Category: News
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Local Men Receive Federal Prison Terms for Sending Money to Al-Shabab
Mohamed Mohamud and Issa Doreh are shown in this 2010 courtroom drawing by Krentz Johnson. By Amita Sharma A San Diego federal judge sentenced three local men to prison Monday for raising money for the terror group al-Shabab which he described as responsible for “murder, mayhem and bombings” in East Africa. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey…
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SD Latinos Surveyed About Beliefs, Experiences
By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico San Diego is already a majority-minority county. That means, not one ethnic or racial group comprises more than 50 percent of the population. That majority-minority status is expected to continue for the next 50 years or so — except for one major change. The percentage of whites…
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Judge Denies New Trial for 4 Somali Men Convicted of Supporting Terrorism
By Amita Sharma A San Diego federal judge Thursday rejected a new trial bid by four Somali immigrants convicted of terrorism-related charges earlier this year. Judge Jeffrey Miller disputed the men’s claims that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance dragnet violated their rights. The case against the men was initiated after the NSA found a…
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San Diego Obamacare Enrollment Rate Exceeds State
By Susan Murphy Nearly 60,000 Californians have enrolled in Covered California, the state’s health care exchange, and 370,000 more have begun the application process. San Diegans are enrolling at a faster rate than the rest of the state, making up nearly 10 percent of enrollees, said Covered California executive director Peter Lee, who was in…