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Dallas, TX - High School Textbooks In Texas Blame Arab World For Conflict With Israel
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Dallas, TX - High school textbooks in Texas have blamed the Arab world for its conflict with Israel — and they will continue to do so following a review of the state’s public school curriculum.
The Texas State Board of Education voted on Friday to keep a social studies requirement that high school students learn that “Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict” in the section on “the rise of independence...
California - Los Angeles To Consider Banning Sale Of Fur Products
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Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles would become the largest city in the U.S. to ban the sale of fur products if the City Council approves a proposed law backed by animal activists who say the multibillion-dollar fur industry is rife with cruelty.
The council was expected Tuesday to direct the city...
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Detroit - Renault-Nissan To Use Android System In Its DashboardsToday 03:00 PMDetroit - The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, one of the world's top-selling automakers, has decided to go with Google's Android operating system...Read More » |
New York - Publisher: Woodward's "Fear" Already A Million-sellerToday 02:32 PMNew York - Bob Woodward's "Fear" is already a million-seller. Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that Woodward's takedown of President Donald...Read More » | |||
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Berlin - Top German Spy Loses Job After Clashing With Merkel Over Far Right Violence, Kosher Restaurant AttackToday 01:45 PMBerlin - The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency is being replaced after clashing with Chancellor Angela Merkel over anti-migrant violence...Read More » |
New York - Too Much Screen Time? New Phone Controls For You And KidsToday 01:00 PMNew York - Apple and Google want to help you spend less time on their phones — really. Like that time you checked Facebook at 3 a.m. Stats don't...Read More » | |||
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Jerusalem - Netanyahu Tells Putin Syria Is To Blame For Downing Of Russian Plane, Offers Help With InquiryToday 12:38 PMJerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that Syrian forces were to blame for the...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Israel Confirms Envoy In Moscow Summoned To Russian Foreign MinistryToday 11:45 AMJerusalem - Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that its deputy ambassador in Moscow had been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry but...Read More » | |||
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Baltimore - 5 Ways Trump's Tariffs On $200B In China Goods Could Be FeltToday 11:00 AMBaltimore - By imposing taxes on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods, President Donald Trump has intensified a battle of wills between the...Read More » |
Union, NJ - Homemade Bomb Found Affixed To Headstone In NJ Jewish CemeteryToday 10:46 AMUnion, NJ - A homemade explosive device was found affixed to a headstone in a Jewish cemetery in New Jersey. The device was discovered on Sunday...Read More » | |||
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London - Researchers Find Hints Of Israeli Spyware Around GlobeToday 09:55 AMLondon - Researchers say an increasingly notorious brand of Israeli surveillance software is being used further afield than previously known, with possible infections detected around the globe. The internet watchdog Citizen Lab says it has used an internet survey...Read More » |
Jerusalem - PHOTOS: Ahead Of Yom Kippur, Jews Cast Out Sins With Kaparos And TashlichToday 09:24 AMJerusalem - Waving chickens above their heads, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel performed the ritual of "kaparot" ahead of Yom Kippur, the most sacred...Read More » | |||
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Seoul - "Grand Theater": Has N. Korea's Kim Won A Propaganda Coup?Today 08:59 AMSeoul - If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was searching for the perfect propaganda set piece, something designed to show his people that he's a...Read More » |
Gaza - Israel Says It Fired At Palestinians Tampering With Gaza Fence; Two KilledToday 08:29 AMGaza - Two people were found dead near the site of an Israeli missile strike at the coastal strip's border with Israel, Gaza medics said on...Read More » | |||
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Jerusalem - Woman Says Ari Fuld Shot Palestinian Assailant As He Tried To Stab HerToday 07:56 AMJerusalem - An employee of a falafel shop at the Gush Etzion junction said the Palestinian teen who stabbed Ari Fuld was running at her brandishing...Read More » |
Moscow - Russia Blames Israel For Shooting Down Of Plane Off SyriaToday 07:50 AMMoscow - A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian...Read More » | |||
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North Carolina - Millions Of Chickens Drown In Florence Floodwaters, Manure Pits DamagedYesterday 11:59 PMNorth Carolina - U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as catastrophic...Read More » |
