“These veterans and their families have waited too long to receive benefits that they earned.”
WASHINGTON — Ending years of wait, the government agreed Thursday to provide millions of dollars in disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange residue on airplanes used in the Vietnam War. The new federal rule, approved by the White House Office of Management and Budget, takes
A passage from a Jewish prayer, calling for the elimination of idol worship, was found scrawled in red spray paint on a wall outside the church.
TABGHA, Israel — A fire ripped through one of the most famous Catholic churches in the Holy Land on Thursday, damaging the roof and burning prayer books in what authorities believe is an attack by Jewish extremists. The fire broke out at the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish in the middle of the night, causing extensive damage
An intense manhunt was underway Thursday for a white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston, killing nine people, including the pastor. Authorities called it a hate crime.
Read more about the shooting from the Associated Press: CHARLESTON, S.C. — An intense manhunt was underway Thursday for a white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston, killing nine people, including the pastor. Authorities called it a hate crime. Charleston police
Israel is gunning hard to curtail Iran’s rising star. Indeed, if the Iran nuclear deal goes off without a hitch this summer, major diplomatic ramifications are likely in store for Israel — ramifications that not even the U.S. can stop.
WASHINGTON --- Maariv's New York correspondent, Shlomo Shamir, reported last week that senior Western diplomats based in Washington and New York told him that after the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran is completed at the end of this month, a major diplomatic offensive is expected against Israel. This new campaign, which will coincide with the annual
Clinton also let the owner of a New Hampshire design firm take over her account for a day to show how she supports small business.
MINNEAPOLIS --- With every election that goes by, U.S. presidential candidates increasingly see social media reach as a key indicator of their popularity, and a barometer as useful as more traditional forms of polling. One candidate in the 2016 election is already in the lead of the social media game in one key measurement: the number of fake
Considering the millions of dollars and ramped-up rhetoric the Israeli government is throwing at efforts to thwart the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, one might safely assume that the movement is making powerful strides.
The Israeli government has been ramping up its hawkish rhetoric attacking the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement aimed at ending Israeli apartheid and occupation of Palestinian land, a movement which was inspired by the Nelson Mandela’s initiative to end apartheid in South Africa. This week, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet
