Tuesday, May 21, 2024

US

Attorney-at-paw? Filter Makes Lawyer Look Like Cat In Court

ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on. Judge Roy Ferguson's warnin...

Palm Beach To Decide Whether Trump Can Stay At Mar-a-lago

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — As the Senate's impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins Tuesday in Washington, a matter even more important to his immediate future i...

WATCH: Historic Second Senate Impeachment Trial For Former President Donald Trump – Day 1

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday in the Senate with a video of the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress and former president Donald Trump telling a rally crowd — “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol!” The lead House prosecutor...

Meet A Jewish Woman Who Lives In The Former Stronghold Of The Aryan Nations

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IDAHO (JTA) - Andie Bond can almost see the one-time bastion of the American neo-Nazi movement from her house. Bond, 34, is from St. Louis, Missouri, a city with a robust Jewish...

Vaccinating Florida’s Seniors At Miami’s Largest Hospital

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MIAMI (AP) — The tiny glass vaccine vials are delivered to Miami's largest hospital and immediately whisked to a secret location, where they are placed inside a padlocked freezer w...

NY Judge Blocks Cuomo’s Restrictions On Houses Of Worship

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a big win for the Jewish community on Tuesday, a New York district judge entered a permanent injunction that bars all executive orders from Gov. Cuomo on ho...

In Florida City, Hackers Try To Poison The Drinking Water

OLDSMAR, FL (AP) - A hacker gained unauthorized entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a cau...

Impeachment Trial Will Not Be Delayed By Shabbat

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WASHINGTON (JTA) - Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will not be delayed by Shabbat now that his Orthodox Jewish lawyer has withdrawn his request for the delay. Last week,...

Six Actions Biden Should Take To Hold The ICC And Palestinian Leaders Accountable

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NEW YORK(JNS) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague issued an illegitimate and politicized decision on Friday, falsely claiming that it has jurisdiction to open an ...

Biden Considers Appointing To State Dept. BDS Supporter Who Accused Israel Of ‘Terrorism’ After Iran Assassination

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Joe Biden is considering appointing to the State Department Matt Duss, a top advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders who is a staunch anti-Israel activist and  supporte...

Man Charged in US Capitol Riot Worked For FBI, Lawyer Says

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say is a leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and helped to organize a ring of other extremists and led them in the attack las...

New York’s High Court Ends State Case Against Paul Manafort

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NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Manafort won’t face mortgage fraud charges in New York after the state’s highest court declined to revisit lower court decisions that barred prosecuting Donald...

Congresswoman Who Said ‘Hitler Was Right On One Thing’ Meets With Rabbis

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ILLINOIS (JTA) — A freshman congresswoman who said “Hitler was right on one thing” during a speech just before the Capitol insurrection met Monday with a right-wing rabbinical grou...

Budget Office: $15 Wage Would Reduce Poverty, Increase Debt

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the number of Americans living in poverty and boost wages for millions of Americans while adding to the fe...

Review: Book Reveals Roots of Amazon’s Spectacular Success

“Working Backwards: Insights, Stories and Secrets from Inside Amazon,” Colin Bryar and Bill Carr (St. Martin’s Press) This book reads like a how-to guide, which perhaps is by de...

Iowa Governor Lifts Mask Mandate Without Public Health Input

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican governor lifted mask and social distancing mandates without conferring first with public health officials in her own administration, accor...

Democratic Rep. Brindisi Concedes After Tenney’s Narrow House Win Certified

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi conceded Monday that it was “time to close the book on this election," hours after New York officials certified Republican...

Florida Man Sentenced In Giuliani-Related Fraud Case

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida businessman whose fraud-busting business was exposed as a fraud itself was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in prison in a case in which prosecutors s...

Trump Lawyers Blast Impeachment Trial As ‘Political Theater’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday blasted the impeachment case against him as an act of “political theater” and accused House Democrats on the eve of the former ...

Israel Approves $9 Billion Purchase Of Advanced Aircraft, Weapons From US

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Israel’s Security Cabinet on Sunday approved the allocation of a $9 billion arms deal with the United States. The deal, first reported by Israel’s Channel 12, includes the purch...