Bernie Sanders Had His Most Viral Week Ever
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Bernie Sanders was everywhere on James Corden’s late-night show set on Thursday.
Life-sized cardboard cutouts of the Jewish senator in his now famous inaugura...
Tom Brokaw Says He’s Retiring From NBC News After 55 Years
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, once television news' most popular broadcaster as he told viewers about the biggest events of that late 20th Century, said Frid...
At 78 And The Oldest President, Biden Sees A World Changed
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president, he became not only the oldest newly inaugurated U.S. chief executive in history but also the oldest ...
From Presidents To Faded Stars, All Welcomed By Larry King
NEW YORK (AP) — Larry King was easy to poke fun at, particularly late in his career at CNN: the pinched look, guffaws and coke-bottle glasses, the suspenders and old-time microphon...
American Airlines To Launch New Direct Flights Between New York And Israel
NEW YORK (JNS) - American Airlines is scheduled to begin a new direct flight this spring between New York and Israel, traveling to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport an...
Guard In DC Forced To Sleep In Garages, Sparking Outcry
WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. C...
Larry King, Broadcasting Giant For Half-Century, Dies At 87
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for...
Michigan Mega Millions Ticket Wins $1.05 Billion Jackpot
DETROIT (AP) — Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
The winning n...
Austin Wins Senate Confirmation As 1st Black Pentagon Chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army's elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday ...
Twitter Suspends Iran Top Leader’s Account Over Trump Threat
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently banned an account connected to the office of Iran’s supreme leader, shortly after the account post...
Nearly $1B Mega Millions Prize Due To Long Odds, Slow Sales
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to nearly $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner t...
3 Dead In Military Helicopter Crash Were Experienced Pilots
MENDON, N.Y. (AP) — The three National Guard members killed when a helicopter crashed in an upstate New York field this week were experienced pilots with past deployments to Afghan...
Existing Home Sales Rise In 2020 To Highest In 14 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing homes rose 0.7% in December, pushing the entirety of 2020 to a pace not seen in 14 years and providing one of the few bright spots for a U.S. ec...
Schumer: House To Send Trump Impeachment Article Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former president's tr...
Fauci: Lack Of Candor On Virus Likely Cost Lives
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says a lack of candor and facts about the coronavirus pandemic under President Donald Trump “very likely” cost lives because it delayed getting sound...
Loathed New York City Bus Terminal Is Bound For An Upgrade
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s main bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul.
The Port Authority o...
Biden Revokes Trump Order Banning Some Diversity Training
NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights groups on Thursday celebrated President Joe Biden’s swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and ...
Lawyers Want Giuliani Investigated, License Suspended
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyers' group filed an ethics complaint against Rudy Giuliani with New York's courts, calling for him to be investigated and his law license suspended over his w...
Health Experts Blame Rapid Expansion For Vaccine Shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health experts Thursday blamed COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on the Trump administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their v...
Fauci Unleashed: Doc Takes ‘Liberating’ Turn At Center Stage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is back.
In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and unde...