From Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The Navy will commission the USS Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, the latest littoral combat ship headed for San Diego. The trimaran variant of the the fast, agile class of ships is named for the former Arizona Congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2012 that left her with […]
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By Micha “Mitch” Danzig SAN DIEGO — Recently it was discovered that Sears, Walmart and Amazon were selling on their respective websites “Free Palestine” shirts with clenched fists and similar hateful anti-Israel rhetoric. In response to concerns expressed by many in the Jewish and pro-Israel community, both Sears and Walmart agreed to stop selling the
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday made an explicit commitment to NATO’s core mutual defense obligation, weeks after he declined to do so at a meeting of alliance members in Brussels. “I am committing the United States to Article 5,” Trump said in response to a question during a Rose Garden news conference with
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International, USABy Sandee Brawarsky J.R.R. Tolkien’s great-grandson Nicholas Tolkien. Separated by three generations, one lived through war to create a magical world of fantasy, and one was blessed to know peace but writes about an unimaginably tragic chapter of history. Playwright and director Nicholas Tolkien, who makes his Off-Broadway debut this month with “ Terezin,” is
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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWhile the number of Orthodox Jews in the United States is on the rise, non-Orthodox American Jewry is in the midst of a steep demographic decline which, according to a new study, is only growing worse. The Jewish People Policy Institute, a Jerusalem-based think tank founded in 2002, released a new study earlier this week
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Jewish History, USARussia will retaliate against the U.S. unless Washington returns property seized by the Obama administration and reinstates their diplomatic immunity status, Moscow warned Friday. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, formalized the warning in a statement Friday amid recent reports involving the two properties – a compound on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and
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International, USAWASHINGTON — In the wake of James Comey’s riveting testimony, congressional investigators say they want to know if the White House has recordings of Trump’s discussions with the former FBI director. If it does, they want to listen to them. Trump added to the mystery Friday by saying he will address the question of tape
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial closed their case Friday, ending five days of evidence and testimony by letting jurors hear the 79-year-old entertainer’s admission that he used to get Quaaludes, a powerful sedative, to use in sexual encounters with women. In a 2005 deposition, Cosby admitted to obtaining seven prescriptions
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADefense minister urges visiting American UN ambassador to pressure Beirut to expel dangerous terrorist Saleh al-Arouri By Times of Israel staff US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley meets with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in Jerusalem on Friday, June 9, 2017 (Dana Shraga/Ministry of Defense) Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Friday that a senior official
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — The woman Roman Polanski was convicted of sexually assaulting in 1977 when she was 13 appeared in court Friday and urged a judge to dismiss the 40-year-old sex case against the fugitive director. Samantha Geimer stood before Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon in downtown Los Angeles and said she wanted the case
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAOn Friday, just more than 24 hours after former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Donald Trump appeared outside the White House to address reporters. There were a number of questions for Trump who stayed silent throughout Thursday as James Comey testified and even called the president a liar on
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International, USAHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday she finds it “strange” that President Trump decided to make Saudi Arabia his first foreign trip, adding that she was looking into it. “I just think it was a very strange choice to go there,” Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, said on MSNBC. “Especially in light of having served
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International, Middle East, USAThat little blue check mark next to a Twitter handle means you’re legit. It means you are who you say you are – at least its supposed to. According to Twitter, Danney Williams is who he claims to be – former President Bill Clinton’s real son. Williams’ Twitter profile now carries the blue check mark
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you’re looking for American ingenuity and technological prowess to help resolve the climate issues that face the world, the Paris Climate Pact is not for you. The pact is a voluntary agreement among countries including the world’s worst polluters (this is axiomatic, since only Nicaragua and Syria are
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Shoshana Bryen, The World We Share, USA