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Read more Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s land swap with SpaceX in Texas Read more Florida court allows use of new US House districts drawn by Republicans for midterm elections Read more Administration plans intensive, year-round construction schedule for Trump’s triumphal arch

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Photos: Monday fires

Read more ICE facility in Louisiana reports its second detainee death in less than 2 months Read more Trump administration will offer expedited visa interviews at select embassies for $750 Read more San Diego City Council OKs deal to kill Balboa Park paid parking, slash trash fees

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Sharp sees strategic advantage in new deal with Tri-City Medical Center

With a voter approval rate that has remained over 90% since election night, Measure H, Sharp HealthCare’s 30-year lease of Tri-City Medical Center, appears certain to pass. But how this partnership will turn out, well, that’s less certain, especially given the massive changes underway in health care nationwide. The immediate future is clear. If the partnership with Tri-City closes at the end of the month, as anticipated, Sharp will begin investing $100 million in the Oceanside public hospital district. Chris Howard, Sharp’s chief executive officer, said this week that a range of actions will need to unfold in the coming […]

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Lederer on Language: A different mirror: how women have shaped U.S. history

First Lady Michelle Obama affirms that “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens.” Early in our history, ideas and debates about the abolition of slavery spread and burst into flame in the 19th century. Women who battled to eradicate slavery include Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Catherine Coffin, and Harriet Jacobs. I urge you to learn about their brave lives and contributions. Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s most famous book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published in 1852, shone a searing light on […]

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