Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump asserted on Twitter that there was �no need to rush� to get a deal between the world�s two biggest economies and later added that the tariffs […]
The Israeli startup Aleph Farms was founded in 2017, and today, is showing great promise for developing meat without the shechita of cows. The venture has just completed raising $11.65
Former FBI Director James Comey suggested at a televised town hall Thursday that President Trump could be indicted after he leaves office — as the president fired back, calling Comey
A fast-acting school bus driver is being lauded for grabbing a student by the back of his jacket as he was about to step out into the path of a car. An inside-the-bus surveillance video posted on the Norwich City School District�s Facebook page shows driver Samantha Call suddenly grabbing a student descending the stairs […]
Two of President Donald Trump�s 2016 campaign members said Thursday that former Vice President Joe Biden would present the toughest 2020 challenge for the president, though they disagreed on whether Biden can first win his party�s nomination. Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said at a conference in Las Vegas that he thinks Biden would […]
A judge cleared the way Thursday for a disciplinary trial to begin next week for the white New York City police officer accused in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose pleas of �I can�t breathe� became a rallying cry against police brutality. Judge Joan Madden rejected Officer Daniel Pantaleo�s […]
President Donald Trump�s budget plan would produce significantly larger budget deficits than promised when it was released in March, mostly because its estimates of economic growth are too rosy, according to a new nonpartisan analysis Thursday. The Congressional Budget Office estimate said Trump�s budget, if enacted in its entirety, would produce deficits that would be […]
President Donald Trump has a message for Iran�s leaders as tensions flare over the Islamic Republic�s nuclear program: �Call me.� The softer line marks a clear shift, at least rhetorically, from the administration�s tough approach to Iran, which has included moving some of America�s most formidable military weapons � an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers […]
A gunman who killed a woman and wounded three during services at a Southern California synagogue later told a 911 dispatcher he had done it because “the Jewish people are destroying the white race,” prosecutors said Thursday in announcing 109 hate crime and other charges�against the man. U.S. Attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. said it’s […]
China has the world�s fastest and largest high-speed rail network � more than 19,000 miles, the vast majority of which was built in the past decade. Japan�s bullet trains can reach nearly 200 miles per hour and date to the 1960s. They have moved more than 9 billion people without a single passenger causality. casualty […]
A former U.S. soldier from Oklahoma who was pardoned this week for his 2009 conviction for killing an Iraqi prisoner said Wednesday that he initially didn�t answer the White House�s phone call to tell him of the pardon. Former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna said he was on the phone with his father, retired FBI […]
A speeding driver was caught on camera heading the wrong-way through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and crashing into an Uber vehicle, before trying to run away. The 18-year-old driver of the
The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment in relations between the two countries. The �Wise Honest,� North Korea�s second largest cargo ship, was detained in April 2018 as it traveled toward […]
A 57-year-old man was released Thursday on bond a day after his arrest during a law enforcement raid on a Los Angeles mansion that uncovered more than 1,000 guns, according
Palestinian terrorists threw stones at an Egged Number 1 bus on Thursday night. The bus was heading to the Kosel was was attacked as it passed “Sha’ar Shechem”. Bichasdei Hashem,
A hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian at Lee Avenue and Middleton Street in Williamsburg on Wednesday afternoon. The car was then seen driving on the sidewalk at Franklin and Park
Some senior House lawmakers, frustrated by a decade of frozen congressional salaries, are quietly exploring whether to accept an annual pay raise that they�ve shunned since Barack Obama was first president. It�s a longshot at best, requiring comity that�s in short supply in a Capitol riven with partisanship. More than two-thirds of House members have […]
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Neturei Karta were out mourning the 71st anniversary of the State of Israel, with their annual protests. A small crowd marched around Kikar Shabbos, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “Tziyonim
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executive�s standing in the administration. Shanahan has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably the most sensitive […]
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