H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89.
Now that the water line to the new Sullivan County Jail has been installed, a crew from the County’s Division of Public Works will be repaving Jefferson Street between the Government Center and Route 17B this Tuesday, July 9 and Wednesday, July 10. This is one of the most heavily travelled roads in all of […]
The following (unedited text) was posted on a local Facebook page in Sullivan County: I’m a school bus driver in Sullivan County. I did my first Jewish camp trip today. Three years ago I moved here and I wondered how so many people can hate our summer visitors. I guess no matter who the group […]
Vice President Mike Pence blasted remarks made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., when she declared that the U.S. was running “concentration camps” along the Mexico border. Speaking at the Christians
An Israeli court has found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization responsible for deadly attacks against Israelis and Jews during the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s. The Jerusalem court stated that the Palestinian institutions and individual Palestinian leaders provided financial support to attackers and incited to violence. Tuesday’s ruling addressed 17 […]
During a live segment on a cable news network, from a sports bar in France where patrons were celebrating the United States women’s World Cup Championship, a profane chant about President Donald Trump broke out. The First Viewer was not pleased. But the object of his ire was not CNN or MSNBC. It was his […]
Attorney General William Barr on Monday accused Democrats of trying to create a “public spectacle” by subpoenaing Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation. In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said the Justice Department would support Mueller if he decides he “doesn’t want to subject himself” to congressional […]
Members of the mourning Tekka family, who got up from shiva on Monday, met with representatives of the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigations Unit (PIU). The family was sitting shiva for
New research suggests legalizing recreational marijuana for U.S. adults in some states may have slightly reduced teens’ odds of using pot. One reason may be that it’s harder and costlier for teens to buy marijuana from licensed dispensaries than from dealers, said lead author Mark Anderson, a health economist at Montana State University. The researchers […]
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to cut off contact with Britain’s ambassador to the United States after leaked diplomatic cables revealed the envoy called the Trump administration “dysfunctional” and “inept.” The U.S. leader tweeted about Ambassador Kim Darroch a day after a British newspaper published the diplomat’s unflattering assessments of the current administration in Washington. […]
A federal grand jury in New York is investigating top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, examining whether he used his position as vice chair of President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee to drum up business deals with foreign leaders, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press and people familiar with the matter. A wide-ranging subpoena the […]
Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he sees a legal path to adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite a Supreme Court ruling that blocked its inclusion,
‘Lo Sa’amod al Dam Rei’echa!’ Our dear Jewish Brothers and Sisters, We are writing to you out of deep frustration and genuine fear for innocent Jewish children’s lives. Last summer a beautiful young 4 year old boy was killed in the Catskills R’L. Pointing fingers is undoubtedly unproductive, but as a functioning society and as […]
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in suburban Minneapolis said Monday they’ll hit the online retail and entertainment giant with a brief strike next Monday – its heavily touted “Prime Day” – in a continuing push to improve pay and working conditions for the facility’s heavily East African workforce. The strike and rally in Shakopee are […]
Dear Yagilu Parents, Every night I go to sleep thinking of the safety and well being of our Yagilu campers and staff. And when I wake up each morning, I
President Donald Trump’s New York state tax returns could be given to Congress under a new law in his home state that the Democratic governor signed Monday. The measure signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo directs state tax officials to share state returns of certain elected and appointed officials upon written request from the chairpersons of […]
Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Iowa and Nevada will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of showing up at their states’ traditional neighborhood caucus meetings next February, according to plans unveiled by the state parties. The tele-caucus systems, the result of a mandate from the Democratic National Committee, […]
(By: Zvi Gluck) Let me be the first to admit that I am not a math person, yet, unfortunately, it seems that right now my life has been all about
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