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January 23, 2023 at 1:47 pm
The Arkansas man who propped his feet up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the U.S. Capitol riot was convicted on all counts Monday.
A jury unanimously convicted Richard "Bigo" Barnett on all eight counts in his indictment including felony charges of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding.
Barnett lounging at a desk in Pelosi's office made him one of the most memorable figures from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, the day when Congress convened a joint session to certify President Joe Biden's electoral victory.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in May. Prosecutors sought to jail Barnett while he awaits sentencing but the judge denied that request so Barnett will remain free on certain conditions.
Barnett, 62, testified last Thursday he...
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January 23, 2023 at 1:41 pm
Billionaire Jeff Bezos plans to sell the Washington Post in order to purchase the Washington Commanders NFL team, sources told the New York Post.
The speculation surrounding the move comes after a leaked video last month featuring the newspaper’s publisher Fred Ryan speaking of plans for staff layoffs, which were fueled by Bezos last week unexpectedly visiting the newsroom. One of the sources said that Bezos informed the newspaper’s senior staff in a meeting that he had decided to sell the publication.
Commanders owner Dan Snyder reportedly is refusing to sell the team to Bezos while Bezos still owns the Post, due to a series of negative stories the paper wrote about the team’s management.
But several sources told the news outlet that the ...
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January 23, 2023 at 1:35 pm
Even Supreme Court justices should be considered when trying to find the person who leaked the draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade, former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker told Newsmax on Monday.
Whitaker appeared on "Wake Up America" and was asked whether one of the high court's liberal judges could have been the leaker.
"Yeah, when I was dealing with leaks at the Department of Justice you always first go to who benefits from the leak," Whitaker told co-host Rob Finnerty. "Who is going to be the person that is motivated to leak this, and I think the investigation should go right to those people and their staff, because ultimately, this was a very damaging leak. It undermined the court in a significant way.
"These leak investigations are very hard, having particip...
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January 23, 2023 at 1:29 pm
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 23, 2023 - The Northwest Community Planning Forum and CHAI are hosting a Community Master Plan Meeting for Cheswolde, Cross Country, Fallstaff, Glen and Mount Washington on February 15th from 6pm-8pm on zoom. For more information and to register, please click here or on the graphic below.
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January 23, 2023 at 12:53 pm
A Houston, Texas woman is being prosecuted after allegedly repeatedly breaking into and terrorizing a synagogue, even missing a court date for one incident to continue harassing the Jewish house of worship.
Ezra Law first appeared at the Congregation Emanu El temple in Houston last week, according to Harris County prosecutors. She was seen on the pulpit by a rabbi who was arriving to prepare for a bar mitzvah ceremony on January 14.
Assistant Harris County District Attorney Erica Winsor said Law had allegedly vandalized the synagogue, damaging certain objects and creating a general state of disarray, Click2Houston reported.
"The damage is immeasurable," Winsor said. "There were several religious items that had been removed from their place. Some were damag...
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January 23, 2023 at 12:49 pm
The United States and Israel began a massive joint military exercise in Israel on Monday to show adversaries like Iran that Washington is not too distracted by the war in Ukraine and the threat from China to mobilize a large military force, a senior defense official said.
Juniper Oak 23 is “the most significant exercise between the United States and Israel to date,” the official said, citing the enormous number of aircraft, extensive coordination with the Israel Defense Forces, and the complicated live-fire component.
Approximately 6,400 U.S. personnel have joined 1,100 Israeli personnel for the exercise, which will employ 142 total aircraft. Of them, 100 aircraft are from the U.S. military, including four B-52 bombers, four F-35 fighter jets, 45 F/A-18 ...
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January 23, 2023 at 12:35 pm
Cultural events held on Shabbat that are subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, including the "Israeli Shabbat" project, will continue as usual, the Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office announced in a joint statement on Monday.
According to the statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Culture and Sports Minister MK Miki Zohar clarified the situation in a conversation between the two. Zohar stated that he wants the initiative for the activities to come from the funded entities and not from the ministry itself, but funding and the content of the activity would not be harmed.
"I welcome the fact that the "Israeli Shabbat" project will continue to operate as usual. Not everything is politics. Sometimes the truth is simple: all Israelis, religious and secular, tho...
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January 23, 2023 at 12:27 pm
Spotify reported in its latest annual report that it had about 6,600 employees, which implies that 400 jobs are being axed
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday that it was cutting six percent of its global workforce, the latest tech company to cut costs with layoffs.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees that the cuts were part of a revamp involving a management shuffle, “and to bring our costs more in line, we’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to reduce our number of employees.”
"In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today, we are reducing our employee base by about six percent across the company," he said on Spotify's official blog.
"I take full accountability for the move...
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January 23, 2023 at 12:16 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Jan. 23, 2023 - "Are We on the Same Page? A Dialogue Exploring the Relationship Between North American Jewry & Israel" was the topic discussed by Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union with Rabbi Shai Finklestein Mara D'Atra of Kehilat Nitzanim in Yershalyamin on the night of January 22, 2023.
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January 23, 2023 at 12:03 pm
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 23, 2023 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Yisroel Meir Jager (Melbourne) and Leah Wolfish (Baltimore) on their engagement.
