Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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2 California Deputies Shot In Apparent Ambush In Patrol Car

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COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who shot and wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were sitting in their squad car — an apparent amb...

100 Orthodox Rabbis To Jeff Bezos: Stop Using Law Center To Classify Hate Groups

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NEW YORK (JNS) - A group of 100 Orthodox rabbis has called on Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to stop relying on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in determining which chari...

Lock Of Abraham Lincoln’s Hair Sells For More Than $81,000

BOSTON (AP) — A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair along with a blood-stained telegram about his 1865 assassination have been sold at auction for more than $81,000. The items were s...

Democrats Look To Shore Up Jewish Support For Biden

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WASHINGTON ((JTA) - At a virtual fundraiser organized by J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, Joe Biden said that President Donald Trump is bad for Israel because...

Pence Drops Plan To Go To Fundraiser Hosted By QAnon Backers

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event's hosts had expressed supp...

Oxford And AstraZeneca Resume Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

LONDON (AP) — Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a move that comes day...

Jared Kushner Presented Bahrain’s King With Sefer Torah Prior To Peace Agreement

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WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, who has been directing the peace initiatives in the Middle East with Arab countries, bought a Sefer Torah and pr...

Iran Condemns Bahrain’s Plan To Normalize Ties With Israel

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday strongly condemned Bahrain's plan to normalize relations with Israel, calling it a shameful and ignominious move by the Gulf Arab country. B...

US Judge: Saudi Royals Must Answer Questions In 9/11 Lawsuit

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NEW YORK (AP) — Two members of Saudi Arabia's royal family will have to answer questions about the Sept. 11 attacks in what lawyers for victims call a turning point in a long-runni...

Prosecutors: Similar Charges Warrant 1 Trial In Floyd Death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the case of four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd told a judge Friday that the men should face trial together beca...

US Marks 9/11 Anniversary At Tributes Shadowed By Virus

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans commemorated 9/11 Friday as another national crisis reconfigured memorial ceremonies, dividing some victims' families over coronavirus safety precautions,...

Bahrain To Recognize Israel As UAE Deal Set To Be Signed

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administra...

Israeli PM Backs Down After Uproar Over Private Plane

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday scrapped plans to fly to Washington with his family on a private plane and said he would instead travel with th...

Trump, Biden Commemorating 9/11 At Flight 93 Memorial

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation marks the 19th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks in the midst of another unfolding tragedy, the men vying to lead the nation next year will pay the...

In a South Florida Congressional Race, Jewish Culture Wars Erupt

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PALM BEACH, Fla. (JTA) — Lois Frankel does not want to pay attention to Laura Loomer — but acknowledges she has little choice. “I really don’t want to give this person a platfor...

Las Vegas Shooting Victims Closer To Getting $800M Payout

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history could receive a total of $800 million in payouts from MGM Resorts Inter...

4 Houston Officers Fired After Fatally Shooting Man In April (video)

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HOUSTON (AP) — Four Houston police officers have been terminated after an internal investigation determined they did not use reasonable force when they fired their weapons 21 times...

Dem Report: Medicare Chief Used Fed Money To Bolster Image

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Private consultants to the federal official who oversees Medicare billed taxpayers almost $6 million in less than two years to bolster her personal image, includi...

Portland Mayor Bans Cops From Using Tear Gas During Protests

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland on Thursday ordered police in Oregon's largest city to stop using tear gas for crowd control during the frequently violent protests that...
FILE - This July 3, 2014 file photo shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)

Russian Hackers Targeting U.S. Campaigns, Microsoft Says

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BOSTON (AP) — The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has attempted similar intrusions into the computer systems of more than 200 organizati...