At a city council meeting in Phoenix Wednesday night, more than 200 people spent five hours describing what they called “police brutality” during a rally for President Donald Trump. Pro-immigrant and human rights group PUENTE led the unprecedented takeover to denounce how local police handled themselves with protesters. A diverse crowd of more than 200 […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — In a stunning decision, a Centre County district justice threw out involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges against eight members of a Penn State fraternity in the death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza. In dismissing those charges — including aggravated assault, which is a felony — District Justice Allen Sinclair left stand
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USAThe groups leading a petition effort to encourage the U.S. Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump had a billboard ad posted Thursday on the road that leads to the billionaire’s Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida. The billboard is emblazoned with the title of the campaign’s website, “ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org,” and states: “No
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USAWASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain is back, returning to Washington with a message for his colleagues in the age of President Donald Trump. McCain picked up Friday where he left off, before going home to Arizona to begin cancer treatment, insistent as ever that Congress must exercise its role as a check on executive power,
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USASAN DIEGO — The following announcement was received on Friday by San Diego Jewish World: September 1, 2017 Dear Campers, Parents, Summer Staff and Agency Friends, It is with mixed emotions that I announce the departure of our Executive Director, Zim Zimmerman, who has decided to pursue other options. I know you will join me,
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San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — One of Iran’s leaders recently predicted that Israel will cease to exist in the next 25 years. He may have had in mind that his country coming ominously close to Israel’s northern border: It’s in Syria as Islamic State is being defeated and Assad’s grip on the country is tightening.
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International, Middle EastPresident Trump has decided to end the 2012 deportation amnesty for young adult illegal immigrants, Fox News reported Thursday, citing a senior administration official. The report said an announcement could come “as early as Friday,” and reporter John Roberts said on Twitter that Mr. Trump would allow the program to “lapse.” That would mean the
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USAU.S. President Donald Trump appears to be looking to the military to fill yet another senior post in his administration, according to reports published Wednesday. Citing three unnamed officials, The Washington Post said Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, is being considered for appointment as the next U.S. ambassador to Australia. Nominating
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International, USAA federal judge ordered the FBI Thursday to disclose more details about how it handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret email account. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said court papers describing the grand jury subpoenas the FBI obtained to compel information from Mrs. Clinton’s Internet service providers can be made public. In doing
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By Jeanette Friedman PARADISE VALLEY, Pennsylvania — I will never forget the first question I asked my father about the Holocaust. Believing Ben Gurion’s lie, and the Zionist party line about sheep going to the slaughter, I asked him why he didn’t fight back. He laughed and gave me the perfect example of something we
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Jewish History, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Tickets are now available online at www.TasteOfOldTown.com for Taste of Old Town. The popular annual event will take place on October 5, 2017 from 5-9 PM to support the efforts of the Old Town San Diego Chamber of Commerce to promote Old Town and keep free parking to the public. Taste
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San Diego CountyBy Amanda Tewes, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Old West, as seen through 1967 Orange County eyes. Orange County Archives, CC BY In 1940, just a year before Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into a world war, Walter and Cordelia Knott began construction on a notable addition to their thriving berry
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USABy Moshik Temkin, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University. Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco, 1923. Boston Public Library Ninety years ago, on Aug. 23, 1927, two Italian immigrants were executed. The deaths of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Charlestown Prison in Massachusetts marked the end of a raucous seven-year legal
After opening the doors of Lakewood Church, Joel Osteen’s megachurch saw an outpouring of support and volunteers — such an incredible outpouring that they diverted donations to other shelters. Buzzfeed News, which is reporting from the grounds, says the church attracted “mountains of clothes, shoes, pillows, blankets, towels, school supplies, toys, books, canned food, bottled
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