Starbucks apologized after an employee reportedly asked six police officers to leave or change their location in one of the company’s shops in a Phoenix suburb because another customer reported feeling unsafe.

Officials in Southern California expressed relief Saturday that damage and injuries weren’t worse after the largest earthquake the region has seen in nearly 20 years, while voicing concerns about the possibility of major aftershocks in the days and even months to come.

Five IDF soildiers were injured in a suspected car-ramming attack on Motzei Shabbos near the West Bank town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem.
MDA and United Hatzalah treated the victims and report that two soldiers are in moderate condition and three were lightly injured.
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A vacant pizza restaurant exploded Saturday in a thundering roar at a South Florida shopping plaza, injuring more than 20 people as large chunks of concrete flew through the air.
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(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com)
About a week ago, a junior at the prestigious Bronx High School of Science was taking the US History Regents exam.  On his lap, during the test, was a cellphone.
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It was a sad end to a deeply misguided soul. On the outside, Simone Burns appeared to be an international human rights lawyer who was concerned about the plight of the Palestinian people.
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An elderly Holocaust survivor delivered a short but moving few words while standing in front of the vintage German train car – currently on display in NYC – used to transport men, women and children to Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps.

President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as “the greatest political journey in human history” in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial.

U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy’s durability after more than a decade of expansion.
The strength of the jobs report the Labor Department issued Friday could complicate a decision for the Federal Reserve late this month on whether to cut interest rates to help support the economy.

All across the globe—from the more than 50,000 visitors expected at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to gatherings and study groups in community centers, synagogues, camps and private homes—people from all walks of Jewish life, in communities large and small, are coming together this week and next to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M.