morning, President Donald Trump used his brief inauguration speech to promise that he will fight for all Americans, always, and never allow for them to be ignored. In a national address that was reminiscent of his campaign speeches, Trump vowed to bring to the
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump aims to deliver quickly on his promise to break from the progressive policies of President Barack Obama. But the first official acts of his presidency were the signing of routine paperwork. In a ceremonial office of the Capitol shortly after he took the oath Friday, Trump took the first steps
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USAOn Friday morning, WhiteHouse.gov included a section dedicated to President Obama’s efforts to fight climate change. By 1 p.m., virtually all mentions of climate change had been removed, replaced by new President Donald Trump’s promise of an “America First Energy Plan.” The swift changes on the official White House website underscore how quickly the Trump
Angry Palestinians used Donald Trump’s inauguration day for more protests against his idea of moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. They turned out in a West Bank settlement that borders Jerusalem and warned that would undermine peace and stability in the Middle East. Trump’s spokesman said on Thursday there will
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Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California –Temple Adat Shalom has decided to prohibit three types of groups from utilizing its facilities. They are groups that: *Endorse or promote anti-Semitism, other forms of bigotry, violence or other extremist views; *Actively seek to proselytize Jews away from Judaism; or, *Advocate for or endorse, undermining the legitimacy of
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego CountyThe Oakland Raiders filed relocation paperwork to move to Las Vegas on Thursday, setting in motion the process to become the third NFL team since January 2016 to change markets. “Today, the Oakland Raiders submitted an application to relocate their franchise to Las Vegas, as is provided for under the NFL Policy and Procedures for
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Sports & Competitions, USARio de Janeiro (dpa) – Brazilian Supreme Court judge Teori Zavascki, who was overseeing the court’s investigation into a wide-ranging corruption scandal, was killed Thursday when the plane in which he was travelling crashed, President Michel Temer said. The 68-year-old judge was aboard a small plane that crashed into the sea off the town of
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InternationalAt least six people have been found alive by rescuers following a devastating avalanche that buried an Italian mountain hotel, according to emergency responders and local media. Six people were found alive on Friday, more than 24 hours after a barrage of snow hit the Hotel Rigopiano, ripping the three-storey building from its foundations and
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