Southampton, NY - Work Underway On British Tanker Sunk By U-boat Off NY In WW2
Yesterday 11:24 PM
Southampton, NY - Work is underway to extract oil from a British tanker sunk by a German U-boat off Long Island during World War II.
A team has been at the site of the tanker, named Coimbra, since April 29 and has pumped more than 62,000 gallons (235,000 liters) of oil since May 11, the Coast...
Fort Worth - American Airlines Sues Unions, Accusing Workers Of Slowdown
Yesterday 11:00 PM
Fort Worth - American Airlines accuses its mechanics and their unions of conducting an illegal work slowdown to gain leverage in contract talks, and the airline is asking a federal judge to stop the activity.
The airline says mechanics have caused about 900 cancellations or long delays since...
New York - Women's Clothing Chain Dressbarn To Close All Its 650 StoresYesterday 10:30 PMNew York - Dressbarn, the women's clothing chain that's been around for nearly 60 years, is closing all 650 of its stores. The company's chief...Read More » |
Washington - Judge Orders Trump Accounting Firm To Hand Over Records To CongressYesterday 10:00 PMWashington - A U.S. judge on Monday ruled in favor of a U.S. House of Representatives committee seeking President Donald Trump's financial records...Read More » | |||
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Forth Worth, TX - Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport To Get New TerminalYesterday 09:30 PMForth Worth, TX - Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to spend up to $3.5 billion to build a sixth terminal that would open by 2025 and...Read More » |
Jerusalem - An American-Israeli Soldier Died By Suicide. She’s The Third This YearYesterday 09:00 PMJerusalem - A 19-year-old American woman serving as a combat soldier in the Israeli army died by suicide last week. Michaela Levit, 19, is the...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Trump Again Says U.S. Will Respond With 'Great Force' If Iran Attacks InterestsYesterday 08:32 PMWashington - President Donald Trump warned on Monday Iran would be met with "great force" if it attacked U.S. interests in the Middle East, and...Read More » |
Doha, Qatar - Al Jazeera Suspends 2 Journalists For Video Questioning HolocaustYesterday 08:30 PMDoha, Qatar - The Al Jazeera Media Network has suspended two journalists for making a video in which they said the Holocaust is “different from how...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Most Of Congress Urges Trump: Safeguard Israel’s Interests With Syrian Civil War EndingYesterday 08:15 PMWashington - Nearly 400 members of Congress signed a bipartisan letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to safeguard Israel’s interests with Syria’s civil war coming to an end. The letter sent Monday from members of the House of Representatives and the...Read More » |
Washington - Packing His Bags: Trump Plans Jet-setting Summer Of TravelYesterday 08:00 PMWashington - Four days in Tokyo. Then it's off to see Queen Elizabeth before a jaunt to Normandy, France, and perhaps time in Ireland. A return...Read More » | |||
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Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Won't Enforce Gun Controls Until Suits ResolvedYesterday 07:31 PMPittsburgh - A county judge ordered Pittsburgh on Friday not to enforce firearms restrictions inspired by the deadly synagogue shooting in the city until lawsuits filed by gun owners are resolved, a decision reached after all parties agreed to the stay. Attorney...Read More » |
Ludres, France - DNA Test Uncovers D-Day Love Story 75 Years LaterYesterday 07:00 PMLudres, France - After decades of searching, Andre Gantois had lost hope. The retired French postal worker figured he'd likely go to his grave...Read More » | |||
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Albany, NY - NY Bill To Let US House See Trump's State Returns NarrowedYesterday 06:26 PMAlbany, NY - Lawmakers in New York are seeking to sharply narrow a proposal that would grant congressional committees access to state tax returns...Read More » |
Detroit - GM Says Most New Vehicles To Get Over-the-air Upgrade Tech By 2023Yesterday 06:00 PMDetroit - General Motors Co said on Monday most of its global models will be capable of over-the-air software upgrades by 2023, as the automaker rolls out new vehicle electrical systems designed to securely handle heavy data traffic and software downloads from the...Read More » | |||
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Houston - 5th Migrant Child Dies After Detention By Border PatrolYesterday 05:30 PMHouston - The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child...Read More » |
Paris - Rescuers Finally Persuade Eiffel Tower Climber To Come DownYesterday 04:55 PMParis - The Eiffel Tower was evacuated and closed down Monday after a man scaled nearly to the top of the Paris monument and refused to come down for...Read More » | |||
