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Google must face a consumer antitrust class-action lawsuit accusing it of illegally maintaining dominance in online search, after a U.S. judge refused to dismiss the case. * U.S. District Judge Rita Lin ruled plaintiffs showed enough evidence to move forward on core claims, though claims tied to Google’s conduct before 2017 were barred for now. […]

Against the backdrop of repeated incidents of spitting, insults, and provocations directed at Christian clergy in Jerusalem’s Old City, the Rav of the Old City and the Rav of the Kosel issued an unequivocal public statement on Thursday, sharply condemning the phenomenon and calling for it to stop immediately. In a public notice released in […]

A former Uvalde schools police officer was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he failed in his duties to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary during the critical first minutes of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Jurors deliberated for more than seven hours before finding Adrian Gonzales, 52, not guilty in the first trial over the […]

A sprawling winter storm barreling toward more than 35 states is prompting emergency declarations and heightened warnings, as forecasters project heavy snow, ice and extreme cold for more than 200 million people from Friday through early next week. Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina moved first, issuing preemptive emergency declarations after the National Weather Service […]

Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday. The operation was backed by Interpol — the international police cooperation agency that helps law enforcement agencies in different countries share information and […]

President Donald Trump unveiled his new “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, but the rollout was overshadowed by visible bruising on both of his hands — a recurring issue that has fueled renewed questions of the 79-year-old president’s health as he pushes a high-profile global initiative. Standing before world leaders in […]

Questions are mounting over President Donald Trump’s claims that he has reached a new “framework” with European leaders regarding Greenland, as senior media analysts and European officials suggest the arrangement under discussion may largely reflect agreements and authorities that already exist. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump reiterated his push for expanded […]

President Donald Trump has filed a sweeping $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon, accusing the banking giant of “debanking” him and his businesses for political reasons. The lawsuit was filed Thursday morning in Florida state court in Miami by Trump’s attorney, Alejandro Brito, on behalf of the president and several […]

Powered by strong consumer spending, the U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in two years from July through September, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade of its first estimate. America’s gross domestic product — the nation’s output of goods and services — rose at a 4.4% annual pace in the third quarter, […]

Several organizations have filed a complaint with the Ombudsman for Complaints Against Judges, Asher Kula, demanding an investigation into High Court Justice Khaled Kabub amid suspicions of a conflict of interest in his rulings. The complaint follows a Channel 14 News exposé alleging that Kabub ruled in at least two cases in which one of […]

Protests in Iran show no sign of easing, and the brutality of the regime against demonstrators is intensifying. According to local sources who spoke with Iran International, regime forces reportedly opened fire on Wednesday night during funerals for slain protesters in two Iranian cities. In Ilam Province in western Iran, local sources said regime forces […]

The son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo González was released on Thursday after being held incommunicado for more than a year, his wife said. Rafael Tudares Bracho’s release, two months after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, is part of a trickle of prisoners being released by the interim government, after former President […]

JEFFRIES: “The verdict is clear, Donald Trump and Republican policies have been a complete and total failure, a disaster, for the American people…Republicans continue to be focused on all the wrong things.”

President Trump has appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to another job.

Reporter: Why are there so many U.S. Citizens being caught up in this operation? Vance: They’re not being arrested because they violated the immigration laws. They’re being arrested because they punched a federal law enforcement officer. That is a totally reasonable thing.

The U.S. and China signed off on a deal to spin off TikTok’s U.S. operations, allowing the app to continue operating in the United States, a White House official confirmed. * The move is meant to address concerns tied to ByteDance, including potential Chinese government access to data of 170 million American users, under a […]

Jack Smith: The people who assaulted police officers and were convicted after trial in my view and I think in the view of the judges who sentenced them to prison are dangerous to their community. Some of these people have already committed crimes against their communities again.

The former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district is expected to plead guilty in federal court Thursday to two charges, including falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen, which could result in a lengthy prison sentence and increase the risk of deportation. Ian Roberts, a native of Guyana in South America and a former Olympic […]

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