Tuesday, April 23, 2024

US

Musk’s Partisan Tweets Call Twitter Neutrality Into Question

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NEW YORK (AP ) - Elon Musk used his Twitter megaphone to appeal to “independent-minded voters” on Monday, urging them to vote Republican in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections and ste...

As Sales Of Antisemitic Film Promoted By Kyrie Irving Skyrocket, Amazon Comes Under Pressure To Remove It

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NEW YORK (JTA) - As the antisemitic book and film that NBA star Kyrie Irving promoted on social media continues to occupy best-seller lists on Amazon, the e-commerce giant has come...

Trump’s Company Appeals Judge’s Decision To Appoint Monitor

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's company is appealing a judge's decision to appoint an independent monitor to oversee its business dealings while it is being sued fo...

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s daughter is suing Dr. Oz, saying he stiffed her over a Jewish donors list

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(JTA) — Around the time Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was endorsing Mehmet Oz for the Senate, calling the TV doctor a “great friend of Israel” last December, the candidate for the GOP nomi...

Pelosi Opens Up About Attack On Husband: ‘I Was Very Scared’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held back tears speaking Monday for the first time about being awakened by pounding on the door as Capitol Police rushed to tell her ab...

US: Federal Aid To Florida For Hurricane Ian Tops $2B

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal aid to Florida for recovery from Hurricane Ian has topped the $2 billion mark, Biden administration officials announced Monday, one day before the midterm...

Putin-Linked Businessman Admits To US Election Meddling

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(AP) - Kremlin-connected entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted Monday that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so — confirming for the first time the acc...

Subtropical Storm Nicole Threatens Bahamas, Florida Coast

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Subtropical Storm Nicole formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, threatening to bring a prolonged period of hazardous weather to parts of the Bahamas a...

Barack Obama Denounces Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories And The Celebrities Who Post Them Online

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PITTSBURGH (JNS) - Former President Barack Obama called out celebrities who post antisemitic conspiracy theories online. calling them “dangerous” while campaigning in Pittsburgh, t...

North Korea: Missile Tests Were Practice To Attack South, US

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and U.S. targets such as ai...

Out of the Mailbag: Why You Must Not Sit This One Out!

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NEW YORK — By now many of us have had enough. We have heard countless times online, on social media, and on WhatsApp, to get out and vote for Lee Zeldin. Obviously all these mes...

Musk Threatens To Boot Twitter Account Impersonators

BOSTON (AP) — Elon Musk tweeted Sunday that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another. The platform's new owner issued ...

Twitter War Erupts Between Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens, After Owens Retweets Antisemitic Trope

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FLORIDA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — An ugly Twitter war appears to be brewing between conservative talk show host Ben Shapiro, and media figure Candace Owens, who works for Shapiro’s Da...

Last Total Lunar Eclipse For Three Years Arrives Tuesday

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Better catch the moon’s disappearing act Tuesday — there won’t be another like it for three years. The total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout...

Luck of the Draw? New York Stores Boasting Multiple Big Lottery Wins

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NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - New York State may have had its share of difficulties in the last two years, but those thinking of ditching the Empire State for greener pastures m...

Influencers Debate Leaving Twitter, But Where Would They Go?

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pariss Chandler built a community for Black tech workers on Twitter that eventually became the foundation for her own recruitment company. Now she's afraid i...

Chebet And Lokedi Of Kenya Win NYC Marathon Races In Debuts

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NEW YORK (AP) — Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi made huge splashes in their New York City Marathon debuts on Sunday. Chebet won the men's race and Lokedi the women's race...

READ: Zeldin Thanks Chassidic Leaders in Brooklyn for Rare Unanimous Endorsement

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https://twitter.com/leezeldin/status/1589296422784225280

Musk’s Past Tweets Reveal Clues About Twitter’s New Owner

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(AP) - He may be good with rockets and electric cars, but don't turn to Elon Musk for public health predictions. “Probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April,” th...

Hug Breaks Wheelchair Course Record, Wins 5th NYC Marathon

NEW YORK (AP) — Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the New York City Marathon men’s wheelchair race for the fifth time, shattering the course record Sunday and tying Kurt Fearnley for m...