Supreme Court Won’t Take Nazi Art Dispute CaseThe Supreme Court is leaving in place a ruling for a California museum in a dispute over ownership of two German Renaissance masterpieces seized by the Nazis in World War II.
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$15 Minimum Wage Becomes Part Of 2020 Presidential LandscapeFrom liberal firebrands Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to moderates Joe Biden and John Hickenlooper, nearly the entire 2020 Democratic presidential field agrees that the federal minimum wage should be more than doubled, to $15 an hour.
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 University of Wisconsin Defends Protesting Student’s Call to ‘Gas’ Campus JewsThe following is via Washington Free Beacon:
Outrage is mounting in the Jewish and pro-Israel communities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee after a student at the school protested an event celebrating Israeli Independence Day with signs displaying swastikas and calls for Jewish students to be gassed, speech the university says is protected and cannot be stopped.

Recite the Prayer by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Lag BaomerRecite the Prayer by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Lag Baomer

This prayer by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (known by the acrostic the Rashb”i) is recorded in the Zohar (Part II, 206) and is recited every time we take the Torah from the Ark.
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 Trump Cries ‘Treason’ Over Campaign ScrutinyPresident Donald Trump is using “treason” rather lightly as he assails unidentified U.S. officials for investigating operatives of his campaign in 2016. There’s no allegation or even suggestion that they committed this punishable-by-death crime, if any crime at all.
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 5 Foot Snake Found Crawling In Williamsburg BuildingThis 5 foot snake was seen slithering around the lobby of a Williamsburg apartment building on Monday.
A source told YWN that it appeared the snake escaped from an apartment, and the owner came to place it back in its cage.
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15-Month-Old Bitten By A Viper Snake In Moshav Aderet [PHOTOS]A 15-month-old girl was brought to the pediatric emergency room of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Sunday after she was bitten by a viper snake near Moshav Aderet.
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Rockland County Executive Ed Day Requests Trump’s Help To Stop Measles OutbreakRockland County Executive Ed Day wrote to President Donald Trump requesting that an Executive Order be issued or laws be passed to require that visitors from other countries present certification of appropriate immunization before being allowed entry to the United States.

Trump Says He Didn’t Need To Borrow From BanksPresident Donald Trump is insisting he didn’t borrow from many banks because he “didn’t need the money,” not because they wouldn’t do business with him.
Trump’s tweets Monday appear to be in response to New York Times reporting that Deutsche Bank anti-money laundering specialists recommended that multiple transactions associated with Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be flagged to federal authorities.

Eiffel Tower Closed Down After Intruder Tries To Climb UpThe Eiffel Tower closed down on Monday after a man began trying to scale the Paris monument.
A person could be seen dangling just below the third and highest level of the structure.
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