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Fast Forward Sara Netanyahu Charged With Fraud For $100K In Freebie Meals
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, was charged on Thursday with fraud over the alleged misuse of state funds in ordering catered meals at their official residence, the Justice Ministry said. The indictment charged that Netanyahu, along with a government employee, fraudulently obtained more than $100,000 for hundreds of meals supplied by restaurants, bypassing…
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Fast Forward U.S. Plans To Quit Human Rights Council Over Anti-Israel ‘Bias’
The United Sates plans to pull out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a Trump administration source told Reuters. It has long threatened to quit if it was not reformed, accusing the 47-member Geneva-based body of being anti-Israel. Reuters reported last week that activists and diplomats said talks with the United States on reforms…
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Fast Forward New York Demands Ban On Ivanka In Push To Shut Down ‘Checkbook’ Trump Foundation
New York’s attorney general sued Ivanka Trump along with her father President Trump and his namesake foundation, saying the nonprofit should be dissolved after more than a decade of illegal conduct, including support for Trump’s 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Barbara Underwood, the attorney general, accused the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors of conducting…
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Fast Forward Julian Edelman ‘Very Sorry’ For Doping Allegations
New England Patriots receiver Julian Edelman apologized Friday, one day after reports emerged that he faces a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Edelman indicated the matter is under appeal. He said he doesn’t know how the alleged violation occurred. “I am very sorry — I don’t know what happened,” Edelman…
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Fast Forward 4 Killed By Israeli Troops As Fresh Gaza Protests Erupt
Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire or tear gas used against protesters at the Gaza border, medics said, while Israel said militants had attacked its forces with guns and grenades. Organizers linked the protests to annual “Jerusalem Day” events in Iran, which like Gaza’s dominant Hamas…
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Fast Forward Famed Jewish Psychiatrist Slain In Arizona Spree — Therapist Also Murdered
A man suspected of killing six people, including a noted Jewish psychiatrist who advised prosecutors investigating high-profile murders, killed himself on Monday as police closed in on the Phoenix-area hotel where he was staying, police said. Investigators had been searching for the suspect, identified as Dwight Jones, 56, since Steven Pitt, a 59-year-old psychiatrist who…
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Fast Forward Just 162 Of Michael Cohen’s Seized Documents Covered By Attorney-Client Privilege — Out Of 300K
Only a tiny fraction of the documents seized from President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen and reviewed by a court-appointed official are protected by attorney-client privilege, according to a court filing on Monday. Barbara Jones, the court-appointed special master reviewing the documents, said in the filing in Manhattan federal court that out of…
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Fast Forward Howard Schultz Steps Down From Starbucks
Starbucks Corp, the world’s biggest coffee chain, said on Monday Executive Chairman Howard Schultz is stepping down, effective June 26. Schultz, who has been with Starbucks for nearly four decades, is credited with turning the company into a popular household name and growing it from 11 stores to more than 28,000 in 77 countries. Last…
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