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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USAUS Senator John McCain, who is fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer, was in a military hospital Wednesday to treat “normal side effects” of his therapy, his office said. The 81-year-old former prisoner of war and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed in July with a brain tumor known as a glioblastoma, after doctors
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USAAfter 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, USAThe state that sets the agenda for presidential races and handed Donald Trump a decisive victory in the 2016 general election — Iowa — now overwhelmingly disapproves of his performance and believes the country is on the wrong track, a new poll showed Wednesday. This followed a trend of other Republican stronghold states, like Alabama
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USAWASHINGTON — 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, USAWASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence will postpone his trip to Israel and Egypt next week by a few days in case he is needed to break a tie vote in the U.S. Senate on the Republican tax cut bill, his office announced. Pence is scheduled to address the Israeli Knesset on the first major
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresident 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,
A sexually transmitted disease is so infectious that even virgins can catch it and spread it to others, according to new research. Scientists say data from dozens of male virgins show that a good chunk of them had already acquired HPV, the STD that has been linked to warts and various cancers and has prompted
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USALEXINGTON, Ky. — The widow of Kentucky state Rep. Dan Johnson, who committed suicide Wednesday night, said she will seek to replace him in the Legislature. “Dan is gone but the story of his life is far from over,” Rebecca Johnson said in a statement released by David Adams, a political operative and family friend.
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USAAn already tense relationship between the United States and Turkey appears to be under more strain after a top Trump administration official accused Turkey of spreading what he called extreme Islamist ideology around the world. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, General H.R. McMaster, said Tuesday that Turkey had joined Qatar as a prime source
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Middle East, USAyoutube_gma Don’t expect “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts to believe any story Omarosa Manigault Newman has to tell. Just days after the news that Manigault Newman was leaving her role in Trump’s administration, she appeared on “Good Morning America,” where she told Michael Strahan she planned on sharing her story soon. Watch the video “When
The FCC voted to repeal net neutrality. What does that mean for us? Mignon Clyburn FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn gave a powerful message of dissension before the vote. FCC The Federal Communications Commission just voted to approve the Restoring Internet Freedom Act, which repeals the net neutrality rules that have been in place since 2015.
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Travel and FoodResearchers have found an ancient shark in North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. While the animal was discovered a few months ago, its potential age was revealed in a study in the Science journal. Marine biologist Julius Nielsen found that an 18-foot Greenland
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The World We ShareNazareth, the mostly Muslim town in current-day Israel where Christians believe Jesus Christ was raised, canceled all Christmas celebrations this year, saying that President Donald Trump had taken the joy out of the holiday. The decision by Mayor Ali Salam to cancel festivities was made in protest of Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the
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