Police open investigation but believe it is not terror; 1 victim reportedly known criminal, who survived previous attempt to bomb his car last month

New York – “The Situation” and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next. It’s not reality TV. It’s a federal prison 70 miles (113 kilometers) from New York City where white-collar and D-list scoundrels can do time while playing bocce ball and noshing [...]

GREAT AGAIN? US Economy Adds 263K Jobs, Unemployment Hit 49-Year Low in April; Wages RiseHiring jumped in April as U.S. employers added 263,000 jobs, a strong gain that suggests businesses have shrugged off any concerns the economy may slow this year.
The Labor Department says the unemployment rate fell to a new five-decade low of 3.6%, though that drop partly reflected an increase in the number of Americans who stopped looking for work.

Florida Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing More Armed TeachersMore Florida classroom teachers could carry guns in school under a bill passed Wednesday by state lawmakers, the latest response to last year’s mass shooting at a Parkland high school.

House Subcommittee To Hold May 15 Hearing On Boeing 737 MaxA U.S. House subcommittee has scheduled a May 15 hearing on the Boeing 737 Max airliner.
The Aviation Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold the hearing at 10 a.m.
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The left attacks Attorney General William Barr over Mueller report, reviving Russia narrative.
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Washington – U.S. employers added a robust 263,000 jobs in April, suggesting that businesses have shrugged off earlier concerns that the economy might slow this year and anticipate strong customer demand. The unemployment rate fell to a five-decade low of 3.6% from 3.8%, though that drop partly reflected an increase in the number of Americans [...]

Once Again, A Cell Phone Leads To A Serious Fire In IsraelA fire broke out Thursday morning in an apartment on Giora Street in Kiryat Bialik, during which heavy damage was caused. B’chasdei Hashem, due to the rapid and professional response of firefighters from the Haifa district, there was no loss of human life.

Trump Easing Offshore Drilling Safety Rules From DeepwaterThe Trump administration on Thursday moved to ease safety regulations adopted after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon blowout, the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history that killed nearly a dozen people.
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Secluded Baltimore Mayor Resigns Amid ScandalBaltimore’s mayor resigned under pressure Thursday amid a flurry of investigations into whether she arranged bulk sales of her self-published children’s books to disguise hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks.
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Trump Fed Choice Stephen Moore Withdraws Amid ControversyStephen Moore, a conservative commentator whom President Donald Trump had tapped for the Federal Reserve board, withdrew from consideration Thursday after losing Republican support in the Senate, largely over his past inflammatory writings about women.
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White House adviser Jared Kushner said Thursday night that he believes the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan he has crafted is a “good starting point.”
“What we will be able to put together is a solution that we believe is a good starting point for the political issues and then an outline for what can be done to help these people start living a better life,” he said at a dinner of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, according to Reuters.
He also said that both sides should look at the plan before making unilateral decisions, the wire service reported.
“I hope both sides will take a real look at it, the Israeli side and the Palestinian side, before any unilateral steps are made,” said Kushner, who is President Trump’s son-in-law.

More than 80 people said injured in assault on Gumuz ethnicity in Benishangul Gumuz state

Newark, NJ – An employee shuttle bus has crashed at Newark Liberty International Airport, injuring more than a dozen people. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, says the accident happened about 5:30 a.m. Friday on a ramp leading to Terminal B. Officials say the bus hit a concrete [...]

San Francisco – The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook plans a cryptocurrency-based payment system that it could launch for billions of users worldwide. The system would use a digital coin similar to bitcoin, but different in that Facebook would aim to keep the coin’s value stable. Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies have been susceptible to [...]

Jerusalem – For 20 years, Hala Kashour has lived with her husband in what she called “paradise,” a bucolic meadow that rolls through a Palestinian neighborhood of east Jerusalem. The coveted pasture, which Israel calls the “Peace Forest,” lies in the crosshairs of a long-simmering conflict between the city government and its Palestinian residents that [...]

 
The MTA announced that the Staten Island-bound lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge will be closed this Sunday, May 5, from 12:01 a.m. until 6 p.m. for the annual Five Boro Bike Tour. The upper level of the bridge will remain open throughout the event.
One Brooklyn-bound lane on the lower level will be closed from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., and the Bay Street Exit will be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The BQE approach (I-278) to the bridge will close from 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m., and the 92nd Street exit ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level, as well as the Belt Parkway entrance ramp to the lower level, will be closed from 12:01 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Germany’s leading Jewish organization expressed alarm Thursday over footage of flag-waving neo-Nazis in self-styled uniforms marching through an eastern German town on May Day unhindered by police.
Footage of the march Wednesday prompted widespread outrage in Germany and calls for authorities in the state of Saxony, where far-right sentiment is particularly strong, to step in.
“The images of the neo-Nazi march by The Third Way party in Plauen are disturbing and frightening,” said Josef Schuster, the head of Germany’s Central Council of Jews.
 
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Trump's ex-lawyer heading to Otisville Federal Penitentiary next week, a favorite among prison-bound Jews for its kosher meals and holiday observance

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