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20+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 806 New York Rep. Elise Stefanik said on Friday that she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek re-election to Congress. Stefanik, a Republican, made the announcement in an email to supporters,…...

27+ min ago [ROB REINER on the set of "The Princess Bride." (photo credit: COURTESY OF YES)]As the tributes have poured in following his death, many who knew him have commented on how nice Rob Reiner was, what a mensch he was,…...

49+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 806 A US proposal to rebuild war-torn Gaza into a high-tech, luxurious coastal destination over the next two decades has been pitched to possible donor countries, according to a report on Friday. The project, which would cost…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 806 WASHINGTON (AFP) " The US Justice Department on Friday began releasing a long-awaited cache of records from its investigations into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein " though much of the material remained heavily…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 806 A growing vacuum has reportedly been felt in US-Israel relations following the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top aide, strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer, last month. His absence is particularly felt as the sides prepare…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 806 The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday's events as they unfold. WASHINGTON "US forces have launched an operation against the Islamic State group in Syria in response to an attack in Palmyra that left three Americans…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago [Smoke rises in an area within the Yellow Line boundary, marking IDF-controlled Gaza territory, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip November 18, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)]The source further told KAN that the Israeli leader is reportedly awaiting…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 806 Canadian police on Friday announced the arrest of three men for attempted kidnappings targeting Jews and women, and terrorism. The suspects were named as Waleed Khan, 26, Osman Azizov, 18, and Fahad Sadaat, 19. The suspects are all from…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 805 JTA " Nine federal prosecutors, including at least one Jew, recently resigned from the Justice Department over what they described as the Trump administration's "fraudulent" handling of its ongoing antisemitism investigation targeting the University of California system....

6+ hour, 3+ min ago ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 805 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the Trump administration will have to clarify the mandate of the International Stabilization Force before it can expect to secure troop commitments from participating countries, as it…...