New York – Ruth Madoff, the wife of imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, agreed to pay $594,000 and surrender her remaining assets when she dies to settle claims by the court-appointed trustee liquidating her husband’s firm. According to settlement papers, Ruth Madoff, 77, who was never charged in connection with her husband’s Ponzi scheme, will pay [...]

Omaha, NE – Investor Warren Buffett says if the U.S. has a full-blown trade war with China, it will be bad for the entire world. Buffett appeared on CNBC Monday with Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who serves on Berkshire’s board. Over the weekend, roughly 40,000 people attended Berkshire’s [...]

Poway, CA – “Those who are standing can remain standing,” Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein joked, a nod to the standing-room-only crowd that had packed Chabad of Poway for Friday night services. For many of those who filled the sanctuary, showing up was an act of faith, of solidarity, of defiance just six days after a gunman [...]

Washington – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won’t be turning President Donald Trump’s tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. Mnuchin tells Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal in a Monday letter that the committee’s request “lacks a legitimate legislative purpose.” The move, which was expected, is [...]

Lakewood, NJ – A toddler died after being left in a car in New Jersey, law enforcement said. Lakewood Township police are investigating the death of the nearly 2-year-old girl, who died Monday around 2 p.m., according to NBC news. A law enforcement source told News 4 the toddler’s mother tried to take her to [...]

Jerusalem – Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow Palestinians from the West Bank to enter Israel and attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony in Tel Aviv this week. The court upheld an appeal against Netanyahu’s refusal, as Israel’s defense minister, to grant entry to 176 Palestinians for Tuesday’s [...]

Washington – U.S. stock prices remain “elevated” and business debt is at historic levels, but the financial system overall “appears resilient” with low levels of leverage and less susceptibility to risks of a destabilizing run, the Federal Reserve said in its latest report on financial stability. “Investor appetite for risk appears elevated by several measures, [...]

Queens, NY – Police say a child is dead after being found in a burning car in New York City, and a man is in custody. Authorities were called around 9 p.m. Sunday to a car fire at the intersection of Baisley and Rockaway boulevards. It’s in the Springfield Gardens section of Queens. Firefighters arrived [...]

Washington – Nearly 400 former federal prosecutors have signed onto a letter saying President Donald Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice if he were anyone other than the president. The letter was signed by more than 370 former Justice Department prosecutors who served under both Democratic and Republican administrations. It was released [...]

Mexico City – The remains of a plane that disappeared en route from the U.S. city of Las Vegas to Monterrey in northern Mexico have been found, a state government official said on Monday, with local media reporting that all 14 on board had died. Mexican newspaper Reforma said the private plane had 11 passengers [...]