A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama said this week it plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in 11 states this year, with its heaviest
Small business owners may want to hand out bonuses and raises now that there’s a new tax law, but many don’t know if they’ll have any wealth to share. “We
The New York State Senate, today, unanimously passed legislation (S3241) introduced by Senator Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) and sponsored in the Assembly (A3108) by Assemblyman William Colton (D-Brooklyn) that allows anyone to say the Pledge of Allegiance or sing the National Anthem at any location in New York City without requiring a permit. “The Pledge of […]
Mosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is threatening drastic cuts to the Lifeline program, which subsidizes phone and internet service for millions of low-income Americans, but New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger (Midwood, Boro Park, Bensonhurst) is vowing to stand up for his constituents who depend on the program. “Lifeline is appropriately named; it is a […]
B’chasdei Hashem, much has been accomplished in the IDF’s battle against Gaza-based terrorist tunnels leading into southern Israel. A number of such tunnels have recently been discovered and detonated. One of the new weapons against the tunnel involves engineering and low-tech, the building of a wall, a wall that does not go up high, but […]
On Wednesday, 22 Shevat, Women for the Wall (WfW) petitioned the High Court of Justice through attorney Harel Arnon demanding that the Women of the Wall (WoW) be removed from
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over an extravagant military parade in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday, grabbing the spotlight on the eve of the Pyeongchang Winter
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $400 billion budget deal that sharply boosts spending and swells the federal deficit, ending a brief federal government shutdown that happened while most
The government’s star witness in the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was bracing for a scolding from prosecutors as he left
A Massachusetts couple says it was fun when they started receiving free mystery packages from Amazon they hadn’t ordered. Now they want it to stop. Mike and Kelly Gallivan, of
Twitter made money for the first time in its nearly 12-year history, a milestone that satisfied investors in the short term but might not resolve the company’s broader problems any
One-year-old Lucas Warren’s contagious smile won over executives at Gerber baby food who have made him their “spokesbaby” this year. Lucas is Gerber’s first spokesbaby with Down syndrome in the
A white diamond billed as the largest and purest of its type to come to market is expected to sell for well over $33 million. Sotheby’s auction house says the 102.34-carat gem mined from Botswana “is the only known round brilliant-cut diamond over 100 carats perfect according to every critical criterion” — carats, color, clarity […]
A record number of Knesset members have resigned during this, the 20th Knesset term. With the resignation yesterday of Yesh Atid MK Yakov Peri, the 20th Knesset now stands at
It has been confirmed that at least 35 people have been killed in the latest attack by Syrian President Bashir al-Assad against rebel forces. This most recent attack, which occurred
The High Court of Justice on Thursday, 23 Shevat, turned down a petition from Yosef Chaim Ben-David, 31, the Jewish man convicted of kidnapping/murder of Jerusalem Arab teen Mohammed Abu-Khadir, who was sixteen at the time of his death. Three defendants were convicted in the abduction of the teen from Beit Haninah, forcing him into a […]
Hafganos were held in Kikar Shabbos on Thursday night. As is the usual, traffic was brought to a halt as dumpsters were set ablaze, and hundreds of protesters blocked the
The Department of Justice says the former leader of a Missouri-based organization that illegally funneled money to Iraq should have his U.S. citizenship revoked. The federal agency filed a complaint
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