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Published by Reuters By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden celebrated new U.S. citizens at an event at the White House on Friday, the same day his administration rolled out a government-wide strategy to encourage more immigrants to become citizens. “It’s dreams of immigrants like you that built America and continued to inject […]

Published by Miami Herald SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue teams discovered two more victims of the Surfside condo collapse overnight, raising the death toll to 20 as first responders continued the search amid the threats of shifting rubble underfoot, falling debris overhead and a hurricane in the forecast. One of the two victims found Thursday night

Published by NJ.com A statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus outside a Downtown Jersey City Catholic church was vandalized and stolen Thursday night. Church officials said surveillance cameras recorded the vandalism and the Jersey City police have already been notified. ‘“The gentleman was seen grabbing a brick and then throwing it at the

By Faygie Holt (July 2, 2021 / JNS) Hundreds of people attended a unity rally in Boston on Friday morning to show their solidarity with the Jewish community one day after a Chabad rabbi was stabbed outside a Jewish day school. Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was sitting on the steps outside the Shaloh House, which was

By Jonathan S. Tobin (July 2, 2021 / JNS) As Americans prepare to celebrate the 245th anniversary of their nation’s founding, many if not most of the ideas they used to take for granted about what July 4th meant are under attack. Most of us didn’t notice this until August 2019 when The New York

Published by Reuters By Katanga Johnson and Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, proceeded on Friday with greater caution and a watchful eye on a hurricane that could strike Florida within days. The confirmed death

A male suspect repeatedly stabbed Chabad emissary, Rabbi Shlomo Noginsky, outside of the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton, Massachusetts, which primarily serves the Boston area’s Russian Jewish community. [JNS.org]

Published by Reuters By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for states to enact voting restrictions, endorsing Republican-backed measures in Arizona that a lower court had decided disproportionately burdened Black, Latino and Native American voters and handing a defeat to Democrats who had challenged the policies. The 6-3 ruling,

Published by Reuters By Katanga Johnson and Steve Holland SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) – President Joe Biden visited Florida on Thursday to comfort the families of those killed and missing in last week’s condominium collapse, as the search-and-rescue operation was temporarily suspended due to concerns about the stability of the remaining structure. Biden, whose personal experience

Published by NJ.com Kataluna Enriquez made history Sunday when she became the first openly transgender woman to be crowned Miss Nevada USA. Enriquez defeated 21 other contestants to win the title of Miss Nevada USA. By winning the title, Enriquez has become the first openly transgender woman to win a competition in Miss Nevada USA