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Bogota, Colombia - Battle Breaks Out For WikiLeaks Founder Assange's ComputersYesterday 04:33 PMBogota, Colombia - With Julian Assange locked away in a London jail, a new battle has broken out over what may contain some of the WikiLeaks...Read More » |
Washington - Al Sharpton Admits To Using ‘Cheap’ Rhetoric About JewsYesterday 04:00 PMWashington - Al Sharpton appealed to Reform Jews for a united front in facing down anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of bias and acknowledged his...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Trump Tells Former White House Counsel McGahn To Defy Congress' SubpoenaYesterday 03:44 PMWashington - President Donald Trump directed former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena, citing a Justice Department...Read More » |
Washington - Study: Coordinated Anti-Trump Campaign Emerges On InstagramYesterday 03:21 PMWashington - Accounts tagged 'hatetrump' and 'ihatetrump' are part of a coordinated campaign to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump that has...Read More » | |||
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kiev - Jewish Actor Sworn In As President Of Ukraine Says Nation Must Defend Land Like IsraelisYesterday 03:00 PMkiev - Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jewish actor and comedian, was sworn in Monday as president of Ukraine and said his nation must defend their land like...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Knesset Speaker: ‘Polish Leadership Is Again Trying To Distort HistoryYesterday 02:30 PMJerusalem - Israeli politicians responded with anger to statements by Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that returning Jewish property in...Read More » | |||
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Warsaw - Poland Welcomes Sextuplets; 4 Girls, 2 Boys Doing WellYesterday 01:54 PMWarsaw - They were only expecting five. In the end there were six of them. Poland welcomed Monday what are considered to be its first ever sextuplets and all six babies and their 29-year-old mother are said to be doing well. The babies, four of whom are girls, were...Read More » |
Canada - WATCH: Israeli Researchers Introduce Innovative Flying/Driving RobotYesterday 01:31 PMCanada - Israeli researchers at by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have introduced a prototype experimental robot drone that flies like a...Read More » | |||
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Tehran - Reports: Iran Quadruples Production Of Low-enriched UraniumYesterday 12:53 PMTehran - Iran has quadrupled its production of low-enriched uranium amid tensions with the U.S. over Tehran's unraveling nuclear accord, two...Read More » |
New York - US Measles Outbreak Hits 24 States; Most Cases Are In NYYesterday 12:49 PMNew York - The worst measles outbreak in the United States in 25 years has spread to Oklahoma, federal health officials said on Monday as they...Read More » | |||
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Beijing - Report: More Companies In China Handing Over TechnologyYesterday 12:31 PMBeijing - The number of foreign companies that feel compelled to hand over technology in exchange for Chinese market access — an issue that sparked...Read More » |
Washington - US Aircraft Carrier Seen As Barometer Of Tensions With IranYesterday 12:00 PMWashington - Ordered by the White House to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has become a 100,000-ton barometer of the...Read More » | |||
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Beijing - Huawei Faces Loss Of Some Google Services After US BanYesterday 11:00 AMBeijing - Google said Monday its basic services on Huawei smartphones still will function following U.S. sales curbs, but the Chinese tech giant...Read More » |
Washington - FCC Chairman Backs T-Mobile, Sprint MergerYesterday 10:23 AMWashington - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says he plans to recommend the agency approve the $26.5 billion merger of wireless...Read More » | |||
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London - Video: Brexiteer Farage Splattered In Latest UK Milkshake AttackYesterday 10:01 AMLondon - Pro-Brexit British politician Nigel Farage has been hit with a milkshake while campaigning in the European Parliament election. Farage...Read More » |
Nyack, NY - Matisyahu Celebrates His Wedding In New YorkYesterday 09:32 AMNyack, NY - Former Chabad Hassid and Jewish reggae sensation Matisyahu married his fiancée Talia Dressler in late-May. The private backyard...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Trump Says He Didn't Need To Borrow From BanksYesterday 09:11 AMWashington - President Donald Trump is insisting he didn't borrow from many banks because he "didn't need the money," not because they wouldn't do...Read More » |
Chicago - Chicago Police Seek Suspect In Arson Attempt At SynagogueYesterday 08:43 AMChicago - Chicago police are stepping up patrols at synagogues as well as Jewish schools and businesses after an attempted arson at a synagogue and...Read More » | |||
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