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China stocks are getting hosed again

China stocks are getting hosed again

  Chinese stocks have endured a wild session so far on Tuesday, tanking as much as 5% in early trade before recovering into the mid-session… Read More ›

Jared Fogle is suing the former head of his foundation, who is also facing child-pornography charges

Jared Fogle is suing the former head of his foundation, who is also facing child-pornography charges

  Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle, who has been accused of child pornography, has sued the former head of his foundation for not repaying a… Read More ›

Apple wants to make its own TV shows and movies, according to a new report

Apple wants to make its own TV shows and movies, according to a new report

  Apple has been meeting with Hollywood executives with an eye toward making its own original TV shows and movies, Variety reports. The news comes… Read More ›

Denmark – Dutch Chief Rabbi Says Police Warned Him A Year Ago About Traveling By Train

Denmark – Dutch Chief Rabbi Says Police Warned Him A Year Ago About Traveling By Train

  Denmark – On the heels of last week’s terrorist incident aboard a Thalys train headed to Paris from Amsterdam, Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs… Read More ›

Washington – State Dept. Releases 7,000 Pages Of Emails, 150 Censored

Washington – State Dept. Releases 7,000 Pages Of Emails, 150 Censored

  Washington –  The State Department released roughly 7,000 pages of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails Monday, including about 150 emails that have been censored because… Read More ›

Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Offers $100 Debit Cards To Owners Of Recalled U.S. Vehicles

Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Offers $100 Debit Cards To Owners Of Recalled U.S. Vehicles

  Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is offering $100 prepaid debit cards to owners of recalled vehicles to help ensure cars and trucks with potential… Read More ›

Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill 79 in trio of attacks, locals say

Boko Haram gunmen on horseback kill 79 in trio of attacks, locals say

  Boko Haram militants have unleashed another torrent of violence in northeast Nigeria, killing 79 people in three recent attacks there, residents and local militia… Read More ›

Ben Carson ties Donald Trump in new Iowa poll

Ben Carson ties Donald Trump in new Iowa poll

Washington – For the first time in more than a month, mogul Donald Trump is not leading the field in one of the first four nominating… Read More ›

China’s factory sector is running out of steam

China’s factory sector is running out of steam

China’s all-important manufacturing industry is running out of steam. An important gauge of factory activity, a measure of sentiment among manufacturing purchasing managers, fell to… Read More ›

Supremacist convicted of killing 3 at Kansas Jewish sites

Supremacist convicted of killing 3 at Kansas Jewish sites

Frazier Glenn Miller told jurors he’d hoped to ‘die a martyr’ when opening fire last Passover eve; could get death penalty   OLATHE, Kan. (AP)… Read More ›

Knesset speaker urges Arab leaders to visit Israel

Knesset speaker urges Arab leaders to visit Israel

Yuli Edelstein tells global conference cooperation on environmental issues would lay foundations for peace; Iran walks out on speech   Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstain called… Read More ›

Sirens blare in Gaza periphery in apparent failed rocket launch

Sirens blare in Gaza periphery in apparent failed rocket launch

Hours after West Bank firefight surrounding terror suspects’ arrest, Israelis living north of Strip are sent racing to shelters   Rocket warning sirens were heard… Read More ›

Minister Regev denies paying firm without tender

Minister Regev denies paying firm without tender

Culture and sports minister challenges network after report that she hired ad agency without following protocol; recording apparently captures Regev’s attempts to settle on an… Read More ›

Russian jets in Syrian skies

Russian jets in Syrian skies

Russia has begun its military intervention in Syria, deploying an aerial contingent to a permanent Syrian base, in order to launch attacks against ISIS and… Read More ›

Soldier moderately wounded in West Bank arrest operation

Soldier moderately wounded in West Bank arrest operation

IDF force enters West Bank town of Jenin to arrest wanted Islamic Jihad official, sparking violent clashes, wounding 5 Palestinians. An Israeli Yamam operative was… Read More ›

Genesis Foundation launches fund to boost outreach to interfaith families

Genesis Foundation launches fund to boost outreach to interfaith families

The goal of the initiative is to mobilize the philanthropic community to increase the number of funders and grant dollars supporting a culture of acceptance… Read More ›

Undecided lawmakers plan announcements as advocates, opponents plot their final moves ahead of showdown on Capitol Hill

Undecided lawmakers plan announcements as advocates, opponents plot their final moves ahead of showdown on Capitol Hill

  WASHINGTON – Advocates and skeptics of the Iran nuclear deal are plotting their final moves for support as Congress prepares to return from August recess… Read More ›

Israeli-Canadian woman who went to Kurdistan to fight ISIS, returns to Iraq to work with embattled charity

Israeli-Canadian woman who went to Kurdistan to fight ISIS, returns to Iraq to work with embattled charity

Rosenberg, 31, made international news late last year when she traveled to Kurdistan in order to, in her words, fight ISIS alongside the Kurds and… Read More ›

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union says it was the first US national union to endorse BDS.

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union says it was the first US national union to endorse BDS.

  A US industrial uniThe United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union voted on the resolutions on Aug. 20 during its national convention, the union… Read More ›

The Haredi locomotive has left the station

The Haredi locomotive has left the station

Op-ed: The entry of Haredim into the government and their taking on ministerial positions is part of a larger process of Haredi integration, which includes… Read More ›