A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. The move seems likely to delay the case and is the second time in as many days that the former […]

“Squad” member Representative Jamaal Bowman has allegedly been linked to a private YouTube account that subscribed to channels promoting controversial conspiracy theories, some of which are tied to antisemitism.
Reports from the Daily Beast suggest that the Bronx and Westchester Democrat was actively curating playlists under the alias “Inner Peace” as recently as last month.
The Daily Beast detailed that the Inner Peace channel was following numerous accounts that propagated unconventional beliefs ranging from aliens and flat Earth theory to UFOs and the Illuminati.
The Daily Beast noted that the channel featured imagery and footage from the Bronx middle school, where Bowman previously served as principal for a decade.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. Meanwhile, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader again threatened that Tehran could build a nuclear weapon if it chose to pursue atomic armaments. The comments by Yemeni military spokesman Brig. […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday re-posted a video on his social media accounts as a response to US President Joe Biden’s comments to CNN on Wednesday evening that he will halt arms shipments to Israel if it launches a full-scale invasion of Rafah. The video he posted was of the speech he made earlier […]

Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces fighting in Ukraine and blasting the West for fueling conflicts around the world. Even though few veterans of what Russia calls the Great Patriotic War are […]

The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year and spiked during the coronavirus […]

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in more than eight months last week in another sign that the labor market may be softening. Unemployment claims for the week ending May 4 rose by 22,000 to 231,000, up from 209,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last […]

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people skidded off a runway at the airport in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, injuring 10 people, according to the transport minister, an air

The Biden administration postponed delivery of a report due to Congress on Wednesday on whether Israel’s use of U.S.-supplied military equipment in Gaza has violated U.S. or international humanitarian law, saying that a written assessment would be provided “in the very near future.”
“We have taken this incredibly seriously and we will have it … in the coming days,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) put forward a resolution condemning the rise in antisemitic acts and speech at colleges across the United States, calling for passage of the resolution by Unanimous Consent on Tuesday.
The resolution calls on “the Department of Education to take necessary actions to ensure that institutions of higher education are complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
It was blocked by Senate Democrats, primarily derailed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

A large study suggests that there might be a striking reason to limit your intake of ultra-processed foods – early death.
The study of 115,000 people found that those who ate large amounts of ultra-processed foods, especially processed meats, sugary breakfast foods and sugar and artificially sweetened beverages, were more likely to die prematurely.

Staying Holy

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We recently celebrated Pesach, which is referred to as Zeman Cheiruseinu, the days upon which we commemorate our freedom. We were exalted and relaxed as we sat at the Seder engaging in the mitzvos of the evening, primarily that of discussing our exodus from slavery and bondage and our creation as a free independent nation. We sang the tunes we memorized back in our childhood with the same joy and geshmak with which we have been singing them ever since: Mah Nishtanah, Avodim Hayinu, Vehi She’amdah, Dayeinu, Mekimi Mei’ofor Dol, Chasal Siddur Pesach, and so many more.

Pfizer Inc. has agreed to settle more than 10,000 cases accusing it of hiding the cancer risks of its Zantac heartburn drug, according to people familiar with the deal, the biggest of the litigation.
The agreements cover cases in state courts across the US but don’t completely resolve the company’s exposure to Zantac claims, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the settlement publicly. Financial details of the accords weren’t immediately available.

TOKYO – A Tokyo-based public research institute under the jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has developed an artificial intelligence capable of simultaneous interpretation with a natural conversational flow, it has been learned.
The AI, developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), will be used at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo.
The government is expected to use the technology for international negotiations that deal with highly confidential information by around 2030.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated US President Joe Biden for his comments to CNN on Wednesday that he will halt arms shipments to Israel if it launches a full-scale invasion of Rafah. “Crooked Joe Biden, whether he knows it or not, just said he will withhold weapons from Israel as they fight to eradicate […]

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