October 23, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Impeachment inquiry

• Bombshell testimony rocks Trump impeachment defense (CNN)
• Bill Barr is ‘obligated to recuse’ himself from Ukraine investigation — or resign: NYC Bar Association (Raw Story)
• Republicans storm closed-door hearing to protect impeachment inquiry (The Hill)
• Trump urges GOP to fight for him (The Hill)
• In admitting then denying quid pro quo, Mulvaney turns harsh spotlight on himself (Washington Post)
• Former  Ohio Governor Republican John Kasich says he’s now for impeaching Trump (CNN)
• Federal investigation of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe (CNN)

Other national news

• Flint schools receive water stations, filtration systems from billionaire Elon Musk (ABC 12)
• State Dept. finds no intentional mishandling of classified info under Clinton (10 News)
• Safety Experts Slam Boeing And FAA For Design And Approval Of 737 Max Jets (NPR)
• Dick's Sporting Goods destroyed $5 million worth of assault rifles, CEO Ed Stack says (Yahoo)
• Tulsi Gabbard’s Clinton clash sparks speculation about her political future (CNN)

WORLD

• Trump suffers rare international rebuke in a withering statement from multiple European countries (Raw Story)
• Parliament votes to withhold full approval of Brexit deal, postponing Boris Johnson’s moment of reckoning (Washington Post)
• Trump says his Doral golf resort will no longer host next year’s G-7 summit, bowing to criticism (Washington Post) 
• Canadian election: Trudeau’s liberals ‘retain power’ (BBC)
• Israel's Netanyahu gives up effort to form new government (Reuters)

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October 24, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) --- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a  variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

•  Trump: US to 'begin cutting off' aid to countries associated with migrant caravan (The Hill)
• Explosive devices sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and CNN (Boston Globe)
• Trump proposes tax cut; GOP lawmakers privately skeptical (Washington Post)
• Trump administration widens Obamacare escape hatch for red states (Politico)
• US named world's most competitive economy for the first time in 10 years (Jewish World Review)
• Has Trump Met the Burden of Proof for Ripping Up an Arms Deal With Russia? (Time)
• 75,000 individuals' files accessed in Medicare/Medicaid data breach (Reuters)
• Your state-by-state guide to GOP voter suppression (Paste)
• Fury erupts over reported Trump administration plan to redefine gender and target civil rights protections for transgender people (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• South Carolina is lobbying to allow discrimination against Jewish parents (The Intercept)

​WORLD

• Flights canceled, cruise ships diverted as powerful Hurricane Willa threatens Mexico's coastal resorts, from San Blas to Mazatlan (San Diego Union Tribune)
• How the man in Khashoggi murder ran killing via Skype (Reuters) 
•  Trump condemns Khashoggi death and aftermath as 'the worst cover up ever' (CNN)
• Khashoggi Case: 'Body Double' Reportedly Seen After Killing (NBC)
• Report: Saudi Journalist Khashoggi's Remains Found (Haaretz)
• 10,000 rioters at Gaza border, in tense IDF-Hamas standoff (Jerusalem Post)

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April 25, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Hero customer rushes Waffle House killer and rips away his assault-style weapon (CNN)
• Friends or not, France’s Macron challenges Trump in Congress speech (Reuters)
• FAA orders inspections of engines like one in deadly Southwest incident (CBS)
• Kobach held in contempt in voter registration case (The Hill)
• Supreme Court considers power of agency judges and who should appoint them (Jewish World Review)

WORLD

• North Korea says it will stop nuclear tests, scrap test site (Reuters)
• Trump and France's Macron seek new measures on Iran as deadline looms   (Reuters)
• Busloads of migrants from 'caravan' arrive at U.S.-Mexico border (Reuters)

