Donald Trump has vowed to work on brokering peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Speaking as he hosted his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, the US president offered no clues about how he could break the political deadlock and revive stalled peace negotiations. What did Trump say? In their first face-to-face meeting, […]
Trump reassures Abbas at the White House Read More »
Middle East, USAThe Philadelphia-based co-owner of Zahav and other restaurants takes home prestigious James Beard award By Jessica Steinberg Co-owner of Philadelphia’s acclaimed Zahav restaurant, chef Michael Solomonov was just named best chef of the year at the 2017 James Beard Awards, the Oscars of the cooking world (Courtesy Michael Persico) It’s a big moment for the
Michael Solomonov named best chef for his Israeli cooking Read More »
Middle East, Travel and Food, USALOS ANGELES — An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile was launched Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base to test the weapon’s reliability and ensure an “effective nuclear deterrent,” according to the U.S. Air Force. The Minuteman III missile test launch occurred at 12:02 a.m. PDT from the base northwest of Santa Barbara, according to Air Force
Missile launched from California coast in a ‘nuclear deterrent’ test, Air Force says Read More »
International, USA
By Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — How does one live to be 95 and in good shape mentally and physically? Common wisdom tells us to eat well, exercise, stay positive, be part of a community, etc. Of course, it also helps to have good genes. In the case of Deborah Szekely, who turned 95 on
Deborah Szekely and aging gracefully Read More »
International, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodTrump’s Alternative History By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Having perfected the art of fabricating alternative facts, Donald Trump has shifted to inventing alternative history. Now that we have learned that big-hearted Andrew Jackson hated the Civil War (though he was already dead for sixteen years before it broke out) and could have prevented it, what new
Humoring the Headlines: May 3, 2017 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireIn a prepared statement read during the trial of six people involved in the 2012 publication of topless photos of Duchess Kate, Prince William said the images were “all the more painful” given “the harassment” by the paparazzi that led to his mother’s death in 1997. “The clandestine way in which these photographs were taken
Man said to suffer allergic reaction after eating kosher meal By Stuart Winer Illustrative photo of an Iberia airline plane touching down in Miami, Florida, 1985. (CC-BY-SA: Aero Icarus/Wikimedia) An Israeli man died overnight Tuesday after eating a meal on a plane to Miami, where he and his newlywed wife were traveling to for their
Honeymooning Israeli dies on flight from Europe to Miami Read More »
Middle East, Travel and FoodCNN has refused to run a Donald Trump campaign ad because it contained a graphic in which mainstream media organizations were branded “fake news,” the network said Tuesday. The head of Trump’s campaign committee criticized the network for not running the ad, which focuses on the president’s first 100 days in office. “It is absolutely
CNN Rejects Trump ‘Fake News’ Ad Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USACHICAGO — Former first couple Barack and Michelle Obama on Wednesday offered the first look at the design of the planned Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park — a campus of three buildings highlighted by an eye-catching museum, whose height and splaying walls would make a bold architectural statement. The museum, which will house
Obamas unveil design of presidential center in Chicago Read More »
USAA new book, “Rising Star,” shedding light on Barack Obama’s past, suggests he was more politically ambitious at a younger age than previously believed – and that he had asked another woman to marry him before he ever met his eventual partner, Michelle. You think Michelle looked mad when Obama shamelessly flirted with Denmark’s Helle
Michelle Obama: You weren’t Obama’s first Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAWASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey strongly defended his decision to inform Congress in late October that he had reopened an FBI investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the decision to go public 11 days
Comey says the late disclosure of reopened probe into Clinton emails was the right call Read More »
USAHARRISBURG. Pa. — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott Wagner calls it a dirty campaign trick. His campaign tracker calls it assault. What is for sure is that a routine luncheon speech at a country club near York, Pa., on Tuesday landed Wagner, a state senator, the role of unwitting star in a pair of YouTube videos,
Pennsylvania politician confiscates camera from man recording him Read More »
USAA woman recently walked into my Massachusetts office to talk about her daughter, who had been diagnosed with serious mental illness in 2007, when she was just 4 years old. A decade later, the stories this mother shared with me are heartbreaking. The countless hospital visits. The fights with insurers and doctors and courts. The
Joe Kennedy: Trumpcare is a historic attack on mental health care Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education, USA“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert has never really tried to hide his political leanings. As host of “The Colbert Report” he played a mockingly over-the-top Conservative who blasted every politician willing to run for public office. Since taking the “Late Show” reins from David Letterman, he’s come out pretty far to the left. Colbert has
People are crying #FireColbert after his over-the-top rant targeting President Trump Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA