Unrepentant John William King killed by lethal injection for 1998 murder, dubbed 'one of the most gruesome hate crimes in US history'

Washington – Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, declaring the “soul of this nation” at stake if President Donald Trump wins re-election. In a video posted on Twitter , Biden focused on the 2017 deadly clash between white supremacists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Biden noted [...]

By Rabbi Moshe Zywica, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator, OU Kosher
This year we have the opportunity to perform an Eruv Tavshilin on Thursday, April 25th for the second days of Yom Tov.

Sacramento, CA – California lawmakers advanced tougher rules for vaccinations late Wednesday after hearing hours of testimony from hundreds of opponents while the nation grapples with the highest number of measles cases in decades. The Senate Health Committee approved the proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide [...]

Owners of BerMax Cafe in Winnipeg charged with public mischief after restaurant was vandalized; police investigating previous attacks at eatery

Washington – Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday said it is time to move past special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and “get on with the business of America.” Sessions urged confidence in the system during a lecture at Amherst College, a private liberal arts school in western Massachusetts. “The process was followed and [...]

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After months of deliberation, former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his decision to run for president for a third time, answering one of the biggest outstanding questions about the makeup of the 2020 race.
In his campaign announcement video, Biden rebuked the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 and President Donald Trump’s handling of the aftermath.
“He said there were quote some very fine people on both sides,” Biden said. “With those words, the President of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. And in that moment, I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any I had ever seen in my lifetime.”

Former vice president formally enters the race with release of video on Twitter; 20 Democrats now jockeying for the chance to take on Trump next year