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December 13, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Democrats pull off an upset in Alabama: Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore to trim G.O.P. majority (NY Times)
• Macron to award U.S. climate scientists “make our planet great again” grants (The Hill)
• President falsely claims that he doesn’t know his accusers (CNN)
• NYC terror attack suspect claims he did it for ISIS (CBS)
• Why are America’s farmers killing themselves in record numbers? (Guardian)
• Special Report: Unfettered construction raises U.S. hurricane costs (Reuters)
• Houston man arrested for trying to aid Islamic State: U.S. government (Reuters)
• Minnesota Lt. Governor to replace Franken, run for seat in 2018 (The Hill)
• Justice Dept. Opposes Mandatory Union Dues for Public Employees, Reversing an Old Position (Reason)

WORLD

• Protests in Lebanon Near U.S. Embassy After Trump’s Jerusalem Decision  (New York Times)
• Tense scene in West Bank after Trump decision (CNN)
• Saudi Arabia Announces Opening of Cinemas for First Time In 35 Years (NPR)
• Deadly Blast at an Austrian Gas Hub Prompts a State of Emergency in Italy (NPR_
• Names Written in Blood and Rust: Documenting Syria's Disappeared (NPR)
• German City Bans Refugees from Settling There, Other Cities May Follow (NPR)
• Firebombs hurled at Swedish synagogue after Jerusalem protest march (Jerusalem Post)

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September 13, 2017 (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.

• Congress sends Trump bill denouncing Charlottesville violence, white Supremacy (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• With an eye on tax reform, President courts Democrats (Christian Science Monitor)
• Nearly 25 Percent of Homes Destroyed in Florida Keys After Hurricane Irma (NPR)
• Florida's Farmers Look at Irma's Damage: 'Probably the Worst We've Seen' (NPR)
• All five living former presidents launch joint Harvey relief effort (The Hill)
• Welcome to the new world of wildfires (Truthout)
• The 48 most revealing lines of Bannon’s 60 Minutes interview (CNN)
• Rand Paul Stages Senatorial Sit-In for Debate on Sunsetting Authorization for Endless War (Reason)
• Sanders will introduce universal healthcare bill, backed by 15 Democrats (Washington Post)
• Fire torches historic national park chalet in Montana (Washington Post)
• American households finally earn more than they did in 1999 (SD Union-Tribune)

WORLD

• Before and After: Satellite Images Show Irma's Caribbean Destruction (NPR)
• Russians flock to Trump properties to give birth to U.S. babies (Daily Beast)
• Israel hits Syrian site said to be linked to chemical weapons (Reuters)
• Death toll from southern Mexico's big earthquake rises to 96 (ABC)
• Apparent 'Ethnic Cleansing' Is Now Unfolding in Myanmar, U.N. Says (NPR)

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August 16, 2017 (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.

• Organizers of white nationalist rally in Virginia, driver sued for $3 million (Reuters)
• Anti-government extremist arrested in Oklahoma bomb plot (Los Angeles Times)
• Trump again blames ‘both sides’ for violence at white supremacist rally in VA (Washington Post)
• Google boots out neo-Nazi website that attacked Charlottesville victim (San Jose Mercury News)
• Turkey detains suspected Islamic State militant for planning to bring down U.S. plane (Reuters)
• Justice Dept. demands 1.3 million IP addresses related to Trump resistance site (The Hill)
• Virginia Governor declares state of emergency as alt-right rally turns violent (NBC)
• Trump threatens Venezuela with unspecified military action (Reuters)
• Trump’s odd thanks to Putin for expelling U.S. diplomats sparks anger among foreign service officers (Los Angeles Times)
• A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack (The Nation)

WORLD

• Patriot interceptor batteries to be deployed pronto in Western Japan (Japan Times)
• North Korea’s Missile Success is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say (New York Times)
• How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a 'dirty bomb' (Jewish World Review)
• China issues order to implement U.N. sanctions on North Korea (Reuters)
• As Pakistan Marks 70 Years of Independence, Its Minorities Struggle for Space (NPR)
• Report: Iran and Russia violated U.N. weapons sanctions (JPost)
• Hearing loss of US diplomats in Cuba blamed on covert device (AP)
• PA arrests five journalists for "leaking" sensitive information (JPost)
• Report: Attack on police vehicle kills four in northern Sinai (JPost)
• Machine gun attack on U.N. Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven (Reuters)

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July 5, 2017 (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.

