Month June 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s rare for the leader of the free world to be rendered silent, but President Joe Biden is clearly determined to say as little as possible about his predecessor Donald Trump’s federal indictment. Biden’s White House dodges… Continue Reading →
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador astonished her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake, and the incident has prompted a government investigation into the hospital. Relatives left… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s shift to the right is perhaps nowhere more notable than in this vibrant swath of the state’s southeast coast where the latest Donald Trump drama is unfolding. Republicans have made steady inroads in this former Democratic… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced Monday she was stepping down after nearly a year and a half at the helm of the NYPD, The NY Times is reporting. She did not provide a reason for her… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Much of the theft was brazen, even simple. Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (JNS) – The United Nations was supposed to convene a meeting with Jewish leaders and global antisemitism envoys next week in Cordoba, Spain to unveil its plan to combat antisemitism. It has postponed that meeting, amid stark disagreement over… Continue Reading →
Renowned Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley says former President Donald Trump is facing a life sentence if convicted on even a single count from the extensive list of charges levied against him by the Justice Department last week. Turley’s… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was traveling to Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance this week on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Online travel agency Expedia Group is benefitting as Americans continue to make up for trips they skipped during the worst of the pandemic, and Wall Street expects it to post a solidly profitable 2023 after a… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli lawmaker and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot revealed on Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces conducted external operations against Islamic State in 2015. “ISIS knows best how frequently the IDF acted in the Middle East, and… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Sunday (6/18/23)Morning Mrs. Jamie Friedmanwife R’ Nissin Friedmanson R’ Yehoshua Friedmanson R’ Menachem Friedmanson Mrs Rivky Weberdaughter Mrs. Perel Werblowskydaughter Mrs. Tova Katzdaughter Mrs. Nisi Streichersister will be sitting shiva at 1543 58th st. boro park. 11204… Continue Reading →
LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A boat carrying 36 people capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of Lockport, police said. Police and fire… Continue Reading →
LONDON (JNS) – Roger Waters, the co-founder of the band Pink Floyd, has faced widespread criticism for Holocaust and anti-Israel imagery at his concerts. Ahead of a June 10 concert in Manchester, national and local U.K. politicians distanced themselves from… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Silvio Berlusconi was “a great friend of Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday as the world reacted to the death of the 86-year-old Italian political leader. “I was deeply saddened by the passing of Silvio Berlusconi,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – In the Middle Ages, Jews were accused of poisoning wells and starting plagues, including the Black Death. In present-day Rockland County, N.Y., and across state lines in New Jersey, the Orthodox Jewish community is being accused… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — An air deployment exercise billed as the biggest in NATO’s history and hosted by Germany got underway on Monday. The Air Defender 2023 exercise that is set to run through June 23 was long-planned but serves to… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — U.N. cultural and scientific agency UNESCO announced Monday that the United States plans to rejoin — and pay more than $600 million in back dues — after a decade-long dispute sparked by the organization’s move to include… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – Lawyer Thomas A. Durkin has spent much of his career working in national security law, representing clients in a variety of national security and domestic terrorism matters. Joseph Ferguson was a national security prosecutor in the… Continue Reading →