New York – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio sparred, clashed and laughed with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday when the Democratic presidential hopeful faced the conservative TV titan who has disparaged him for years. For one hour on cable news’ top-rated show, their raised voices overlapped as they disagreed on taxation of [...]

Indianapolis – A swastika was drawn on the wall of a dorm room at the University of Indianapolis shared by twin Israeli sisters. The swastika in faint red marker was discovered Monday night as Shira and Michal Sasson were moving into their room. The Israeli students starting their junior year are on the University of [...]

Hong Kong – The U.S. government on Thursday stepped up its warnings to travelers to Hong Kong because of increasing violence surrounding pro-democracy protests in the Chinese city. The State Department’s Level 2 travel advisory issued Thursday urges “increased caution in Hong Kong due to civil unrest” and tells travelers to avoid demonstrations and to [...]

Jerusalem – A European mental health association said it will rethink a decision to cancel a planned conference in Israel following widespread objections by academics worldwide. The European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation, or Enmesh, had decided to scrap the gathering out of concern that it would cause pushback from pro-BDS groups. Instead it [...]

Washington – More than 200 mayors, including two anguished by mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, are urging the Senate to return to the Capitol to act on gun safety legislation amid criticism that Congress is failing to respond to back-to-back shootings that killed 31 people. In a letter Thursday to Senate Majority Leader Mitch [...]

Serbia – Dozens of protesters from the small Jewish Community of Belgrade, Serbia, are protesting the government’s alleged role in an internal power struggle that some say has paralyzed communal life. The protesters, who this week are gathering daily outside the Justice Ministry, say the government is stoking a conflict involving assets worth millions of [...]

Garden Grove, CA – A man killed four people and wounded two in a string of robberies and stabbings in California’s Orange County before he was arrested, police said Wednesday. The 33-year-old Garden Grove man was taken into custody after he came out of a 7-Eleven store and dropped a knife and a gun that [...]

El Paso, TX – Joseph Charter used to feel safe in El Paso. But after Saturday, when a gunman killed 22 people and injured 26 at a Walmart store in the Texas city, everything changed. “I had to go to Target the following day, and for the first time ever I kind of looked around,” [...]

Gaza City – The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror organization lauded the murder of Israeli yeshiva student Dvir Sorek, 19, who was found stabbed to death on Thursday morning on a road between Efrat and Migdal Oz. Hamas said that the attack was a response to Israel’s alleged attempts to annex Judea and Samaria. “Our [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli leaders across the spectrum expressed rage and sorrow over the murder of IDF soldier Dvir Sorek, 19, in Gush Etzion on Wednesday night. Dvir was found stabbed to death just feet away from his yeshiva, Yeshivat Machanayim, between Migdal Oz and Efrat. Prime Minister and Defense Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning on Thursday [...]