General news

• 5 changes GOP might make to healthcare bill (The Hill)
• How Congress is taking back power from Trump on national security (CNN)
• Why the Koch brothers want to kill an obscure Senate rule to help shape the federal courts (USA Today)
• Hawaii files court challenge to part of Trump travel ban (The Hill)
• Court halts EPA rollback of methane rules (Houston Chronicle)
• Trump could face trial for alleged university fraud (Newsweek, via San Diego Jewish Times)
• Chris Christie caught sunbathing after closing all state beaches over July 4^th weekend (Vanity Fair)
• This woman’s name appears on the Declaration of Independence. So why don’t we know her story? (Washington Post)

Trump-Russia investigation

• Now we have a roadmap to the Trump campaign’s collusion with Russia (New York Magazine)
• NSA Director frustrated Trump won’t accept that Russia interfered in election (The Hill)
• The time I got recruited to collude with the Russians (Lawfare)

WORLD

• North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration (Washington Post)
• North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. calls for global action (Reuters)
• Police seizes servers of Ukrainian software firm after cyber attack (Reuters)
• The memo:  Trump faces high stakes meeting with Putin (The Hill)
• Germany passes censorship law to fight online hate speech (CS Monitor)
• Improving ties between Egypt and Hamas unsettle Palestinian politics (Reuters) 
• Palestinian Authority lays off 6,145 of its Gaza employees (JPost)
• Venezuelan lawmakers beaten, besieged in latest violence (Reuters)

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June 21, 2017 (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.

Special prosecutor investigation

• Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions (Guardian)
• Donald Trump, Felix Sater and the job:  Lawyers push to unseal court documents they say could show fraud by president (Newsweek)
• Trump lashes out at Russia probe while Pence hires a lawyer (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Senate approves new Russia sanctions (CNN)
• Criminal investigation of Trump puts his presidency in peril (Wash. Post “Right Turn”)

Other national news

• Russia warns U.S. after downing of Syrian warplane (New York Times)
• Phoenix flights cancelled because it’s too hot for planes (BBC)
• Admin revokes blocked program to protect immigrant parents (Washington Post)
• Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion  (Reuters)
• U.S. Supreme Court strikes down sex offender social media ban (Reuters)
• U.S. top court says law banning offensive trademarks is unconstitutional (Reuters)
• Trump owes lenders at least $315 million, disclosure shows (Reuters)
• Trump signs bill revoking Obama era gun checks for mental illness (NBC)
• Emerging portrait of shooting suspect James T. Hodgkinson:  Anti-Trump rhetoric on social media, repeat visits to YMCA near Virginia ballfield (Washington Post)
• Legal services in unprecedented danger under Trump’s budget proposal (Guardian)
• CEOs to Trump: You’re failing (CNN)
• Democratic lawmakers sue Trump, handing the president another legal challenge (NPR)

WORLD

• Van rams Muslim worshippers in London; PM condemns ‘sickening’ attack (Reuters)
• Imam praised as hero for protecting Finsbury Park attacker (CNN)
• Veteran aide expert Egeland warns of ‘Biblical famine’ in Yemen (Reuters)
• 7 U.S. Service Members Wounded In 'Insider Attack' In Afghanistan (NPR)
• Saudi king empowers young reformer son in succession shake-up (Reuters)
• Palestinian Authority has not sent medical shipments to Gaza for over three months (Jerusalem Post)
• Why Is China Snatching Up Australian Farmland? (NPR)
• Attacks on Western cities prompt insurers to adapt (Reuters)
• FBI says probing Michigan airport stabbing as 'act of terrorism' (Reuters)
• Abortive Brussels attack could have been much worse -PM (Reuters)
• Explosion in Bogota shopping center kills three, wounds nine (Reuters)
• Jerusalem on high alert after police officer killed in Old City attack (JPost)

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May 31, 2017 (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.

