Thursday, March 28, 2024

Politics

America Under Biden: Best Buy Shares Tumble On Theft, Supply Constraints

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NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co.'s shares tumbled Tuesday after the nation's largest consumer electronics chain posted a decline in gross profit margin for the fiscal third quarter, ci...

US To Release 50 Million Barrels Of Oil To Ease Energy Costs

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other m...

WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse Speaks Out In First Interview Since Acquittal

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KENOSHA (VINnews) — In his first interview since being acquitted, Kyle Rittenhouse speaks to Tucker Carlson about the events that led to his homicide trial. https://youtu.be/do7...

Florida Man Spotted With Nancy Pelosi Lectern Pleads Guilty

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man photographed carrying a lectern belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection pleaded guilty M...

House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Alex Jones And Roger Stone

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection issued subpoenas Monday to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Ro...

French Prime Minister Positive For COVID-19, As Cases Rise

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PARIS (AP) — France's prime minister tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, hours after returning from a visit to neighboring Belgium and just as France is seeing a nationwide res...

Michael Cohen Ends Prison Term After Trump-Related Crimes

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NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, who was former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer until his 2018 arrest, said Monday that his three-year prison sentence — mostly spen...

VIDEO: Rittenhouse Tells Fox News ‘Not A Racist Person,’ Backs BLM

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted on charges stemming from killing two men and wounding another during the unrest that followed the shooting of a Black man by a w...

Probe Finds ‘Overwhelming Evidence’ Of Misconduct By Cuomo

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A legislative investigation released Monday found “overwhelming evidence” that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment and ordered state workers t...

Biden To Keep Powell As Fed Chair, Brainard Gets Vice Chair

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that he's nominating Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, endorsing Powell's stewardship of th...

Abramovich Hosts Israeli Leader, Antisemitism Action Praised

LONDON (AP) — On a rare visit to Chelsea, owner Roman Abramovich was praised on Sunday by Israeli President Isaac Herzog for using the Premier League leaders' platform to campaign ...

Honest Yeshiva Students Return Money Scattered In The Wind To Armored Car

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — If you found money lying on the ground, with no known claimers nearby, wouldn't you take it for yourself? This is even acceptable according to halacha- if t...

Official: Israel To Sign Solar Power Deal With Jordan In UAE

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel is set to sign a declaration of intent with neighboring Jordan on building a major solar power plant in the kingdom that will be used to g...

UK To Probe Racial Bias In Medical Devices After COVID Toll

LONDON (AP) — The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately f...

Biden’s Political Standing Fuels Democratic Worry About 2024

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — It was supposed to be a moment of triumph for Joe Biden. The Democratic president had just signed into law the most significant infrastructure package in g...

Gantz’s Cleaner Planned To Charge Iranian Hackers $7,000 To Spy On Him

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Omri Goren, a cleaner formerly employed at the home of Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, charged Iranian hackers just $7,000 to spy on him. Goren, 37, told...

Thousands March In Brussels Against Belgium’s COVID Measures

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Ten of thousands of people marched through central Brussels on Sunday to protest against reinforced COVID-19 measures that the government has imposed to counter the...

New US Attorney: Civil Rights Unit Made For ‘Troubled Times’

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NEW YORK (AP) — With Attorney General Merrick Garland looking on, Manhattan's new U.S. attorney said Friday he’s establishing a civil rights unit in his office’s criminal division ...

Palestinian Human-Rights Activist Sues Ben & Jerry’s For Stirring ‘Hatred’ With Boycott

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NEW YORK (JNS) - Palestinian human-rights activist Bassem Eid filed a complaint in New York state recently against Ben & Jerry’s over the ice-cream maker’s decision to boycott ...

Poland PM To Hold Talks In Europe On Belarus Border Crisis

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leader plans to hold a series of talks around Europe about the pressure of migrants on the European Union’s border with Belarus, a crisis that he exp...