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Sweden – Study: Weight Loss Surgery May Reduce Risk Of Developing Gout

Sweden – Study: Weight Loss Surgery May Reduce Risk Of Developing Gout

Sweden – Obese people who have weight loss surgeries like gastric bypass are much less likely than those who don’t have surgery to develop gout,… Read More ›

Washington – Obama To Hand Over Social Media Accounts To New President

Washington – Obama To Hand Over Social Media Accounts To New President

  Washington – The next president of the United States will start with a huge following on Twitter but a clean slate of tweets. It’s… Read More ›

Portsmouth, NH – Teacher Removed From Classroom After Video In Trump Costume

Portsmouth, NH – Teacher Removed From Classroom After Video In Trump Costume

Portsmouth, NH – A New Hampshire high school teacher is in hot water after a video surfaced showing her in a classroom dressed as Donald… Read More ›

New York – Jail Monitor: NYC Guards Too Often Striking Inmates’ Heads

New York – Jail Monitor: NYC Guards Too Often Striking Inmates’ Heads

  New York –  The court-appointed monitor overseeing New York City’s jails is concerned that guards are striking too many inmates in the head. Steve… Read More ›

US sends message to adversaries with nuclear sub visit, drills

US sends message to adversaries with nuclear sub visit, drills

The US military is sending a double-barreled message this week to potential adversaries in the Pacific. A US Navy submarine carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles is… Read More ›

Is there a new human species waiting to be discovered?

Is there a new human species waiting to be discovered?

It may be time to add more branches to the human family tree. Researchers have come up with a estimation tool to determine the traits… Read More ›

UPS gives Boeing’s ‘Queen’ a reprieve

UPS gives Boeing’s ‘Queen’ a reprieve

Boeing’s “Queen of the Skies” won a reprieve Thursday as UPS said it would buy as many as 28 747-8 freighters, a lifeline for the… Read More ›

China: Japanese military jets using ‘dangerous’ tactics

China: Japanese military jets using ‘dangerous’ tactics

Japanese military aircraft are increasingly engaging in dangerous intercepts of Chinese planes, putting the safety of Chinese fliers at risk and damaging bilateral relations, China’s… Read More ›

Antarctic sea becomes world’s largest marine protected area

Antarctic sea becomes world’s largest marine protected area

  An enormous Antarctic bay, home to penguins and killer whales, became the world’s largest protected marine area on Friday. A United Nations body sealed… Read More ›

Michelle Obama, Clinton on campaign trail in first joint appearance

Michelle Obama, Clinton on campaign trail in first joint appearance

Referring to Democratic nominee as ‘my girl,’ First Lady heaps praise on Clinton to crowd of some 11,000 in North Carolina   WASHINGTON (AP) —… Read More ›

Trump running mate’s plane skids off NY runway

Trump running mate’s plane skids off NY runway

None hurt as aircraft slides off onto grassy area at La Guardia airport   Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s campaign plane slid off a… Read More ›

Trump: Cancel elections, declare me the winner

Trump: Cancel elections, declare me the winner

GOP nominee campaigns in swing state of Ohio, insists he’s going to win despite legion of polls pointing to loss     WASHINGTON, United States… Read More ›

Portugal has only approved 8% of Sephardic Jewish applications for citizenship

Portugal has only approved 8% of Sephardic Jewish applications for citizenship

Since March 2015, when descendants of Jews persecuted 500 years were granted the right to apply for citizenship, 3,546 applications remain in pending, and a… Read More ›

Habima to travel to Kiryat Arba, fans protest

Habima to travel to Kiryat Arba, fans protest

For the first time in its existence, the Israeli national theater will perform in the West Bank settlement; protests over the move have already started… Read More ›

Pilot program in IDF officer’s course places female cadets among groups of men

Pilot program in IDF officer’s course places female cadets among groups of men

Over 90% of IDF roles are open to women, but just 7% of those in combat roles are women. The new program is trying to… Read More ›

‘Premature’ report that Israel will reopen Alexandria consulate sparks anger

‘Premature’ report that Israel will reopen Alexandria consulate sparks anger

Egyptian lawmaker: Cairo should pressure Israel, not reopen consulates.   Unconfirmed reports that Israel will soon reopen its consulate in Alexandria have touched off anger… Read More ›

What could have been if Israel had prepared differently 43 years ago?

What could have been if Israel had prepared differently 43 years ago?

After 43 years, it is interesting to consider what could have been if Israel had prepared differently for one of the country’s most notorious wars.… Read More ›

A strong leader and for the Jews: NYC Bukharan community leans toward Trump

A strong leader and for the Jews: NYC Bukharan community leans toward Trump

Come November, the Bukharan community – comprised of Sephardic Jewish families from the old Soviet Union – is expected to vote for Trump.   FOREST… Read More ›

Is the Philippines’ outspoken president scaring away investors?

Is the Philippines’ outspoken president scaring away investors?

He’s insulted world leaders, threatened to sever ties with the U.S. and started a war on drugs that has killed thousands of people. Now, fears… Read More ›

Rodrigo Duterte flummoxes US with call for ‘separation’

Rodrigo Duterte flummoxes US with call for ‘separation’

Washington -Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s surprise announcement of a military and economic “separation” from the US during a visit to Beijing Thursday left the Obama… Read More ›