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News Brief: GOP Health Bill Vote Postponed, Iran Sentences U.S. Citizen

A vote on the Senate's health care bill has been delayed. An American graduate student who disappeared in Iran months ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to an Iranian news agency.

Yu Huan, 22, was sentenced in February to life in prison in the Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court in China's Shandong Province. He stabbed a debt collector, who later died of his wounds.

A Debt Collector Is Killed In China, Triggering Debate Over Right To Self-Defense

"China's law does not really encourage people to defend themselves, because that would be encouraging them to rise up and resist [authority]," a Chinese lawyer noted.

Yisrael Kristal sitting in his home in Haifa. Israel. Kristal is a Holocaust survivor and the world's oldest man, according to Guinness World Records. He celebrated his long-delayed bar mitzvah this week at the age of 113.

World's Oldest Man Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah 100 Years Late

Two world wars and the Holocaust derailed Yisrael Kristal's bar mitzvah celebration until he turned 113 years old. His family held the ritual for him this week in Israel.

Did Social Media Ruin Election 2016?

In our present political social life, we don't just create political strife for ourselves, we seem to revel in it.

Poway City Hall is pictured in this undated photo.

Poway City Council: All Boys Club In A Town Of Women

Poway Mayor Steve Vaus encouraged a businesswoman to apply for a vacant seat on the City Council — then he voted against her. The vote means the city will be led by five men for the next two years.

A campus map at San Diego State University, Sept. 24, 2016.

San Diego State Appoints First Woman President In Interim Position

San Diego State University announced the appointment of the first woman president in the college's 120-year history.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right), along with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (left), speak to reporters in London on May 12. They tried to assure European banks they won't be penalized for conducting legitimate business with Iran. Critics say it should not be up to the U.S. to encourage investment in Iran.

John Kerry's Awkward Push For Investment In Iran

The secretary of state negotiated the nuclear deal and wants it to work. He recently went to Europe to encourage banks there to invest in Iran.

A patient receives a hepatitis A vaccination at a public clinic in downtown San Diego, Sept. 22, 2017.

Roundtable: Hep A Blame Game, Olango's Legacy, The Delta Tunnel

San Diego city and county officials blame each other for the glacial reaction to the hepatitis A outbreak. The shooting of Alfred Olango is having a lasting impact. The proposed Sacramento Delta tunnel is a very big deal.

Changes to the Affordable Care Act haven't been easy to come by, but President Obama just signed into law a relaxation of some requirements for small businesses.

Bipartisan Effort Revises Health Rule For Small Businesses

A legal change that eases some of the health insurance requirements for small employers may actually help bolster coverage for their workers.

The congregation plans to gather outside its demolished church on Sunday and celebrate the first mass since the storm.

Coastal Vietnamese Community Leans On Faith, And Each Other, To Rebuild After Harvey

The cohesion and resilience of Rockport, Texas' Vietnamese-American community, which numbers about a thousand, may help it recover from the storm's destruction.

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