N.J. Sen Menendez Back In NYC Courtroom Pleads Not Guilty

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NEW YORK—New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez returning to a lower Manhattan courtroom Monday, pleading not guilty to a charge of using his position as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in acting as a foreign agent

2 Israeli Women Held Hostage by Hamas Are Released

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UNDATED– Two more hostages have been released by Hamas. The militant group said it released the hostages Monday on humanitarian grounds. The hostages were identified as two Israeli women. This follows the release of two American hostages

Gazans are told to get out of the way now

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(Tel Aviv) — Israel’s military is again urging Palestinian civilians to leave northern Gaza to avoid being caught up in the expected fighting. During a Sunday briefing, a senior IDF spokesman warned “you are risking your lives

Still no Speaker of the House

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(Washington, D.C.) — House Republicans are set to meet tonight in their latest efforts to find a Speaker. The position has been vacant since Republicans ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy on October 3rd, bringing the business of the

Still no sign of teen who went into East River

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(New York, NY) — The parents of a missing 13-year-old boy say they think their son, Kavion Brown jumped into the East River Friday afternoon on a dare. He disappeared in the water a short time later.

Palestinian protest gets violent in Brooklyn

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(New York, NY) — The mess in the Middle East continues to play out of the streets of New York.  Over the weekend, 19 were arrested when protestors fought with NYPD cops during a pro-Palestine rally in

Frightening moments for JetBlue fliers at JFK

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(New York, NY)  — Fliers at JFK had some pretty scary moments last night when the nose of their plane lifted up towards the sky as they were walking off the jet.  The JetBlue Airbus A321-200 had