• How Congress dismantled federal internet privacy rules (Washington Post)
• Ex-CIA director: CIA would consider Kushner actions ‘espionage’ (The Hill)
• Trump launches new course with allies and autocrats in first foreign trip (Los Angeles Times)
• Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel (Washington Post)
• Ancestry.com denies exploiting users' DNA (BBC)
• U.S. Census director resigns amid turmoil over 2020 count (Washington Post)
• Tillerson declines to host Ramadan reception (CNN)

WORLD

• Homeless man who aided Manchester Arena attack victims hailed as hero (WGNTV)
• European allies see the two sides of Trump (New York Times)
• G-7 leaders divided on climate change, closer on trade issues (Reuters)
• Trudeau invites pope to Canada for Church apology to indigenous peoples (Reuters)
• The Philippines in flames: citizens flee as ISIS flag flies over Marawi (Guardian)
• Israel reduces Gaza electricity after PA refuses to pay (Jerusalem Post)
• North Korea fires missile into waters off Japan (Los Angeles Times)
• Muslim women in India challenge ‘instant divorce’ law (New York Times)
• Russian opposition leader finds new platform on YouTube (CS Monitor)
• Chechnya's anti-gay pogrom: Too much even for the Kremlin? (CS Monitor)
• Egypt blocks 21 websites, including Al Jazeera: state news agency (Reuters)
• At Least 28 Dead, Many Wounded, After Attack on Christians in Egypt (NPR)

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May 11, 2017 (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.

• New FBI head contradicts White House on Comey (CNN)
• Comey firing ‘worse than Watergate’ says ex-White House ethics lawyer (Rolling Stone)
• Trump to appoint ‘voter fraud’ commission  (USA Today)
• Will Supreme Court rescue Trump’s travel ban?  (USA Today)
• Presence of Russian photographer in Oval office raises alarms (Washington Post)
• Tunnel collapses at Washington nuclear waste plant; no radiation released (Reuters)
• GOP Congress stiffs workers (Los Angeles Times)
• Puerto Rico files for bankruptcy protection for public debt (CS Monitor)
• Reporter arrested for asking questions (Reporting San Diego)
• Forbidden questions:  24 key issues ignored by Washington elite and media (TruthDig)
• Lawmakers blast HHS gag order as harmful to whistleblowers (Govt. Exec.)

WORLD

• Macron decisively defeats Le Pen in French presidential race (New York Times)
• Mosul battle will be finished in days: Iraqi army chief (BBC)
• Inside the Ring: China supercomputers threaten U.S. security (Washington Times)
• Jakarta's Christian Governor Sentenced To 2 Years for Blasphemy (NPR)
• What are 5,000 Chinese fighters doing in Syria? (JPost)

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April 27, 2017 (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.

• White House unveils dramatic plan to overhaul tax code  (Washington Post)
• U.S. Chief Justice alarmed at Trump administration immigration case stance (Reuters)
• Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal (MSN)
• Changes to federal insurance plans could hurt parents of chronically ill children (NPR)
• Trump not going to terminate NAFTA (CNN)
• Flynn may have broken law, say Oversight leaders (The Hill)
• House Republicans introduce one-week spending bill  (Washington Post)
• Far-right Trump advisor tied to anti-Semitic paramilitary group (Vanity Fair)
• A third of US millennials still live at home, census report finds (BBC)
• Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools (Reuters)
• House oversight panel has questions about Trump businesses, foreign emoluments (NPR)
• Trump makes his first big changes to Obamacare (Huffington Post)
• The rich are living longer and taking more from taxpayers (Bloomberg)
• Dead giant rabbit on United flight creates new problem for airline (Patch.com)
• Vaping venture poses potential conflict for Trump’s FDA nominee (Bloomberg)

WORLD

• Facing death for being gay, men flee Russia’s Chechnya (Yahoo News)
• Russia court outlaws 'extremist' Jehovah's Witnesses (BBC)
• Hezbollah's defiant signal to Israel, Lebanon, and the UN (CS Monitor)
• To fight domestic violence among Syrian refugees, an outreach to men (CS Monitor)
• Russia hacked Danish defense for two years, minister tells newspaper (Reuters)
•  Venezuela death toll hits 29, protesters battle security forces (Reuters)
• Sealed Files of United Nations War Crimes Commission Will Finally See Light of Day (Smithsonian)
• U.S., Uganda Call Off Search for Infamous Warlord Joseph Kony (NPR)
• Turkey Arrests More Than 1,000 in Massive Purge of its Police Forces (NPR)
• Turkey investigation 17, some Americans, in failed coup (New York Times)

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March 29, 2017 (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.

