By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−What should the world do when the testosterone twins throw tantrums and start comparing the size and potency of their missiles? As the Chinese say, erections have consequences. * Before signing the Executive Order to rescind DACA, President Trump professed his love for the Dreamers and assured them he would handle […]
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ken Stone The Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Bonnie Dumanis formally entered the race for county supervisor Tuesday, Sept. 5, fulfilling predictions she would try to parlay her district attorney credentials into a new political role. The Republican joined the officially nonpartisan race by filing paperwork with the San Diego County Registrar of
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Ken Stone, San Diego CountyBERLIN (Press Release) — Senior Magen David Adom paramedics were hosted by the Berlin Fire and Rescue Organization which provides emergency medicine services (EMS) in the city. During the visit, two MDA paramedics joined the city’s rescue teams for five days and participated in basic and advanced life support ambulance rides along with local paramedics and doctors.
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday announced that it has hired Sharon Nazarian, an accomplished academic and philanthropist with expertise in international policy, as its new Senior Vice President, International Affairs. In this role, Nazarian will head ADL’s work fighting anti-Semitism and hate globally and will also oversee ADL’s Israel
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SAN DIEGO—Susan G. Komen San Diego appointed Shaina Gross, a former executive with United Way of San Diego, as its new president and CEO. Gross will lead San Diego County’s largest funder of breast health services and support into its next era beginning September 5. Gross, who spent 11 years at United Way, was selected
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San Diego CountyThe House Intelligence Committee has issued subpoenas requesting that the FBI and Department of Justice provide documents related to an unverified dossier about President Donald Trump. The latest subpoenas reportedly call on FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to appear before the House panel. The House Intelligence Committee is one of several
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International, USAIn shift, Jews partnered with former antagonist Sharpton At the Washington rally and prayer breakfast, Rabbi Marc Kline, right, reconnected with Martin Luther King III. Photo courtesy Rabbi Marc Kline At the Washington rally, Rabbi Philip Bazeley, second from left, joins with colleagues, from left, Rabbi Mara Young, Rabbi Joshua Stanton, and Rabbi Daniel Kirzane.
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USAIsraeli police on Tuesday evicted a Palestinian family from the east Jerusalem home in which they lived for over half a century, making way for Israelis deemed the legal occupants. Plans for the eviction had been criticised by the European Union, United Nations and various Western governments, though not the United States. Fahamiya Shamasneh, 75,
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Middle EastThe Jewish community of South Africa has filed a lawsuit against a local politician over offensive tweets about the Holocaust‚ the South African Times reported on Tuesday. Black First Land First leader Andile Mgxitama tweeted last month, “For those claiming the legacy of the holocaust is ONLY negative think about the lampshades and Jewish soap.”
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InternationalA North Carolina high school has preemptively removed a piece of art depicting President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis in order to avoid any potential conflict. Camden County High School Principal Billie Berry said he hadn’t received any complaints about the artwork displayed outside the school’s library, but he decided to take it
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USAWASHINGTON — Jeff Sessions walked into the White House two weeks ago with a blunt message for his boss: The Obama-era program that keeps hundreds of thousands of people safe from deportation is unconstitutional. And setting aside any sentimentality, the attorney general told the president he would not defend the program in court. That was
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USASometimes, it feels like your life has come full circle. For Israeli choreographer Roy Assaf, it was like that when he danced in his piece “The Hill,” which had its US premiere this summer at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts. “The Hill” takes its name and inspiration from Ammunition Hill, the site
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThe expected departure of President Donald Trump’s longtime bodyguard and aide, Keith Schiller, reportedly may have stemmed from new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s personnel and management changes in the West Wing, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people close to Schiller and the president. What’s more, Schiller believes Kelly, a former general, “doesn’t like”
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USAMEXICO CITY — The Mexican government on Tuesday expressed its “profound regret” following the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that shielded hundreds of thousands of young men and women living in the United States from deportation. The great majority of the estimated 800,000 recipients of the program, sometimes
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