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National News News

As Monuments Fall, Confederate Carving Has Size on Its Side

By: VOA Staff Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate monument ever crafted — colossal figures carved into the solid rock of a Georgia mountainside — may outlast them all. Stone Mountain’s supersized sculpture depicting […]

Sports

Report: NBA Approves List of Social Justice Messages for Jerseys

DYLAN GWINN (BREITBART) The NBA has approved a list of social justice messages that players will be allowed to wear on their jerseys when, or if, play resumes later this month. According to Marc J. Spears of ESPN, the list includes: The National Basketball Players Association and the NBA reached an agreement Friday on social […]

National News News

Chaos In Portland, BLM Protests Rage On, Governor Finally Speaks after 5 Weeks of Madness`

Protesters in the uber-liberal, predominantly White city of Portland have taken to the streets every day for more than five weeks to decry “police brutality”, while pushing the hard-line anti-White, anti-Israel, anti-American BLM & ANTIFA ideology. Portland has escaped corporate media scrutiny for weeks as the violence raged on, the media repeated the mantra “peaceful […]

Coronavirus News

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Yields Positive Data

Edited by: JV Staff Pfizer and BioNTech have reported positive preliminary results from the ongoing Phase I/II clinical trial of BNT162b1, a potential Covid-19 vaccine. BNT162b1 is the most advanced of the four Covid-19 vaccine candidates being assessed as part of Pfizer and BioNTech’s BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine program. A nucleoside-modified messenger RNA (modRNA) candidate, BNT162b1 […]

International News News

Report Accuses Israeli Mogul of Setting Up Global Network to Launder DR Congo Money

Transparency groups have long accused Gertler of using his DRC ties to obtain rights for lucrative minerals By: i24 News Staff An Israeli mining mogul set up a global money laundering network to work around American sanctions and extract mineral wealth from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday citing an investigation […]

National News News

Major Jewish Group Slams Anti-Semitism at BLM Protest

National Council of Young Israel calls on Black Lives Matter leaders and elected officials to condemn protesters who tried to link BLM to the Palestinian anti-Israel BDS movement. By: Paul Shindman The leading American organization of modern orthodox synagogues on Thursday called on elected officials and leaders in the African-American community to condemn the linkage […]

Local New York News News

ADL Files Open Records Requests in Wake of Rising Anti-Semitism in Ocean County, NJ

Edited by: JV Staff On the heels of the release of ADL’s 2019 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, ADL’s New York/New Jersey Regional Office announced last week that it has filed open records requests pursuant to New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq., seeking information regarding how Jackson, Toms River, Howell, and Brick […]

International News News

‘Elders’ Group of Ex-World Leaders Rails Against Israeli Sovereignty

The Elders, led by ex-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, claimed Israeli sovereignty over Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria “will increase the risks of future violence in one of the most combustible areas in the world.” By: Ebin Sandler The Elders, a group of ex-world leaders co-chaired by former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ex-Irish President […]

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Local New York News News

Groups Worry New Law Will Land More New Yorkers Behind Bars

By: Marina Villeneuve A new state law in New York allows judges to set bail for more criminal charges than originally allowed under a sweeping 2019 reform that largely did away with cash bail for many people awaiting trial. Several criminal justice reform groups and state lawmakers raised concern at a Thursday virtual news conference […]

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