If milk is a few days past its “Sell By” date, is it safe to drink? U.S. regulators are urging food-makers to be more consistent with labeling terms like “Best By” and “Enjoy By” that cause confusion. By clarifying the meaning of such dates, they are trying to prevent people from prematurely tossing products and […]
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday rejected a request from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who was seeking to push off the date for his pre-indictment hearing regarding cases pending against
Police departments in at least five states are investigating their officers’ social media feeds after the weekend publication of a database that appears to catalogue thousands of inflammatory posts by active-duty and former cops. The posts were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent two years looking at the personal Facebook accounts of police […]
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An Amazon executive said Wednesday that the online shopping giant isn’t too big and shouldn’t be broken up, but added that large companies deserve to be examined. Amazon and other big tech companies are facing scrutiny from government agencies that are looking into their business practices. In addition, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has called […]
My brother is VERY sick and the doctors have one last trial drug that they are willing to try. However, the cost is $90,000 as it is not covered by
There is a storm brewing among leaders of the Bayit Yehudi party, which is the major member of the United Right-Wing party, headed by Rabbi Rafi Peretz. The dispute between
Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to use self-piloted drones to deliver packages to shoppers’ home in the coming months. The online shopping giant did not give exact timing or say where the drones will be making deliveries. Amazon said its new drones use computer vision and machine learning to detect and avoid people or […]
Any plan to adequately address climate change would likely cost at least $10 trillion, freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday as she responded to a flurry of climate proposals from
Philadelphia’s new street sweeping program has hit a road bump: The trucks are too wide to fit down some of the city’s narrow, colonial-era streets. Philadelphia has been trying for
In many Jewish homes today the women are the bringing in a large portion of their household income. In most cases, this is either because they are supporting their husbands
A North Texas school board has voted to fire an English teacher who tweeted that her high school was full of students who are in the country illegally. The Fort
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a close Likud party ally as justice minister. Amir Ohana’s appointment on Wednesday came as Netanyahu heads an interim government following the dissolution
A federal judge on Monday denied a House request to prevent President Donald Trump from tapping Defense Department money for his proposed border wall with Mexico, saying Congress lacked authority
In a turnabout, the government said Wednesday it will start posting a list of some 400 troubled nursing homes , days after senators released the “secret” document along with a
Ministry of Environmental Protection: After Moshav Idan in the Aravah – mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus were also discovered in the settlement of Beit Aryeh in Shomron. The Ministry
Half of U.S. adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey. A majority also believe journalists have
The High Court of Justice on Wednesday morning ruled against a petition of the Chazon organization, which is seeking to prevent the removal of the signs “Abba + Ima =
Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER’-sten JIHL’-uh-brand) has a plan to legalize marijuana and expunge all nonviolent criminal charges associated with it. The New York senator says in a Medium
MK Moshe Gafne, who chairs the Knesset Finance Committee, launched an attack against MKs Avigdor Lieberman and Betzalel Smotrich in his address to a conference at the Institute of Certified
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