RABAT, MOROCCO (AP) – Ivanka Trump brushed off criticism that her family has profited off the presidency and said Friday a big difference between her family and Democrat Joe Biden’s is that President Donald Trump amassed his fortune before he entered politics while Biden’s wealth is “derivative” of his time in office. In an interview […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton has a book deal, The Associated Press has learned. The hawkish Bolton departed in September because of numerous foreign policy disagreements with President Donald Trump. He reached a deal over the past few weeks with Simon & Schuster, according to three publishing officials with knowledge […]

BROOKLYN (JTA) — A teenager was arrested in connection with a series of attacks on Jewish men in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The teen, said to be 16 and not named because he is a juvenile, turned himself in to police on Friday and was arrested, PIX11 reported. It is not known which […]

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak of vaping illnesses, reporting they have a “very strong culprit.” The same chemical compound was found in fluid taken from the lungs of 29 patients across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – An earthbound jet known as the Bloodhound became one of the world’s 10 fastest cars this week, on target for its goal to set a new land speed record. “The feeling in this car is fantastic,” driver Andy Green told The Associated Press on Friday, days after the Bloodhound hit 501 mph […]

TEHRAN (AP) – Iran on Sunday said an open Revolutionary Court case involving an ex-FBI agent who disappeared there in 2007 on an unauthorized CIA mission “was a missing person” filing, not a sign that the man was being prosecuted. Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi’s comments come as a new Iranian acknowledgement of the case […]

BORO PARK (VosIzNeias) — Saturday night saw a group of youths target multiple Boro Park locations in an egging spree. All the targets were in the Dahill Rd area, and included a shul, a girls school, a bus, and multiple residences. Khal Bnei Torah Sanz on Dahill Rd near Cortelyou Rd and 37th St was […]

AMMAN (AP) – Jordan’s king announced Sunday that two pieces of land leased by Israel would be returned to the “full sovereignty” of Jordan as the two countries marked a chilly 25th anniversary of their landmark peace agreement. Israel has controlled the agricultural lands for over 70 years and had been permitted to lease the […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli President Reuven Rivlin reached out to Lilianna Segre, a Jewish-Italian Senator for Life who said she receives about 200 hate messages a day. Milan Police last week decided to provide Segre, 89, who is a Holocaust survivor, with a police escort over the threats. “I was appalled to hear the news […]

NEW YORK (AP) – There are many questions surrounding Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential candidacy. Whether he’ll have enough money to sustain a lengthy and bruising campaign is not one of them. The billionaire former New York City mayor opened the door this week to a potential Democratic White House bid, prompting an avalanche of criticism […]