Saturday, April 20, 2024

US

White House To Host 1st Summit Of Tribal Nations Since 2016

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce steps Monday to improve public safety and justice for Native Americans during the first tribal nations summit since 2016, the Wh...

Former Iran Hostage Buried In Kentucky Veterans Cemetery

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RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) — Donald Hohman, who was among the Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days between 1979 and 1981, was laid to rest along with his wife in a veterans' cemeter...

LISTEN: Lebanese Man Who Masqueraded As Jewish Speaks Out

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — As previously reported by VINnews, a non-Jewish man from Lebanon was recently exposed after marrying a Jewish girl from Brooklyn under false pretenses. Just a ...

Tesla Driver’s Complaint Being Looked Into By US Regulators

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are looking into a complaint from a Tesla driver that the company’s “Full Self-Driving” software caused a crash. The driver was beta t...

Fox News Edit Of Biden Comment Removes Racial Context

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel edited video of President Joe Biden on Friday to remove context from remarks that some could judge as racially insensitive. In Veterans Day comm...

Judge: Trump Company Doesn’t Have To Pay Cohen’s Legal Bills

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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company won’t have to pay hefty legal bills incurred by his former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who became a vocal critic of the ex-presi...

Air Force Official Says US To Maintain Presence In Mideast

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The top U.S. Air Force general in the Mideast said Saturday that American airmen would continue to be stationed in the region even as military pl...

Woman Wanted For Trespassing Near Bronx Zoo Lion Exhibit

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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was charged two years ago with trespassing near the lion exhibit and taunting the animals at the Bronx Zoo is wanted again for doing the same this past ...

Man Who Went To Space With Shatner Dies In Plane Crash

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HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month was killed along with another person when the small plane they were in crashed in a wooded...

Rockland County Legislators Condemn Hateful Remarks By Haverstraw Man

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ROCKLAND COUNTY (VINnews) — Rockland County Legislators Michael Grant and Jay Hood Jr. have released a statement saying the anti-semitic comments made during a public hearing on a ...

Musk Sells More Tesla Share

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DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold another chunk of his stock on Thursday after pledging on Twitter to liquidate 10% of his holdings in the electric car maker. Musk sold ab...

Myanmar Court Sentences Jewish US Journalist To 11 Years In Jail

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BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison with hard labor, the maximum penalty under three charges, d...

New York Man Arrested After Death Threat To GOP Congressman

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LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man has been arrested for making a death threat against a Republican congressional member who voted for the $1 trillion infrastructure pa...

McDonald’s CEO Faces Growing Criticism After Gun Victim Text

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CHICAGO (AP) — The CEO of McDonald’s faced increasing criticism and calls for resignation Thursday following text messages he sent to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot where he seemed t...

WATCH: BLM Threatens “Bloodshed” If NYPD Anti-Crime Units Brought Back, Eric Adams Not Intimidated

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — A prominent New York based Black Lives Matter activist promised rioting and "bloodshed" on the streets if Mayor-elect Eric Adams keeps is word to put the NYPD ...

Pompeo: Israel Has ‘Duty’ To Defend Itself From Iran Absent US Support

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WASHINGTON (JNS) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that Israel has the “duty” to defend itself from Iran if Tehran takes actions that threaten Israel absent U.S...

Gov. Hochul Calls Out Anti-Semite Who Threatened To Run Over Jews At Haverstraw Town Meeting [VIDEO]

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HAVERSTRAW (VINnews) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has responded after an anti-Semitic man was caught on film at a Rockland County meeting threatening to run over jews. In the vi...

US Rescue Forces Working With Israelis At Disaster Site In Surfside, Fla., Visit Israel

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Rescue forces from the United States that worked with the Israeli delegation this summer at the condominium collapse disaster site in Surfside, Fla., arrived in I...

In Speech To Jewish Group, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Calls Out Democrats Who Are ‘Questioning Our Commitment To Israel’

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NEW YORK (JTA) - In what was billed as her first speech to a Jewish audience as New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul vowed to fight hate crimes and criticized fellow Democrats over th...

An 18-Year-Old Suspect Was Arrested In Austin Synagogue Arson Case

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TEXAS (JTA) - A suspect has been arrested related to a fire set at an Austin synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, on Oct. 31. Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, was arrested Wednes...