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Restaurant Only Serves Meals Lovingly Made by Grandmas From Around the World

Everybody knows that there is nothing quite like grandma’s cooking. That’s why Jody Scaravella created a restaurant that is only run entirely by grandmothers. Every day of the week at Enoteca Maria on Staten Island, New York City, a grandmother from a different country takes charge of the team and creates a menu based off […]

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Travel and Food, USA

Senate committee approves Israel ambassador nominee

David Friedman, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump WASHINGTON – Attorney David Friedman was approved for a confirmation as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel Thursday morning by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in a 12-9 bipartisan vote. The approval sends President Donald Trump’s nomination to the full Senate where Friedman is expected to be confirmed with

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Middle East, USA

JCC leaders demand Sessions be a ‘stronger partner’ against continued threats

Amidst another wave of bomb threats, 141 community center heads send AG a letter asking for more action in combating anti-Semitism By Eric Cortellessa Then-Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 10, 2017. (AP/Alex Brandon, File) WASHINGTON — Amidst an

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USA

Allegations of corruption surface around the Trump Tower in Baku, Azerbaijan

Here’s a headline that the White House wouldn’t like. Donald Trump helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Business and economics reporter Adam Davidson investigated the story for the New Yorker magazine. He traveled to the former Soviet republic for a close-up view of

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International, USA

Sessions says he is open to naming ‘special counsel’ to investigate decisions by Obama-era Justice Department

WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions told a conservative radio host Thursday morning that he was open to naming a “special counsel” to review actions of the Justice Department under the Obama administration. Sessions was a vocal critic of his predecessors, Eric H. Holder Jr. and Loretta Lynch, and their decisions in various investigations. Among

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USA

Another bomb hoax, swastikas aimed at S.D. Jews

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The fourth hoax bomb scare of 2017 was communicated on Wednesday to the Lawrence Family JCC– this time by email. Police with bomb sniffing dogs arrived on the scene after 11 a.m. and pronounced the JCC free from danger. Michael Cohen said following a preliminary search, the JCC facilities remained open.

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Robot needle will help find that vein

CINCINNATI, Ohio (Press Release)  –Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center announce the formation of Xact Medical, a new company that will seek to commercialize the Fast Intelligent Needle Delivery (FIND) system. The FIND system uses robotics and ultrasound to guide and insert a needle into a patient’s body.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

San Francisco asks federal judge to block Trump order penalizing ‘sanctuary’ cities

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco asked a federal judge Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s order threatening to strip federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities that bar police from enforcing immigration laws. The city followed Santa Clara County in asking U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick for a nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump’s executive order

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Does Ivanka Trump Back or Oppose Abortion Rights?

Marchers in New York marked International Women’s Day on Wednesday afternoon by chanting “Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Donald Trump Has Got To Go” while walking between two of the real estate mogul’s signature properties. Some hoisted posters featuring coat hangers, a strong symbol for many women in the battle over abortion rights. Meanwhile, the most

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA