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Too Much Candy: Man Dies From Eating Bags Of Black Licorice

Too Much Candy: Man Dies From Eating Bags Of Black Licorice

  BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every… Read More ›

Elizabeth Warren, AOC blast Wells Fargo CEO for blaming ‘very limited pool of Black talent’ for the bank’s trouble hitting its diversity-hiring goals

Elizabeth Warren, AOC blast Wells Fargo CEO for blaming ‘very limited pool of Black talent’ for the bank’s trouble hitting its diversity-hiring goals

  In a June memo, Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf wrote that efforts to recruit minority talent were stymied by a “very limited pool of… Read More ›

Coronavirus in Israel: 6,782 new cases on Tuesday, 11.4% of those tested

Coronavirus in Israel: 6,782 new cases on Tuesday, 11.4% of those tested

More restrictions expected Wednesday as coronavirus cabinet meets to decide outlines for protests and prayers.   The country is expected to be handed its latest… Read More ›

Israeli society, heal thyself

Israeli society, heal thyself

Opinion: Despite the lack of trust in the government, the people of this country must work together to reinvigorate a sense of mutual responsibility and… Read More ›

NYC authorities raise alarm as new virus outbreaks spotted in Orthodox areas

NYC authorities raise alarm as new virus outbreaks spotted in Orthodox areas

Health officials finger 6 neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens with spiking numbers for contributing one-fifth of all new cases in city, sparking fears of repeat… Read More ›

Cindy McCain Endorses Biden For President In Rebuke Of Trump

Cindy McCain Endorses Biden For President In Rebuke Of Trump

  PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday that Cindy McCain plans to endorse him for president, a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump… Read More ›

Elon Musk announces a $25,000 Tesla is in the works and details all the new battery technology the company is developing

Elon Musk announces a $25,000 Tesla is in the works and details all the new battery technology the company is developing

  Tesla’s delayed shareholder meeting and “Battery Day” kicked off on Tuesday afternoon outside the company’s Fremont, California, factory. Following a short formal portion of… Read More ›

Cabinet approves coronavirus economic relief package

Cabinet approves coronavirus economic relief package

The cost of the approved plan is estimated at NIS 10.5 billion.   After a lengthy debate, the government on Monday night approved the plan… Read More ›

Anti-Netanyahu protests have shot themselves in the foot

Anti-Netanyahu protests have shot themselves in the foot

Opinion: Holding what are essentially beach parties and packed holiday feasts while the rest of the country is locked down with either their nuclear families… Read More ›

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be first Jew and first woman to lie in state at Capitol

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be first Jew and first woman to lie in state at Capitol

Plan marks a departure from Jewish tradition, which dictates that a body should be buried within 24 hours, with some exceptions; justice to be buried… Read More ›

US Execution Planned Of Killer Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him

US Execution Planned Of Killer Who Said Witchcraft Drove Him

  CHICAGO (AP) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to… Read More ›

Analysis: Donald Trump gives himself an ‘A+’ for his handling of the coronavirus. Uh, what?

Analysis: Donald Trump gives himself an ‘A+’ for his handling of the coronavirus. Uh, what?

Very soon, the United States will mark a somber milestone: 200,000 Americans will have died from the coronavirus. How did President Donald Trump commemorate this… Read More ›

Palestinians: Qatar first Arab country to endorse Trump peace plan

Palestinians: Qatar first Arab country to endorse Trump peace plan

A senior State Department official told reporters that Washington sees Qatar as another Gulf country potentially prepared to normalize relations with Israel after the UAE… Read More ›

Sale of F-35s to UAE was missed opportunity for Israel

Sale of F-35s to UAE was missed opportunity for Israel

Opinion: Instead of denying that the sale was going ahead, Netanyahu should have used it as leverage for more American defenes aid and access to… Read More ›

11 arrested at first major anti-Netanyahu protest since start of new lockdown

11 arrested at first major anti-Netanyahu protest since start of new lockdown

Thousands gather outside premier’s Jerusalem residence for weekly demonstration against corruption, government handling of pandemic; 1 detained for speeding car toward barricades   Police arrested… Read More ›

Official: Toilet Display Mocking Mail-in Voting Is A Crime

Official: Toilet Display Mocking Mail-in Voting Is A Crime

  MASON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan resident’s apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one election official. The… Read More ›

Wall Street is becoming increasingly confident the US stock sell-off is past its worst

Wall Street is becoming increasingly confident the US stock sell-off is past its worst

  US stocks are on course to close lower for a third consecutive week. The S&P 500 has lost nearly 9% since early September’s record… Read More ›

US is reimposing sanctions on Iran, Pompeo announces

US is reimposing sanctions on Iran, Pompeo announces

The Secretary of State said on Saturday that the US “expects all UN Member States to comply” with snapback sanctions on Iran.   The US… Read More ›

Israel’s leaders must pull themselves together or resign

Israel’s leaders must pull themselves together or resign

Opinion: Imposing a second closure is an admittance of failure on part of the politicians who have thus far torpedoed any practical suggestion from our… Read More ›

Trump pledges to tap woman for court, pushes Senate to move on pick

Trump pledges to tap woman for court, pushes Senate to move on pick

US president says he’ll nominate successor to Ginsburg before November 3 vote despite Democratic opposition: ‘We win an election and those are the consequences’  … Read More ›