Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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‘Do Not Come’: Harris Seeks ‘hope At Home’ For Guatemalans

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S. after her ...

Parking Lot At Jerusalem’s Shaarei Tzedek Hospital Collapses, No Injuries Reported

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A part of the parking lot in Jerusalem's Shaarei Tzedek hospital collapsed Monday afternoon, causing a gaping hole to be formed in the ground. A number of car...

Police Oppose Proposed Flag Parade Scheduled For Thursday, Right Wing: Hamas Rules Jerusalem

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the fact that Israel may have its first elected government in two years this week, this is not the lead item in the Israeli news this week. This could...

US Has Recovered Ransom Payment Made After Pipeline Hack

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation's ...

Queens Man Charged With Hate Crime For Painting Swastikas In Elmhurst Neighborhood

NEW YORK (VINnews) - Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kristoffer Bahamonde has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime, harassment and other c...

Adams Promises a Dinkins-Like Approach to Crime if Elected

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NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Expect to see more community policing if Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is elected mayor of New York City in November. Speaking on Monday...

Trump: Bitcoin’s A Scam, US Dollar Should Dominate

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NEW YORK - Former President Donald Trump called Bitcoin a “scam against the dollar” and urged US regulators to take action to monitor it on Monday. During an interview with Stu...

FDA Approves Much-Debated Alzheimer’s Drug Panned By Experts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that...

Knesset Bill Would Allow Social Media To Be Sued For Unfair Censorship, Require Accountability

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A group of right-wing MKs have submitted a bill to the Knessett calling for social media companies like Facebook to be held accountable for all content on the...

Bezos Plans To Go To Space Aboard Blue Origin Flight In July

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Jeff Bezos will be aboard for Blue Origin's first human space flight next month. In an Instagram post early Monday, Bezos said he, his brother, and the winner of an ongoing auct...

VIDEO: NYPD Say 23 Arrested During Clashes Over NYC Park Curfew

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NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-three people were arrested in clashes with police officers enforcing a new 10 p.m. curfew in New York's Washington Square Park, police said Sunday. Videos...

Evangelist Leader Mike Evans Lashes Out At Bennett: ‘Pathetic, Bitter Little Man’ But Other Leaders Differ

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The current political shift in Israel has led to a split within the 60 -million-strong Evangelical community in the US, with one prominent leader sharply atta...

Energy Chief Cites Risk Of Cyberattacks Crippling Power Grid

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday called for more public-private cooperation on cyber defenses and said U.S. adversaries already are capable of using c...

Pro-BDS Group Blocks Israeli Ship From Unloading In Oakland

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OAKLAND, CA (JNS) - Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters prevented the unloading of an Israeli container ship from Asia at the Port of Oakland on Friday, with the cooperation of the ...

US Economy: Plenty Of Growth, Not Enough Workers Or Supplies

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is sparking confusion and whiplash almost as fast as it’s adding jobs. Barely more than a year after the coronavirus caused the steepest econo...

Head Of Shin Bet: Inciteful Discourse On Social Media Could Be Interpreted To Justify Violence

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shin Bet director Nadav Argaman came out with a remarkable statement Saturday in which he warned against the growing phenomenon of hate speech on social media...

Private Equity Firms Buy Medline For Reported $34 Billion

BOSTON (AP) — A consortium of private equity firms has reached a deal — reportedly worth about $34 billion — to acquire family-run Medline, the medical supply and equipment company...

Experts Look Into Possible Cyberattack At Florida Hospitals

Experts are investigating after the computer systems of two central Florida hospitals showed signs of unusual activity, an official said. The Villages Regional Hospital and the ...

Justice Dept. Says It’ll No Longer Seize Reporters’ Records

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Saturday that it no longer will secretly obtain reporters' records during leak investigations, a policy shift that abandons a practice...

Trump To GOP: Support Candidates Who ‘Stand For Our Values’

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Former President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed Republicans to support those candidates who share his values in next year's midterm elections as he launched a new more active phas...