SEATTLE �� Amazon.com said Friday that it would buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, its biggest acquisition ever and a huge move into the grocery business it’s been trying to crack for a decade. The deal, expected to close in the second half of this year, gives Amazon �� which has been experimenting with […]
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Travel and Food, USAA jury on Friday found 29-year-old Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty for fatally shooting black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop near St. Paul, an incident largely broadcast on Facebook live. Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter and faced up to 10 years in prison. The jury also found him not guilty
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USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump, often criticized for failing to act “presidential,” has reluctantly taken the advice of his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner and convened a telephone conference of five shul presidents for their suggestions. The presidents, four men and a woman, are from various parts of the nation
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori LA JOLLA, California – Ken Stone, a Jewish community member who serves as a contributing editor to the Times of San Diego, figures he did two things right before covering the visit Friday of the Dalai Lama to UC San Diego. First, he got a
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Ken Stone, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, USAWASHINGTON — Investigators on Thursday were working to piece together details of the journey of James T. Hodgkinson, trying to figure how his politically fueled rage led him from his small Illinois hometown to a shootout with police at an Alexandria, Va., ball field. Hodgkinson, 66, a former contractor and home inspector with a record
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USAWashington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted a report that he was being investigated for obstruction of justice related to the firing of FBI director James Comey. “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story.
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USADonald Trump is now under investigation for obstruction of justice by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to the Washington Post. Reports: Mueller probe now includes investigation of Trump for obstruction of justice https://t.co/wLxSdsGumd pic.twitter.com/kugBxnaNxR— POLITICO (@politico) June 15, 2017 Mueller is investigating allegations that Russia interfered in the election and possibly colluded with the Trump
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USAWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering restrictions on U.S. travel to North Korea after the harrowing experience of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia college student who was detained in Pyongyang for 15 months and returned in a coma. “We have been evaluating whether we should put some type of travel visa restriction to
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– A panel presentation at the San Diego History Center will probe the situation of Jews and other religious groups as both insiders and outsiders during the 167 years since San Diego was incorporated as a city in the new State of California. To be moderated by Adam Rosenthal, an attorney who serves
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASpecial prosecutor Robert Mueller, appointed to lead the probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, is reportedly examining whether or not President Donald Trump’s associates violated money laundering laws. That scrutiny is hardly unfamiliar to Trump, as his business empire has been repeatedly sanctioned for violating those statutes. He even at one
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa. — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial reported Thursday that they were at an impasse after more than 30 hours of deliberations over four days. Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill instructed the panel of seven men and five women to keep pressing for a unanimous decision. “While you should not hesitate
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIsraeli minister says Modern Language Association’s vote is a ‘major blow’ to divestment efforts against Israel By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff A BDS protest against Israel in Barcelona, Spain, June 2014. (YouTube screenshot) The Modern Language Association ratified a resolution opposing academic boycotts of Israel in a vote by its members, drawing praise from
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAFor decades, the Department of Justice has used court-enforced agreements to protect civil rights, successfully desegregating school systems, reforming police departments, ensuring access for the disabled and defending the religious. Now, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ appears to be turning away from this storied tool, called consent decrees. Top officials in the DOJ
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USAA recent National Security Agency memo documents a phone call where U.S. President Donald Trump pressures agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers to publicly state there is no evidence of collusion between his campaign and Russia, say reports. The memo was written by Rick Ledgett, the former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), sources
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