Credit card companies want to turn your unused credit line into cash that you can borrow for things like home improvements or unexpected expenses. But accepting this loan offer may
The Israeli military is accusing Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of stepping up attempts to build missile-production facilities in Lebanon and says these efforts are putting Lebanese civilians in
The U.S. economic landscape would look even bleaker if not for America’s consumers. The economy slowed in the spring, and many analysts think the weakness will continue in the months ahead. Yet consumer spending, which drives about 70% of growth, accelerated in the April-June quarter at the fastest pace in nearly five years. Households are […]
It seemed like a new era in the half-century battle against the deadly toll of tobacco: U.S. health officials for the first time would begin regulating cigarettes, chew and other products responsible for a half-million American deaths annually. “The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of smoking has finally emerged victorious,” […]
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s personal assistant unexpectedly stepped down Thursday after the President learned she was leaking information to the media. According to the New York Times, Madeleine Westerhout is
The number of people killed by drivers running red lights has hit a 10-year high, and AAA is urging drivers and pedestrians to use caution at traffic signals. In 2017, the latest figures available, 939 people were killed by vehicles blowing through red lights, according to a AAA study of government crash data. It’s the […]
An inspector working for the Jerusalem light rail humiliated a passenger and the light rail operator, CityPass, will be paying that passenger NIS 1,500 in compensation. The inspector called the
Hezbollah now claims that in order to prevent death and injuries, the IDF is using mannequins in jeeps patrolling the Lebanese border. Ali Shoeib, who works for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar news network, published the photos and said that the IDF fears an attack, and are using the dummies instead of soldiers. The IDF said they don’t respond […]
Caught in the crossfire of a trade war, American businesses operating in China say they’ve been hurt by the hostilities between the world’s two biggest economies and are facing increasingly unfair competition from Chinese firms. But they still aren’t ready to give up on the Chinese market. In the U.S.-China Business Council’s annual survey, out […]
Satellite images appear to show the smoldering remains of a rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch. The satellite pictures were taken Thursday morning of the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province. The photos show black smoke and part of a painted launch pad apparently scorched […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. plans to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan by more than half to 8,600 and then will determine further drawdowns. Trump’s comment comes as a U.S. envoy is continuing talks with the Taliban to find a resolution to the nearly 18-year-old war. The president said […]
Two sisters were killed and a third fighting for her life after a horrific, single-vehicle crash in Ashkelon, early Thursday morning. It happened at around 3:00AM on HaTechiya Street when their vehicle smashed into a tree. 16-year-old Tahel Maul, and 19-year-old Yarin Maul were killed in the crash. A sister, 16-years-old, is on life support. The […]
NEW YORK — A 19-year-old Queens man has been arrested after he allegedly plotted an ISIS-inspired terror attack in the city. According to WABC, the unidentified teenager ‘exchanged texts with
The second span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens has opened to traffic. The span opened early Thursday. A ceremony on Wednesday night included a light show
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is gambling his future on the audacious proposition that he can blunt an effort to halt his Brexit plan by simply suspending “the mother of all parliaments” for key weeks ahead of the Oct. 31 departure date. If Parliament isn’t in session, it can’t conduct official business and won’t be […]
Refuah Institute Trains Hundreds to Become Catalysts for Change in Their Communities Refuah Institute’s unique Torah-based coaching program combines scientific methods with Torah wisdom, empowering graduates to enable others to
According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) report on how many students there are in Israel, citing in the 5780 school year, there will be 1.819 million students, representing
New York City’s largest police union says the mayor and police commissioner should lose their jobs over the firing last week of an officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Police Benevolent Association delegates unanimously approved no confidence resolutions Wednesday calling for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s removal from office and Commissioner James O’Neill’s […]
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is objecting to the Trump administration’s decision to block committee staffers from conducting additional visits at 11 border detention facilities after visits last week revealed serious problems. The committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, says the refusal contradicts testimony by acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan that […]
An Ohio man has been charged with threatening a Jewish community center in a video police say shows him shooting a rifle, federal authorities announced Thursday. Police in New Middletown
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