London – Katie Jones sure seemed plugged into Washington’s political scene. The 30-something redhead boasted a job at a top think tank and a who’s-who network of pundits and experts, from the centrist Brookings Institution to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. She was connected to a deputy assistant secretary of state, a senior aide to a [...]

Washington – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. believes that Iran is responsible for attacks that damaged two oil tankers near the Persian Gulf. Pompeo said at a news conference Thursday in Washington that the attacks on the ships are part of a “campaign” of “escalating tension” by Iran and a threat [...]

Jerusalem -A rocket fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip appears to have struck a building in the town of Sderot, causing damage. There are no immediate reports of injuries.

Jerusalem – The U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv decorated its building with rainbow flag banners for the city’s Pride parade, ignoring a Trump administration ban on flying the Pride flag at diplomatic missions. A photo of the building decked out in two rainbow banners and rainbow streamers was published on the U.S. Embassy [...]

Albany, NY – New York lawmakers are poised Thursday to eliminate a religious exemption to vaccine requirements in the face of its worst measles outbreak in decades. The Democrat-led Senate and Assembly planned to vote on repealing the exemption, which allows parents of children to cite their religious beliefs to opt a child out of [...]

San Francisco – Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government’s agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last year to track its battle against government-linked misinformation. It is also adding a smaller number of [...]

Bernardsville, NJ – Authorities say carbon monoxide poisoning apparently caused the death of a man and injured three people at a central New Jersey home. Emergency responders went to the Bernardsville home around 5:40 a.m. Thursday. Authorities say a 59-year-old man was found dead inside. A 51-year-old woman, a 10-year-old boy, and a 5-year-old girl [...]

Washington – Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, repeatedly violated U.S. law by making political comments while serving in the White House and should be removed from the federal workforce, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said on Thursday. “Given that Ms. Conway is a repeat offender and has shown disregard [...]

New York – How much would you be willing to pay to get those diapers within an hour or so? In the latest salvo in the delivery wars, Target is offering same-day delivery on thousands of items for $9.99 per order through a delivery startup it purchased nearly two years ago Until now, Target shoppers [...]

Jerusalem – Israel’s Supreme Court chief justice accused the country’s new justice minister of fomenting anarchy. Esther Hayut made the remark after Amir Ohana suggested that not every high court ruling must be enforced if it goes against his view of what is needed to keep citizens safe. Ohana, a loyalist of Prime Minister Benjamin [...]