Thursday, May 2, 2024

US

Flixmobility Buys Greyhound Bus Service, Expanding US Reach

DALLAS (AP) - German transportation company FlixMobility is buying Greyhound's bus operations in the U.S. in order to strengthen its position in the country. The purchase price ...

Florida Jewish Community Sends Food To Police Precinct After Officer Was Shot Nearby

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HOLLYWOOD,FL (JTA) - When a police officer with the Hollywood Police Department was shot and killed during an armed robbery Sunday, it hit the local South Florida Jewish community ...

DeSantis To Convene Legislature To Fight Vaccine Mandates

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said he will call state lawmakers back to work early to pass legislation to combat coronavirus vaccine mandates enact...

Eric Adams, Curtis Sliwa Spar In 1st NYC Mayoral Debate

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NEW YORK (AP) — The two men running to become New York City's next mayor offered starkly different visions Wednesday about how to lead the nation's largest city out of the pandemic...

PPP Is Gone, But Government Help For Small Businesses Isn’t

WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program provided small-business owners with just under $800 billion in COVID-19 relief, according to the U.S. Small B...

Clinton, On The Mend, ‘Touched By The Outpouring Of Support’

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CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton released a video saying he is on the road to recovery after being hospitalized in Southern California for six days to treat an ...

Mask Mandate May Relax In Some South Florida Schools

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MIAMI (AP) — The mask mandate for students in some South Florida schools could be eased by the end of October as local rates of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to...

US Salmonella Outbreak Tied To Onions Sickens More Than 650

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NEW YORK (AP) — A salmonella outbreak tied to onions has sickened more than 650 people in 37 states, U.S. health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s...

Tesla Hits Record Profit Despite Parts Shortage, Ship Delays

DETROIT (AP) — Record electric vehicle sales last summer amid a shortage of computer chips and other materials propelled Tesla Inc. to the biggest quarterly net earnings in its his...

North Korea Says Its Sub-Launched Missile Didn’t Target US

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea hit back at U.S. criticism over its test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile this week, saying it was rightfully exercising its rights f...

US Bars Disposable Gloves From Malaysia Over Forced Labor

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government ordered a halt Wednesday to imports of disposable gloves from a Malaysian company and its subsidiaries after determining they rely on forced l...

Trump Announces Launch Of Media Company, Social Media Site

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NEW YORK (AP) — Nine months after being silenced from several of the main social media platforms, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's launching a new media company wi...

Police: Charges Unlikely For Riders Who Saw Philadelphia Train Assault

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors pursuing the case against a man accused of raping a woman on a commuter train last week don’t anticipate charging fellow passengers for not interven...

Ancient Jewish Prayer Book Sells For Record-Breaking $8.3 Million

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NEW YORK (JNS) - A medieval Jewish prayer book sold for $8.3 million at the Sotheby’s auction house on Tuesday, fetching the highest price ever paid for a Hebrew manuscript. Kno...

Stocks End Higher, Bringing S&P 500 To The Cusp Of A Record

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Solid earnings from health care companies helped send stocks higher on Wall Street Wednesday and pushed the benchmark S&P 500 to the brink of another record high. The market...

Walgreens Begins Testing Drone Delivery In Texas

Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with Google’s drone-making affiliate, Wing. The companies said they will begi...

Gates Foundation To Spend $120M On Access For COVID-19 Pill

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will spend $120 million to boost access to generic versions of drugmaker Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill for lower income countries, i...

Israeli Court Exonerates Monsey Child Safety Activist for Describing Convicted Pedophile as an Armed Terrorist

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MONSEY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Five years after being sued for libel for warning Har Nof parents on social media to consider a convicted sex offender in their neighborhood as dange...

Biden Scales Back $2T Plan: Free Community College Unlikely

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Scaling down his ambitious domestic agenda, President Joe Biden has described a more limited vision to Democratic lawmakers of his $2 trillion package for address...

Police Officer Gunned Down In Jewish Florida Neighborhood

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EMERALD HILLS, FLORIDA (VINnews) — A 28-year-old police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on Sunday night in Hollywood, Florida. The tragic incident unfolded in th...