ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

July 9, 2015 (San Diego's East County)-- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• 6 big things to know about sanctuary cities (Washington Post)
• South Carolina House okays removing confederate flag (CBS News)
• Federal court rules against Redskins in legal battle with Native Americans (NPR)
• Whitewash: New Texas text books will downplay slavery, omit KKK and Jim Crow (RawStory)
• This Term the Supreme Court Might Open the Way for Prison Reform (Reporting San Diego)

Presidential  campaign:

• Companies, countries cutting ties with Donald Trump (Denver Post)
• House Republicans release the subpoena she said she never received for her e-mails (Huffington Post)
• Jeb Bush: You can love your Mexican-American wife and also believe that you need to control the border (Washington Post)
• Jeb Bush: People should work longer hours (ABC News)
• Bernie Sanders wants to spend $3 billion on solar panels for the poor (Washington Examiner)
• Huckabee calls for civil disobedience against marriage equality ruling (NY Post)

WORLD

• Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendum 'No' (Reuters)
• Greeks are locked out of online payments (APM Marketplace)
• A Saudi prince is giving away his entire fortune to charity—and it’s a lot (TakePart)
• China stems market slide, stringent measures imposed (Reuters)
• New textbook guidelines to be launched despite criticism (China Post)
• Reforms May Help North Korea Survive An Imminent Drought (NPR)
• Egyptian army kills 63 militants in North Sinai: sources

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U.S.

6 big things to know about sanctuary cities (Washington Post)

Illegal immigration is one of those topics on which almost everyone has an opinion -- maybe several opinions. But when it comes to the facts, the number of people with a grasp on them is a lot smaller.

South Carolina House okays removing confederate flag (CBS News)

A group of Republicans mounted opposition Wednesday to immediately removing the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds as the South Carolina House opened debate, but at each turn, they were beaten back by a slightly larger, bipartisan group of legislators who believe there must be no delay.

Federal court rules against Redskins in legal battle with Native Americans (NPR)

A federal court has ruled against Washington, D.C.'s, professional football team in a legal battle with Native Americans over the team's name.

Whitewash: New Texas text books will downplay slavery, omit KKK and Jim Crow (RawStory)

Social studies books for Texas public schools will minimize the importance of slavery in the Civil War and omit any mention of both Jim Crow laws and the Ku Klux Klan, the Washington Post reported..

This Term the Supreme Court Might Open the Way for Prison Reform (Reporting San Diego)

Having a weapon, never used, during a previous conviction, does that constitute a third strike? The petitioner has a long criminal history and if the Court upheld this present conviction as a third strike, he could face an enhancement to the sentence. In other words, he could face 15 to life. The court had to determine whether the “residual clause” allows for this, or whether this is an arbitrary law and could be applied capriciously by judges.

Presidential  campaign:

Companies, countries cutting ties with Donald Trump (Denver Post)

Real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in his campaign kickoff speech that some Mexican immigrants to the U.S. bring drugs and crime, and some are rapists. He has been widely criticized for his June 16 statement, but he has refused to apologize and instead repeated his views. A host of organizations and countries are re-examining or severing their relationships with Trump and businesses connected to him, and their ranks are growing.

House Republicans release the subpoena she said she never received for her e-mails (Huffington Post)

One day after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she "never had a subpoena" for the emails she sent while secretary of state, House Republicans on Wednesday released a document appearing to contradict her -- namely, the subpoena they'd served Clinton earlier this year.

Jeb Bush: You can love your Mexican-American wife and also believe that you need to control the border (Washington Post)

A voter at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall here asked Jeb Bush Wednesday night to weigh in on recent remarks by Donald Trump about Mexican immigrants -- and the comments the business magnate tweeted about the former governor's wife.

Jeb Bush: People should work longer hours (ABC News)

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that in order to grow the economy “people should work longer hours” -- a comment that the Bush campaign argues was a reference to underemployed part-time workers but which Democrats are already using to attack him.

Bernie Sanders wants to spend $3 billion on solar panels for the poor (Washington Examiner)

Democratic presidential candidate and Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, proposed legislation this week that would spend $3 billion on solar panels for the poor over the next 15 years.

Huckabee calls for civil disobedience against marriage equality ruling (NY Post)

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called Sunday for civil disobedience to undermine the Supreme Court’s ruling last week upholding same-sex marriage throughout the country. Invoking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Huckabee, a one-time Southern Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor, predicted resistance by pastors and county clerks around the country.

WORLD

Greeks defy Europe with overwhelming referendum 'No' (Reuters)

In Athens, thousands of jubilant Greeks waving flags and bursting fire crackers poured into the city's central square as official figures showed 61 percent of Greeks had rejected a deal that would have imposed more austerity measures on an already ravaged economy.

Greeks are locked out of online payments (APM Marketplace)

These are dark days for Greek consumers. Banks remain closed, cash access is limited, and capital controls are in place. The controls — designed to keep Greek money from leaving Greece — prohibit the use of credit cards to make payments outside the country.

A Saudi prince is giving away his entire fortune to charity—and it’s a lot (TakePart)

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is gifting $32 billion to support poverty alleviation, disease eradication, and women’s empowerment.

China stems market slide, stringent measures imposed (Reuters)

Chinese stocks rallied on Thursday after the securities regulator banned shareholders with large stakes in listed firms from selling, in Beijing's most drastic step yet to stem a sell-off that has roiled global financial markets.

New textbook guidelines to be launched despite criticism (China Post)

Taiwan -- The new curriculum guidelines for textbooks are to be implemented in August as was previously planned, Deputy Minister of Education Chen Der-hwasaid yesterday, amid intense debate over whether the procedures for drawing up the guidelines was legitimate and whether the new content is in line with historical facts

Reforms May Help North Korea Survive An Imminent Drought (NPR)

North Korea is facing the worst drought in a century. 

Egyptian army kills 63 militants in North Sinai: sources

(Reuters) - Egypt’s military launched air strikes and ground operations that killed 63 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Sunday, security sources said, as the country grapples with an increasingly ambitious insurgency based in the region.