Friday, March 29, 2024

US

Los Angeles In ‘Dangerous Phase’ As Virus Cases Surge

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coronavirus cases have surged to record levels in the Los Angeles area, putting the nation’s largest county in “an alarming and dangerous phase” that if not reve...

Canadian Far-Right Politician Calls Jews ‘Parasitic Tribe,’ Seeks Their Removal From Canada

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MONTREAL (JTA) — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has opened an investigation into a fringe right-wing politician who called for the removal of Jews from Canada. In a flyer and...

Navy Warship Burning 4th Day Shows Difficulty Of Ship Fires

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four days after the initial spark, the fire on a U.S. Navy warship was still burning as firefighting sailors Wednesday inched their way deeper into its compartment...

Hogan Announces $501M Unemployment Insurance Fraud Case

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland uncovered a massive criminal enterprise involving identity theft and more than 47,500 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in the state adding up...

Ivanka Trump Defends Goya Post That Watchdogs Call Unethical

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump on Wednesday defended tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans to buck up a Hispanic-owned business that she says has been unfairly...

Biden, Gates, Other Twitter Accounts Hacked In Bitcoin Scam

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. ...

ZOA Establishes Hotline to Aid Journalists Suffering Antisemitism/Israel Bias at NY Times and Elsewhere

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. have released the following statement: In light of the shockin...

Floyd Family Sues Minneapolis Officers Charged In His Death

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd's family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the four police officers charged in his death, alleging the officers violated...

Update: ‘I’m Not A Bad Guy’: Police Video Captures Distraught Floyd

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Body-camera footage made public Wednesday from two Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest captured a panicked and fearful Floyd pleading w...

Berkeley Moves Toward Removing Police From Traffic Stops

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of Berkeley, California, moved forward Wednesday with a proposal to eliminate police from conducting traffic stops and instead use unarmed civilian ci...

Walmart To Require Customers To Wear Masks At All Its Stores

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will require customers to wear face coverings at all of its namesake and Sam's Club stores, making it the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that h...

Trump’s Former Doctor Wins House GOP Nomination In Texas

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former White House physician and onetime pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs won the Republican nomination for a U.S. Hous...

Opinion: The Bullying Of Bari Weiss And The End Of Classic Journalism

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NEW YORK (JNS/Jonathan S. Tobin) - For most observers of American journalism, The New York Times has long been regarded as the flagship of liberal thought and opinion. But after a ...

In Defeat, Sessions Still Says Trump Right For The Nation

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Sessions took the stage Tuesday night near the Alabama gulf coast with the same certitude he’d displayed on another, bigger stage across town almost five y...

Body Camera Footage Of Floyd Arrest Could Show More Of Story

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Video from the body cameras of two officers charged in George Floyd's death is being made available for public viewing by appointment on Wednesday, but a judge h...

Millionaire Tech Entrepreneur’s Dismembered Body Found In NYC Luxury Condo

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NEW YORK (AP) — The dismembered body of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur was found inside his luxury Manhattan condo, police said Wednesday. The victim, identified as Fahim Saleh...

Moderna Announces Phase 1 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Results Produced ‘Robust’ Immune Response In Participants

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Massachusets-based biotech company Moderna announced Tuesday that a potential COVID-19 vaccine it has been testing has produced a "robust" immune response in a...

Parson: Trump ‘Focused’ On Situation With St. Louis Couple

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O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said President Donald Trump is focused on and concerned about the possibility that a white St. Louis couple could face criminal charg...

Jewish Groups Urge US To Step Up Pressure On Jordan

JERUSALEM (AP) — A coalition of Jewish American groups has called on the U.S. government to press Jordan to extradite a Palestinian woman who helped carry out a 2001 suicide bombin...

Trump Dismisses Police Killing Outrage, Saying ‘More White People’ Killed Than Blacks

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bristled at a reporter's question about police killing African Americans and defended the right to display the Confederate flag as he conti...