Washington - The Supreme Court Says Former Justice John Paul Stevens, A Leading Liberal, Has Died At Age 99
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Washington - John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99.
During nearly 35 years on the court, Stevens...
New York - NYC Mayor Announces Details Of Major Citi Bike Expansion
Today 08:30 PM
New York - The de Blasio Administration joined Lyft to today announce the boundaries of the planned expansion of Citi Bike over the next five years, which will bring the nation’s largest bike share system to a larger and more economically diverse range of communities.
Last November, the City...
Jerusalem - Israeli Education Minister Says Calling Intermarriage A Second Holocaust Was ‘Not An Appropriate Term To Use’Today 08:00 PMJerusalem - Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz walked back his recent statement that intermarriage is “like a second Holocaust,” writing that...Read More » |
Washington - House Condemns Trump 'Racist' Tweets In Extraordinary RebukeToday 07:01 PMWashington - In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led House voted Tuesday night to condemn President Donald Trump's "racist...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Trump Aide Conway Asks Reporter, 'What's Your Ethnicity?'Today 07:00 PMWashington - White House adviser Kellyanne Conway says she meant no disrespect in asking a reporter to reveal his ethnicity. Her question came...Read More » |
Paris - French Prosecutors Omit Hate Crime Charges Against Burglars Said To Target JewsToday 06:30 PMParis - Prosecutors in France did not include the aggravated element of a hate crime in the indictments of three men who allegedly singled out a...Read More » | |||
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New York - Pop Singer 'Pink' Defends Her Kids’ Behavior At Holocaust MemorialToday 06:00 PMNew York - Pink defended a photo she posted of her children running at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The Jewish pop singer, whose real name is...Read More » |
New York - New York Raises Statewide Smoking Age To 21Today 05:30 PMNew York - New York will raise its smoking age from 18 to 21 under legislation signed into law Tuesday by the state's governor. The change, which takes effect in 120 days, will apply to the sales of traditional tobacco products as well as electronic cigarettes and...Read More » | |||
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London - Israeli Minister Accuses UK's Corbyn Of Jew-hatredToday 05:03 PMLondon - An Israeli official close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of Jew-hatred on Tuesday...Read More » |
Washington - Facebook Should Not Be Trusted With 'crazy' Cryptocurrency Plan: SenatorsToday 04:23 PMWashington - Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that Facebook Inc's track record of what they described as untrustworthiness should...Read More » | |||
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New York - New York City Can Ban Ads Inside Uber, Lyft Vehicles: U.S. Appeals CourtToday 04:00 PMNew York - A federal appeals court on Tuesday said New York City can ban advertising inside vehicles for companies such as Uber and...Read More » |
London - London Mayor Blocks Plans For 'Tulip' Skyscraper Backed By Jewish BillionaireToday 03:33 PMLondon - London's mayor has blocked plans to build a glass viewing platform 1,000 feet (300 m) above Britain's capital on a slender tower shaped like...Read More » | |||
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Egyptian Scholar Says Jews Use Blood To Make MatzahToday 03:00 PMRiyadh, Saudi Arabia - A Hebrew scholar working in Saudi Arabia told an Egyptian public broadcaster that some Jews use blood to make matzahs for...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Luxembourg PM Cancels Meeting With Israeli Ambassador To Protest Education Minister’s Gay Conversion RemarkToday 02:30 PMJerusalem - Luxembourg’s prime minister canceled a meeting with Israel’s ambassador in protest of Education Minister Rafi Peretz’s endorsement...Read More » | |||
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Warsaw - Donors Anxious Over Stalemate At Poland's Jewish MuseumToday 02:08 PMWarsaw - A Jewish association says some private donors to Poland's renowned Jewish history museum have suspended funding out of concerns about the...Read More » |
Sponsored Content Extraordinary Chefs Reveal Their Talent In Epic Kosher Cooking CompetitionToday 02:07 PMSleeves are rolled, knives are sharpened, and brow sweat is forming. Four talented West Coast competitors are going fork-to-fork to become the first...Read More » | |||
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London - UK Doctors Reveal Separation Of Twins Joined At The HeadToday 01:24 PMLondon - Two-year-old twins joined at the head have undergone successful surgery at a British hospital to separate their skulls, brains and blood...Read More » |
