Washington – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in nearly half a century. The Labor Department says claims for jobless aid fell by 5,000 last week to 192,000, lowest since September 1969. The four-week average, which is less volatile, dropped by 6,000 to 201,250, lowest since November 1969. [...]

New Mexico – A café owner in New Mexico is closing shop after backlash over a post on his Facebook page full of anti-Semitic invective. Michael Palombo, owner of V Roast Bistro, a cafe in the Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, on Monday in a new Facebook post apologized for the tirade, since deleted, which [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump is blasting the investigation into Russian election meddling as “The Greatest Political Hoax of all time!” hours before the long-awaited released of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report Thursday. Trump’s first tweet of the day blasted investigators. Trump tweeted, “Crimes were committed by Crooked, Dirty Cops and DNC/The Democrats,” although there [...]

Berlin – German prosecutors have charged a 92-year-old former concentration camp guard with being an accessory to murder, in what will be one of the last ever cases against Nazi-era war crimes. Hamburg prosecutors accused the man, identified only as Bruno D., of aiding and abetting 5,230 cases of murder during the almost nine months [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli police say they detained four suspects involved in an attempt to smuggle two baby goats into Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site for a ritual sacrifice. Police said on Thursday that two Jewish minors intended “to cause provocations” by sacrificing the goats ahead of Passover. Two journalists who planned to film the ritual [...]

New York – In January, before a measles outbreak spread throughout Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in New York, Channie Klor booked a Passover stay at a hotel in Pennsylvania for her family of seven. Four months later, more than 500 cases of the disease have spread throughout the United States in an outbreak linked to Orthodox [...]

Bedford Hills, NY – Former left-wing revolutionary Judith Clark was granted parole Wednesday after serving more than 37 years behind bars for her role as getaway driver in a 1981 Brink’s armored truck robbery that left two police officers and a security guard dead. “You were wrong. Your behavior was criminal. Your callous disregard for [...]

New York – A New Jersey man has been arrested outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City with two jugs of gasoline. Police say church personnel stopped the 37-year-old man from entering the landmark cathedral in Manhattan at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities were investigating whether the unidentified man is emotionally disturbed. There is [...]

Washington – The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed new regulations aimed at making it easier for investors to take advantage of tax breaks for investing in “Opportunity Zones” in low-income areas. The proposed regulations issued by the Treasury Department seek to clear up questions that were keeping some investors from using the tax incentives. President [...]