Friday, April 19, 2024

US

Watchdog Group Calls On Congressman To Apologize For Joining Extremist’s Event

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WASHINGTON (JNS) - The Jewish watchdog group StandWithUs called on Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) to apologize for being the keynote speaker last weekend at the America First Political ...

FBI Arrests Florida Man Who Expressed Desire To ‘Gas’ Jews

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FORT LAUDERDALE (JNS) - The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and a SWAT team arrested a white supremacist on Tuesday who collected weapons and threatened violence against Jews. ...

Report: Cuomo Advisers Altered Report On Coronavirus Nursing-Home Deaths

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NEW YORK (AP) — Some New York lawmakers are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's impeachment after reports late Thursday that his top aides altered a state Health Department report to o...

Ontario Leader Disappointed In Biden For Not Sharing Vaccine

TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada’s most populous province expressed irritation Thursday with the U.S. refusal to ship vaccines north of the border, saying he'd hoped for a chang...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Delivers 1st Opinion

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered her first Supreme Court majority opinion Thursday, ruling against an environmental group that had sought access to government ...

GOP Senators Criticize Pentagon Nominee’s ‘Partisan’ Tweets

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration's nominee for top Pentagon policy adviser was met with sharp criticism from Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursda...

Pew Survey Shows Hardening American Attitudes Toward China

BEIJING (AP) — New polling from the Pew Research Center shows strong negative attitudes among Americans toward China, with almost nine out of 10 adults seeing the country as hostil...

Biden Lauds NASA Team For Giving US ‘Dose Of Confidence’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday congratulated the NASA team responsible for last month’s successful landing of an six-wheeled rover on Mars and for giving the cou...

Refugees’ Flights Cancelled As Trump Policy Remains

SAN DIEGO (AP) — More than 260 refugees who were vetted, approved and booked to come to the United States have had their flights canceled by the State Department over the past two ...

Alabama’s Republican Governor To End Face Mask Mandate

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Breaking with other Southern GOP governors, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey extended her state’s mask order for another month Thursday but said the requirement will e...

Impeachment? Vindication? What Comes Next In Cuomo Probe

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has promised a thorough investigation of allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least two women. But if the inve...

Canada Lawyer Says Trump Comments Shouldn’t Halt Extradition

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Comments made by former U.S. President Donald Trump do not meet the standard to halt an extradition hearing of a senior executive for Chinese com...

Dallas Police Officer Charged With Arranging Two Killings

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DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed...

Senate Begins Considering Democrats’ $1.9T Virus Relief Bill

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, after Democrats made eleventh-hour changes aimed at ensuring they could pull Pre...

Florida Governor Faces Growing Charges Of Vaccine Favoritism

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MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state health officials came under deeper scrutiny amid revelations that seniors in a wealthy enclave in Key Largo received hundreds of li...

US Jobless Claims Tick Up To 745,000 As Layoffs Remain High

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to cut jobs despite a drop in co...

Another Trump On The Ballot? Lara Trump Eyes Senate Seat

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RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A Trump may be on the ballot next year — but not Donald Trump. The former president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is eyeing the North Carolina Se...

Police Request 60-Day Extension Of Guard At US Capitol

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, The Associated Press...

Double Standard? Gillibrand In Spotlight After Cuomo Scandal

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Kirsten Gillibrand was the first Democratic senator to call for her colleague Al Franken's resignation in 2017 as he faced allegations of sexual misconduct, build...

Pfizer CEO Urged To Postpone Israel Visit Due To Forthcoming Election

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla is reportedly set to make a visit to Israel on Sunday, 8 March. The visit could coincide with an announcement by Pfizer that it wil...