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Washington – Man Who Landed Gyrocopter At U.S. Capitol Gets 120 Days In Prison

Washington – Man Who Landed Gyrocopter At U.S. Capitol Gets 120 Days In Prison

  Washington – A former Florida mail carrier who flew a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol grounds to publicize the need for campaign finance reform… Read More ›

New York – NYC Board Of Elections Official Suspended Amid Brooklyn Voting Issues

New York – NYC Board Of Elections Official Suspended Amid Brooklyn Voting Issues

New York – Officials say a New York City Board of Elections official has been suspended amid reports that some voters were turned away from… Read More ›

Kapolei, HI – Solar Plane Successfully Departs From Hawaii With No Fuel

Kapolei, HI – Solar Plane Successfully Departs From Hawaii With No Fuel

  Kapolei, HI – Two pilots are slowly carving their way into a new future of solar-powered flight as one of them embarks on the… Read More ›

U.S. soldier helps foil plot to blow up school in Denmark

U.S. soldier helps foil plot to blow up school in Denmark

A U.S. Army captain working in Iraq helped foil a terrorist plot to blow up a school in Denmark, according to a U.S. defense official.… Read More ›

Rio bike path collapse leaves 2 dead and 3 injured

Rio bike path collapse leaves 2 dead and 3 injured

  Rio de Janeiro – The host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics was hit with a setback Thursday when a large portion of a… Read More ›

Music icon Prince dead at 57

Music icon Prince dead at 57

  Prince, who defined the sound of the ’80s with songs like “Kiss” and “Purple Rain” and defied the music industry in a fight for… Read More ›

Iran says US court’s $2b verdict for terror victims’ families is ‘theft’

Iran says US court’s $2b verdict for terror victims’ families is ‘theft’

Tehran rejects supreme court decision on its culpability in 1983 Beirut attack, says it will hold US government responsible for loss of frozen funds  … Read More ›

France announces global summit on Israel-Palestinian peace process

France announces global summit on Israel-Palestinian peace process

Israel, PA not invited to May 30 preparatory talks; Paris admits ‘two sides are further apart than ever’ but says ‘we have to act’  … Read More ›

Fearing terror attacks, IDF closes West Bank, Gaza ahead of Passover

Fearing terror attacks, IDF closes West Bank, Gaza ahead of Passover

Israel announces second closure in a month in wake of Jerusalem suicide bombing and amid concerns Hamas may strike again   Israel will close off… Read More ›

An Israeli initiative is needed now

An Israeli initiative is needed now

Op-ed: Fighting BDS is a right and good thing to do, but we can’t do it by merely reacting: Israel needs to be proactive in… Read More ›

Obama receives embarrassing reception in Riyadh

Obama receives embarrassing reception in Riyadh

While Saudi King Salman attends welcome ceremony at Riyadh airport for Gulf leaders, he skips welcome ceremony for President Obama; instead relatively low-ranking Riyadh governor… Read More ›

Bus accident in Haifa; dozens injured

Bus accident in Haifa; dozens injured

54 passengers were injured in total when an Egged bus of the 101 line in Haifa collided with a wall inside the Carmel Tunnels. Two… Read More ›

IDF imposes general closure on West Bank ahead of Passover

IDF imposes general closure on West Bank ahead of Passover

IDF chief tells ministers: Palestinian Authority intensifying anti-terror efforts.   The IDF imposed a general closure on the West Bank and shut down Gaza border… Read More ›

COMMENT: Passover, The great unifier

COMMENT: Passover, The great unifier

According to a Pew Research Center study, 93 percent of Israeli Jews attend a festive meal that recounts the Exodus from Egypt and forms the… Read More ›

In 5 years, driverless cars based on Israel’s Mobileye tech

In 5 years, driverless cars based on Israel’s Mobileye tech

Groundbreaking Israeli firm to receive ‘Post’ prize for innovation at May conference in New York.   In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 sci-fi classic Total Recall, the protagonist… Read More ›

Khamenei vows full support for Hezbollah

Khamenei vows full support for Hezbollah

Rouhani warns world powers against lagging in implementing nuclear deal.   Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated the Shi’ite country’s full support for its ally… Read More ›

Suspected Jerusalem bus bomber ‘was just a typical kid’

Suspected Jerusalem bus bomber ‘was just a typical kid’

Source familiar with Palestinian terror suspect’s family says he came from prominent clan in Bethlehem area, likely recruited by Hamas   A Palestinian teen named… Read More ›

Apple delayed its earnings report for the memorial service of adviser Bill Campbell

Apple delayed its earnings report for the memorial service of adviser Bill Campbell

  Apple has pushed back the date of its second-quarter earnings reportby 24 hours, to April 26. Previously, the conference call to discuss its results… Read More ›

Las Vegas Sands whiffed on earnings, the stock is plunging, and there’s one place to blame

Las Vegas Sands whiffed on earnings, the stock is plunging, and there’s one place to blame

  This is a sign that the worst is not over in Macau, the world’s gambling mecca. Las Vegas Sands Corp. reported dismal earnings on… Read More ›

This company secretly runs the internet, and now it’s raised another $8 million to rule everything else, too

This company secretly runs the internet, and now it’s raised another $8 million to rule everything else, too

  Nginx — pronounced “Engine-X” — one of the most important startups you’ve never heard of, has raised $8 million from Australian telecom giant Telstra to extend… Read More ›