Thursday, November 14, 2024

US

Stolen Hearse Carrying Casket Recovered After Freeway Chase

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It has all the hallmarks of an only-in-Los Angeles crime: A thief stole a hearse — with a body inside — that went on a wild ride, ending with a chase and a crash...

Weeklong Stock Market Rout Deepens As Virus Worries Spread

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WALL STREET (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank nearly 1,200 points Thursday, deepening a weeklong global market rout caused by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will ...

Labor Union Unveils $150M Campaign To Help Defeat Trump

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WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation’s largest labor unions is unveiling plans to invest $150 million in a nationwide campaign to help defeat President Donald Trump, a sweeping effo...

Nazi Cautionary Dramas Wade Into Political, Factual Disputes

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood mustered its creative forces in the 1940s when Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany sought to conquer the world, with Humphrey Bogart standing up to the fascist...

Former Baltimore Mayor Sentenced To 3 Years In Book Scheme

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for arranging fraudulent sales of her self-published children’s boo...

Americans Think Bernie Sanders Is Least Religious Of 4 Dem Front-Runners

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Americans view Bernie Sanders as the least religious of four Democratic presidential front-runners, a survey released Thursday found. Sixty percent of the 6,3...

About 40% Of US Adults Are Obese, Government Survey Finds

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NEW YORK (AP) — About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Arrest Warrant Issued Against Prominent Rockland County Rabbi For Contempt Of Court

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ROCKLAND COUNTY(VINnews) — An arrest warrant was issued Monday against Rabbi Yehuda Oshri after he failed to appear in court despite being subpoenaed to testify in a local trial be...

New US Coronavirus Case May Be 1st From Unknown Origin

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new coronavirus case in California could be the first in the U.S. that has no known connection to travel abroad or another known case, a possible sign the viru...

Trump Faces Credibility Test As He Plays Down Virus Threat

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a critical personal challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and some of hi...

Elizabeth Warren: Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Is A Disaster. I’ve Got A Plan For That.

(JTA) - This is the fourth op-ed in a series of pieces about anti-Semitism and Jewish issues written by 2020 presidential candidates. This one is by Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic ...

Multiple People Dead In Milwaukee Shooting At Molson Coors [VIDEOS]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said. The dead include the shooter, said...

WATCH: President Trump Holds Coronavirus Press Conference With CDC Officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces a critical challenge in grappling with the new coronavirus outbreak: Asking Americans to believe him after he and top advisers have contradicted federal scientists in playing down the threat...

NJ Bill Would Make Beachgoers Fasten Umbrellas To The Sand

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore would have to tether their beach umbrellas to the sand to prevent them from flying off and injuring people under a recentl...

Stocks Slide On Wall Street, Extending Steep Drops This Week

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks shed the modest gains they had made in early trading and veered mostly lower in Wednesday afternoon, deepening the market's losses for the week. Worr...

Biden Claims Momentum As Sanders Marches Past Debate Fray

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Eyeing a South Carolina victory to rescue his presidential ambitions, Joe Biden claimed one of the state's most coveted endorsements on Wednesday as Democra...

Trump Administration Gets Victory In ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Grant Fight

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeal...

READ IT: More Than 345 Rabbis Sign Open Letter Slamming Bernie Sanders

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WASHINGTON (JNS) — More than 345 Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis have signed a letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in response to the leading Democratic presidential can...

Trump To Hold News Conference On Coronavirus US Threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he'll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Slams Sanders ‘Horrifying Comment’

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister denounced Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders on Wednesday for what he called his “horrifying comment" about Jerusalem, saying that th...
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