International

‘Many embassies will move to Jerusalem’

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netnayahu on Thursday morning spoke about US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the fact that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital city. Speaking at the Foreign Ministry’s second Conference on Digital Diplomacy, Netanyahu said, “We were all excited last night to hear President Trump’s historical announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. This announcement,

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Middle East, USA

14,000 housing units planned for Jerusalem, 6,000 of them over Green line

By Raoul Wootliff and Sue Surkes Bolstered by US President Donald Trump’s declaration recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the government is reportedly planning to build around 14,000 units in the city, some 6,000 of them in East Jerusalem. As part of the plan, being advanced by Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu),

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Middle East

Argentine ex-president to be arrested over Iran bombing coverup

An Argentine judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Cristina Kirchner for allegedly covering up Iranian involvement in a 1994 bombing at a Buenos Aires Jewish center that left 85 people dead, according to a judicial source. The order also removes the judicial immunity of Kirchner, who served as president from 2007-2015 and

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International

I’m a brain specialist. I think Trump should be tested for a degenerative brain disease

When President Trump slurred his words during a news conference this week, some Trump watchers speculated that he was having a stroke. I watched the clip and, as a physician who specializes in brain function and disability, I don’t think a stroke was behind the slurred words. But having evaluated the chief executive’s remarkable behavior

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Wildfires rage across southern California

Wildfires fueled by strong and unpredictable winds raged across southern California on Thursday, sweeping into the upscale suburbs of Los Angeles, America’s second-largest city. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes amid apocalyptic scenes of entire hillsides engulfed in billowing smoke and towering plumes of flame. Multi-million dollar mansions were destroyed in the Bel-Air

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USA

The arts mean opportunity, former Klezmer musician Merryl Goldberg teaches at Cal State San Marcos

By Donald H. Harrison SAN MARCOS, California – Arts professor Merryl Goldberg of California State University at San Marcos declares that arts equal opportunity. She explains that the more that arts are incorporated into a child’s life, the better career prospects he or she will have as an adult. A former saxophonist with the Klezmer

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Six women sue Harvey Weinstein, and his ex-assistant makes new accusations

Six women are suing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and the studio he co-founded, seeking to turn their case into a class-action suit representing what they say are hundreds of women whom he has sexually assaulted in his decades in Hollywood. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York against him and the Weinstein Co. outlines

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jerome Crowe, the FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping, dies at 93

LOS ANGELES — Jerome Crowe, a former L.A.-based FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping and led a SWAT team in the bloody SLA shootout, has died after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. A lifelong law enforcement officer who is credited with assembling the FBI’s first SWAT team

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Russian Lawmakers Vote to Bar Access to VOA, RFE/RL Journalists

Russia’s lower house of parliament voted Wednesday to bar access to journalists from VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The decision by the State Duma comes a day after the Russian justice ministry designated nine media outlets funded by the U.S. government as “foreign agents.” Tuesday’s designation forces the U.S. news outlets to adhere to

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International, USA

Officials: Jihadist Plot to Kill British Prime Minister Thwarted

Two men were charged Tuesday in London with terror offenses over an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May, according to British government officials. Both will appear before a court Wednesday in the British capital in connection with what officials say was a conspiracy to launch a suicide-knife attack on Downing Street, the

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International, Middle East

Ventura County wildfire destroys more homes, reaches Pacific Ocean

VENTURA, Calif. — The fire that has ravaged Ventura County continued to burn out of control Wednesday, reaching the Pacific Ocean unchecked as officials warned many more homes have been lost. The fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire continued to rage through the city of Ventura on Tuesday evening, jumping Highway 33 and burning through oil fields before

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USA

Supreme Court lets Trump’s latest travel ban go into full effect

The US Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts. The nine-member court, with two liberal justices dissenting, granted his administration’s request to lift two injunctions imposed

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International, Middle East, USA