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Hoffman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old

Another three women have accused actor Dustin Hoffman of sexual misconduct, including a 16-year-old high school friend of his daughter more than three decades ago, Hollywood trade magazine Variety reported Thursday. Variety published the accounts from the three women, which the 80-year-old double Oscar winner’s lawyer told the publication were “defamatory falsehoods.” They bring the […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

US Jets Intercepted Russian Warplanes in Syria, Pentagon Says

Two U.S. warplanes intercepted two Russian jets over a part of Syria they were not supposed to be operating in, the Pentagon said Thursday. At one point during Wednesday’s incident, the American F-22 Raptor stealth fighters deployed radar and infrared countermeasures to try to persuade the Russian Su-25s to leave the area, and one U.S.

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International, Middle East, USA

Saudi Arabia: Trump serious about Israel-PA peace

Saudi Arabia”s foreign minister says he believes the U.S. administration is serious about getting a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs, but its proposed plan is still being put together. The minister, Adel al-Jubeir, made the comments in an interview with France 24 television and was quoted by Reuters. “We believe the Trump administration

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Middle East, USA

Eruvs Legal, Curbside Basketball Hoops Still Illegal in Jackson

JACKSON-The Jackson Township council voted to approve a resolution that would reverse their previous anti-eruv right of way ordinance to allow the Orthodox Jewish community here to build two separate networks of eruvs. The council voted 4-1 in favor of overturning its previous decision to not grant private entities the right to enter into negotiations

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Be prepared. SDJW hiatus ahead

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Jewish World will go on a two month hiatus, beginning January 1 and ending February 28, its co-publisher and editor Donald H. Harrison has announced. “When we resume publication March 1, we anticipate it will be with fresh ideas about how to best serve our readers,” said Harrison.  “Should we

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Harvey Weinstein Denies Salma Hayek’s Allegations

After Mexican actress Salma Hayek wrote in the New York Times an op-ed about her experience working with the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and described Weinstein as her “monster,” he responds through a statement published by a spokesperson. In her op-ed, Hayek wrote that the only thing Weinstein noticed was that she wasn’t sexy in

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

US and Mexico agree to skirt controversy

WASHINGTON — Call it not talking about the Wall in the Room. Senior U.S. and Mexican government officials on Thursday pledged to continue working together to fight international drug-trafficking organizations and other cross-border criminal enterprises. They would not, however, be drawn into discussing ways that President Donald Trump’s vows to build a wall along the

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International, USA

Eric Trump: Kirsten Gillibrand visited my dad’s office ‘every three days’ to ask for campaign money

President Trump’s son Eric Trump agrees with his father’s controversial assessment of Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, saying the Democratic senator previously asked for campaign money “every three days.” “I remember Kirsten Gillibrand when she came into his office every three days to ask him for money and asking for major campaign contributions,” Eric Trump, 33,

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