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President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States on Saturday with visits to each of the sites where hijacked planes crashed in…
An air raid siren sounded Motzoei Shabbos in Sderot in southern Israel, as well as in the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, an IDF statement said. The IDF also said that one…
"Hi, my name is Patricia Fuentes. I am a property manager of a building located in Forest Hills, Queens, that has suffered from the storm. I have 424 residents in…
The dust cloud caught Carl Sadler near the East River, turning his clothes and hair white as he looked for a way out of Manhattan after escaping from his office…
Four of the six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped from the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel on Monday are now back in authorities' custody, the Israel Police confirmed. Zakaria Zubeidi, the…
The Health Ministry said on Sunday evening that 3,887 people have tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day, indicating a drop in the infection rate. The ministry said that after…
A dispute over a member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s delegation, ahead of his upcoming trip to Egypt to meet with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has put the visit in jeopardy,…
A massive manhunt was underway Monday morning after six Palestinians escaped from a high-security Israeli prison. They were identified by authorities as members of terrorist groups. Five of the prisoners…
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The Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives (HJMA) and the National Library of Israel (NLI) announced the joint purchase of seven documents from the 19th and 20th centuries, related to Jewish…
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah 5782, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.2 million compared to 15.1 million in 5781, according to newly released statistics by the…
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Hurricane Ida‘s death toll continued to rise on Sunday, with many in the Northeast holding out hope for people missing in the floodwaters, while nearly 600,000 customers in Louisiana still…
Four people are dead including a mother still cradling her now-deceased baby after a massive gunfight early Sunday with a former Marine a Florida sheriff said was “ready for battle”…
More in National »Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family back the Black Lives Matter movement, one of her senior representatives said in a TV interview to be broadcast Friday. Philanthropist Kenneth Olisa,…
An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul on Thursday with the cooperation of the Taliban — the first such large-scale departure since…
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Three of the nation’s largest food-delivery companies are suing New York City over a limit on fees it put in place during the pandemic to protect restaurants devastated by the…
The New York City Department of Sanitation will make extra trash pickups due to debris from Tropical Depression Ida. While trash and recycling collection is typically suspended on Labor Day,…
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President Joe Biden on Friday directed the declassification of certain documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a supportive gesture to victims’ families who have long sought the…
Democrats Promote Cheney to Vice Chairwoman of Jan. 6 PanelHamodiaHouse Democrats have promoted Republican Rep. Liz Cheney to vice chairwoman of a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, placing her in a leadership spot on the panel as…
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A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers. It could potentially also…
Whatsapp has been fined €225 million ($266 million) by the European Union’s privacy watchdog for the company’s lack of information to its users. Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner investigated allegations that…
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