NEWARK, NJ (AP) – Transportation Security Administration agents at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty Airport uncovered a more decorative than deadly item when they checked a passenger’s carry-on. Agents on Tuesday thought there was a gun in the bag when they put it through the X-ray machine. However, a closer inspection revealed a gun-shaped toilet paper […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s approval rating is holding steady as the House presses forward with an impeachment probe that could imperil his presidency, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. But there are warning signs in the survey for Trump. Though Trump remains overwhelmingly popular within […]

WASHINGTON (VosIzNeias) – Yemen’s government has filed a request for a Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] with the US State Department in an attempt to claim ownership over Jewish cultural items it claims were smuggled out of Yemen illegally, claiming them as “national cultural artifacts.” Fox News reported. Among the items are a centuries old Torah […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided House has approved the rules for its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Thursday’s near party-line 232-196 roll call was the chamber’s first formal vote on a process that’s likely to take months, possibly stretching into the early weeks of the 2020 election year. Underscoring the gravity of the […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military says one of its drones has come under fire in Lebanese airspace. In a statement, the army said an anti-aircraft missile was “launched over Lebanese territory” toward the drone, but the aircraft was not hit. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says a large explosion was heard near the southern […]

WASHINGTON – (AP) – Every dog has his day, just not at the White House. President Donald Trump tweets that the military working dog injured in the raid last weekend that killed the Islamic State leader will leave the Middle East for the White House sometime next week. And the president appears to have declassified […]

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) – A massive fire caused by a cooking gas stove erupted Thursday on a train traveling in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, killing at least 71 passengers, officials said. Flames roared through the train cars as the train approached the town of Liaquatpur in Punjab, they said, the latest tragedy to hit Pakistan’s […]

BOCA RATON, FL (JTA) – The high school principal in Boca Raton, Florida who told a parent that “Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened” was fired. The Palm Beach County School Board voted 5-2 to terminate William Latson’s employment, according to minutes of the meeting posted online. His firing will take effect on November 21. […]

JERUSALEM (VosIzNeias) – Israel’s version to ‘Air Force One’ on Thursday encountered a serious malfunction in its braking system during its first test flight ahead of a planned Sunday take-off. Ynet reported. The situation ended without damages or casualties. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) reported that the test flight was carried out to check the brakes […]

JERUSALEM – (AP) – The family of a former Palestinian lawmaker says Israeli authorities have rearrested her just months after she was released from detention. Ghassan Jarrar, the husband of 57-year-old Khalida Jarrar, says Israeli forces arrested her from her home in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday. Jarrar, a senior official with […]