New York – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is considering a run for the White House in 2020, on Monday threatened to fine the Trump Organization $2.1 million a year starting in 2030 unless the president’s business reduces emissions from its buildings. “It doesn’t matter who you are, even the president of the [...]

New York – Wall Street sank on Monday after China defied Washington by announcing retaliatory tariffs, the latest salvo in the two countries’ increasingly belligerent trade war, sending investors fleeing equities for less risky assets. All three major U.S. indexes lost ground in a widespread sell-off, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq posting its biggest one-day percentage [...]

Houston, TX – A bakery in Houston that dates back to Poland in the early 19th century lost its kosher certification after deciding to stay open on Passover. The Three Brothers Bakery was certified by the Houston Kashruth Association but no longer appears on the organization’s website. Owners Bobby and Janice Jucker told the local [...]

New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio staged a chaotic press event Monday in the lobby of Trump Tower in which he said he will announce this week whether he’s running for president. Speaking at a podium steps from the spot where President Donald Trump announced his own presidential run in 2015, [...]

Seattle – Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders. The company started adding technology to a handful of warehouses in recent years, which scans goods coming down a conveyor belt and envelopes them seconds later in boxes custom-built for each item, two [...]

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday it would be a big mistake for Iran to try anything against the United States after Washington deployed an aircraft carrier and more jet fighters to the region over concerns about rising tensions with Tehran. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said the United [...]

Berlin – Executed for standing up against Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship and then denied graves so as not to become a rallying point for others, the partial remains of 300 Nazi resistance fighters were laid to rest Monday in a solemn ceremony in a downtown Berlin cemetery. The small wooden box lowered into the square granite-edged [...]

Brooklyn, NY – Four months after he was first found guilty on multiple counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud involving police officials, Jeremy Reichberg has been sentenced to four years in prison plus two year of supervised release. Reichberg had been facing a maximum sentence of 65 years. Word of Reichberg’s [...]

Jerusalem – Students of the “Mietarim” pre-military academy in Nahal Oz, situated near the Gaza Strip, have initiated a new project in which they will fill holes created by rocket explosions with trees. They planted their first tree, a lemon tree, this week and have plans to add many more such trees to the terror-struck [...]

Moscow – When Ukraine’s would-be president Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed his ballot to a swarm of TV and photo cameras on election day, little did he know that he would not only win the vote by a landslide — but would also face a fine. A local court in the capital Kiev on Monday fined Zelenskiy, [...]