The shutdown of one of the nation’s oldest nuclear power plants last year is having a surprising, stinging consequence for a New Jersey bay considered one of the nation’s most fragile.
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For 50 years, the American Express “Green Card” has been everywhere its card members wanted to be.
Launched in 1969, the Green Card gave travelers a sense of importance they didn’t feel carrying travelers’ cheques.
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The Justice Department has shifted its review of the Russia probe to a criminal investigation, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday, a move that is likely to raise concerns that President Donald Trump and his allies may be using the powers of the government to go after their opponents.

Bar Ilan University has canceled its regulation for students to dress in modest attire and to wear a kippa on campus. Management said the requirement was eliminated due to non-enforcement of religious practices and diminution of the religious student body in the institution.

A letter that is advertised in Thursday’s Hamodia and Hamevaser, not in Yated Ne’eman, penned by the new heads of Bnei Brak’s kashrus; HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Isaac Landau and HaGaon Shevach Tzvi Rosenblatt, calls on persons involved in seeking to undermine the kashrus of the city’s rabbonim, to halt immediately.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com
The president misspoke.  He stated that they were going to build a wall in Colorado which borders on New Mexico, but not Mexico. 
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Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA in a speech criticizing China’s record on trade and human rights.
Pence singled out the shoe company for removing Houston Rockets merchandise from stores in China after the team’s general manager angered the Chinese government with a tweet supporting protesters in Hong Kong.

The chairman of the Joint Arab List, MK Ayman Adah, spoke with Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on Thursday morning, stating unequivocally that if asked to enter into coalition talks with the Blue & White party, he would be willing to hear what is offered.
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The IDF has once again demolished the home of the Palestinian terrorist who murdered IDF soldier Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky HY”D, who was a member of the brigade’s elite Duvdevan reconnaissance force.

American Airlines executives promised Thursday that next year will be better than this one because the airline will get its grounded Boeing planes back and resolve a caustic fight with unions, both of which contributed to thousands of canceled flights.
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