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Ghislaine Maxwell was Dangerous Predator, Prosecutor Says at NY Trial

(AP) — A jury began deliberations Monday, tasked with considering whether Ghislaine Maxwell is a dangerous predator who recruited teens to be sexually abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein — as prosecutors put it — or the “innocent woman” a defense attorney described. The jury received the case just before 5 p.m. after two prosecutors and […]

Education

Third-Grade Students Forced to Reenact Holocaust at D.C. School

By Eric Lendrum(American Greatness) At a Washington D.C. school, third-grade students were forced by a teacher to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, including portraying Adolf Hitler and simulating executions, the Washington Post reports. The incident was addressed in an email that the principal of Watkins Elementary School, Scott Berkowitz, sent to the parents of all […]

International News News

There’s some kind of ‘barrier’ at our galaxy’s center, scientists find

WND Staff Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have detected the presence of an unexplained barrier blocking cosmic rays at the Milky Way’s center, Vice reports. What’s more, they don’t really know what it is, according to an open access paper published in Nature Communications. Cosmic rays are particles like protons that are accelerated […]

Israel News News

Protest at Bennett’s house: ‘No to Green Pass, no to coercion’

Israel National News A large protest against Green Pass regulations took place Saturday night in Ra’anana in front of Prime Minister Bennett’s house. Flyers advertising the event emphasized the backing of “medical teams” and read, “No to the Green Pass, no to coercion.” Reports on social media cited thousands in attendance amid harsh police force. […]

Coronavirus

Pandemic Could Be Solved Quickly If Politics Thrown Out: Dr. Ben Carson

Authored by Harry Lee and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times, “We’ve been having tunnel vision” dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Ben Carson told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program. “Let’s throw the politics out. We could solve this problem pretty quickly,” he stated in an interview that will premiere on Dec. 18 at 7 […]

Local New York News

NJ township settles longstanding legal battle with synagogue

(A7) A New Jersey township has settled a long-running legal fight with an area synagogue over land it wanted to turn into a new school. This week, Howell Township approved a bond of $8,100,000 to buy the synagogue-owned property on Ford Road as agreed to in a settlement with Congregation Kollel, Patch reported. The synagogue […]

International News News

US official: Iran’s breakout time to nuclear weapon is ‘really short’

Elad Benari,(A7) The United States believes Iran’s breakout time to producing enough highly enriched uranium for one nuclear weapon is now “really short” and alarming, a senior Biden administration official told reporters on Friday, according to Reuters. The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, did not have a precise time for the breakout, […]

Coronavirus

Hits ‘keep coming’: Hospitals struggle as COVID beds fill

(AP) — Hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses and other workers, already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the COVID-19 delta variant and now bracing for the fallout of another highly transmissible mutation. Ohio became the latest state to summon the National Guard […]

National News News

Judge finalizes jury instructions at Maxwell sex abuse trial

(AP) — British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell appeared in court on Saturday for a rare weekend hearing where attorneys made arguments about how the judge should instruct a jury on the law in Maxwell’s sex abuse trial. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan scheduled the hearing — held in an otherwise closed courthouse and with jurors absent […]

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Local New York News

Adams Vows to Bring Solitary Confinement Back to Rikers Island, Scrapping Reforms

Reuven Blau, THE CITY This article was originally published by THE CITY Mayor-elect Eric Adams | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY When scores of city correction officers rallied against proposed jail reforms in front of the bridge leading to Rikers Island last summer, they chanted “Bring back the box!” — referring to solitary confinement. On Thursday, Mayor-elect […]

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