New York - Coke Eyes Cannabis-infused Drink MarketYesterday 11:30 PMNew York - Coca-Cola Co <KO.N> is closely watching the fast-growing marijuana drinks market for a possible entry that would expand the world's...Read More » | |||
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Montgomery Village, MD - Driving Lesson Ends With Car Landing In A Swimming PoolYesterday 11:00 PMMontgomery Village, MD - A driving lesson went off the deep end in Maryland when authorities say the car jumped a curb, crashed through a fence and landed in a swimming pool. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer tells The Washington Post the...Read More » |
New York - Amazon Launches Small Business ShopYesterday 10:35 PMNew York - Amazon wants you to shop small. The online retailer launched a new section of its site Monday called Amazon Storefronts, which only lists products sold by small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. The company says smaller companies can get lost...Read More » | |||
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Washington - US Slashes Number Of Refugees To 30,000 For Next YearYesterday 10:00 PMWashington - The Trump administration is cutting the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year to 30,000. The announcement comes...Read More » |
Wilmington, NC - Can Apps Like Waze Steer You Clear Of Disaster? Maybe NotYesterday 09:30 PMWilmington, NC - Navigation apps like Waze are trying to help motorists avoid hurricane flooding. But can people really rely on their smartphones to...Read More » | |||
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New York - Man Caught Shaving On Train In Viral Video Says Don't JudgeYesterday 09:21 PMNew York - A man who was mocked online after he was recorded shaving at his seat on a commuter train headed out of New York City said he was just...Read More » |
Rio De Janeiro - German Holocaust Video Reveals Brazil's Polarization Ahead Of ElectionYesterday 09:00 PMRio De Janeiro - A video published by German diplomats explaining their country's efforts to learn from the holocaust has kicked up a storm in...Read More » | |||
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Last updated: Yesterday 09:35 PM Brooklyn, NY - Suspect In Massive Kings Plaza Fire ArrestedYesterday 08:22 PMBrooklyn, NY - A person of interest in today’s massive fire at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center that injured nearly two dozen people and destroyed...Read More » |
London - UK PM Vows To Defend Jews And Israel, In Dig At Labour's CorbynYesterday 08:00 PMLondon - Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to protect British Jewish identity and Israel's right to defend itself, in an attack on...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Trump Imposes Tariffs On $200B More Of Chinese GoodsYesterday 07:33 PMWashington - The Trump administration is imposing tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese goods starting next week, escalating a trade war between...Read More » |
New York - Judge Denies Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Bail Pending AppealYesterday 07:00 PMNew York - A judge has denied an ex-New York Assembly speaker bail pending the appeal of his corruption conviction and seven-year prison...Read More » | |||
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Charlotte, NC - Toppled Trees, Swift Water, Have Killed Many During FlorenceYesterday 06:32 PMCharlotte, NC - Florence — which was once a hurricane and now is a tropical depression — is being blamed for at least 20 deaths in the Carolinas...Read More » |
Last updated: Yesterday 06:08 PM Mahwah, NJ - Mayor Slams Town Council, Calls For Acceptance As Mahwah Settles State Discrimination LawsuitYesterday 05:51 PMMahwah, NJ - The battle between the Township of Mahwah and New Jersey’s Office of the Attorney General has come to a close, with the town agreeing...Read More » | |||
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Last updated: Yesterday 06:53 PM Washington - Trump Orders Declassification Of FISA Documents Related To Russia InvestigationYesterday 05:31 PMWashington -President Donald Trump on Monday declassified a trove of documents related to the early days of the FBI's Russia investigation, including...Read More » |
Gaza - Israeli Fire Wounds Dozens In Gaza As Thousands ProtestYesterday 05:00 PMGaza - Gaza's Health Ministry says 26 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire during a mass protest on the border with Israel. Thousands gathered Monday on the beach along the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel to demonstrate against Egypt and...Read More » | |||
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North Dakota - Republican Jewish Coalition Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Against Senator Who Backed Iran DealYesterday 04:28 PMNorth Dakota - The Republican Jewish Coalition launched a $1 million television and digital advertising campaign in North Dakota against its...Read More » |
Beirut - Syrian TV Reports Suspected Israeli Strikes On State CompanyYesterday 03:48 PMBeirut - Loud explosions shook Syria's coastal province of Latakia late Monday, sending orange flames into the sky in what Syrian state media said...Read More » | |||
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