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King of Prussia, PA
News
Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Arrested During Lockheed Martin Protest In King Of Prussia
A Good Friday protest outside Lockheed Martin in Pennsylvania ended with dozens of arrests — including a nationally known business leader — organizers said. Dozens of activists were arrested during a protest at Lockheed Martin’s facility in King of Prussia on Friday, April 4, as demonstrators targeted the world’s largest weapons manufacturer, organizers said. Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was among those taken into custody at the property on the 230 block of Mall Boulevard. About 200 people gathered at the site for the event, which was organized by the faith-based group Red L…
Arlington, VA
Business
Gas Prices Soar Nearly $1 In Month During Iran War: How VA Costs Have Changed
Gasoline prices have risen nearly $1 nationwide in the last month as the US-Israeli war on Iran fuels global oil market turmoil. The national average price for gas climbed to $3.88 per gallon, AAA said on Thursday, March 19. That's up 95 cents from Thursday, Feb. 19, and a weekly increase of 28 cents. The price surge is expected to continue after Israel launched a widespread attack on South Pars, the world's largest gas field, triggering retaliation from Iran targeting key energy sites across the Gulf Arab states. Brent crude oil, a global benchmark, spiked to $112 per barrel…
Rutherford, NJ
Sports
Iran Won't Play At 2026 World Cup Amid
Us-i
sraeli Attacks, Sports Minister Says
Iran says it won't participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup because of the US-Israeli strikes that have killed more than 1,200 people. Iranian Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali announced the decision on state television on Wednesday, March 11. The US is co-hosting the World Cup with Canada and Mexico, with matches scheduled to begin on Thursday, June 11. The announcement came nearly two weeks after forces from the US and Israel killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during their war on Iran. "Considering that this corrupt regime (the US) has assassinated our leader, under no circums…
Rivertowns, NY
Police & Fire
Hate Speech Stickers Found Near School Playground In Hastings, Investigation Underway
Officials in a Westchester County village are investigating after stickers containing hate speech were discovered near a local school. New, updated report - Hate Speech Stickers Near School: Suspect ID'd In Westchester, No Charges Filed (UPDATE) In a letter to the community on Monday, March 9, Hastings-on-Hudson Mayor Tom Drake and Superintendent William S. McKersie said the stickers were found earlier that morning on a stop sign and the Ali Marpet Way sign located between the Farragut Middle School playground and Reynolds Field. According to the letter, the stickers contained s…
Potomac, MD
Politics
Trump’s Disapproval Rating Grows, But Democrats Are Seen As ‘Out Of Touch’: New Poll
President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating is rising. But Democrats face their own trust gap, and control of Congress still looks like a dead heat. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll conducted Friday, Oct. 24 through Tuesday, Oct. 28 finds 41 percent approve of President Donald Trump’s job performance, while 59 percent disapprove — the highest disapproval in this series since January 2021. The national online survey included 2,725 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points The broad dissatisfaction with Trump has not yielded a clear Democratic edge…
Rutherford, NJ
Sports
Israel Could Be Banned From FIFA World Cup In US: Reports
Israel could be banned from the 2026 FIFA World Cup as international backlash grows against its military occupation of Gaza, which a United Nations commission has called a genocide. Europe's soccer governing body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend Israeli teams from international play, the Associated Press reported. A ban would impact Israel's national teams, along with clubs that can qualify for competitions like the UEFA Champions League. A majority of UEFA's 20-member executive committee is expected to support suspending Israel, two people familiar with the proposal told the AP. UEF…
Englewood, NJ
News
Released Tenafly Hostage Edan Alexander Vows To Return To IDF Service
Edan Alexander, the Bergen County native and Golani Brigade soldier held hostage for 584 days, announced Wednesday night, Sept. 17 that he will return to Israel next month to resume military service. "I will once again put on the IDF uniform, and I will proudly serve alongside my brothers,” Alexander told a sold-out crowd of 1,200 at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Night to Salute Our Heroes in New York. “My story does not end with survival – it continues with service.” Edan Alexander is reunited with his parents. Israel Defense Forces Alexander, who was captured on …
Wayne-Radnor, PA
News
Leo XIV Concerned About 'Some Things' In US, Pope Says In First Major Interview
