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Bill targeting Chinese-owned app goes to the US Senate after passing the House in bipartisan vote. TikTok has slammed a bill that would ban the video-sharing app in the United States if it does not divest from its Chinese owner, accusing lawmakers of trampling on citizens’ right to free speech. “It is unfortunate that the […]

Passover is nearly here and the Jewish holiday plays an important role in Judaism, according to myjewishlearning.com. Only unleavened bread or “matzo” must may be eaten during the celebratory Jewish festival, according to britannica.com. Matzo symbolizes “the Hebrews’ suffering while in bondage and the haste with which they left Egypt in the course of the Exodus.” […]

Donald Trump’s team has angrily denied reports he fell asleep in court last week as his criminal trial in the Stormy Daniels hush money case got underway, but one witness said on Sunday that he saw it himself. “I was in the courtroom. I saw him falling asleep,” MSNBC analyst Jonathan Alter told the network’s […]

MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu‘s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign policy, according to preliminary results reported Monday by local media. The People’s National Congress won 70 out of 93 seats in Sunday’s vote, and along with three seats secured by its allies has […]

Apr. 21—As Brandon Glenn hiked through a light, open area of the Santa Fe National Forest northeast of the city Thursday morning, he paused and bent over a circle of burned earth about six feet in diameter, skimming the back of his hand over the ashes. Cold. Although the U.S. Forest Service recently has detected […]

Columbia University is facing a full-blown crisis heading into Passover as a rabbi linked to the Ivy League school urged Jewish students to stay home and tense confrontations on campus sparked condemnation from the White House and New York officials. The atmosphere is so charged that Columbia officials announced students can attend classes and even […]

Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on April 13, 2024, but a photo shared online of rockets lighting up the night sky did not show the assault. The picture in fact showed Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system intercepting rockets from Gaza in October 2023. “[Israel] is losing out. Iranian drones light up and […]

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Joe Biden, noting that he feels no ill will over the family political divide. “Some of them don’t like the fact that I’m running,” Kennedy said of […]

A homicide investigation is underway after the body of a worker in Framingham was found behind the business Saturday night, the Middlesex District Attorney’s office said Sunday. Framingham police responded to a business at Shoppers World Worcester Road around 10:00 p.m. after a deceased man was found in the trash area behind a building, according […]