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Here’s your complete preview of this week’s big market-moving events

Here’s your complete preview of this week’s big market-moving events

  It’s 2016. And the year is off to a busy start. In the US, the economic calendar is stacked with the releases of monthly… Read More ›

Oil is spiking

Oil is spiking

Futures markets are open and the price of crude oil in the US and Europe is surging on the back of increased tensions in the… Read More ›

The standoff at an Oregon wildlife center has its roots in a spirited argument in conservative politics

The standoff at an Oregon wildlife center has its roots in a spirited argument in conservative politics

  A tense standoff at an Oregon wildlife center is touching on a relatively niche issue in conservative politics. On Saturday, an armed, antigovernment group protesting the… Read More ›

New York – NY Governor Signs Executive Order To Protect Homeless In Frigid Temps

New York – NY Governor Signs Executive Order To Protect Homeless In Frigid Temps

New York – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) says he’s ordering cities statewide to take homeless people from the street to shelters when temperatures… Read More ›

New York – De Blasio Readies NYC’s Pitch In Often Unfriendly Albany

New York – De Blasio Readies NYC’s Pitch In Often Unfriendly Albany

  New York – Mayor Bill de Blasio, bruised from a tough second year in office, must now prepare to return to the site where… Read More ›

Raleigh, NC – Google Helps Analyze If Rooftop Solar Panels Are Good Deal

Raleigh, NC – Google Helps Analyze If Rooftop Solar Panels Are Good Deal

Raleigh, NC –  The company that lets you compare air fares and translate foreign languages online wants to make it easier to weigh the costs… Read More ›

Ramadi residents fleeing ISIS: ‘They wanted to use us as human shields’

Ramadi residents fleeing ISIS: ‘They wanted to use us as human shields’

Habbaniyah, Iraq – Standing in the entrance of her tent on a chilly winter night in the Iraqi desert, Nada Saleh describes the terrifying moment her… Read More ›

La Liga: Real Madrid denied vital win by late Valencia equalizer

La Liga: Real Madrid denied vital win by late Valencia equalizer

  Gary Neville’s Valencia denied Real Madrid the chance to move above arch-rival Barcelona in the La Liga standings with a last-gasp equalizer in a… Read More ›

Saudi execution of Shia cleric threatens to deepen regional sectarian crisis

Saudi execution of Shia cleric threatens to deepen regional sectarian crisis

Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was not among the “A-list” of Shia clerics in Saudi Arabia. But his execution has provoked a regional crisis, sparking condemnation from… Read More ›

Anticipating Hezbollah action, Israel shells Lebanon border

Anticipating Hezbollah action, Israel shells Lebanon border

IDF fires artillery for fourth successive day amid concerns terror group will take advantage of poor weather to ‘avenge’ death of Samir Kuntar   The… Read More ›

Father, sister of on-run Tel Aviv gunman questioned

Father, sister of on-run Tel Aviv gunman questioned

Detention of alleged killer’s brother reduced by court; police warn public to be alert as hunt for ‘dangerous’ suspect continues   The father of the… Read More ›

Tel Aviv cabbie murdered in aftermath of Friday shooting laid to rest

Tel Aviv cabbie murdered in aftermath of Friday shooting laid to rest

Amin Shaaban ‘had no enemies,’ says relative; police suspect link to Dizengoff shooting attack an hour earlier   A 42-year-old taxi cab driver who was… Read More ›

Government approves Mandelblit appointment as AG

Government approves Mandelblit appointment as AG

The ministers approved the Cabinet Secretary’s appointment as the new Attorney General in a unanimous vote. The appointment is, however, expected to be challenged in… Read More ›

Flag with ‘Islamic State’ written on it found in Tel Aviv penthouse

Flag with ‘Islamic State’ written on it found in Tel Aviv penthouse

The flag was found in the balcony of a northern Tel Aviv apartment belonging to a family that has been staying abroad lately. Police are… Read More ›

Telephone of Tel Aviv shooter found in north of city

Telephone of Tel Aviv shooter found in north of city

On Friday afternoon a student found the telephone of the shooter who murdered three people in Tel Aviv on the same day, lying in a… Read More ›

Sights of a dystopian wasteland

Sights of a dystopian wasteland

“Obviously it’s Jerusalem’s responsibility to take care of its citizens, but at the same time it’s the country’s responsibility.”   Less than three days after… Read More ›

US Defense Department: Navy security clearance does not discriminate against Jews

US Defense Department: Navy security clearance does not discriminate against Jews

Gershon Pincus was denied because his family lives in Israel.   NEW YORK – US Defense Department spokesman Mark Wright told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran as row over cleric’s death escalates

Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran as row over cleric’s death escalates

Iran’s diplomatic mission and related entities in Saudi Arabia had been given 48 hours to leave.   DUBAI/RIYADH – Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran… Read More ›

Duma indictments expected today

Duma indictments expected today

The Justice Ministry said four Israels would be indicted “for involvement in a range of grave terrorist activities against Arabs and their property.”   Four… Read More ›

What it’s like to volunteer in Israel

What it’s like to volunteer in Israel

  As the son of a Conservative rabbi, Daniel Hammerman, 22, grew up surrounded by all things Judaism and Israel. “I felt very connected at a… Read More ›