RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides, submerging entire neighborhoods and sending homes tumbling down hillsides in the states of Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de […]

WASHINGTON – (AP) U.S. health officials have changed their travel advice to American travelers planning to go to China. Previously, the agency advised travelers to avoid any non-essential travel to Wuhan or other parts of Hubei province, the center of an international outbreak of a new viral illness. But that didn’t extend to the rest […]

WASHINGTON – (AP-THE CONVERSATION) The legal and constitutional battles sparked by President Trump’s behavior could affect how the U.S. government works for generations, long after the impeachment trial is over. After the last Senate staffer turns out the lights, major questions remain to be decided outside of the Capitol about the limits of presidential power, […]

OSWIECIM, Poland – (VINnews) During his trip to Poland, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recommitted to fighting anti-Semitism in all its forms with actions that include passing a first-in-the-nation domestic terrorism law, enacting a diversity curriculum for schools and expanding the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The Governor attended the official commemoration of the 75th anniversary of […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) – The United States will contribute $2 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The contribution, in coordination with Congress, is in addition to the $15 million provided by the United States to the foundation over a five-year period that ended in 2018, according […]

OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — Holocaust survivors seeing their grandchildren facing the hatred that nearly killed them is a source of shame for the world, World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder said at Auschwitz. Lauder spoke Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp in occupied Poland. […]

OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) —Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said in Poland that during the Holocaust, “many Poles stood by and even assisted in the murder of Jews.” Rivlin was in Poland on Monday for ceremonies marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. He held a working meeting with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda. Duda declined […]

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families and warning about the ominous growth of anti-Semitism and hatred in the world. “We have with us the last living survivors, the last […]

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — At least eight people were killed early Monday in an explosive fire that consumed dozens of vessels docked at a marina along the Tennessee River in northern Alabama. Scottsboro Fire Chief Gene Necklaus said all eight people who were known to be missing have been confirmed dead, and “that number could […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Former NBA standout Amar’e Stoudemire wiped away tears during a game in Israel upon hearing of the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash. Stoudemire was playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Hapoel Tel Aviv on Sunday when the news broke at the game of the accident in Southern […]