In his first major interview as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV said he won't be involved in US partisan politics, but will advocate for causes important to the Catholic Church, like immigrants' rights. Leo spoke with Crux, an online newspaper that focuses on the Catholic Church. The final excerpt from the wide-ranging interview was published on Thursday, Sept. 18. Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen interviewed the pope for a new biography titled "Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the XXI Century." A Spanish version of the book launched in Peru, where L…
Englewood, NJ
News
Israeli Flag Torched At Synagogue In Tenafly, Hometown Of Hostage Edan Alexander
Police are investigating after an Israeli flag was found damaged outside a New Jersey temple located in the hometown of former Hamas hostage and IDF soldier Edan Alexander, authorities said. Tenafly officers were alerted to the vandalism at Temple Sinai in Engle Street on Tuesday, Sept. 16, around 8:40 a.m., according to Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain. Patrol units responded and saw an Israeli flag that had damage consistent with burn marks and or being melted by a flame source, the chief said. Representatives from the temple pointed out the damage and worked with o…
Montclair, NJ
News
Palestinian Author: Zionists Bullied Watchung Booksellers Into Canceling My Signing
A Palestinian-American author says her book signing in Montclair was canceled due to pressure from the Jewish community. Jenan Matari, author of "Everything Grows in Jiddo’s Garden," said in an Instagram reel posted Sunday, Sept. 14, that Watchung Booksellers called off her scheduled signing the same day of the event. Matari said the cancellation came after “Zionist pressure, bullying and harassment,” which she claimed “made staff feel so unsafe that they canceled my event.” “I didn’t appreciate being framed as the danger in the community when it’s actually the zionists who put the communi…
Hartford, CT
News
Jerry Seinfeld Says 'Free Palestine' Advocates Worse Than KKK: Report
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld compared the "Free Palestine" movement to the Ku Klux Klan, claiming that the slogan is a form of antisemitism. Seinfeld made the comments at Duke University on Tuesday, Sept. 9, the Duke Chronicle student newspaper reported. The unpublicized event was for Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage abducted during the Hamas-led attack at the Nova music festival on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The 71-year-old implied that pro-Palestinian advocates are antisemitic. “Free Palestine is, to me, just — you're free to say you don't like Jews. Just say you don't…
Princeton, NJ
News
Freed
: Princeton Grad Student Held Hostage In Iraq For 2+ Years Released
A Princeton graduate student has been released after she was held hostage in Iraq for two years. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Tuesday, Sept. 9 that Elizabeth Tsurkov, was released by Kata'ib Hezbollah and is at the American Embassy in Iraq. "I will always fight for justice and never give up, Trump wrote. Tsurkov, a Russian and Israeli citizen, had been tortured for many months, Trump said. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani said the release came after extensive efforts by his country's security services. "We reaffirm, once again, that we will not…
Englewood, NJ
Real Estate
Inside Fashion Mogul's $24.75M Alpine Chateau With Glass-Floored Bathroom Over Indoor Pool
Behind the iron gates of 31 Rio Vista Drive sits a $24.75 million French-inspired chateau with stone imported from Jerusalem and design touches pulled straight from the fashion world. The Alpine home is owned by Avraham “Avi” Tahari, co-founder of the Elie Tahari fashion and clothing brand and brother of designer Elie Tahari (which, in 2019, was projected to reach $1 billion in sales). Built in 2017, the 21,000-square-foot estate is the highest-priced property yet for father-daughter duo Attillio and Victoria Adamo of Serhant New Jersey, featuring eight bedrooms, nine full bathrooms, a…
Hartford, CT
Business
Caterpillar Dumped By World's Largest Sovereign Fund Over Israeli Military Ties
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund has dropped construction equipment company Caterpillar over Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which many groups are calling a "genocide." Norway's Government Pension Fund Global announced it was divesting from Caterpillar and five Israeli banks on Monday, Aug. 25. The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has more than $1.7 trillion in assets, according to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute. The fund's Council on Ethics said that Caterpillar bulldozers have aided Israel in "the widespread unlawful destruction of Palestinian property." "There is n…
Albany, NY
News
Hanukkah Shooting: Man Who Opened Fire Outside Albany Synagogue Gets Years In Prison
A man who fired a shotgun outside an Albany synagogue on the first night of Hanukkah in 2023 has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty in February to a federal hate crime for the Dec. 7, 2023, incident at Temple Israel, as Daily Voice previously reported. Alkhader took an Uber to the synagogue, walked up the front steps, pulled a shotgun from a duffel bag, and fired two rounds into the air while shouting “Free Palestine.” Adults and children were inside at the time, but no one was injured. He had planned to shoot out the syna…
Arlington, MA
News
Pierogi Politics: Alan Dershowitz Booed Out Of Martha’s Vineyard Farmer's Market
