Harvard Grads Organize Separate Commencement For Black Students
Student organizers of the “Black Commencement 2017” raised $27,000 for the first university-wide graduation ceremony for black students designed to celebrate their achievements and...
Lebanon: Syrian National Arrested Over Phone Calls To Israel
Lebanese authorities arrested a Syrian national accused of having made phone calls to neighboring Israel, the army said Friday.
Officially, Lebanon remains at war with...
AP Photographer Who Took Pictures of Oct. 7 Massacre Wins Prestigious Photography Award
The Reynolds Journalism Institute has awarded the oldest photojournalism award in the Photo of the Year (POY) competition to AP photographer Ali Mahmud, who...
Video: Harambe Part 2? Alligator Drags Child Into Water at Disney Resort
Police in Orlando are searching for a two-year-old boy who was dragged into the water at a Disney resort by an alligator. The incident...
Lettuce Recall Expands as FDA Investigates E. Coli
A recall of romaine lettuce that has sickened students with E. coli poisoning is expanding as the government tries to find out where the...
MUST WATCH – POWERFUL ‘A SECOND CHANCE’
By Rabbi Yoel Gold & Baruch Levine
Inspiring Story & Song for Rosh Hoshana
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1pnjjO4975M
Shot Cop to De Blasio: Get Lost
One of the two cops who was shot chasing down suspected robbers Monday night isn't happy that Mayor Bill de Blasio visited him in...
Candle Lighting Times, Erev Shabbos Parshas Tetzaveh 5775
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COVID-19 First Appeared In A Group of Chinese Miners in 2012, Scientists Say
The coronavirus may not have originated at a Wuhan wet market last year but 1,000 miles away in 2012 — deep in a Chinese mineshaft where...
William Penn Statue To Stay In Philadelphia Park After National Park Service Reversal
The National Park Service announced it will not remove a statue of William Penn from the park in Philadelphia where his home once stood.
The...
National Debt Soars to Highest Level Since WWII
The federal debt will represent 62% of the nation's economy by the end of this year, the highest percentage since just after World War...
The Maharal of Prague zt”l, On His 402nd Yahrtzeit, Tomorrow, 18 Elul
Tomorrow is the 402nd yahrtzeit of Rav Yehuda Lowy zt"l, the Maharal of Prague. The Maharal lived from 1525 to 1609.
Born in Posen, Poland,...
Aboard an Israel Navy Patrol Boat Protecting Israel’s Gas Rigs
Yuval Azulai of Globes has a fascinating report on the Israel Navy's high speed patrol boats that are tasked with helping to protect Israel's...
Turkey Expands Strikes Against Kurdish Militants In Syria And Iraq
Turkey stepped up its bombing campaign against Kurdish militants outside its borders on Tuesday, killing as many as 20 U.S.-backed fighters in Syria and...
Flat Earthers Are Unhappy About NASA’s Mars Insight Lander
Flat Earthers are not pleased about NASA’s latest mission to Mars, which saw the space agency’s InSight lander arrive at the red planet on...
More Than 1 In 6 Americans Now 65 Or Older As U.S. Continues Graying
Some 17 percent of people living in the United States, or more than 1 in 6, were 65 or older in 2020, according to...
Tlaib Says She Regrets Booing Hillary Clinton On Friday
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a prominent surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders, said Saturday that she regretted booing Hillary Clinton onstage at a Sanders campaign event...
Documents Reveal TSA Research Proposal To Body-Scan Pedestrians, Train Passengers
Giving Transportation Security Administration agents a peek under your clothes may soon be a practice that goes well beyond airport checkpoints. Newly uncovered documents...
Our Brother in Bolivia: Yanky Ostreicher Update
Yanky Ostreicher, a 53-year-old flooring contractor from Brooklyn, remains locked in Palmasola Prison in Santa Cruz, without charges, as Bolivian law allows a person...
