Future historians may rue aspects of U.S. war on terror

By Ken Stone Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau, author of an exposé of the Nazi era’s shameful American aftermath, is worried what a future historian might say about today’s War on Terror. With James Risen, Eric Lichtblau won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for revealing […]

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Hillel of San Diego keeps momentum as leaders change

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Even changes in the organization’s top leadership doesn’t dampen the feeling among Hillel of San Diego’s board of directors that this coming fiscal year will be one of tremendous momentum,  in which some very notable recent accomplishments will be carried forward. At the organization’s annual meeting, held Wednesday

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Lisa Kalal new philanthropy veep at United Way

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – United Way of San Diego County has named Lisa Kalal as vice president of philanthropy. Kalal brings more than 20 years of experience in philanthropic development to the 97-year-old nonprofit, with expertise in areas such as major sponsorship acquisition, donor cultivation, board development and strategic planning. Her role in United

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LA congressional election: Jimmy Gomez wins 34th District as Robert Lee Ahn concedes

LOS ANGELES — California state Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez was elected as Los Angeles’ newest member of Congress on Tuesday, defeating attorney Robert Lee Ahn in a sharply contested battle for the 34th Congressional District. Gomez will take the seat vacated by Xavier Becerra, who became state attorney general earlier this year, and will represent one

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Cosby lawyer attempts to paint accuser as a romantic interest, not a victim

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A day after she confronted her alleged attacker in court for the first time, Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand faced a challenge from his lawyers. The defense spent much of its cross-examination Wednesday morning seeking to sow doubt about Constand’s account of the attack and her relationship with Cosby. Cosby lawyer Angela

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Read Comey’s Prepared Testimony

James Comey, the FBI director President Donald Trump fired last month, is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. But on Wednesday, his prepared opening statement dropped online. Here’s a copy-and-paste version of the PDF so you can read it for yourself: Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee. Thank

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USA

Trump feels ‘totally vindicated’ by Comey testimony, lawyer says

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Donald Trump says he feels totally vindicated by the damning allegations by former FBI Director James Comey that he was pressured by the president to drop the bureau investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Outside lawyer Marc Kasowitz said Trump is pleased that Comey — whose prepared

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Jewish Conservatives set to sweep their constituencies in UK elections

Tory Jews are nursing huge majorities in safe seats, and will likely be returned to Parliament this week By Jenni Frazer LONDON — The Jewish vote was so important to Conservative politician Zac Goldsmith during his unsuccessful run for mayor of London last year that the candidate launched his campaign at London’s Jewish Community Center,

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International

Trump Impeachment Process Set to Begin

Democratic Representative Al Green of Texas is expected to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump Wednesday in the first legislative step for any congressional bid to force a sitting president from office. Related: Michael Moore launches “ TrumpiLeaks” website for whistleblowers “Obstruction of justice by the president is the problem,” Green said Tuesday.

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London attacker’s mother says British Imams ‘are right’ not to pray at his funeral

The mother of Youssef Zaghba, one of three perpetrators of last week’s deadly terrorist attack in London, has said that she supports the decision of Bi Imams not to pray at his funeral. Valeria Khadija Collina, who is Italian and converted to Islam, said that she had heard British Imams were not going to give

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Scientists have done what Einstein said was impossible: used relativity to measure a star’s mass

Astronomers scanning the skies with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the bending of one star’s light by another star’s gravity — and have even used that distortion to measure a star’s mass. The findings, published in the journal Science, confirm a key tenet of Albert Einstein’s theories even as they offer a new tool

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