Alan Dershowitz came for pierogis. Instead, he was publicly shamed and booed off the lot. The 86-year-old lawyer, who defended Donald Trump and is a prominent advocate for Israel, says he was denied service from a pierogi vendor and heckled at the West Tisbury Farmers Market on Martha’s Vineyard two weeks in a row. Wearing a shirt he says he bought at that same market 35 years ago, Dershowitz detailed the saga in a YouTube video, calling it an act of political discrimination that escalated into a protest on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Good Pierogi booth. Dershowitz speaks about the ev…
Newark, NJ
Politics
Sen. Booker Declines To Endorse Mamdani For Mayor: 'Let NY Politics Be NY Politics'
When it comes to the New York City mayoral race, Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, is staying on his side of the river. In a CNN interview Tuesday, Booker declined to endorse Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist, who won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June. Mamdani has alarmed some centrist Democrats with his previous calls to defund the police and criticism of Israel. Booker said he would "let New York politics be New York politics." “We’ve got enough challenges in Jersey," Booker said. "I got a governor’s race. I’m supporting Mikie Sherrill. I got legislative races. That’s whe…
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
News
Feds Join Police In Probe Of EMT's Swastika-Stickered Cadillac On Closter Street: Officials
A swastika displayed on a Cadillac parked on a North Jersey street has prompted a multi-agency investigation and swift public condemnation from local and state officials. The gray or black Cadillac, bearing New York EMT plates and the URL “Isreal.com” across the trunk, was seen on Lockwood Street in Closter (Bergen County) with a swastika beside it, according to a post shared Sunday, August 3, by the nonprofit StopAntisemitism on X (formerly Twitter). That same day, a blog post published on the listed website claimed responsibility for the decal and described a police visit to the author’s …
Monsey, NY
Obituaries
Successful Photographer, Advocate From Monsey Dies At 56
An award-winning photographer and storyteller who hailed from Rockland County before moving to Israel later in life has died after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Laura Ben-David, a native of Monsey who moved to Israel in 2002 and became a well-known voice for the Anglo-Israeli community, died on Thursday, July 17 at the age of 56, her husband Raphael M. Barishansky announced. Ben-David had been the social media director at Nefesh B’Nefesh, a nonprofit that helps facilitate Jewish immigration to Israel from the United States and Canada, according to a report fro…
Arlington, VA
News
Mass Layoffs Begin At State Department Under Trump Downsizing Plan
The State Department is firing around 1,350 workers as part of a sweeping downsizing initiative tied to President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce the federal workforce. According to an internal memo obtained by The Washington Post, the department will issue termination notices on Friday, July 11 to over 1,100 civil servants and 240 Foreign Service employees. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week that cleared the way for Trump’s executive order to move forward while legal challenges continue. Earlier report: Trump Can Proceed With Government Overhaul, Cut Workers, …
Fairfield, CT
News
New ICE Budget Tops Spending By Most Of World’s Militaries: Report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will receive a budget that rivals the world’s largest armies, thanks to a narrowly passed spending plan in Congress this week. Supporters say the funding will accelerate removals of undocumented immigrants, while critics called the measure "immoral" and "one of the saddest days in American history." President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Act,” which he signed on Friday, July 4, sets aside $170 billion toward immigration. The package includes more than $30 billion for enforcement, $45 billion for detention centers, and $47 billion for border …
Hartford, CT
News
More Travelers Using Credit Card Perks Amid Trump Tariffs, Study Says: Here's How
As summer travel heats up and President Donald Trump's tariffs weigh on Americans, many vacationers are looking to credit card perks to reduce costs. WalletHub released two studies about rental car and travel insurance benefits on Tuesday, June 24. About 43% of Americans said Trump's tariffs will push them to explore credit card travel benefits. These sometimes overlooked perks can add up to big savings, especially for residents in high-cost states across the Northeast. "Tariffs and inflation have travelers feeling a bit antsy, and many are turning to long-overlooked credit …
White Plains, NY
News
Strikes Didn't Destroy Iran's Nuclear Sites, US Intel Says: Reports
Airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites may set its program back by only a few months, according to separate reports by CNN and The New York Times based on a preliminary US intelligence assessments. The classified report, compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency, found that while the American bombing campaign sealed off entrances to two major facilities, it did not collapse the underground structures housing Iran’s nuclear research, according to CNN, which first reported the news. Before the operation, US intelligence had estimated that if Iran moved to develop a nuclear weapon, it could…
