Two rockets were fired by terrorists in Gaza at Israel on Friday night. The rockets caused red alert sirens to wail in Israeli towns in the Gaza periphery. However, the
A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City�s Chinatown early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth with serious injuries, police said. Police recovered the weapon, which was still in the suspect�s hands when he was arrested, officials said. �The motive appears to […]
Extra layers of security, intense on-screen action and a frightening incident inside a New York theater combined to create an unsettling experience for some moviegoers who went to see �Joker� on its opening weekend. A young man who was loudly cheering and applauding on-screen murders sent some people heading toward exits in a crowded theater […]
Most Republican leaders were silent or supportive of President Donald Trump�s public call for another foreign government, China, to investigate his political foe, while a handful voiced concern that the president was trying to enlist a rival power in his reelection effort. Several House and Senate leaders stayed mum as Trump escalated the controversy that […]
In the hours after President Donald Trump called on China to investigate his political foe � plowing through another political guardrail � Democrats and Trump critics looked for signs that his party would slap him back. Seeking foreign help in an election is illegal. Who would stand up and say so? Twenty-four hours later, Mitt […]
North Korea�s chief negotiator said Saturday that discussions with the U.S. on Pyongyang�s nuclear program have broken down, but Washington said the two sides had �good discussions� that it intends to build on in two weeks. The North Korean negotiator, Kim Miyong Gil, said the talks in Stockholm had �not fulfilled our expectations and broke […]
Iraqi protesters pressed on with angry anti-government rallies in the capital and across several provinces for a fifth day Saturday, setting government offices on fire and ignoring appeals for calm
The number of vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000, and there�s no sign the outbreak is fading, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Doctors say the illnesses, which first appeared in March, resemble an inhalation injury. Symptoms include severe, shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest pain. Most who got sick said they vaped products containing THC, the […]
A major Swedish political party has voted to change its official stance in favor of banning Bris Milah. The Swedish Center Party tally at its annual meeting was 314-166, overturning the 18-member party board�s unanimous rejection of the proposal. The vote was criticized by party chief Annie Loof. The party has 31 of the 349 […]
The son of former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins pleaded guilty Thursday in an insider trading case that ruined his Republican father�s political career. Cameron Collins admitted in his plea in federal court in Manhattan that he had traded stocks based an illegal tip from his Republican father, telling the judge, �I truly regret my conduct.� […]
A man who spent over a quarter-century behind bars while professing his innocence in a New York City killing was cleared Thursday after prosecutors said they no longer believe the key witnesses� testimony. Carlos Weeks, 46, walked out of a Brooklyn courtroom free for the first time since 1993, when he was arrested in a […]
Jurors in the attempted murder trial of a man already convicted of planting bombs in New York City ended their first day of deliberations Thursday by re-watching surveillance video of
U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages sent by ordinary users, re-igniting tensions between tech companies and law enforcement. Facebook�s WhatsApp already uses so-called end-to-end encryption, which locks up messages so that even Facebook can�t read their contents. […]
The U.S. government�s highway safety agency is gathering information on reports of malfunctions with a Tesla feature that lets drivers summon their cars in parking lots. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stopped short of saying it had opened a formal investigation. But in a statement Thursday it said that it�s aware of the reports […]
CNN says it has rejected two advertisements submitted by President Donald Trump�s re-election campaign because they weren�t factual, but will run a third ad that was submitted on Thursday. Trump�s campaign likened CNN to a public relations firm for Democrats after rejection of its first advertisement, which discussed allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden […]
Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement that could pay up to $800 million
Joe Biden raised $15.2 million for his presidential campaign over the last three months. The sum places him well ahead of many lower-tier candidates in the Democratic primary. But it�s a middling amount for one of the top-polling candidates in the Democratic primary and lags behind what Bernie Sanders raised by more than $10 million. […]
They don�t like the talk of impeachment, but there�s a small and growing number of Republicans who want the Democratic-run House investigation of President Donald Trump to proceed. Several House Republicans have said in recent days that they want answers to questions about Trump�s dealings with Ukraine�s president. By contrast, Republican leaders in the House […]
A state appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked New York from enforcing a new prohibition on sales of flavored e-cigarettes after the vaping industry sued to block the ban. The
The former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine told lawmakers Thursday that he wasn�t personally involved in President Donald Trump�s effort to have that country�s leaders investigate Joe Biden�s family and said he warned Ukrainians to steer clear of American politics. Kurt Volker, who has become a central figure in the House�s impeachment inquiry and testified […]
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