WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), a veteran member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered a statement during the markup Wednesday, May 7, of the USA Freedom Act. “Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States government has aggressively expanded surveillance in and outside the United States at a high cost to individual […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the second anniversary of the Russian Government’s crackdown on Bolotnaya Square protests in Moscow, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, met at the U.S. Capitol with Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria [Masha] Alyokhina of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot. The
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International, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW)–Congressman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) is seeking a full time staff assistant in her district office in San Diego. According to a notice se nt out by her office, “Job responsibilities include fielding constituent calls, processing mail, coordinating the internship program, assisting with casework and constituent requests for information, maintaining a photographic
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Travel and FoodSACRAMENTO (Press Release) — A Constitutional Amendment that would allow each house of the Legislature to withhold pay and benefits of a lawmaker who is suspended has cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, May 6, with the approval of the Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. SCA 17 by Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)
TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Despite an addiction to taking pictures everywhere they go, cellphone junkies have not been able to ditch their stand-alone cameras quite yet. Smartphones still don’t possess the sharp zoom capabilities of digital still cameras, so the resulting pictures can be messy and out-of-focus. That won’t be the case for long, however.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In the blame game that follows the suspension or failure of the Kerry peace process, one often hears of Israel’s satisfaction with, and commitment to the status quo. No doubt many Israelis really do not want to accept the development of a Palestinian state, even though public opinion polls show
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NEW YORK (WJC)–A former New York City police officer has been arrested on charges that he spray-painted anti-Semitic profanities on cars and buildings in a mostly Jewish neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, including the front doors of a religious elementary school. Michael Setiawan was picked up before dawn on Sunday after police received a 911 call
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (WJC)– Hungary’s parliament elected a former skinhead as its deputy speaker in the first session since the national election last month which saw the neo-Nazi Jobbik party make significant gains. Tamas Sneider, 41, a member of Jobbik and leader of a skinhead group in northern Hungary in the early 1990s, was approved as
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InternationalOECD: Israeli life expectancy among world’s highest (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Life expectancy in Israel ranks eighth among the world’s 36 most developed countries, according to a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report released Tuesday. The report said the average life expectancy in Israel is 82, two years higher than the OECD
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InternationalBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Last July Secretary of State, John Kerry, conceived a peace baby to be delivered in nine months. The gestation period was full of turmoil. Mr. Kerry devoted an extraordinary amount of time to move the parties to negotiate until agreement. He spoke to Mahmoud Abbas, the head
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Adventures in SD HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Obama administration on Tuesday, May 6, released the third U.S. National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive report on climate change and how it will affect the country and economy. The report, which summarizes effects of climate change on the United States, was compiled by a team of more than 300 experts. According to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) hailed the Senate passage of a resolution condemning the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian school girls by the terrorist group Boko Haram on April 14. Most of the abducted girls – the majority of them between 16
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –On the anniversary of the Senate passing the bipartisan Marketplace Fairness Act, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) called Tuesday, May 6, on the House of Representatives to take up the legislation, saying this common sense fix will allow main street businesses in Minnesota and across the country to compete on a level
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