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Coronavirus

COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for US

(AP) The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter in the U.S. While trends are improving in Florida, Texas and other Southern states that bore the worst of the summer surge, it’s clear […]

National News News

Bannon indicted on contempt charges for defying 1/6 subpoena

(AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was indicted Friday on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department said Bannon, 67, was indicted on one count for refusing to […]

National News News

Psaki Says Higher Gas Prices Show Need For Green Transition

By Thomas Catenassi(DCNF) White House press secretary Jen Psaki argued that higher gasoline prices, which critics blame the Biden administration for, highlight the need for a rapid transition to clean energy. “Our view is that the rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment and […]

Local New York News

Gang of Teenagers Stab and Slash 62-Year Old Man in Times Square

62-year-old man was brutally attacked by a group of teenagers near Times Square early on Wednesday morning. Shocking video footage of the assault was released by police in an attempt to identify the attackers and shows the man being struck on the head from behind before being slashed and stabbed by six other teens as […]

News Politics

Ben & Jerry’s may lose kosher certification due to boycott

By World Israel News Staff Ben & Jerry’s could lose its kosher certification from the Kof-K kosher agency if it carries out its plan to boycott Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. “We have told Ben & Jerry’s that we do not know if we will be able to renew […]

International News News

France: Life sentence for killing of Holocaust survivor

(AP) — A French man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor to death in an antisemitic attack, a case that triggered widespread outrage and called attention to resurgent anti-Jewish sentiment in France. After horror and grief, Mireille Knoll’s family feels justice after Wednesday’s verdict. “We are exhausted but […]

Business & Technology Business News

Unilever’s Stock Takes Nose-Dive Since Ben & Jerry’s Boycott of Israel; Activist Investor Spotlight’s Company’s Financial Risk

By: Fern Sidman Since the iconic Ben & Jerry’s ice cream brand made the ill fated decision to boycott Judea and Samaria in Israel, things are looking so good for their parent company, Unilever. According to a report in the Wall Street indicated that the company has now decided to sideline plans to sell a […]

Israel News News

Iranian commander: Israel ‘doomed to disappear’

by Elad Benari (A7) The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace forces, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, on Thursday said that Israel was “doomed to disappear” and that any action by Israel against the Islamic Republic would hasten that disappearance. Speaking at a ceremony in Tehran and quoted by i24NEWS, Hajizadeh mocked Israel for being “the […]

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