Author: Jennifer Peltz
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Victims remembered: “The loss is incalculable’
PITTSBURGH • They were professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community. A day after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead, officials released the names of the victims. The oldest of them was 97. The youngest was 54. They included a pair of brothers and a husband and…
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Israel accuses Iran of ‘secret atomic warehouse’
UNITED NATIONS • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Thursday of keeping a “secret atomic warehouse” just outside its capital, despite the 2015 deal with world powers that was meant to keep it from obtaining nuclear weapons. Holding up a poster-board map of an area near Tehran as he spoke at the U.N.…
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‘It keeps us safe’: A bathroom set up to stem overdoses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK — At an unassuming storefront on a busy Brooklyn street, people sign up to use a bathroom outfitted to try to curb an overdose crisis. Waiting his turn, a man named Robert is frank about why he’s there, instead of one of the…
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New York sues President Trump’s charitable foundation
NEW YORK — A lawsuit filed by New York’s attorney general Thursday said President Donald Trump used his charitable foundation to settle personal business disputes and bolster his political image with donations directed by his staff. The Donald J. Trump Foundation “was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses…
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Americans fete royal wedding in pubs, hotels and homes
NEW YORK (AP) — From pubgoers in pajamas to merrymakers in finery at a posh hotel, Americans cheered and teared up Saturday as they watched Meghan Markle marry Prince Harry in a royal wedding with trans-Atlantic resonance. People gathered at wedding watch parties — some before dawn — at a Hollywood pub and New York’s…
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Former Playboy centerfold apparently jumps to death with son
NEW YORK — A former Playboy centerfold involved in a custody battle apparently jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from the 25th floor of a Manhattan hotel, law enforcement officials said Friday. Stephanie Adams and her son Vincent fell 23 floors and were found on a second-floor balcony at about 8:15 a.m. Friday…
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Calls for investigation, but no consensus at UN Gaza meeting
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s Middle East envoy said there was no justifying the killings of more than 50 Palestinians by Israeli fire at the Gaza border, and several Security Council members called for an independent investigation, but the council had no unified message Tuesday as the U.S. said Israel had acted with “restraint.” While…
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Officials: 26 homes, 4 other buildings destroyed by volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii— The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air. In revised figures, Hawaii County officials said another four unspecified structures were covered by lava. Some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated prepared…
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Hawaii volcano destroys 31 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air
PAHOA, Hawaii — The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 31 on Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air. Some of the more than 1,700 people who evacuated prepared for the possibility they may not return for quite some time. Hawaii officials said…
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Harvey Weinstein stories that sparked #MeToo win Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK — The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #MeToo movement and set off a national reckoning over sexual misconduct in the workplace. The Times and The Washington Post took the national reporting award…