Dubai - Concern Grows After UAE-based Oil Tanker In Iranian Waters Turns Off TrackerToday 01:00 PMDubai - Tracking data shows an oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates traveling through the Strait of Hormuz drifted off into Iranian waters...Read More » | |||
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Jerusalem - Israel To Convert Most Of Its Public Transportation To Electric Power By 2025Today 12:30 PMJerusalem - The Israeli Ministry of Transportation has launched a plan to minimize air and noise pollution by converting the engines of the...Read More » |
Greenbelt, MD - Trial Opens For Israeli Woman Charged In $145M Fraud SchemeToday 12:00 PMGreenbelt, MD - A federal trial begins this week for an Israeli woman charged in the U.S. with directing a scheme to defraud tens of thousands of...Read More » | |||
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Chicago - Florida Expert Captures Elusive Alligator At Chicago LagoonToday 11:45 AMChicago - Police say an expert from Florida has captured an elusive alligator in a Chicago public lagoon. Chicago police spokesman Anthony...Read More » |
London - Welsh Street Named Steepest In World; New Zealand Loses OutToday 11:25 AMLondon - A street in Wales has been designated the steepest in the world after a successful campaign by residents. The title comes at the expense...Read More » | |||
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Washington - Facing Censure, Trump Insists 'Not A Racist Bone In My Body'Today 11:04 AMWashington - Defiant in the face of widespread censure, President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that his tweets suggesting four Democratic...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Teenager Mangled As Baby By Gaza Rocket Joins Top IDF Commando UnitToday 11:00 AMJerusalem - A teenager who as a baby was seriously wounded in a rocket strike from Gaza has been accepted to the Israeli army’s counterpart of the Navy SEAL unit. The recruit to Shayetet 13 overcame a crippling disability as a result of sustaining 147 shrapnel...Read More » | |||
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Seattle - Amazon Offers $10 To Prime Day Shoppers Who Hand Over Their DataToday 10:30 AMSeattle - Amazon.com Inc has a promotion for U.S. shoppers on Prime Day, the 48-hour marketing blitz that started Monday: Earn $10 of credit if you...Read More » |
Tel Aviv - Former Israeli Prime Minister Barak Forced To Cancel Credit Card After Displaying It In AdToday 10:04 AMTel Aviv - An attempt by former prime minister Ehud Barak to poke fun at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resulted in Barak having to cancel his own...Read More » | |||
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New York - NYC Officer Won't Face Charges In Garner Chokehold DeathToday 09:46 AMNew York - Federal prosecutors won't bring civil rights charges against a New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a...Read More » |
Jerusalem - Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz Skips Handshake With Teenage GirlToday 09:06 AMJerusalem - Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz, who angered critics by comparing assimilation to the Holocaust and endorsing “therapy” for...Read More » | |||
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Atlanta - Atlanta FedEx Driver Transports Shooting Victims To HospitalToday 08:19 AMAtlanta - A FedEx truck driver in Atlanta is being credited for transporting three shooting victims to a hospital. News outlets report four people...Read More » |
Seoul - South Korea Legislator: North Korean Nuclear Envoy Reported Executed Is AliveToday 07:51 AMSeoul - A North Korean nuclear envoy who steered talks before a failed summit with the United States in February is alive, a South Korean legislator...Read More » | |||
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New York - Daily Stormer Publisher Made To Pay $14m To Jewish Woman He Helped HarassToday 07:40 AMNew York - The publisher of a neo-Nazi website who instructed readers to troll a Jewish real-estate agent will pay the victim $14 million, a federal...Read More » |
Washington - A Look At The 'squad' That Trump Targeted In Racist TweetsYesterday 11:59 PMWashington - They're all women of color. Every one of them is an American citizen. And of the four members of the self-styled "squad" duly elected to...Read More » | |||
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Buenos Aires - Opinion: Latin American Jews Still Don’t Have Justice 25 Years After The AMIA MassacreYesterday 11:30 PMBuenos Aires - In any crime against a community, certain things must happen to provide some measure of healing and redemption. But as we approach...Read More » |
Washington - Which Democratic 2020 Contenders Would Move Embassy Back To Tel Aviv?Yesterday 11:00 PMWashington - Democratic presidential contenders aren’t happy that President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. But that...Read More » | |||
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