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Q&A: Daniel Radcliffe on ‘Imperium’ and the Brexit Vote

If the Ghostbusters reboot ruined your childhood, you’re going to love seeing Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe shave his head and shout racial slurs. It’s not what you think. In the heady new thriller Imperium, Radcliffe convincingly plays an FBI agent sent undercover to take down a white supremacist group from within. It’s a strange

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Justice Department will phase out private prisons

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will phase out its use of corporate-run prisons, after concluding the experiment in privatization failed to reduce costs or improve quality, officials said Thursday. At their height, in 2013, privately operated facilities incarcerated nearly 30,000 inmates, or about 15 percent of the federal prison population. But a recent inspector general’s

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‘Bread of life’ for early Jewish immigrants is life-preserver for changing neighborhood

NEW YORK — Standing before the glass display case inside Kossar’s Bagels and Bialys, David Zablocki pauses for a moment. The daily offerings lie before him: original; garlic; sundried tomato. “It’s like asking me which of my children I like best, but a hot garlic bialy with the butter melting? That touches my Polish and

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Fyvush Finkel, veteran actor, Emmy winner, dies at 93

San Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg.  Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Pennsylvania governor nominates former state prosecutor to replace Kane as attorney general

HARRISBURG, Pa. � Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday nominated a former top state prosecutor to serve as attorney general to fill out the remaining months of Kathleen Kane’s term. The governor’s selection of Bruce Beemer, if approved by the state Senate, as expected, would end the brief tenure of Kane appointee Bruce L. Castor

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Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks

WASHINGTON — Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving. Joseph Schmitz, named as one of five advisers by the Trump campaign in March, is accused of bragging when he was Defense Department inspector general a decade ago

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Donald Trump’s trade talk is making the drug industry uneasy

WASHINGTON – The drug industry is quietly troubled over Donald Trump’s tough talk on trade. The Republican presidential nominee has promised to aggressively renegotiate America’s trade deals – and to tear them up if need be. Those pledges are now rankling a biopharmaceutical sector that depends heavily on the deals to protect their intellectual property

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

No, Mr. Trump, the Debate Schedule Wasn’t Fumbled

Donald Trump has questioned the fairness of the scheduling for the upcoming presidential debates—when he will face off against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton—because two of the three forums are slotted to overlap with nationally televised National Football League games. Last month, the Republican presidential nominee went so far as to say he had received a

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