Articles by: JewishNews-Ben

This startup is taking on Airbnb and Hotel Tonight by letting you find a place to crash at the last minute

This startup is taking on Airbnb and Hotel Tonight by letting you find a place to crash at the last minute

  When home-sharing app Overnight made its Austin debut before South by Southwest this past March, the company’s founders weren’t sure what to expect. Overnight had… Read More ›

New York – Trump Presents ‘Partner’ Pence, But No Doubt Who’s The Star

New York – Trump Presents ‘Partner’ Pence, But No Doubt Who’s The Star

  New York – Donald Trump presented running mate Mike Pence to the nation Saturday, hailing the Indiana governor as his “first choice” and “my… Read More ›

New York – Rev. Al Sharpton Blasts Effort To Mute Black Lives Matter Rallies

New York – Rev. Al Sharpton Blasts Effort To Mute Black Lives Matter Rallies

  New York – The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized efforts to mute the Black Lives Matter movement Saturday, saying a sustained protest is the only… Read More ›

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Sheriff: Escaped Florida Murder Suspect Armed, Has Help

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Sheriff: Escaped Florida Murder Suspect Armed, Has Help

  Fort Lauderdale, FL – The search for a Florida murder suspect who escaped by bolting from a courtroom became nationwide Saturday as a sheriff… Read More ›

‘Gold is calling BS’ on our economic policy

‘Gold is calling BS’ on our economic policy

  You have to be careful writing about gold. You come out in favor of gold and you get maligned as some kind of doomsday-prepping,… Read More ›

Washington – Holocaust Museum: Stop Catching Pokemon Here

Washington – Holocaust Museum: Stop Catching Pokemon Here

  Washington – The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington is requesting that smartphone users refrain from “catching” Pokemon when they are inside the museum.… Read More ›

New York – ‘Big Money’ To Be Made If Stocks Fail To Stay Near Current Highs: Gundlach

New York – ‘Big Money’ To Be Made If Stocks Fail To Stay Near Current Highs: Gundlach

  New York – Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital, said on Tuesday that there is “big money” to be made on the… Read More ›

Baltimore, MD – NAACP: Trump Declines Offer To Address Civil Rights Group

Baltimore, MD – NAACP: Trump Declines Offer To Address Civil Rights Group

  Baltimore, MD – The NAACP says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has declined an invitation to address the group’s upcoming convention, flouting established precedent… Read More ›

Amnesty: Hundreds ‘disappeared’ by Egyptian forces

Amnesty: Hundreds ‘disappeared’ by Egyptian forces

  “Officially, you do not exist.” That’s the alarming title of a new report published by Amnesty International alleging human rights violations occurring in Egypt.… Read More ›

Not so terrible: Many dinosaurs cooed rather than roared

Not so terrible: Many dinosaurs cooed rather than roared

“Jurassic Park” may have seared the vision of dinosaurs as scary, scaly creatures into many of our minds, but new findings further undermine the terrible… Read More ›

Lawrence, NY – Jewish Designer Sues Over Copycat House

Lawrence, NY – Jewish Designer Sues Over Copycat House

  Lawrence, NY – A Five Towns designer who says that her copyrighted house plans were used without permission to build a nearly identical house… Read More ›

Warrensville Heights, OH – Black Officer Says Louisiana Shooting Made Her Want To Quit

Warrensville Heights, OH – Black Officer Says Louisiana Shooting Made Her Want To Quit

Warrensville Heights, OH –  A black police officer in suburban Cleveland said in a video posted on Facebook she was so upset after watching the… Read More ›

Washington – House Passes Measure To Stop Sale Of Boeing Aircraft To Iran

Washington – House Passes Measure To Stop Sale Of Boeing Aircraft To Iran

  Washington –  A week before the one-year anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal, the Republican-led House approved measures aimed at blocking U.S. companies from… Read More ›

U.S. sanctions North Korean leader for first time over human rights abuses

U.S. sanctions North Korean leader for first time over human rights abuses

  Washington – The Obama administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other regime officials for their alleged… Read More ›

U.S., S. Korea to deploy THAAD system against North Korea missile threat

U.S., S. Korea to deploy THAAD system against North Korea missile threat

The U.S. and South Korea have agreed to deploy an advanced military defense system that could intercept North Korean missiles following continued weapons testing by… Read More ›

For Muslim visitor, ugly encounter leads to apology

For Muslim visitor, ugly encounter leads to apology

United Arab Emirates businessman Ahmed Al Menhali was in the United States last week for medical treatment. Instead, police body camera footage shows him collapsing… Read More ›

‘The gun didn’t kill my boy. I did’: Father grieves son he accidentally shot

‘The gun didn’t kill my boy. I did’: Father grieves son he accidentally shot

Stephen Brumby had a long list of hobbies and interests, and at 14 years old, he was starting to catch up to his father and… Read More ›

Suicide attackers launch 3 strikes in Saudi Arabia

Suicide attackers launch 3 strikes in Saudi Arabia

A wave of suicide bombings hit three Saudi Arabian cities over a 24-hour period. The attacks came on the heels of massive jihadi assaults in… Read More ›

The beginning of the end of the Abbas era

The beginning of the end of the Abbas era

ANALYSIS: A rise in terrorism, and internal Palestinian violence, underline the growing instability in the West Bank — and the sense of an imminent leadership… Read More ›

In first, Tanzania to open embassy in Israel

In first, Tanzania to open embassy in Israel

Netanyahu hails ‘milestone’ summit with East African leaders in Uganda   Tanzania told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that the East African country would… Read More ›