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SHE CAN STAY: Israel’s Supreme Court Overturns Deportation of American BDS Activist Lara Alqasem
Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an appeals court ruling that agreed with the government’s decision to bar an American graduate student from entering the country over her alleged involvement in the boycott movement against the
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U.S. Navy Helicopter Crashes On USS Ronald Reagan In Asia, Sailors Hurt
A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan on Friday, causing non-fatal injuries to a dozen sailors, the Navy said. The Navy’s 7th Fleet said in
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Trump Organization Sues Man Who Died In Trump Tower Fire
The Trump Organization has filed a lawsuit seeking to reclaim $90,000 in unpaid fees from a Trump Tower resident who died in an April fire at the tower. The board of Trump Tower Condominium
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Twitter Releases Archive of 10 million Tweets From State-Backed Troll Accounts
Twitter is releasing all known accounts and posts related to “information operations” dating back to 2016, when it was first learned that foreign operators were using social media to meddle in U.S. elections. Twitter
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Trump Asks Cabinet To Cut Next Year’s Budgets By 5 Percent
Dubbing it the “nickel plan,” President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he’s asking every Cabinet secretary to cut their next-year’s budgets by 5 percent. “Get rid of the fat. Get rid of the waste,”
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Facebook’s Election ‘War Room’ Takes Aim At Fake Information
In an otherwise innocuous part of Facebook’s expansive Silicon Valley campus, a locked door bears a taped-on sign that reads “War Room.” Behind the door lies a nerve center the social network has set
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Poll Finds Vast Majority Of American Jews Will Vote Democrat; 75 Percent Disapprove Of Trump
A new survey indicates an overwhelming majority of American Jews plan to vote for Democratic candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. The poll published Wednesday was conducted on behalf of the nonpartisan Jewish Electoral
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Candidate in Pivotal NY House Race Tones Down Her Support For Trump
First-term Republican U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney was an early supporter of Donald Trump who has drawn comparisons to the president by brashly claiming some people who commit mass murders are Democrats and promoting a
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Mysterious Paralyzing Illness Found Among Kids In 22 States
U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At least 62 cases have been confirmed
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Man Dies After Shirt Gets Caught In Bronx Subway Escalator
New York police say a man who died after he was found unconscious in a subway station probably choked to death when he fell on an escalator and his shirt got caught. Police say
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RECORD BREAKING! Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $667 Million For Tuesday’s Drawing
The Mega Millions prize was already giant, but now it’s absolutely massive. The jackpot has surpassed the previous record for the largest prize in the game’s history, ballooning to $667 million ahead of Tuesday
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Before Amazon or Walmart, Sears Was America’s Store For Everything
Before there was Amazon — or, for that matter, Home Depot or Walmart or Kmart — there was Sears. From its beginnings as a mail-order watch business in Minneapolis 132 years ago, the company
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NYC Reports No Shootings For Entire Weekend – First Time In 25 Years
Not one person was shot in New York City this weekend, the first time that’s happened since 1993. Officials said Monday there were no shootings with victims reported in the five boroughs for all
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Schumer: Feds Haven’t Done Enough To Investigate Limo Safety
On the heels of a horrific limousine crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York, the Senate’s top Democrat is pointing to glaring gaps in safety data that he says exist because federal
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What’s Known About Saudi Writer’s Disappearance
Veteran Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared almost two weeks ago while on a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, sparking an international uproar involving the kingdom, Turkey and the United States that remains
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ANOTHER MEASLES INCIDENT Involving Frum Person In NY & NJ; Visited Monsey Locations
Rockland County officials fear residents in New York and New Jersey may have been exposed to the measles this month. According to a release from County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr.
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Sears Files For Chapter 11 Amid Plunging Sales, Massive Debt
Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses. The question now is whether a smaller version of the company that once dominated the American retail
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5 Jews Make The Forbes’ List of Top-10 Wealthiest Americans
Forbes published its annual roster of America’s wealthiest this week, and five Jews made the 2018 top-10 list. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leads the pack at #4, with a net worth of $61 billion.
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Marijuana Is Set To Become Legal Across Canada
On Oct. 17, Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace. Uruguay launched legal sales last year, after several years of planning. It’s a profound social shift promised by
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Google’s Waze Expands Carpooling Service Throughout US
Google will begin offering its pay-to-carpool service throughout the U.S., an effort to reduce the commute-time congestion that its popular Waze navigation app is designed to avoid. The expansion announced Wednesday builds upon a
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