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Washington – Cruz And Clinton Win Primaries In Texas Share Tweet Share Mail

Washington – Cruz And Clinton Win Primaries In Texas Share Tweet Share Mail

Washington – Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat Hillary Clinton have won the presidential primaries in Texas. This is the first win for Cruz during… Read More ›

Washington – Cruz Wins Republican Primary In Oklahoma

Washington – Cruz Wins Republican Primary In Oklahoma

  Washington – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has won another Republican primary — this time in Oklahoma. Cruz topped his rivals in Oklahoma, having just… Read More ›

Linthicum, MD – TSA Confiscates Gun-Shaped Stilettos Shoes At Baltimore Airport

Linthicum, MD – TSA Confiscates Gun-Shaped Stilettos Shoes At Baltimore Airport

  Linthicum, MD – Airport Officials say they stopped a woman on Sunday at a security checkpoint with a pair of gun-shaped stiletto heels. TSA… Read More ›

ZOA urges action after Jewish students harassed on New York City campuses

ZOA urges action after Jewish students harassed on New York City campuses

Students reported being attacked by members of the pro-Palestinian group Students for Justice in Palestine at Hunter College, John Jay College, Brooklyn College and the… Read More ›

Pentagon boosts spending to fight cyber attacks

Pentagon boosts spending to fight cyber attacks

Reeling from massive breach of federal personnel records, defense department to boost defensive measures by $900m this year   WASHINGTON – The Pentagon plans to… Read More ›

Wall Street’s nightmare stock had a dream come true

Wall Street’s nightmare stock had a dream come true

  SunEdison, the solar manufacturing company that has been the bane of Wall Street’s existence since it started crashing in July, had a wonderful day.… Read More ›

HP will lay off 3,000 workers this year

HP will lay off 3,000 workers this year

  After HP reported a fiscal first quarter that was in line with what the Street expected, the company’s CEO delivered a less-than-inspiring update on growth and… Read More ›

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is meeting investors to save her job while laying off over 400 people

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is meeting investors to save her job while laying off over 400 people

  Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is reportedly on a trip to meet investors and sell her future plan that would keep her on board — all… Read More ›

Cuba’s Ramon Castro, brother to revolutionary Fidel Castro, dies

Cuba’s Ramon Castro, brother to revolutionary Fidel Castro, dies

Havana, Cuba – Ramon Castro has died at age 91. The older brother of Fidel, 89, and Raul Castro, 84, knew little renown, as he declined… Read More ›

Swedish teen rescued from ISIS speaks: ‘It was really a hard life’

Swedish teen rescued from ISIS speaks: ‘It was really a hard life’

A 16-year-old Swedish girl rescued from ISIS territory in northern Iraq by Kurdish special forces has given a television interview explaining how she came to… Read More ›

Plane crashes in Nepal midway through 19-minute flight; 23 feared dead

Plane crashes in Nepal midway through 19-minute flight; 23 feared dead

All are feared dead after a Tara Air plane carrying 23 people — two of them babies — crashed Wednesday morning in mountainous northern Nepal… Read More ›

Obama eyes pending Syrian ceasefire with caution

Obama eyes pending Syrian ceasefire with caution

Jordanian king lauds US involvement in region during meeting with president over aid for refugee crisis   WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sounded a cautious… Read More ›

80-year-old American detained in Iran, family says

80-year-old American detained in Iran, family says

Baquer Namazi, first American jailed since January prisoner swap, held in Evin prison, wife says; son also jailed in Iran   WASHINGTON (AP) — Family… Read More ›

Kerry urges no new Iran sanctions as Khamenei backs anti-US candidates

Kerry urges no new Iran sanctions as Khamenei backs anti-US candidates

Iran’s supreme leader warns voters of a Western plot to influence parliamentary elections; secretary of state says new sanctions wouldn’t help   Secretary of State… Read More ›

Clash over Arabs moving into Jewish towns reflects deeper conflict

Clash over Arabs moving into Jewish towns reflects deeper conflict

High Court decision delays case over preventing Arabs from purchasing homes in Jewish Afula.   The High Court on Sunday did not reach a decision… Read More ›

In Jordan, Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

In Jordan, Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

In Amman meeting, PA leader Abbas tells top US diplomat Washington should intervene in Israeli-Palestinian deadlock   US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian… Read More ›

Herzog, Lapid tell US Jewish leaders PM should reach deal with Obama

Herzog, Lapid tell US Jewish leaders PM should reach deal with Obama

“We need to preserve our qualitative military edge, which requires coming to terms with the administration as fast as possible.”   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… Read More ›

How Justice Scalia’s death impacts 6 cases that matter to Jews

How Justice Scalia’s death impacts 6 cases that matter to Jews

They may turn out differently, in the absence of Scalia’s fifth conservative vote   WASHINGTON (JTA) — With the sudden passing this weekend of justice… Read More ›

Tiger Global has made a $1 billion bet on Apple

Tiger Global has made a $1 billion bet on Apple

  Tiger Global’s public-equity business, run by Scott Shleifer, initiated a new position in Apple during the fourth quarter, according to the fund’s latest 13F filing.… Read More ›

George Soros has made a big bet on a financial-services company

George Soros has made a big bet on a financial-services company

  George Soros’ family-office hedge fund, Soros Fund Management, initiated a new position in Synchrony Financial during the fourth quarter, the fund’s latest regulatory filing… Read More ›