Resignation Calls Grow After NAACP Head’s Anti-Semitic Post
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's governor and attorney general joined the growing number of calls Tuesday for Philadelphia's NAACP president to resign after he posted an anti-Sem...
Iran Launches Underground Ballistic Missiles During Exercise
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched underground ballistic missiles Wednesday as part of an exercise involving a mock-up American aircraft carrier i...
DNC Platform Will Not Condition US Aid To Israel On Sovereignty, But Will Seek Return To Iran Deal
WASHINGTON (JNS) - In a move that bodes well for Israel, the Democratic National Committee’s platform committee voted on Monday to reject additional language that would make the pa...
34 states, Puerto Rico, DC Must Now Quarantine In NY, NJ, CT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Conn...
McConnell: No Room For New FBI Building In Virus Aid Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Republican says he opposes a push by President Donald Trump to include in a new coronavirus aid package nearly $1.8 billion to rebuild the FBI he...
Iran Missiles Target Fake Carrier As US Bases Go On Alert
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched missiles Tuesday targeting a mock aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a drill th...
Barr Says Unrest Not Linked To Floyd, Defends Feds’ Response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America, saying on Tuesday “violent rioters and anarchis...
Suspect Arrested In Shooting Of 2 Protesters In Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A man at a weekend Colorado protest who shot and wounded two demonstrators after he apparently aimed at a Jeep driving toward protesters has been arrested on s...
Virus Exacts A Heavy Toll In Queens Neighborhood Of Corona
NEW YORK (AP) — Damiana Reyes is back at work at a busy Manhattan hair salon, making highlights, blowouts and extensions. But her mind often drifts to her father, with whom she liv...
Twitter Gives Trump’s Son A Tweet Timeout, Over Coronavirus Viral Video
CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s son from tweeting on its site after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about the coronavirus M...
Remington Seeks Bankruptcy For 2nd Time In As Many Years
ALABAMA (AP) - Remington Arms, weighed down by lawsuits and retail sales restrictions following the Sandy Hook school massacre, is seeking bankruptcy protection for the second time...
Opinion: On Tisha B’av, It’s Time For Americans To Step Back From Apocalyptic Rhetoric
NEW YORK (JNS/JONATHAN S. TOBIN) - Americans are experiencing a summer of discontent in a way that exceeds any in living memory. The nation is divided not just along political line...
Trump Again Pushes Hydroxychloroquine Drug As Covid-19 Treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after appearing to project a more serious tone about the coronaviru s, President Donald Trump is back to pushing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug ...
Senator Places Add Artificially Enlarging Nose Of Jewish Opponent; ‘Blatant Antisemitism’
ATLANTA,GEORGIA (VINnews) — Senator David Perdue who is running to retain his seat in Georgia, placed an attacking add in which he accused his opponent, Jon Ossoff, of trying to "b...
Trump To Nominate Retired Colonel Who Downplays Iran Threat, Points Fingers At Jews
WASHINGTON (JNS) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intent on Monday to nominate retired U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor as U.S. ambassador to Germany to succeed Richard ...
Trump Lawyers Renew Legal Assault On Tax Records Subpoena
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers filed fresh arguments Monday to try to block or severely limit a criminal subpoena for his tax records, calling it a harassment of ...
How Did Europe’s Jews Cope With A 17th-century Plague? This 350-year-old Memoir Offers A Glimpse.
BOSTON (JTA) – More than 350 years ago, a plague took a deadly toll on Hamburg, Germany. As the High Holidays approached, fear and panic set in and many of the city’s Jewish famili...
2nd Presidential Debate Host Withdraws Amid Virus Outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Notre Dame has become the second university to withdraw as the host of one of this fall's three scheduled presidential debates amid the coronavi...
Ex-UCLA Coach Pleads Guilty To Accepting $200K In Bribes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former University of California, Los Angeles men’s soccer coach pleaded guilty Monday to accepting $200,000 in bribes to help two students get into the school ...
US Won’t Expel Migrant Children Detained In Texas Hotel
HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration has agreed not to expel a group of immigrant children it detained in a Texas hotel under an emergency declaration citing the coronavirus and...