Friday, May 17, 2024

US

Israeli Kibbutz Tweaks Its Name To Honor Ginsburg

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli kibbutz has changed its name to honor the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in a weeklong tribute to the Jewish American judge. ...

US Moves Closer To Sale Of Fighter Jets To UAE As Israel’s Defense Minister Comes To Washington

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The United States is negotiating the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates and plans to have a letter of agreement prepared by early Dece...

Florida Will Offer Specialty License Plate That Supports Israel

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TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida drivers can now show their support for Israel on their license plates. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation that authorizes the creation of a “Flo...

FLASHBACK: John Kerry – ‘There will be no Peace Between Israel and the Arab World Without Palestinian Peace’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — "If you keep hitting a brick wall in your endeavors, there's a sign there....find another way round." This quote is true both to daily life and to any endeavor...

Trump Takes Aim At China In UN Address

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the United Nations must hold China “accountable” for failing to contain the coronavirus, which has killed about 200,000 Americans and nearl...

Opinion: History Proves John Kerry Wrong … Again

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WASHINGTON (JNS/A.J. Caschetta) - Conventional wisdom took one on the chin last week when the Trump administration did what the establishment said couldn’t be done. No chin took a ...

China: Spying Allegations Against NYC Cop ‘Pure Fabrication’

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BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday said allegations against a New York City police officer charged with being an “intelligence asset” for the Chinese government are a “pure fabricatio...

What Is Sweden’s Secret For Combating Second Stage Of COVID-19?

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During the first stage of coronavirus in March and April, Sweden took a different approach to most of the world and did not initiate a total lockdown. Instead...

Barrett Emerges As Court Favorite; Trump To Pick By Weekend

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met Monday with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favorite to replace the late Ruth Bader ...

CDC Changes, Then Retracts, Its Take On Coronavirus Spread

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NEW YORK (AP) — The top U.S. public health agency stirred confusion by posting — and then taking down — an apparent change in its position on how easily the coronavirus can spread ...

US Execution Planned Of Killer Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him

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CHICAGO (AP) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to lift a spell he believed she put on him is the first of two m...

Cuban-American Judge From Florida On Trump High Court List

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MIAMI (AP) — A daughter of Cuban exiles who has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge is on President Donald Trump's short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme ...

Judge: Postal Service Must Process Election Mail On Time

NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in a week, a federal judge said a nationwide order is necessary to ensure mail for November's election is delivered on time, and he is threateni...

Micosoft Will Buy Video Game Maker Zenimax For $7.5 Billion

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout. The software giant said Monday that it is paying $7.5 billi...

Florida Governor Seeks New Penalties For Violent Protesters

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida is going to get tough on people who engage in violence during protests, Florida's Republican governor said Monday in announcing new le...

Trump To Make Court Pick By Saturday, Before Ginsburg Burial

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court by week’s end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried, launching a ...

US Household Wealth Hits Record Even As Economy Struggles

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains f...

Alone Among Nations, US Moves To Restore UN Iran Sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States slapped additional sanctions on Iran on Monday after the Trump administration's unilateral weekend declaration that all United Nations penalties...

High Court Front-runner Hailed By Right, Feared By Left

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CHICAGO (AP) — A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a relia...

Ginsburg To Be Remembered With Statue In Her Native Brooklyn

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NEW YORK (AP) — A statue of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be built in her native Brooklyn, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday. Ginsburg died Fri...