A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year pleaded guilty on Monday to damaging government property, court records show. Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, sending pedestrians running for safety, before ramming it into metal bollard […]
A survey conducted by the UJA-Federation of New York has revealed that nearly 1.4 million Jews currently reside in New York City and its surrounding areas. The study, which covers the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island), as well as Westchester County and Long Island, provides valuable […]
A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported Monday. Scores of people were thought to be trapped after the collapse in the suburb of Ghatkopar, Mumbai police said on social media platform X. At least 47 […]
“An Israeli arms embargo would only strengthen Hamas,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in an interview with Sky News on Sunday. He added that when he came under pressure last month regarding an arms embargo, “a few days later there was a massive Iranian attack on Israel, including 140 cruise missiles. So I don’t […]
Sen Bob Menendez, a Democrat, arrived Monday for the start of his trial on charges that he accepted bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen. Menendez, 70, was dropped off in front of a Manhattan federal courthouse at 8:15 a.m., forty minutes before […]
A new set of polls conducted by The New York Times, Siena College, and The Philadelphia Inquirer has found that Donald Trump is leading President Biden in five crucial battleground states. The surveys, which polled registered voters in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, found that Trump was ahead in all five states except […]
Only a few hundred residents remain in the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine, where Kyiv’s troops are locked in intense battles with the Russian army, according to local officials on Monday. The town, whose pre-war population of 17,000 had dwindled to just 2,500 before Russia renewed its ground assault last week, has emerged […]
An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada on Monday, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of strong winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said the blaze was burning 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) northwest of Fort […]
The United Nations has revised its casualty figures from the Gaza war, admitting that its initial report of 13,450 children killed was an overstatement. The new figures, released last week, put the number of child fatalities at 7,797, a 42% reduction. The UN attributed the error to the “fog of war,” citing difficulties in obtaining […]
Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, characterized his celebrity client as a hands-on manager and said he sometimes lied for him and bullied others on his behalf during highly anticipated testimony Monday in the former president’s hush money trial. Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and by far the Manhattan district attorney’s most important witness in the case, […]
Former President Donald Trump’s planned campaign visit to Minnesota on Friday will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state that he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan fundraising dinner. Tickets start at […]
Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani has declared that the Islamic Republic of Iran possesses atomic weapons. Ardestani, who was re-elected to Iran’s parliament in March, made the statement in an interview with Rouydad 24, an Iran-based outlet. “In my opinion, we have achieved nuclear weapons, but we do not announce it. It means our policy […]
The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent comments, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year. A major concern expressed by both Fed policymakers and some economists is that higher […]
It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, home to a Chinese bakery and pharmacy, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed around the car. They were […]
CNN host Fareed Zakaria expressed his skepticism over the criminal charges brought against former President Donald Trump in New York City, calling them “politically motivated” on this week’s broadcast of “GPS Sunday”. Zakaria noted that Trump is currently leading in most swing states, and while polls may not always be accurate, they have historically underestimated […]
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke University on Sunday was briefly disrupted by a group of students protesting in support of Palestine. As Seinfeld took the stage, dozens of students stood up and began chanting “Free Palestine” while holding a Palestinian flag and other items. The protest was a response to Seinfeld’s vocal support […]
The state’s Yom HaZikaron memorial for the fallen soldiers of Israel’s wars began on Monday at 11:02 a.m. at the Har Herzl military cemetery after a two-minute silence. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said: “Everyone who fought for the defense of the country, everyone who crossed the border into enemy territory recognizes this light – the […]
The Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon launched two anti-tank missiles early Monday afternoon at Yiftach in northern Israel, injuring four soldiers, one moderately and three lightly. “Following the warnings that were activated in the north of the country, two anti-tank missiles from Lebanon fell in the Yiftach area,” the IDF spokesperson said. “Three IDF soldiers […]
A major fire broke out Sunday morning in a vast shopping complex in the Polish capital that housed some 1,400 shops and service outlets and where many of the vendors were from Vietnam. Huge plumes of black smoke could be seen rising over the vast area. The fire department said that more than 80% of […]
Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered flash floods that killed at least 37 people and more than a dozen others were missing, officials said Sunday. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river […]
