The opioid crisis cost the U.S. economy $631 billion from 2015 through last year — and it may keep getting more expensive, according to a study released Tuesday by the Society of Actuaries. The biggest driver of the cost over the four-year period is unrealized lifetime earnings of those who died from the drugs, followed […]
When Syria’s Kurdish fighters, America’s longtime battlefield allies against the Islamic State, announced over the weekend that they were switching sides and joining up with Damascus and Moscow, it seemed like a moment of geopolitical whiplash. But in fact, the move had been in the works for more than a year. Fearing U.S. abandonment, the […]
Russia moved to fill the void left by the United States in northern Syria on Tuesday, deploying troops to keep apart advancing Syrian government forces and Turkish troops. At the same time, tensions grew within NATO as Turkey defied growing condemnation of its invasion from its Western allies. Now in its seventh day, Turkey’s offensive […]
A seven-story building collapsed Tuesday in an upscale part of the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing one person and leaving others trapped with some communicating with family members by cellphone
Most of the women in Samuel Little’s hand-drawn portraits seem to be frowning. Their hair is short and curly or long and straight. They stare straight ahead or slightly off to the side. Some wear lipstick and jewelry. Little, whom the FBI identified this month as the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, produced […]
דברי מליצה ישרה ולימוד זכות על בני אל חי בעת אמירת הושענות היוצאים בקדושה ובטהרה ובהשתפכות הנפש מפי רבינו הגה”ק, סניגורן של ישראל מרן מצאנז קלויזענבורג זי״ע העומד ומהפך בזכותן
A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while responding to a neighbor’s call about an open front door “didn’t have time to perceive a threat” before he opened fire, an attorney for the woman’s family said. “You didn’t hear the officer shout, ‘Gun, gun, gun,’” attorney Lee Merritt said […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu awaits a declaration from MK Avigdor Lieberman, who is the chairman of the Yisrael Beitenu party. Netanyahu is concerned that Lieberman might be willing to enter
A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what President Donald Trump told him, according to a person familiar with his upcoming testimony in the impeachment probe. Gordon Sondland, Trump’s hand-picked ambassador […]
Three youths have been seriously injured by lightning on the Zikim Beach in southern Israel on Tuesday afternoon, the first day of Chol Hamoed Sukkos. The beach is located in
Jerusalem police face a challenge on Yomim Tovim, as they bring many visitors to the capital, an event accompanied by increase concern of terror attacks, along with the task of
Jerusalem fire stations on Tuesday, the first day of Chol Hamoed Sukkos in Eretz Yisrael, are preparing for stormy weather and resulting flood conditions. The stormy weather is expected to
Because of you thousands of Shuvu Children will be able to perform the mitzvah of the Arba Minim. You made it happen! Thank You! Reprinted with permission from Mishpacha
President Donald Trump on Saturday stood behind personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, one of his highest-profile and most vocal defenders, amid reports that federal prosecutors in the city Giuliani led as mayor are eyeing him for possible lobbying violations. Behind the scenes, however, many of Trump’s closest aides and advisers, inside and outside the White House, […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a law intended to counter Trump administration plans to increase oil and gas production on protected public land. The measure bars any California
Facebook faces a rough road ahead with Libra, but defections by high-profile partners are still unlikely to spell the end for the digital currency. On Friday, Visa and MasterCard announced
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards fought Saturday to hang on to a rare Democratic governorship in Deep South Trump territory against a national GOP offensive aimed at forcing him into a runoff. Republicans were trying to hold Edwards under the 50% benchmark the region’s only Democratic governor needed to win outright over five others in […]
A federal agency is moving with little fanfare to revamp one of the most successful whistleblower programs in the government, alarming advocates who warn the changes will set back efforts
California will ban smoking on state parks and beaches starting next year under legislation signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law also bans disposing cigar and cigarette waste at parks
Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on a network dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump, abruptly quit after signing off his final newscast
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