By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Whether you’re an employee or an employer, you could be affected by new overtime rules enacted by President Obama and the Department of Labor on May 17, 2016. Officially an update to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA), the new rules will greatly expand the number of employees who qualify […]
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Sheryl Rowling, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The Libertarian party, with two former Republican governors chosen Sunday to head its ticket, will be important to watch in the run-up to the November presidential election, because it may be a place where Republicans who are unhappy with Donald Trump can go and still feel good about
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USAReal estate mogul Donald Trump, who currently is the Republican presidential nominee, decided to launch his campaign due to the controversial Iran nuclear deal sealed last July, according to his son Eric. “I think, honestly, the Iran nuclear deal was one of the things that made him jump into the race,” Eric Trump told the
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Middle East, USAIsrael generic drugs and medical devices company Panaxia has signed an agreement with Ultra Health, the leading medical cannabis distribution company in New Mexico, to build a cannabis processing plant. The plant will be built on one of Ultra Health’s farms in New Mexico, and its products will be marketed in the US by Ultra
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASen. Bernard Sanders showed no signs of ceding to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday, laying out a three-pronged path to swiping the nomination from her grasp as she deflects a raft of bad headlines over her emails. The Vermont independent once again refused to use Mrs. Clinton’s unauthorized use of personal email at
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USARussian news outlet RT reported that Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas wants NATO to replace IDF forces in Judea and Samaria as part of any long term peace deal with Israel. Meanwhile, the Arab League has welcomed a French initiative for peace talks between Israel and the PA. Abbas addressed a meeting of foreign
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International, Middle East, USAA federal judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Donald Trump ordered the release of internal documents of Trump University, a defunct online education program co-founded in 2005 by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The documents reportedly include “playbooks” regarding running the enterprise and how to sell programs to customers. The ruling, in which Judge Gonzalo
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USAHAYWORTH, Calif.—California is a sprawling state. And Hollywood actress Shailene Woodley, a die-hard Bernie Sanders supporter, had access to a motor home. So this week, Woodley decided to take the RV on the road to campaign for Sanders ahead of California’s June 7 Democratic primary. She invited a few celebrity friends and fellow Sanders fanatics,
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USAA 24-year old Lodi, New Jersey man was convicted of terrorism on Friday for his 2012 attacks on two synagogues and the home of a local rabbi. Anthony Graziano, who carried out the attacks in January 2012 with an accomplice, Aakash Dalal, is the first person convicted under New Jersey”s anti-terrorism law, which was enacted
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — When I visited—and wept in—New York’s September 11 Memorial Museum last week, I was again struck by how many of the nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11 were men and women in uniform. They were police officers and fire fighters mostly but they were all soldiers. America is a
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USAWhile Hillary Clinton chases around California trying to nail down the Democratic nomination for president, she continues to be chased by the “scandal” over the private email server she used while she was secretary of state. As scandals go, this one is fairly puny, but it is, nevertheless, a nagging problem, A new report done
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USAThe California primary is coming up on June 7, and Bernie Sanders continued his efforts to sustain momentum by following Thursday’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a Friday-night sit-down with one of his biggest supporters in the media, Bill Maher. Throughout the 11-minute interview, Sanders and Maher covered everything from Hillary Clinton’s email—which Sanders
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump won’t debate Sen. Bernie Sanders after all. In a statement released Friday afternoon, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said it would be “inappropriate that I would debate the second-place finisher.” “As much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders — and it would be an easy payday —I will wait to
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USAGenealogical tools aid NJ and Russian relatives’ discovery of bonds Jessica Katz and her grandfather, Abram Belzycki, who died in 2011 at age 95. The Russians, top, and their American cousins have a conversation on Skype. Abram Belzycki in 1948, at age 32. Chaim Belzycki, Abram’s younger brother, who escaped the ghetto and fled to
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