San Francisco – Facebook will still allow users to deny the Holocaust even though it removed prominent bigots and anti-Semites from its platform. The social media giant deleted the personal, professional and fan accounts of some leading extremists and conspiracy theorists, like David Duke, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones, on Thursday. But in a letter [...]

New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to announce he’s joining the ever-growing list of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, the New York Daily News reported Friday. A source told the outlet that the announcement could come as early as Wednesday, which is Mr. De Blasio’s 58th birthday. The mayor recently [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump says the “Russian Hoax” was one of the topics he discussed with Russian’s Vladimir Putin (POO’-tihn) during a “Very productive talk!” Trump tweeted Friday: “As I have always said, long before the Witch Hunt started, getting along with Russia, China, and everyone is a good thing, not a bad thing.” [...]

Gaza City – Three Palestinians, including two militants, were killed by Israeli fire Friday after gunshots from the Gaza Strip wounded two Israeli soldiers, officials said, in a new flare-up that shattered a monthlong easing of hostilities that was mediated by Egypt. The calm along the Gaza-Israel frontier was in exchange for Israel’s scaling back [...]

Los Angeles – The FBI arrested a man in Washington state for allegedly making death threats against Ben Shapiro, the conservative political commentator. The suspect had allegedly made “extremely serious” threats against Shapiro and his family, TMZ reported Tuesday. Shapiro, who is Jewish, filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department, who transferred the [...]

Washington – Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would withhold funding from Israel over its detention of Palestinian children. The bill is to “promote human rights for Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation and require that United States funds do not support military detention, [...]

New York – Billionaire investor Warren Buffett called himself an “idiot” for not buying stock in Amazon, but said someone at his investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, is making up for his lack of foresight. Buffett told CNBC on Thursday that a money manager at Berkshire Hathaway has been buying shares in Amazon lately. On Friday, [...]

Washington – The House Judiciary Committee is threatening to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with a new Monday deadline for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report and some underlying materials. The new offer from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler comes after the Justice Department [...]

Gaza – The Israeli military says two soldiers have been wounded by gunshots from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The army said Friday the soldiers were moderately and lightly wounded, respectively. Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas militant site in response. The shootings come as thousands of Palestinians demonstrate along the territory’s perimeter fence with Israel. Meanwhile, [...]

Philadelphia – The worst toll evader in Pennsylvania is being ordered to pay up. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Jarrett Stiff didn’t pay for trips on the Pennsylvania Turnpike 2,264 times from 2012 to 2017, more than anyone else in the state. The 36-year-old from suburban Philadelphia racked up nearly $128,000 in unpaid tolls and [...]