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The son of the rabbi who led an entire community after a gunman opened fire inside a Poway synagogue on the last day of Passover will take over for his father ahead of another Jewish observance.

The Federal Trade Commission announced last week a crackdown on robocallers, giving one of the clearest pictures yet of the people and organizations behind the avalanche of nuisance phone calls to consumers. The actions are important because they draw the connection between robocalls, which may seem like mere annoyances, to the fraudulent organizations or illegal mass-calling schemes behind them. “We...

A North County couple has made it their life’s purpose to open their hearts and home to help families in crisis. Their gift of compassion, empathy and remarkable hospitality is inspiring San Diego.

The claim alleges that the city’s protocol in handling public record requests changed in the months following the outbreak, something the city has denied.

Russian lawmakers submitted legal amendments Tuesday that would allow the government to register international media outlets as foreign agents, a retaliatory move to a demand the U.S. made to a Russian TV channel. The amendments, which could be voted on Wednesday, came after the Russian state-funded RT registered with the U.S. Justice Department as a foreign agent following pressure from...

Fatmata Kamara had just stepped outside her house before dawn Monday when she saw the muddy hillside collapsing above her. The only thing she could do was run. She was one of the survivors, those who managed to escape the surging mudslides and floodwaters in and around Sierra Leone’s capital that killed more than 300 people, many of them trapped...

Baylor University Medical Center’s therapy dogs lift spirits in the emergency department during the aftermath of the Dallas police shooting.

A plane has reached the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station to remove a sick research team crew member, a Foundation official said. The Foundation said the crew member requires medical care unavailable at the station. A second patient might also be removed, the foundation said....
The plane left from the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Station around 1,500 miles away....