Washington – President Donald Trump on Monday lauded the rabbi of the synagogue hit by a shooting attack on Saturday, following a phone call in which he offered his condolences for the death of a veteran member of the community. “I spoke at length yesterday to Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Chabad of Poway, where I extended [...]

New York – U.S. consumer spending increased by the most in more than 9-1/2 years in March, but price pressures remained muted, with a key inflation measure posting its smallest annual gain in 14 months. The Commerce Department said on Monday consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, surged 0.9 [...]

Washington – Military officials say the commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired for a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.” A statement from U.S. Southern Command says Navy Rear Adm. John Ring was relieved of duty Saturday. The [...]

Copenhagen, Denmark – A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military facility. Joergen Ree Wiig of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries says “Equipment St. Petersburg” is written on the [...]

Poway, CA – Oscar Stewart served in the Army in Iraq in 2003. Sixteen years later, faced with the unthinkable, his training kicked in Oscar Stewart, a 51-year-old Iraq War veteran, was standing at the back of the room when shots rang out during a Torah reading service at the Chabad of Poway on Saturday. [...]

Poway, CA – Hundreds of people gathered Sunday night at a park for a vigil to honor the victims of an attack on a synagogue the day before. People at the community park near Chabad synagogue in Poway held candles and listened to prayer in Hebrew. Leaders asked community members to do acts of kindness [...]

Poway, CA – Saturday’s attack at the Chabad of Poway synagogue saw a few clear heroes: one of them was Almog Peretz, wounded while shepherding children to safety. Such spirit is why terror will not win. Peretz, an Israeli attending with family, was already escorting several children to an exit when he veered to gather [...]

Washington – Former top Justice Department official Sally Yates said on Sunday that if Donald Trump were not president, he would have been indicted on obstruction charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Yates, a career federal prosecutor who rose to acting attorney general before Trump fired her in 2017 less than two weeks [...]

Poway, CA – A 19-year-old man accused of opening fire on Sabbath worshippers in a deadly shooting rampage at a Southern California synagogue is believed to have acted alone, without help from any organized group, authorities said on Sunday. Police say the gunman walked into the suburban San Diego synagogue late on Saturday morning, the [...]

New York – A Jet Blue plane was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night because of possible measles cases on board. Crew reported two active measles cases, officials said. The plane will be secured at a JFK handstand area. The flight was from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic with many [...]