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NBA Halts Personalizing of Apparel Following ‘FreeHongKong’ Controversy

By: Legu Zhang Sports fans on Thursday found they could no longer order customized apparel from the National Basketball Association’s official website after the organization sparked a major backlash by appearing to ban the phrase “FreeHongKong” from customized jerseys. Days ago, sports reporters noticed that when customers typed “FreeHongKong” as the customizable message on an […]

International News News

Social Media Blitz Forces Iran to Delay Execution of 3 Human Rights Protesters

Islamic Republic appears to cave in to massive social media uproar from Iranians as Persian language hashtag #DoNotExecute tops trend list. By: Paul Shindman A massive social media blitz by Iranians may have bought some time for three young men facing execution for participating in protests last year against poverty, inflation and economic mismanagement by […]

Coronavirus News

Anti-Semitic Groups Calling on Followers to ‘Deliberately Infect’ Jews with COVID-19

By: TPS Staff Far-right, Neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic groups are encouraging their followers to “deliberately infect” Jews with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and are utilizing the pandemic to spread conspiracy theories, new research on the subject show. In its report, the United-Kingdom’s Commission for Countering Extremism said that a variety of groups have been seeking to “breed […]

Coronavirus International News News

US, UK, Canada Say Russia is Hacking Virus Vaccine Trials

By: Eric Tucker, Jill Lawless & Danica Kirka Western governments accused hackers believed to be part of Russian intelligence of trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, calling out the Kremlin in an unusually detailed public warning to scientists and medical companies. The alleged culprit is a familiar foe. Intelligence […]

Local New York News

‘3 Violations And You’re Closed’: Cuomo Threatens Bars And Businesses That Violate COVID Rules

(DCNF) Mary Rose Corkery New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an order Thursday that will shutter any bar or restaurant after three violations of coronavirus restrictions. As part of the “Three Strikes And You’re Closed” initiative, any bar or restaurant in New York City will be closed down after three violation warnings, Cuomo said Thursday, […]

Business & Technology Business News

Bezos, Obama, Biden, Gates, other Twitter Accounts Hacked in Bitcoin scam

(AP)Unidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The ruse included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla […]

Health

Study: 5.4 Million Lost Health Insurance in 2020

By Jason Devaney(NEWSMAX) Millions of working-age Americans have lost their health insurance coverage this year as the coronavirus pandemic cuts across the world. According to data from Families USA, 5.4 million people who lost their jobs also lost health coverage between February and May. That figure represents the highest increase on record by 39%. The […]

Coronavirus

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

By LAURAN NEERGAARD(AP) The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday — as the shots are poised to begin key final testing. “No matter how you slice this, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease […]

Op-Ed Opinion

Religion, Morality & Politics

By Elizabeth Pipko I was not raised a Republican or a Democrat, I was raised a Jew. I was not raised with conservative or liberal values, but with Jewish values. And I was not raised with right leaning or left leaning principles, only with Jewish principles. I am guided in many ways by what George […]

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