Month March 2021

A 12-year-old boy from suburban Denver is in critical condition after his family believes he tried a TikTok challenge that dares people to choke themselves until they lose consciousness. Joshua Haileyesus’ twin brother found him passed out in the bathroom… Continue Reading →

The FBI arrested two former city employees Tuesday accused of stealing bank cards from dead bodies taken to New York City’s mortuary and racking up thousands of dollars in charges. Former mortuary technicians Willie Garcon and Charles McFadgen were charged… Continue Reading →

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public — under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though… Read more » The post New York Is Latest State… Continue Reading →

Fierce fighting for control of Mozambique’s strategic northern town of Palma left beheaded bodies strewn in the streets Monday, with heavily armed rebels battling army, police and a private military outfit in several locations. Thousands were estimated to be missing… Continue Reading →

A popular Palestinian leader imprisoned by Israel has registered his own parliamentary list for the May elections, his supporters said Wednesday, in a last-minute shakeup that could severely weaken President… Read more » The post Imprisoned Palestinian Leader’s Entry Shakes… Continue Reading →

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s comments on the process of forming a new government touched off a fierce partisan row on Wednesday, with Likud MKs accusing him of overstepping his mandate… Read more » The post Rivlin Sparks Partisan Row With… Continue Reading →

Iran will not halt any of its nuclear activity until the US lifts all economic sanctions, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on the state-run Press TV website in response to reports of an imminent US proposal to jumpstart… Continue Reading →

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ publicly reached out on Wednesday to the disaffected leaders of the right wing, Naftali Bennett and Gideon Saar, beckoning them to put aside longtime personal… Read more » The post Netanyahu Reaches Out to Bennett… Continue Reading →

Israel plans to give the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds upon FDA approval, the health minister said on Wednesday, after the manufacturer deemed the shots safe and effective… Read more » The post Israel Plans to Give Vaccine… Continue Reading →

The Biden administration is quietly ramping up assistance to the Palestinians after former President Donald Trump cut off nearly all aid. Since taking office with a pledge to reverse many… Read more » The post Biden Administration Quietly Ramping Up… Continue Reading →

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a month-long domestic travel ban, as the rapid spread of COVID-19 ramped up pressure on hospitals. In… Read more » The post France to Close Schools, Ban… Continue Reading →

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says his service on the board of a Ukrainian gas company, which Republicans tried to turn into a negative during the 2020 presidential campaign, wasn’t unethical and didn’t represent a lack of judgment on his… Continue Reading →

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked Kosovo’s new prime minister to reconsider the Balkan nation’s recent opening of an embassy in Jerusalem. Erdogan made the request in a letter congratulating Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who took office earlier this… Continue Reading →

A parolee convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago was arrested on assault and hate-crime charges in an attack on an Asian American woman in New York City,… Read more » The post Suspect in Attack on Asian… Continue Reading →

Archeologists in the UK digging at an excavation site of ancient shops overlapping Oxford’s old Jewish quarter “were stunned” to uncover solid evidence that medieval Jews living in England prior to the 1290 expulsion ate only kosher, The Jewish Chronicle… Continue Reading →