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Half Moon Bay, CA – California Contest Dubs 1,969-pound Pumpkin The Plumpest

Half Moon Bay, CA – California Contest Dubs 1,969-pound Pumpkin The Plumpest

  Half Moon Bay, CA – A rippled white gourd weighing in at 1,969 pounds took the title Monday for plumpest pumpkin at an annual… Read More ›

Washington – Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Half Of U.S. Democrats Want Biden In Race

Washington – Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Half Of U.S. Democrats Want Biden In Race

  Washington – The drumbeat for Joe Biden to jump into the 2016 presidential race is growing louder. Almost half of the nation’s Democrats want… Read More ›

Miami – Bush Offers Plan To Repeal, Replace Federal Health Care Law

Miami – Bush Offers Plan To Repeal, Replace Federal Health Care Law

  Miami – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday proposed repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law with one that would increase… Read More ›

Julian Assange: UK police drop 24-hour embassy guard

Julian Assange: UK police drop 24-hour embassy guard

  London – Police are no longer guarding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange around the clock, London’s Metropolitan Police said Monday, but are deploying “a number of… Read More ›

Singapore Airlines jet ‘faceplants’ as landing gear retracts

Singapore Airlines jet ‘faceplants’ as landing gear retracts

  A Singapore Airlines jet faceplanted when its forward landing gear retracted on the tarmac at Singapore’s Changi Airport Sunday. The Airbus A330-300 was undergoing… Read More ›

U.S. Treasury inquires about ISIS use of Toyota vehicles

U.S. Treasury inquires about ISIS use of Toyota vehicles

Atlanta – The U.S. Treasury is seeking information from Toyota about how ISIS has gotten hold of the automaker’s trucks, which have been shown in the… Read More ›

FIFA’s Sepp Blatter facing suspension?

FIFA’s Sepp Blatter facing suspension?

  Is Sepp Blatter going to be off the job sooner than expected? That’s the question after initial reports suggested the president of soccer world’s… Read More ›

Visitors ‘scream’ as China’s new 1,000-meter-high glass walkway cracks

Visitors ‘scream’ as China’s new 1,000-meter-high glass walkway cracks

  Walking on a glass walkway suspended 1,000 meters up a mountain is supposed to be terrifying — but not this terrifying. Just two weeks… Read More ›

US says it is ‘deeply concerned’ over escalating violence

US says it is ‘deeply concerned’ over escalating violence

White House spokesman urges ‘cooler heads’ to prevail, ‘restoration of status quo’ on Temple Mount     The White House expressed “deep concern” over a… Read More ›

Netanyahu: There’s a terror wave, but we’ve overcome worse

Netanyahu: There’s a terror wave, but we’ve overcome worse

Hours before fourth and fifth attacks of the day, PM vows to take ‘firm action against terrorists, lawbreakers and inciters’   Amid a spate of… Read More ›

Netanyahu bans ministers, MKs from Temple Mount

Netanyahu bans ministers, MKs from Temple Mount

After five terror attacks in one day, PM orders police to prevent entry to all non-Muslim politicians in bid to reduce tensions   Prime Minister… Read More ›

Fleeing ISIS tyranny: Agony of the Yazidis

Fleeing ISIS tyranny: Agony of the Yazidis

  Lalish Temple, Iraqi Kurdistan – “Goodbye,” a woman dressed in a black shawl murmured in Kurdish, as she kissed the outstretched hand of an elderly… Read More ›

Abbas tells PA forces to urgently quell West Bank protests

Abbas tells PA forces to urgently quell West Bank protests

3 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli troops Sunday-Monday, following Palestinian terror attacks in which four Israelis killed   Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ordered… Read More ›

Thousands of rightists protest at PM’s home, demand action on terror

Thousands of rightists protest at PM’s home, demand action on terror

Likud minister Yariv Levin: Abbas is the problem not the solution, he has no desire for peace; Minister Katz: More settlement construction is the answer… Read More ›

PM charges justice minister with expediting demolition of terrorists’ homes

PM charges justice minister with expediting demolition of terrorists’ homes

After security cabinet approves punitive measure, Netanyahu tasks Ayelet Shaked with setting up mechanism to speed up legal process   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on… Read More ›

Interview: Novel brings Nazi persecution of artists to life

Interview: Novel brings Nazi persecution of artists to life

Author Lisa Barr tells Ynet about what inspired her to write about Hitler’s mission to destroy the avant-garde and her unforgettable interview with Leah Rabin… Read More ›

US: Kuwait Airways discriminated against Israeli

US: Kuwait Airways discriminated against Israeli

US Department of Transportation finds Kuwait Airways in violation of the law due to discriminatory nature of the airline’s online booking system, which prevents customers… Read More ›

Two Israeli firms sign cumulative $923 million deals

Two Israeli firms sign cumulative $923 million deals

Israel-based MediWound signs $112 million contract while Mellanox buys tech firm EZchip for $811 million, seeking to become leader in interconnect solutions. From medical ingenuity… Read More ›

Jewish leaders send condolences to Saudi king over haj stampede tragedy

Jewish leaders send condolences to Saudi king over haj stampede tragedy

Letter was sent by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder and CEO Robert Singer.   A major Jewish organization publicly expressed condolences on Thursday to the… Read More ›

Huge Nazi banner for film causes outcry in France

Huge Nazi banner for film causes outcry in France

“There was nothing to explain what was going on, the scene was just surreal,” said one tourist in response to the red swastika banner displayed… Read More ›