• U.S. acknowledges air strike in Mosul, where more than 200 Iraqi civilians have died (Los Angeles Times)
• Congress is missing in action as Trump escalates war in Syria amid Russian probe (Truthout)
• As Congress Repeals Internet Privacy Rules, Putting Your Options in Perspective (NPR)
• Border wall funds hit snags among some Republicans (Reuters)
• Kochs bankroll move to rewrite the Constitution (Bill Moyers)
• Inspector General probes Trump move to pull all Obamacare enrollment ads (HuffPost)
• Trump administration to give greenlight to Keystone XL pipeline (Los Angeles Times)
• Rasmea Odeh, convicted terrorist (and women’s march organizer) agrees to leave U.S. in exchange for no jail time (Washington Times)
• Trump pledges new office to bring business innovation to govt. operations (GovExec)
• Trump administration sought to block Sally Yates from testifying to Congress on Russia (Washington Post)
• Calif. Rep. Adam Schiff becomes leading voice of opposition (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Pres. Trump’s cascade of false claims in Time’s interview on his falsehoods (Wash. Post)
• Trump repeals regulation protecting workers from wage theft (Huffington Post)

WORLD

• Russian police detain opposition leader, hundreds of protesters (Reuters)
• E.U. plunges into messy divorce as Britain gives formal notice to leave  (Wash. Post)
• UK police still believe London attacker was acting alone (Reuters)
• When Russian Lawyer Falls Out of a Window, 'I Don't Think it's an Accident’ (NPR)
• Hong Kong protests: Nine activists 'to be charged' (BBC)
• Estonia's lessons for fighting Russian disinformation (CS Monitor)
• Why Russian protests are making Kremlin rethink 2018 pres. elections (CS Monitor)
• Belarus Rolls Out Big Brother to Counter Worst Unrest in Decades (Bloomberg )
• North Korea tests rocket engine: U.S. officials  (Reuters)

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March 15, 2017 (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.

General News

• Federal Reserve hikes interest rate for second time in 3 months (NBC7)
• Blizzards hit northeast U.S., grounding flights, closing schools (Reuters)
• Justice Department charging Russian spies and criminal hackers in Yahoo intrusion (Wash. Post)
• Federal judge: Border Patrol in Arizona violated court order (Associated Press)

Politics

• Trump budget opens new fight among Republicans (Reuters)
• Trump envoy launches preliminary talks on “ultimate deal’ – Middle East peace (L.A. Times)
• Disabled Americans have most to fear under Republicare (Esquire)
• Bush ethics lawyer on Trump-Russia ties: ‘KGB agents running around the West Wing’ (The Hill)
• Weather Service employees shocked by reported cuts (Gov Exec Oversight)
• Senate narrowly passes repeal of Obama Fair Play, Safe Workplace rule (Gov Exec)
• Bernie Sanders’ campaign faced a fake news tsunami. Where did it come from? (Huffington Post on a San Diego investigative reporter’s findings)
• Revised Trump travel ban suffers first legal blow (Politico)
• Supreme Court won’t hear major case on transgender rights (New York Times)
• Tillerson used email alias at Exxon to talk climate: New York attorney general (Reuters)
• Wall Street spent $2 billion trying to influence 2016 election (Fortune)

WORLD

• World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, says U.N. official (Guardian)
• White House ups drone strikes, tolerates more civilian deaths (NBC7)
• Kremlin: Russian ambassador met with Clinton campaign, too (Blaze)
• Jordanian soldier who shot Israeli schoolgirls walks free from jail (Reuters)
• Israel bars entry to British activist because of BDS support (Jerusalem Post)
• Mass Secret Grave in Eastern Mexico Could Be Country's Largest, Official Says (NPR)

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March 1, 2017 (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.

