A federal criminal investigation is being opened into the public release of documents said to detail alleged CIA hacking tools. The FBI and CIA are believed to be co-ordinating the inquiry after WikiLeaks published thousands of files. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the Trump administration will be getting tough: “Make no mistake about it, […]
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International, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The fourth hoax bomb scare of 2017 was communicated on Wednesday to the Lawrence Family JCC– this time by email. Police with bomb sniffing dogs arrived on the scene after 11 a.m. and pronounced the JCC free from danger. Michael Cohen said following a preliminary search, the JCC facilities remained open.
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USATimes of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of people from San Diego’s Jewish community gathered Wednesday for a second time in a month to show their support for refugees seeking to enter the United States. “We cannot let fear stop us from welcoming refugees,” said Michael Hopkins, CEO of Jewish Family Service. “There are
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San Diego County, USACINCINNATI, Ohio (Press Release) –Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center announce the formation of Xact Medical, a new company that will seek to commercialize the Fast Intelligent Needle Delivery (FIND) system. The FIND system uses robotics and ultrasound to guide and insert a needle into a patient’s body.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPopular Fox News anchor Heather Nauert has reportedly been hired as a spokeswoman for the Department of State. Although the hire has not been announced formally by the administration, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed the move to Bloomberg Politics Saturday. Nauert, a co-host on “Fox & Friends” — considered one of President Donald
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USASAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco asked a federal judge Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s order threatening to strip federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities that bar police from enforcing immigration laws. The city followed Santa Clara County in asking U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick for a nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump’s executive order
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USAMarchers in New York marked International Women’s Day on Wednesday afternoon by chanting “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Donald Trump Has Got To Go” while walking between two of the real estate mogul’s signature properties. Some hoisted posters featuring coat hangers, a strong symbol for many women in the battle over abortion rights. Meanwhile, the most
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWere it not for the renegade work of club owner, Hollywood producer and self-described showman Fred Weintraub, the lives of Bruce Lee, Frankie Valli, Neil Diamond, Richard Pryor and Woody Allen, to say nothing of the mud-encrusted hippies Weintraub captured in the film “Woodstock,” might have taken other turns. Weintraub died Sunday, leaving a legacy
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAIn late November, Marna Street, a violist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, was walking to her car after a rehearsal. Street was shocked by what she discovered: Someone had painted a swastika, about 14 inches across, on the trunk of her car. The vandals, Street said, had probably targeted her vehicle, which was parked in
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USAYvonne Lin had been carrying around a special surprise for the first man to offer her a seat on the subway – and though it took her two whole pregnancies, a winner finally emerged two weeks ago. The 38-year-old designer noticed that throughout her entire first pregnancy, the only people offering her seats on the
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USAThe odds of the earth moving beneath the feet of Southern Californians just got a lot higher. According to a newly published study, a fault line that stretches along that coast could produce earthquakes far more severe than previously suspected. The research centered on what has long been considered two distinct geological features: the Newport-Inglewood
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By Mimi Pollack Reprinted with permission from L’Chaim Magazine SAN DIEGO — Here in “America’s Finest City,” the weather is nice year round while rentals are very high, and many families live paycheck to paycheck. This situation is also the reason why there are so many homeless people in San Diego and worse yet- homeless
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Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — The eastern North Carolina teen now accused of beheading his mother Monday reportedly told a 911 dispatcher that he killed her “because I felt like it,” according to sworn statements cited by TV station WNCN. Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machado, 18, reportedly told dispatchers that he stabbed her “like eight times” and left the
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International, USAMINNEAPOLIS — Linwood Kaine, the youngest son of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in the presidential election, was one of six counter-protesters arrested during a rally supporting President Donald Trump over the weekend at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Kaine was arrested by St. Paul Police and booked
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