White House officials misspelled the name of the Red Sox in an announcement about the 2018 World Series championship team visiting Washington to meet with President Trump on Thursday, before declaring them the “World Cup Series” champions in a separate e-mail sent afterward.
On a page listing upcoming “Live” events to be streamed online from the White House, the announcement about the team’s arrival called the team the “Socks,” instead of Sox.
“President Trump Welcomes the 2018 World Series Champions The Boston Red Socks to the White House,” the statement read.
A second gaffe came in an official email to reporters:
“Remarks by President Trump Welcoming the 2018 World Cup Series Champions Boston Red Sox,” the e-mail’s subject line proclaimed.
 

Neturei Karta were out mourning the 71st anniversary of the State of Israel, with their annual protests.
A small crowd marched around Kikar Shabbos, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “Tziyonim are not Jews”.

The 19-year-old accused of opening fire in a Chabad shul in Poway near San Diego last month, killing one and injuring three others, was charged Thursday with 109 federal hate crimes and civil rights violations – making it possible for him to face the death penalty, authorities said.
John Earnest had been facing state murder and attempted murder charges in connection with the April 27 attack on the Chabad of Poway, California. Federal authorities added dozens of charges of their own, alleging in a criminal complaint that the shooting was motivated by Earnest’s animus toward Jews and that he was also responsible for a March 24 arson at a mosque in Escondido, California.

Palestinian terrorists threw stones at an Egged Number 1 bus on Thursday night.
The bus was heading to the Kosel was was attacked as it passed “Sha’ar Shechem”.
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Uber priced its IPO at $45 per share in preparation to start trading early Friday, the company announced on Thursday.
This gives Uber an initial market cap of $75.5 billion, far below the $120 billion banks reportedly sought for Uber at the start of the IPO process.
The company will  start trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “UBER” and is expected to raise $8.1 billion in the IPO, plus $500 million in a private placement from PayPal.
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Washington – Hundreds of Justice Department employees have gathered to send off Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Attorney General William Barr and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions were among the speakers at Thursday’s farewell ceremony in Washington. Rosenstein’s exit from the Justice Department caps a tenure marked by a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump. [...]

Washington – The animated video begins with a photo of the black flags of jihad. Seconds later, it flashes highlights of a year of social media posts: plaques of anti-Semitic verses, talk of retribution and a photo of two men carrying more jihadi flags while they burn the stars and stripes. It wasn’t produced by [...]

Buenos Aires – An Argentine lawmaker was seriously injured and a provincial official was killed Thursday in one of the most brazen political attacks in the country since it returned to democracy in 1983. Officials say that lawmaker Héctor Olivares was shot at around 7 a.m. local time near the congressional building in the country’s [...]

President Donald Trump spent his first campaign as an underdog, written off by the political establishment and down on his own chances on election night. But as he and his team gear up for reelection, they’re claiming an unfamiliar position: front-runner.
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