ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld, which has struggled with declining attendance, announced Wednesday it is cutting 350 positions. The company is laying off people and not refilling open positions across the company. The cuts primarily affect its corporate headquarters and the parks in Orlando and San Diego, said spokeswoman Aimee Jeansonne-Becka. Becka said the cuts mostly […]
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San Diego County, USAtrump copy Sgt. La David Johnson’s mother has reportedly spoken about the phone call her grieving daughter-in-law received from President Donald Trump and claimed that the president disrespected her family. RELATED: Trump says Rep. Wilson lied about phone call to fallen soldier’s wife Watch the video Cowanda Jones-Johnson said that she was present during the
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USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration must stop blocking a pregnant teenage immigrant currently being held in custody in Texas from getting an abortion, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Immigration officials have been refusing to allow the 17-year-old, known in court as Jane Doe, to travel to an abortion clinic from the shelter for unaccompanied immigrant
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USAGord Downie, the singer for the Tragically Hip and one of Canada’s most beloved rock musicians, died Tuesday night, according to an official statement from the band. He was 53. Downie had been previously diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brain cancer. The disease was discovered after a 2015 seizure. The band, one of the most
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsA Mississippi elementary school will change its name to honor former President Barack Obama instead of its original namesake, Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The decision to rename Davis IB Elementary School in Jackson, Miss. was announced Tuesday night — the result of a months-long effort by parents to strip the school of its Confederate past
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USAMK Zehava Galon (Meretz) has notified the Knesset speaker of her resignation from the Knesset. She said that she had realized that she should spend all her time working as Meretz chairperson and in increasing the party’s power by opening its ranks to new groups. Meretz general secretary Moshe Raz will replace her in the
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Middle EastBy TOI staff Overcoming opposition from Palestinian diplomats and several Arab states, an Israeli representative was elected by the UN General Assembly Tuesday to sit on the international body’s “Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space” (COPUOS). Keren Shahar, the Director of the Treaties Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will serve as
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International, Middle EastBy TOI staff A Palestinian militant linked to the Islamic State jihadist group in the Sinai Peninsula has reportedly been killed by an Israeli drone in retaliation for rocket fire launched from the Egyptian territory into Israel. Gaza native Zaher Abu Sitta was killed by the drone strike earlier this week, according to the Amaq
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman have requested that the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and other organizations help the state fill gaps in the defense budget, according a report by Channel 1. According to the report, the Prime Minister and Defense Minister have asked the organizations to help raise NIS 4 billion
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Middle EastBy Stuart Winer The London underground has banned a Palestinian poster campaign marking 100 years since the signing of the 1917 Balfour Deceleration in which the British government declared its support for establishing a Jewish state. Transport for London (TfL) said the banners, to be displayed at main underground stations and on buses ahead of
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International, Middle EastDear Mrs. Azoulay, Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on your election as Director General of UNESCO. In recent years we have been watching in sorrow as this important organization has been losing its professional prestige whilst becoming a tool for political attacks against the state of Israel and against the entire Jewish People. The organization,
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International, Middle EastCandidates for lieutenant governor pledge allegiance in debate to Jewish community, Israel Issues important to the Jewish community took center stage at the Oct. 16 debate between candidates for lieutenant governor Republican Carlos Rendo and Democrat Sheila Oliver. Robert Wiener Few took notice when Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-Dist. 34) was one of three NJ lawmakers
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Middle East, USAThe YESHA (Judea and Samaria) Council slammed the European Union’s harsh condemnation of the recent approval of new housing units in Judea and Samaria. YESHA Council Chief Foreign Envoy Oded Revivi said in a statement: “As the Palestinian Authority cosies up with Hamas, all the European Union can focus on is the building of a
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International, Middle EastMore than 4,200 people have signed an online petition protesting against plans to turn the Golders Green Hippodrome into a mosque. The petitioners – who are asked to say whether they either live, work or study in the area but are not asked to provide proof – claim the new Islamic religious centre will cause
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