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In Jordan, Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

In Jordan, Kerry urges Palestinians, Israelis to ease tensions

In Amman meeting, PA leader Abbas tells top US diplomat Washington should intervene in Israeli-Palestinian deadlock   US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia is facing a looming ‘catastrophe’

Saudi Arabia is facing a looming ‘catastrophe’

  Saudi Arabia is facing a looming disaster in the next three decades as the country is steadily running through its supply of nonrenewable groundwater… Read More ›

The biggest sign it’s time to quit your job

The biggest sign it’s time to quit your job

  There are a lot of good reasons to quit a job: Your values don’t align with those of your employer; you don’t get along… Read More ›

Here’s who Yahoo could approach as soon as Monday to buy its core business

Here’s who Yahoo could approach as soon as Monday to buy its core business

  Yahoo’s board announced on Friday that it hadcreated an independent committee to start looking for “strategic alternatives” to spinning off its core business —… Read More ›

A SEC filing reveals some uncomfortable truths about how stock trading works on Wall Street

A SEC filing reveals some uncomfortable truths about how stock trading works on Wall Street

  A new filing from the Securities and Exchange Commission sheds light on a few uncomfortable aspects of the stock research and trading business. The… Read More ›

Washington – Sanders In Congress: A Mix Of Victories, Quixotic Efforts

Washington – Sanders In Congress: A Mix Of Victories, Quixotic Efforts

  Washington –  Bernie Sanders came to Washington as an activist, not a legislator. The Democratic presidential candidate has preferred rabble-rousing to the schmoozing required… Read More ›

New York – Gas Prices Drop 5 Cents Over Past 2 Weeks, To $1.77 Share Tweet Share Mail

New York – Gas Prices Drop 5 Cents Over Past 2 Weeks, To $1.77 Share Tweet Share Mail

  New York – The average price of gasoline has dropped 5 cents over the past two weeks, to $1.77 a gallon. Industry analyst Trilby… Read More ›

New York – Hamantaschen For Purim Inspires Dozens Of Variations Share Tweet Share Mail

New York – Hamantaschen For Purim Inspires Dozens Of Variations Share Tweet Share Mail

  New York – The most recognizable symbol for the Jewish holiday of Purim is a three-cornered cookie, called a hamantaschen. Purim, which begins March… Read More ›

Banned Islamist group suspected behind slaying of Hindu priest in Bangladesh

Banned Islamist group suspected behind slaying of Hindu priest in Bangladesh

  Dhaka, Bangladesh – A Hindu priest was killed and a devotee injured in northern Bangladesh on Sunday in the latest attack on minority religious figures… Read More ›

In Syria, dozens killed as bombers strike in Homs and Damascus, regime says

In Syria, dozens killed as bombers strike in Homs and Damascus, regime says

ISIS has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in strongholds of the Syrian regime Sunday that killed at least 122 people and scores of others injured,… Read More ›

Kalamazoo Uber driver picked up fares between killings, source says

Kalamazoo Uber driver picked up fares between killings, source says

Kalamazoo, Michigan – The man accused of killing six people and injuring two more in a Saturday evening shooting rampage in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was an Uber… Read More ›

Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim ‘alternative-to-Trump’ vote

GOP frontrunner takes commanding win in South Carolina, says he’s going to make it all the way to the White House   FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP)… Read More ›

Trump’s campaign long ago spread beyond early-to-vote states

Trump’s campaign long ago spread beyond early-to-vote states

GOP frontrunner’s finance report shows he’s invested just $17.5 million in election bid, far less than competitors   WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s unorthodox bid… Read More ›

Clinton says Trump, Cruz ‘missed the mark’ on Israel

Clinton says Trump, Cruz ‘missed the mark’ on Israel

Democratic presidential frontrunner ‘will do everything’ to support Israel, recognizes need for Palestinian state   Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton lashed out at GOP candidates… Read More ›

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Prisoner on death row performs Bar Mitzvah

Houston Chabad rabbi helps Jewish prisoner on death row put on tefillin and perform a Bar Mitzvah; the rabbi says, ‘When he saw that I… Read More ›

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel presents Bedouin with demolition orders

Israel sent notices to ramshackle 12 Bedouin properties; affected bedouin says ‘The Israeli occupation seeks to displace us from our territory’ Israel’s Civil Administration, the… Read More ›

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Israeli sailor’s olympic dreams are crushed

Following altercation at friend’s house, Israeli champion sailor is ran over by a car; suspect says he lost control of car. Maor Ben Harush, who… Read More ›

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government, environmentalists butt heads over Haifa pollution at special Knesset session in Haifa

Government representatives said it is too early to tell if there is correlation between pollution and health problems in Haifa – everyone else criticized them… Read More ›

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

Last year some 13,000 trucks laden with products from Turkey and Bulgaria passed through Israel, an increase of more than 25%.

  Chances are good that if members of the Saudi royal family are eating Turkish dried fruit or wearing Bulgarian shoes, some of those products… Read More ›

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

AP bureau chief: Israeli media criticism of foreign press verges on ‘incitement’

Comments come during Israeli offensive against “biased media.”   Israel’s increasingly hostile condemnations of the foreign press are beginning to verge on incitement, Associated Press… Read More ›