Rockville, MD
News
MoCo Man Sent Threatening Letters To Jewish Groups, Including In Philly: DOJ
A Maryland man is facing federal charges for allegedly sending violent, antisemitic threats to Jewish organizations in Philadelphia and beyond — including letters referencing Gaza, Kristallnacht, and potential attacks. Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park in Montgomery County, was arrested and charged for allegedly mailing threatening communications, the US Attorney’s Office announced. According to the criminal complaint, Seferlis began sending written threats through the mail as early as March 1, 2024, and continued targeting Jewish institutions for over a year. Clift Andy Seferlis is p…
Ansonia, CT
News
Furious Trump Drops F-Bomb On Live TV, Lashing Out At Israel, Iran Amid Spat Over Ceasefire
Hours after Israel and Iran accused each other of violating a ceasefire he helped broker, a clearly frustrated President Trump lashed out at both nations. Trump told reporters at the White House Tuesday morning, June 24 before departing for a NATO conference in the Netherlands he was not happy with either Israel or Iran, and drove home the point by using a four-letter profanity on live television he had not said publicly before in front of cameras and microphones the last 10 years. "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f--…
Greenwich, CT
News
Trump Declares Ceasefire Between Israel, Iran As Both Issue New Threats
President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, even as officials in both countries were issuing evacuation alerts and warning of additional strikes. Trump posted the statement on Truth Social at 6 p.m. Eastern on Monday, June 23. “CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!” he wrote. The mess…
White Plains, NY
News
US Issues Global Alert After Strikes On Iran’s Nuclear Site
The US State Department has issued its first global travel warning since the October Hamas attacks on Israel, urging Americans abroad to be on high alert amid intensifying conflict in the Middle East. The “Worldwide Caution” alert, posted Sunday, June 22, follows a series of US missile strikes on Iran's most fortified nuclear site and two other targets — a direct escalation that now places the US alongside Israel in its military campaign against Iran. Iran has promised retaliation against the US. The State Department warned of growing threats to US citizens overseas, including the po…
Saratoga Springs, NY
Business
Gas Prices May Spike After US Strikes Iran Nuclear Sites: What To Know
Americans could take a hit at the pump after the United States joined Israel's attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities overnight. Even before President Donald Trump ordered the US military to insert itself in the conflict, gas prices were expected to ticket up following Israel's initial wave of attacks on Friday, June 13. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, estimated in the days after that the average cost of a gallon of gasoline, currently around $3.15 nationally, according to AAA data, could increase by 10 to 25 cents, reflecting a hike of nearly eight percent. …
White Plains, NY
News
US Launches Missile Strikes On Iran Targeting Main Nuclear Facilities
The United States has struck Iran's most fortified nuclear facility as well as two other sites in a series of missile attacks overnight, joining Israel's military actions. The move on Saturday, June 21 Eastern time signals the US joining Israel’s war against Iran just days after President Trump announced he would announce possible American involvement within "two weeks." Multiple B-2 bombers carried out the strikes against the main site, Fordo, as well as the other sites, according to The New York Times. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three nuclear sites in Iran," Tru…
Englewood, NJ
News
Photos
: Hamas Hostage Edan Alexander Welcomed Home To Tenafly With Police Escort
Edan Alexander, a Tenafly native held hostage by Hamas for 19 months, was welcomed home on Thursday, June 19, with a police procession and cheers from neighbors. Edan Alexander gets tearful hometown welcome after 584 days in Hamas’ clutches: ‘Their child is our child’ https://t.co/nnp2XNqpjh pic.twitter.com/XKMYYFYkPx — New York Post (@nypost) June 19, 2025 What a moment. Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, NJ to welcome home Edan Alexander - nearly 600 days after he was captured and held hostage by Hamas. “We’re all just so excited,” one woman tells me. Full coverage…
Annandale, VA
News
Highest Level Do Not Travel Warning Issued For Israel By US
Americans are being warned not to travel to Israel as the conflict with Iran intensifies. The US State Department has issued a Level 4 travel advisory, the highest severity classification, urging citizens against all travel to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. On Saturday, June 14, the department authorized the voluntary departure of family members and non-emergency US government employees due to the volatile and unpredictable security situation in the region. The US Embassy may further restrict or prohibit government employees and their family members from traveling to certain areas o…
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