House Committee Seeks More Info From Amazon, Issues Warning
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House lawmakers are threatening to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, saying the tech giant has one “final chance” to correct previous testimony by exe...
Colin Powell Has Died Of COVID-19 Complications, Family Says
WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the U.N. and...
Facebook Plans To Hire 10,000 People In EU To Build ‘Metaverse’
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform.
The company said in a...
Judge Limits Unpaid Leave For Unvaccinated Workers At US Lab
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has limited the ability for now for the nonprofit running Oak Ridge National Laboratory to place employees on unpaid leave who receive exemp...
Removed Robert E. Lee Statue Now On Display At Texas Resort
TERLINGUA, Texas (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas removed from a park and later sold in an online auction is now on display at a golf resor...
Coast Guard: 1,200-Foot Ship Dragged California Oil Pipeline
CALIFORNIA (AP) — Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, month...
WATCH: Interview With Nitsana Darshan-Leitner: How Shurat HaDin Law Center Targets And Bankrupts Funding For Terror Groups
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — There’s a saying in politics, “when something doesn’t make sense or look right, Follow the money….and you’ll usually find your answer.
In movies, if you wa...
New Skyscraper Lab Will Test Elevators High Above Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — One of the world’s largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs.
TK Elevator...
Unhappy With Prices, Ranchers Look To Build Own Meat Plants
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the cattle he raised in central Nebraska, even as th...
Watch: Two Robbers Force Boro Park Driver To Open Trunk, Make Off With Over $1M Of Jewelry
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Two robbers attacked a man sitting in his car in Boro Park and forced him to open the trunk which contained over a million dollars worth of jewelry in two bags...
Bitcoin-Mining Power Plant Raises Ire Of Environmentalists
An obstacle to large-scale bitcoin mining is finding enough cheap energy to run the huge, power-gobbling computer arrays that create and transact cryptocurrency. One mining operati...
Lawsuits Demand Unproven Ivermectin For COVID Patients
NEW YORK (AP) — Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the COVID-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and...
Long Time Dean of Satmar Bais Rochel School Rabbi Hertz Frankel Dies at 90
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Rabbi Hertz Frankel, the principal of Brooklyn’s Satmar community in Williamsburg for more than 60 years, passed away today at the age of 90.
Ra...
Vendor Sells Nazi Gear At Motorcycle Rally
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A vendor at a major motorcycle rally in Florida briefly sold hats emblazoned with Nazi symbols, saying she considered them a tribute to World War II vete...
Bill Clinton To Spend 1 More Night In California Hospital
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton will spend one more night at a Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection, a spokesman said Saturday.
“President Cl...
New York’s Likely New Mayor Plans To Preserve Gifted Program
NEW YORK (AP) — The Democrat who will likely become New York City's next mayor says he does not intend to get rid of the city's program for gifted and talented students, nipping pl...
Capitol Police Officer Indicted For Obstruction After Riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges after prosecutors say he helped to hide evidence of a rioter's involvement in th...
Texas Official To Teachers: State Law Requires Teaching ‘Opposing’ Views On The Holocaust
TEXAS (JTA) - Teachers in a Texas school district were told last week that a new state law requiring them to present multiple perspectives about “widely debated and currently contr...
Russia Says It Pushed US Destroyer From Area Near Its Waters
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry said a Russian warship on Friday prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from what it described as an attempt to intrude into Russia’s territorial w...
Chabad Mitzvah Campaign Rouses Priest To His Jewish Roots After Over 80 Years
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A mitzvah campaign by Chabad chasidim in Manhattan this week succeeded in arousing a priest to his Jewish roots after more than 80 years, according to a report...