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Non-native iguanas are multiplying so rapidly in South Florida that a state wildlife agency is now encouraging people to kill them. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission news release
The buzz word today in the right-wing camp is ‘achdus’ as efforts to unite parties with Bayit Yehudi ahead of elections continue. Bayit Yehudi chairman, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, continues calling
The Chief Rabbis of Israel, HaRav Dovid Lau and Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita met with the Chief Rabbi of the Ethiopian community in Israel, Rabbi Reuven Wabeshet
Four people from the Gadera municipal council, including senior officials, stand accused of extortion by threatening a chareidi official from the council, that if he does not resign, a video
A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on
Investigators are moving forward with the investigation into the shooting death of the 18-year-old unarmed Ethiopian man by an off-duty policeman earlier in the week. The Police Investigation Unit of
The Ministry of Health announced it is easing the process for those requiring a license for medical cannabis. For a first time, there will be regulation on pricing and splitting
A Hawaii man who painted his face black with a marker for his sentencing hearing has been ordered to serve life in prison. A judge sentenced Mark Char Monday to
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