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Sewell to be 1st woman, 3rd Black person to lead NYC police

(AP) — New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city’s next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police force. Adams, himself a former New York police captain, introduced Sewell on Wednesday as his barrier-breaking choice for one of the most […]

News Politics

House Passes Anti-Islamophobia Bill After Boebert Suggested Ilhan Omar Is A Terrorist

By Andrew Trunsky(DCNF) The House late Tuesday passed an anti-Islamophobia bill weeks after Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert implied that her Muslim Democratic colleague was a terrorist. The bill was led by Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, the target of Boebert’s remarks, and it would create a special envoy to monitor and fight Islamophobia domestically and […]

National News News

What’s going on with Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial?

(AP) — The prosecution has made its case against Ghislaine Maxwell. Starting Thursday, her defense team takes its turn. Maxwell, a socialite, has denied allegations from multiple women that she helped the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Her lawyers say she’s being wrongly targeted by prosecutors on a vendetta to hold someone accountable […]

Coronavirus

Here’s why 15,000 experts oppose COVID-19 vaccines for children

Art Moore(WND NEWSCENTER) The inventor of the mRNA technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines has issued a video statement explaining why more than 15,000 physicians and medical scientists around the world have signed a declaration that healthy children should not be vaccinated for COVID-19. Dr. Robert W. Malone, who has worked for three decades […]

News Politics

NYT Editor’s Note Admits Reporter Got Duped By Palestinian Professor

By Laurel Duggan (DCNF) The New York Times added a 260-word editor’s note to a recent article to clarify that the Palestinian professor who was initially portrayed as presenting Israelis in a positive light was actually tricking the NYT reporter and had a history of aggressively anti-Israel teaching. The original story described Refaat Alareer, a […]

Coronavirus

Twitter’s Misinformation Policy Says It’s False That Vaccinated People Can Spread COVID-19

By Ailan Evans(DCNF) Twitter recently updated its policy on medical misinformation to label some tweets that claim vaccinated individuals can spread COVID-19 to unvaccinated persons as false or misleading. Twitter’s medical misinformation policy now includes a sentence characterizing claims that vaccinated persons can spread the virus as false, in contradiction of guidance by health officials. […]

Local New York News

Cuomo Must Return Book Money

New York’s main ethics and lobbying regulator will require former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return the proceeds from his book about the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo has 30 days to turn over the money to state Attorney General Letitia James’ office. News: The Joint Commission on Public Ethics has voted to require former Gov. Cuomo to […]

International News News

WATCH: Frum Boy Grabbed by Known Gang

(VINNews) — A frum 9 year old boy was snatched last week by a dangerous gang in Stamford Hill, London. Thankfully, he was released shortly thereafter, and although he was traumatized, was not physically harmed. #HateCrime #Antisemitism#WebbEstateGang carry off a frightened 10 Yr old #Jewish boy on way back from school Another horrible #Racist attack […]

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