EL CAJON, California — Iveth Estrada didn’t know she was an undocumented immigrant until shortly before she enrolled at Cuyamaca College. She didn’t know while growing up with her family in Spring Valley. She didn’t know while competing with the varsity swim and water polo teams at Monte Vista High School. “I only found out
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy David Anderson Welcome to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You’ve watched the news and seen a multitude prostrating and praying in the Mosque at Mecca. Well the closest you’ll get is watching it on TV because the city where Mohammed (PBUH*) founded Islam is actually a forbidden city for non-Muslims: there’s an ID check a few
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Middle EastJudas by Amos Oz; Hebrew Language, Keter Books. By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Amos Oz, the doyen of Hebrew writers, was not awarded the prestigious International Man Booker literary prize, which went instead to David Grossman’s book, A Horse Walks into a Bar. Having read both books in the original Hebrew, I am unable to
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastSen. Al Franken, D-Minn., seems determined to block a judicial nominee from his home state. On Tuesday, Franken announced his intent to obstruct Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras, the president’s nominee to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, by refusing to return Stras’s blue slip. Why jam up the confirmation of a well-respected state
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USASyria’s army accused Israeli warplanes of hitting one of its positions Thursday, killing two people in an attack that a monitor said targeted a site where the regime allegedly produces chemical weapons. Israel, without confirming it was behind the attack, indirectly warned Syria and its Shiite allies, which have gained the upper hand militarily in
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Middle EastThe head of Israel”s Military Intelligence Directorate, Major General Hertzi Halevi, warned Thursday evening that the Iranian regime is flooding the Middle East with weapons, and is arming most of the organizations dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state. Speaking at a memorial service for Israel”s Sixth President, Chaim Herzog held at the Rabin
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Middle EastSince it began operating in 1999, Birthright Israel has brought some 600,000 young Diaspora Jews to visit Israel, with the aim of strengthening ties between Jews abroad and the Jewish state, and to foster Jewish identity among Diaspora youth. With a clearly non-partisan agenda and a diverse set of trips catering to Orthodox Jews, members
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — On the heels of a clash between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Virginia last month, Rep. Barbara Lee wants statues of Confederate heroes removed from the U.S. Capitol. The California Democrat filed legislation Thursday that would require that all statues of people who voluntarily served the Confederate States of America be removed from
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USASteve Bannon, President Trump’s former top strategist, has harsh criticism for U.S. Catholic bishops in an interview set to air Sunday on CBS. Mr. Trump’s revocation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the Roman Catholic Church’s stance on illegal immigration were on the docket during a recent interview between Charlie Rose
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan’s wobbly standing with staunch conservatives took a fresh hit Thursday, and while critical colleagues stopped short of demanding his ouster, they made it clear they were not content with his performance. Conservatives, optimistic and enthusiastic earlier this year over the prospect of a Republican president and GOP control of
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USAWASHINGTON — Longtime staffer Nadeam Elshami will step down as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff later this month, raising fresh questions about how long Pelosi intends to remain in office. Pelosi, D-Calif., has said that she planned to retire if Hillary Clinton had won the presidency last November, but she has appeared
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USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said military action against North Korea remains an option to counter its nuclear missile program, speaking ahead of a weekend when Pyongyang is expected to make another provocative move advancing its effort. “Military action would certainly be an option,” Trump said at a White House news conference alongside
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International, USAA federal appeals court on Thursday denied the Trump administration’s request to block more foreigners from Muslim nations from entering the U.S. under its travel ban and removed restrictions on all refugee resettlement, which could open the door for thousands of blocked refugees to resume travel to the U.S. The decision by the 9th U.S.
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USAHurricane Irma is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever, and Wednesday night the storm skirted Puerto Rico. The Category 5 storm has had sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. The storm moved northwest towards the Dominican Republic and Haiti Thursday morning, and will possibly make landfall in the U.S. this weekend. The
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