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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom handily beat back an effort to oust him from office in Tuesday's special election, overcoming a Republican campaign to unseat him over his liberal policies…
Haiti's chief public prosecutor has asked the judge overseeing the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moise to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry as a suspect and ordered migration…
A federal judge temporarily blocked the state of New York on Tuesday from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constitutional…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco to mark the first anniversary of…
New York City is choosing to disclose data about Covid-19 infections only when “connected to a public health purpose,” Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi said Tuesday, refusing to commit to…
President Isaac Herzog received the credentials of the new ambassadors of Mexico, Estonia, Spain, Greece, Vatican City, and for the first time Bahrain, upon the assumption of their ambassadorial duties…
As Israeli security forces carried on their hunt for two Palestinian prisoners still at large after last week’s escape, Defense Minister Benny Gantz reiterated that Israel’s quarrel was with terrorists,…
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that he stands by his decision lead his right-wing Yamina party into a government with center, left and Arab parties. Acknowledging the angry…
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I am deeply saddened by the petirah of my yedid nefesh of five decades, Rabbi Reuven Savitz, zt”l. Rabbi Savitz was one of the most respected people I have ever…
Lakewood School Bus Gets Into Accident; No Students HurtHamodia StaffA school bus for a girls’ high school in Lakewood got into a three-vehicle accident on Tuesday morning, the Lakewood Scoop reported. B’chasdei Hashem, none of the fifteen students onboard…
COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to where they were over the winter, wiping out months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for…
Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out of poverty last year, even as the official poverty rate increased slightly, the Census Bureau…
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Additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are not needed for the general population, leading scientists including two departing senior U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials and several from the World Health…
The leader of the Hezbollah terror group said Monday the first tanker carrying Iranian fuel to Lebanon has arrived in a Syrian port and the diesel will be shipped to…
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Last month, hundreds of travelers were trapped on trains for hours when the subway system abruptly shuddered to a halt around 10:30 p.m. Initially, MTA officials and politicians blamed Con…
All 472 of New York City’s subway stations now have security cameras, the New York Post reported. The MTA has installed roughly 2,000 more cameras at more than 200 stations…
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a second day of tough congressional questions Tuesday about the Biden administration’s much-criticized withdrawal from Afghanistan. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken…
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ended his campaign to retain his job in a recall election with a final push from President Joe Biden, who warned that the outcome of…
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Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as…
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A cyber surveillance company based in Israel has developed a tool that can break into Apple iPhones with a never-before-seen technique used at least since February, internet security watchdog group…
A court in Amsterdam ruled Monday that Uber drivers fall under the Dutch taxi drivers’ collective labor agreement — meaning they are entitled to the same employment benefits as taxi…
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