Charlotte, NC – How much did it cost U.S. taxpayers to provide security for Eric Trump on a recent golf trip to Trump golf courses in Scotland? That’s what the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants to find out. The Charlotte Observer reports the group has filed a records request [...]

New York – This year’s U.S. measles epidemic just surpassed a 25-year-old record, and experts say it’s not clear when the wave of illnesses will stop. U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 971 cases so far this year. That eclipses the 963 measles illnesses reported for all of 1994. It’s been 27 years since the [...]

Pittsburgh – Lawyers for the man accused of killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue say the FBI has been discouraging witnesses from talking to the defense, undermining the suspect’s right to a fair trial. Robert Bowers’ lawyers said in court documents that at least one witness got in touch with the defense — exchanging [...]

New York – FedEx plans to deliver packages seven days a week starting next January as it tries to keep up with the continuing boom in online shopping. The company is also taking back nearly 2 million daily deliveries to homes that are currently handled by the post office in a move it says will [...]

Newark, NJ – As a tornado bore down on the western edge of New Jersey, some residents prepared for the worst, while others were caught off guard, despite bulletins from meteorologists and extensive coverage by television and radio stations. Marie Raffay was at a high school athletic awards banquet in Stanhope on Tuesday night with [...]

Jerusalem – President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to push the Trump administration’s long-awaited plan for Mideast peace, just as Israel was thrust into the political tumult of an unprecedented second election in the same year. Kushner and U.S. special envoy Jason Greenblatt [...]

Philippines – A cargo ship arrived in a northern Philippine port on Thursday to transport 69 containers of garbage back to Canada that officials say were shipped illegally to the Philippines, one of two Southeast Asia countries that have protested being treated like dumpsites by wealthier nations. Administrator Wilma Eisma of Subic Bay freeport said [...]

Jerusalem – Advisor to Donald Trump Jared Kushner brought Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a map of Israel that included the Golan Heights, and was signed by the president with a hand-written comment by the president that read “Nice,” Netanyahu said in a speech to the press on Thursday evening. “And I say to that: very [...]

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday scornfully rejected ‘disgusting’ talk among Democrats about launching an impeachment inquiry against him in the aftermath of the Russia probe, saying he did nothing to merit such an outcome. Talking to reporters on the White House South Lawn ahead of a trip to Colorado, Trump grew animated [...]

Los Angeles – An Uber driver in Los Angeles who said he was Palestinian kicked two Jewish women out of his car after learning they were coming from an Israel Independence Day celebration. The incident occurred on May 19, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported. The driver, named Mustafa, asked the women where they were [...]