A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election Saturday to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. The city’s newly elected clerk of criminal court, Calvin Duncan, fought for decades to clear his name after being convicted […]
Columbia University’s investment committee has rejected a series of sweeping proposals to divest the school’s $15.9 billion endowment from Israel, dealing a major setback to the anti-Israel activists who have made divestment their central demand since the campus protests that erupted after the October 2023 Hamas invasion. The decision is the most consequential institutional response […]
Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to
At the world’s largest gathering of Jewish leaders, thousands of rabbis take part in an iconic tradition: the annual group portrait. It’s a powerful display of Jewish pride and resilience. Rabbis from 111 countries and over 6,000 communities stand shoulder to shoulder in front of Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, representing Jewish life in every corner of […]
Sen. John Fetterman says he has returned home to his family in Pennsylvania after being hospitalized due to what his office said was a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that caused him
A Chicago federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden has ruled potentially hundreds of illegal immigrants must be released from federal custody, because the judge determined ICE and Border
Hundreds of Iranians gathered Friday at a mosque in northern Tehran to pray for rain as the country faces one of its most extreme droughts in decades — a crisis so severe that officials have warned the capital could face evacuation if winter arrives without significant rainfall. At the Emamzadeh Saleh mosque, men and women […]
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe freedom of speech is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new poll. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), through its
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down Sunday on Israel’s categorical rejection of a Palestinian state and insisted that Hamas must be fully dismantled before any rebuilding of Gaza can begin — even as the Trump administration signals it may abandon key elements of its own post-war plan, throwing U.S.–Israel coordination into crisis. Speaking at the […]
A hateful antisemitic message spray-painted on a Brooklyn sidewalk late Friday has drawn condemnation from New York City officials, including newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose victory earlier this month
Quietly tucked inside Republicans’ funding deal to end the government shutdown is a provision wiping the congressional Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) scorecard, effectively forgiving nearly $3.4 trillion in deficits. When Republicans passed their budget reconciliation bill in July, which included a permanent extension of the 2017 tax cuts, they broke precedent by operating under current policy baseline. […]
Yonat Weinberger, a Jewish columnist from Amsterdam, publicly slammed the increasing incidents of antisemitism in medical care settings after she was denied medical care by a nurse who refused to
The Supreme Court issued its ruling on Sunday on the petitions concerning who will head the probe of the leak of the Sdei Teiman video and the role of the
The Shin Bet and Israel Police uncovered a serious espionage case in recent months in which an Israeli transferred sensitive security information to Iran, the Shin Bet announced on Sunday.
Dozens of chareidi extremists staged a volatile protest outside the Bnei Brak home of UTJ MK Rabbi Yaakov Asher—just hours after Shas MK Rabbi Yoav Ben Tzur survived a frightening assault in Yerushalayim that left his car smashed and police scrambling to rescue him. Police vehicles lined the narrow Bnei Brak streets as the disorganized […]
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President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “’Wacky’ Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs.” The dismissal of Greene — once the epitome of “Make America Great Again,” […]
An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on Saturday, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by
As America’s aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will use […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built his second term around imposing steep levies on goods imported into […]
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