By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — It’s been almost two weeks since the fatal shooting of a mentally unstable black man in El Cajon. This shooting in particular bothered me because I always felt that we were different in San Diego County. I worked for the San Diego City Council when the SDPD instituted the […]
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San Diego County, USAAs a child, I was brought up in a family-oriented Jewish neighborhood in New York. As such, I was always a friend of the Jews, and a fan of their cultural practices. Despite the fact that I went to public schools, the great majority of my teachers were Jewish in both Elementary and Junior High.
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USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he wants private companies to help send humans to Mars by the 2030s. Obama first said in 2010 he wanted to send astronauts “to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth” by the mid-2030s with “a landing on Mars” to follow. In that speech at the
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USAConservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham on Tuesday blamed Republicans such as Paul Ryan and Kelly Ayotte for “blowing up the Republican Party” by criticizing nominee Donald Trump to the press. “What they’ve been saying is Donald Trump is blowing up the Republican Party. And I say that is a false narrative,” Ms. Ingraham
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USATRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is still supporting Donald Trump for president even though he was “disturbed,” “disappointed” and “embarrassed” by a video released last week revealing the Republican nominee, then a reality television star, bragging about groping women. “Let’s be really clear. It is completely indefensible and I won’t defend it
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USATel Aviv (dpa) – Crossings from Israel into Palestinian territories in the Gaza Strip and West Bank will be closed starting Monday night due to the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, according to an Israeli army statement. The crossings will reopen Wednesday night, with Palestinians allowed to use the crossings only under special circumstances or
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Middle EastATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The storied but hobbled Trump Taj Mahal shut its doors early Monday after 26 years of operation in this resort city, as striking casino workers chanted and massed one last time on the 102nd day of their strike and vowed, “We’ll be back.” The strikers held a moment of silence at
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USAArnold Schwarzenegger announced that he wouldn’t cast a vote for Donald Trump in the presidential election, making it the first time ever that he hasn’t backed the Republican nominee. “For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President,” the former California governor said
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USASTOCKHOLM — American-Jewish economist Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work on contract theory, shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests. Born to a prominent British-Jewish family in 1948, Hart is an economics professor at Harvard University in the United States,
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWere it not for a wardrobe malfunction, Kenneth Bone may not have wowed television audiences Sunday night with the red Christmas sweater that has helped turn him into an overnight sensation following the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. “I had a really nice olive suit that I love a great deal
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USAAndrzej Wajda, the acclaimed Polish director whose films reflected his country’s turbulent history, has died at the age of 90. Wajda attended Poland’s renowned Łódź film school after the second world war and shot to global fame with his acclaimed 1950’s anti-war trilogy A Generation, Kanal and Ashes and Diamonds. His 1977 film ‘Man of
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThailand’s beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej has spent much of the last decade fighting illness, prompting concern about his imminent death and his son’s succession to the throne. In contrast to the widespread reverence for the king, many Thais feel an equally passionate dislike for the Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. Many Thais have spent their entire
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InternationalKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Heading into the final four weeks of the campaign, Republicans are steeling for sweeping losses, not only of the White House but also possibly of the Senate and even the House of Representatives. The momentum’s not quite there yet — Hillary Clinton remains a deeply polarizing figure as the face of
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USADonald Trump’s threat in Sunday night’s presidential debate to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server is legally empty – but it’s genuinely dangerous nevertheless. Federal regulations give the appointment power to the attorney general, not the president, precisely to protect us against a president who uses
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