Tuesday, April 23, 2024

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US Officials: Israel, UAE To Sign Deal At White House

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates will sign their historic deal normalizing relations at a White House ceremony on Sept. 15, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The...

Trump Rips De Blasio And Cuomo For ‘Destroying’ New York City

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — President Trump took New YorkCity's leadership to task on Tuesday for the poor handling of the reopening of businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Watch: 3-Year-Old Shmuli Forms Special Relationship With UPS Driver

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CHICAGO, IL (VINnews) — 3-year-old Shmuli Weisswasser loves UPS and his toys reflect it - from the UPS uniform he proudly wears to the toy buses an action figures he plays with. Ho...

Wexner Fellowship Graduates Slam 1 Million NIS Defamation Suit Against Yair Netanyahu

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HERTZLIYA (VINnews) — 75 graduates of the prestigious Wexner Israel Fellowship at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government filed a 1 million shekel defamation lawsuit at H...

General Motors Taking $2B Equity Stake In Nikola

General Motors is taking a $2 billion equity stake in Nikola that will see it engineer and make the company's Badger, a fully-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric pickup truck....

Scorched Earth: Record 2 Million Acres Burned In California

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SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so high the U.S. Forest Service announced ...

Trump: Pentagon Leaders Want War To Keep Contractors ‘Happy’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that top Defense Department leaders want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.” Trump continues t...

Black Woman To Lead Police Force Reeling From Breonna Taylor

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For the first time, a Black woman will lead Kentucky’s Louisville Metro Police Department, which has been been heavily criticized since officers fatally shot...

Trump Open To Inquiry Into DeJoy And Campaign Contributions

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy following published reports that former employees of DeJoy, a major do...

Trump, Biden Spar Over Economy, Workers In Labor Day Blitz

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump spent Monday diminishing each other's credentials on the economy and understanding of th...

Labor Day Bringing Biden To Pa., Harris And Pence To Wis.

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike ...

Finally – Available Again After 31 Years!

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by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com He was one of the greatest students of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik zt"l. And yet for the past 31 years his chiddushim were unavailable. Rav Shlomo ...

California Simmers While It Burns, But No Big Power Outages

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra...

Rare Spat Between Serbia And Russia After US-Brokered Deal

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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A social media post by Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman apparently ridiculing Serbia’s president after he signed a U.S.-sponsored agreement between Ser...

Mayor Promises Police Reforms Following Daniel Prude’s Death

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The mayor of Rochester promised reforms are coming to the city's police department as community elders sought to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demon...

Dozens Arrested As Violent Portland Protests Continue

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered for rallies and marches against police violence and racial injustice Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, as often violent nightly ...

Atlas Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Honolulu

HONOLULU (JTA) - No injuries were reported after an Atlas Air flight carrying more than 200 people had to return to Honolulu after experiencing engine problems Saturday evening, of...

Florida Activists Released After Rally Over Police Shootings

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than a dozen demonstrators were released from jail in Florida's capital city, hours after being arrested during a protest over the exoneration of poli...

Suppliers Reluctant To Ship Goods Without Credit Insurance

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gold Medal International is sitting on millions of dollars worth of socks at its North Carolina warehouse that it can’t ship to stores. The reason? The 66-year-o...

QAnon Conspiracy Emerges In Some State Legislative Races

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PHOENIX (AP) — Candidates engaging with the QAnon conspiracy theory are running for seats in state legislatures this year, breathing more oxygen into a once-obscure conspiracy move...