• Clean power plant repeal would cost America $600 billion, cause 120,000 premature deaths (Forbes)
• Trump’s address to joint session of Congress, annotated (NPR)
• Democratic Response to Trump's Address to Congress, Annotated (NPR)
• As communities deal with anti-Semitic attacks, Jewish officials urge action (ABC)
• Trump aims to eliminate clean water rule (NPR)
• Top House conservatives won’t back draft Obamacare replacement (The Hill)
• GOP healthcare plan would cover fewer people, blowback grows (Bloomberg News)
• Donald Trump’s immigrant crimes list labeled ‘shocking in the extreme’ by human rights groups (UK Independent)
• FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Russia-Trump stories (CNN)
• Sioux tribe puts ‘black snake’ prophesy at center of Dakota pipeline battle (Bloomberg News)
• Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez elected DNC chair (CNN)
• Congress just got a lot closer to defunding Planned Parenthood (Mother Jones)

WORLD

• North Korea executes five top officials with anti-aircraft guns (Wall St. Journal)
• Russia, China block U.N.  sanctions on Syria over gas attacks (Reuters)
• Egypt's Christians flee Sinai amid Islamic State killing spree (Reuters)
• 'Weaponized' drones are no longer fantasy (Jewish World News)
• Chemical weapon VX nerve agent killed North Korean leader's half brother: Malaysian police (Reuters)
• Attacks On Foreigners On the Rise in South Africa (NPR)
• Deaths from India air pollution rivaling China (Japan Times)
• Iraqi commander:  ISIS leaders ‘running away’ from Mosul (CNN)
• South Sudan and the lure of a gleaming new capitol (Christian Science Monitor)
• The race to save Jewish history in the Middle East (Time Magazine)

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February 15, 2017 (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.

• First ‘dreamer’ protected by Obama’s DACA order arrested in Trump immigration raid (Sacramento Bee)
• Here’s what we know about Trump’s border wall (Bloomberg News)
•  Russian spy ship spotted off Delaware coast (CS Monitor)
• Abortion protests on both sides erupt across U.S. (Reuters)
• Mexicans in the U.S. are Sending Home More Money Than Ever (NPR)
• Website for disabled kids disappears as DeVos takes office (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
• Trump then: ‘I would have no problem’ banning lobbyists. Trump now: You’re hired! (Pro Publica)
• State-sponsored hackers targeting journalists, Google warns (Politico)
• Legal scholars: Why Congress should impeach Donald Trump (Time Magazine)
• Russia Considers Returning Snowden to U.S. to ‘Curry Favor’ With Trump: Official (U.S. News)
• How ISIS is beginning to train child terrorists in the West (Jewish World Review)

WORLD

• Why Is Russia Helping Anti-U.S. Insurgents in Afghanistan? (NPR)
• Amnesty International Identifies Assad's 'Policy of Extermination’ (NPR)
• U.S. blacklists Venezuela vice president for drug trafficking (Reuters)
• NATO says it sees sharp rise in Russian disinformation since Crimea seizure (Reuters)
• German police arrest two men suspected of planning Islamist attack (Reuters)
• Islamic State-linked group claims rocket attack on Israeli resort (Reuters)
• Chinese sent Iran missile parts (Washington Times)
• North Korea tests ballistic missile; U.S. to avoid escalation (Reuters)
•  Malnutrition Is Killing Nigeria's Children Because of Food Shortage (NPR)
• South Korea suspects female assassins killed half-brother of North Korea leader (Reuters)
•  Russia Deploys Missile in Violation of Arms Treaty (NPR)
• At Denmark’s Borderless Kitchen, refugees cook foods from their home countries (Conde Nast)
• Airport assassination focuses new attention on North Korean leader (Washington Post)

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