A homemade bomb planted in a rush-hour subway car exploded in London on Friday, injuring 29 people and prompting authorities to raise Britain’s terrorism threat level to “critical,” meaning another
The nation’s largest state insurance trade association estimates insured losses from Harvey at nearly $19 billion and that doesn’t count damage not covered by insurance. The Insurance Council of Texas says windstorm and other claims from Harvey will be worth nearly $3 billion. Approximately 250,000 damaged cars and commercial vehicles will trigger around another […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is considering issuing subpoenas to President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and two FBI officials close to fired director James Comey as part of
The Forest Service has spent more than $2 billion battling forest fires around the country a record as wildfires blacken the American West in one of the nation’s worst fire seasons. Wildfires have ravaged the West this summer with 64 large fires burning across 10 states as of Thursday, including 21 fires in Montana […]
The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces said Thursday he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb, suggesting a heightened U.S. concern that the
Average premiums for individually purchased health insurance will grow around 15 percent next year, largely because of marketplace nervousness over whether President Donald Trump will block federal subsidies to insurers,
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft disintegrated in the skies above Saturn early Friday in a final, fateful blaze of cosmic glory, following a remarkable journey of 20 years. Confirmation of Cassini’s expected demise came about 7:55 a.m. EDT. That’s when radio signals from the spacecraft its last scientific gifts to Earth came to an abrupt […]
Crayola announced the name of its new blue crayon Thursday. Bluetiful was the top pick of fans during two months of online voting, beating out Dreams Come Blue, Blue Moon
It’s natural to get the phone-upgrade itch when the likes of Apple, Samsung and others keep coming out with newer models. And sometimes your old phone is just kaput. But
A man believed to be an American citizen who was fighting with Islamic State terrorists has surrendered in Syria and is now in U.S. custody, raising questions about how the
North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of
(VIDEOS AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Shas Chairman Interior Minister Aryeh Deri inaugurated a first response/CPR closet in Uman together with the participation of United Hatzalah CEO Moshe Teitelbaum and
President Donald Trump is calling on ESPN to apologize days after one of the sports network’s anchors called him a “white supremacist” and “bigot.” ESPN said Thursday it had accepted
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies or state officers from inquiring about or sharing a person’s immigration status. The new rule bars state
The Trump administration declared its firm support Thursday for a bill that would suspend U.S. financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority until it ends what critics have described as a
Officials say a soldier has been killed while participating in medical helicopter evacuation training at a U.S. Army post in Texas. An Army statement identified the soldier as Staff Sgt.
A longtime adviser to President Donald Trump says he will appear before the House intelligence committee on Sept. 26. The adviser is Roger Stone, a Republican strategist who has known
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The president got what you might call a grassroots display of support at the White House, welcoming an 11-year-old Virginia boy who offered to help cut the lawn. Frank Giaccio, who lives in the Washington suburb of Falls Church, had written Trump to say he admires the presidents business acumen. He […]
Yahadut Hatorah MK Uri Maklev is one of the chareidi lawmakers who has commented publicly to this weeks High Court decision eliminating chareidi exemptions for military service. Maklev writes, In the ruling of the High Court of Justice, it raises the banner of egalitarianism when its entire essence and composition is unequal and unrepresentative. No […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) On Sunday September 10th, Agudath Israel of California hosted a legislative breakfast at the home of Presidium Chairman Dr. Irving Lebovics. Approximately 50 community leaders and
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