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The man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan was released from mental hospital — here’s what his life will look like

The man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan was released from mental hospital — here’s what his life will look like

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan has been released from a Washington mental hospital for good, more than… Read More ›

TRUMP: Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ comment the ‘worst mistake of the political season’

TRUMP: Clinton’s ‘deplorables’ comment the ‘worst mistake of the political season’

  Donald Trump released a statement Saturday lambasting Hillary Clinton for labeling half of his supporters a “basket of deplorables” and calling her remarks the… Read More ›

Israel – Final Bodies Recovered From Tel Aviv Construction Collapse

Israel – Final Bodies Recovered From Tel Aviv Construction Collapse

  Tel Aviv – The Israeli military says it has recovered the final three bodies buried beneath the rubble of a construction site collapse in… Read More ›

Geneva – U.S., Russia Clinch Syria Deal, Aim For Truce From Monday

Geneva – U.S., Russia Clinch Syria Deal, Aim For Truce From Monday

  Geneva – The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria’s peace process back on track, including a nationwide… Read More ›

Jerusalem – Israel’s Role In South Sudan Under Scrutiny Amid Violence

Jerusalem – Israel’s Role In South Sudan Under Scrutiny Amid Violence

  Jerusalem –  Escalating violence in South Sudan is casting a light on Israel’s murky involvement in that conflict and raising questions about Prime Minister… Read More ›

DNA from ancient skeletons reveals cause of London’s Great Plague

DNA from ancient skeletons reveals cause of London’s Great Plague

  In 1665, the Great Plague of London killed more than 75,000 people in the space of a year, almost a quarter of the city’s… Read More ›

San Bernadino terror report shows heroism by cops, victims

San Bernadino terror report shows heroism by cops, victims

The SWAT team was just finishing up a “active-shooter” training exercise when they got the call that a real-life massacre was taking place at a… Read More ›

Nurse kissed in iconic V-J Day photo dead at 92

Nurse kissed in iconic V-J Day photo dead at 92

Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in Times Square on V-J Day in 1945, has died, according to… Read More ›

Obama urges unity on eve of 9/11 anniversary

Obama urges unity on eve of 9/11 anniversary

‘We cannot give in to those who would divide us. We cannot react in ways that erode the fabric of our society’   WASHINGTON –… Read More ›

Fifteen years on, 9/11 seared into New York history

Fifteen years on, 9/11 seared into New York history

Residents haunted by the carnage and loss, and by the new world inaugurated by the attacks, try to balance remembrance and rebuilding   NEW YORK… Read More ›

New Ken Burns film spotlights little-known Holocaust rescuers

New Ken Burns film spotlights little-known Holocaust rescuers

How a quiet New England couple traveled to Europe on the eve of WWII and saved hundreds through clandestine operations — including money laundering and… Read More ›

For the love of gefilte: Scottish inmates converting to Judaism for better meals

For the love of gefilte: Scottish inmates converting to Judaism for better meals

Inspired by an episode of ‘Orange is the New Black,’ more than 130 Scottish inmates have become Jewish to receive kosher meals, which are considered… Read More ›

Gilad Sharon to follow footsteps of father, brother into politics

Gilad Sharon to follow footsteps of father, brother into politics

More than a decade after his father split Likud to form Kadima, late Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s younger son Gilad is preparing to follow in… Read More ›

The enemy of the people

The enemy of the people

Analysis: A recent poll projected victory for Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud. Lapid’s appeals to the center seem to be… Read More ›

Jihadist terrorism enters new stage 15 years after 9/11

Jihadist terrorism enters new stage 15 years after 9/11

Terrorism is first and foremost an idea, which, like a virus, spreads, thrives under certain conditions, and changes form.   Fifteen years after al-Qaida perpetrated… Read More ›

The Israeli doctor who helped a woman have a baby at age 60

The Israeli doctor who helped a woman have a baby at age 60

‘Metro’ interviews the doctor who helped make it happen.   Last month, a 60-year-old woman gave birth at the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot. It wasn’t… Read More ›

Analysis: ‘War on terror’ took region from bad to worse

Analysis: ‘War on terror’ took region from bad to worse

The US and the Middle East Since 9/11: taking the region from bad to worse.   Fifteen years after the US “war on terror” was launched… Read More ›

Clinton tells Israel TV ‘ISIS prays to Allah for Trump victory’

Clinton tells Israel TV ‘ISIS prays to Allah for Trump victory’

Clinton said that Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s positions on Israel vary from day to day, and for that reason Israelis should be extremely wary… Read More ›

Netanyahu and Abbas agree ‘in principle’ to meet, Russia says

Netanyahu and Abbas agree ‘in principle’ to meet, Russia says

No confirmation from Jerusalem or Ramallah after latest report of possible face-to-face summit between leaders in Moscow   The Russian foreign ministry on Thursday said… Read More ›

Chinese buyers are getting real savvy

Chinese buyers are getting real savvy

  Chinese investors have been aggressively pursuing acquisitions, in a move that is unsettling to many. There is Syngenta’s record-breaking $48 billion sale to ChemChina, Ingram… Read More ›