Mazel tov to parents Avrumi and Yemina Jager and Mosheh and Hannah Wolfish. Special Mazel Tov to Savta Janet Ben-Natan
יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן!
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January 23, 2023 at 11:47 am
The culture department of the Upper Galilee Regional Council was recently informed by the Ministry of Culture and Sports that the budgets transferred to them for "Shabbat Yisraelit" (lit. Israeli Shabbat) events are frozen, the council announced on Sunday.
“Shabbat Yisraelit” is a program which allows the opening of museums and heritage sites on weekends, including on Shabbat, in such a way that the State of Israel rewards the sites based on the number of visitors.
Giora Salz, head of the Upper Galilee Regional Council, spoke out against the decision and said, "At the end of last week, the director of the council's culture department received a message saying that the state will immediately stop subsidizing the events of the 'Weekend of Israeli Culture' project...
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January 23, 2023 at 11:47 am
The leaders of the coalition parties came to the weekly Shas faction meeting Monday to show their support for Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, who was fired as Interior and Health Minister by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling disqualifying him from serving as a minister.
Among the participants were Prime Minister Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and several other ministers and MKs.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin said that the Supreme Court's ruling against Deri is very troubling. "It's not just a matter of Shas voters or the movement or anyone who voted for the right-wing bloc and knew that Aryeh Deri would be number 2 in the governme...
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January 23, 2023 at 11:37 am
A nationwide power outage in Pakistan left nearly 220 million people without electricity on Monday, threatening to cause havoc in the South Asian nation already grappling with fuel shortages in the winter months.
The country’s Ministry of Energy said in a statement the country’s National Grid went down at 7.34 a.m local time, “causing a widespread breakdown in the power system,” according to initial reports.
“System maintenance work is progressing rapidly,” the statement added.
A “limited number of grids” in the capital Islamabad and the city of Peshawar have had power restored, the ministry said.
It is unclear how long the outage will last and efforts are underway to restore power to various parts of the country.
In the city of Quetta, ...
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January 23, 2023 at 10:04 am
January 23 is the official start of tax season for taxpayers and cyber crooks are looking to cash in by stealing your personal information and grabbing your tax returns.
There are ways to protect yourself and some tips on what taxpayers should look out for as scams become more and more elaborate.
Scammers will try to trick taxpayers by phone, email or regular mail, but the Better Business Bureau wants taxpayers to be extra cautious and think twice about how their tax filing and who gets access to their personal info.
The Better Business Bureau is keeping a close eye on tax scams and fake IRS agents trying to contact you.
The BBB reports that during 2021 there were at least 52,000 reports of tax scams to the IRS.
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January 23, 2023 at 10:03 am
On Monday morning, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown will hold a press conference to announce recent indictments in a drug trafficking organization.
Brown will be joined by Baltimore City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Anthony Barksdale, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael S. Harrison, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, Baltimore Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement Director Shantay Jackson, Baltimore City Deputy State’s Attorney Thomas Donnelly, and members of the Baltimore Police Group Violence Reduction Unit to announce the indictments of nine individuals charged with illegal possession of firearms, distribution of Fentanyl and Cocaine, and other related offenses.
The press conference will take place at 10:00 a.m. at the Maryland Office of the A...
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January 23, 2023 at 9:42 am
President Joe Biden has broken his silence on classified documents found at his home and office.
Washington insider Armstrong Williams joined The National Desk’s Scott Thuman Monday morning to discuss the recent developments.
Additional documents were recovered on Friday by Justice Department officials in Biden's Delaware home, despite the president saying a day before that there was nothing to be found at that location.
“What is unfortunate, Scott, is the integrity of the office and he held former President Trump accountable for the same actions," Armstrong said. "The problem for him is that these documents continue to show up out of nowhere. It's a distraction with all the issues that Americans are facing today."
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January 23, 2023 at 9:29 am
Last Friday, Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg of Iowa were sworn into their second term. Governor Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Gregg, who were in Israel visiting the United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem a couple of years ago, were so inspired by our lifesaving mission that they decided to adopt the United Hatzalah model for the great state of Iowa, especially in the rural areas.Our mission is to train volunteers to get to emergencies within 90 seconds and save lives.I am honored that United Hatzalah is a role model for the world and helping our American brothers and sisters with ideas that can help save their lives. This is why it is so important to showcase the success of what United Hatzalah does, so others can use it as an example and save even more lives. ...
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January 23, 2023 at 9:27 am
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 23, 2023 - The JCC of Greater Baltimore is proud to partner with LifeBridge Health for GoGirlGo! Created by the Women’s Sports Foundation, this award-winning program features weekly themed discussions about important issues facing young women, including nutrition, dealing with difficult feelings, confidence building, and more.
Designed for observant girls between the ages of 11-13, GoGirlGo participants will engage in fun, physical, team-building activities, learn new skills and play sports with local fitness experts and female college athletes. The courage, confidence and character gained through physical activity and sports participation are the very tools that empower girls to become the strong leaders of tomorrow.
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January 22, 2023 at 9:52 pm
So many patients sick with RSV had inundated Connecticut Children’s Medical Center that they had to be treated in hallways and playrooms. Facing their busiest season in memory last fall, hospital leaders floated a plan to enlist the National Guard to set up tents outside. Doctors braced for a dire winter — a looming disaster some dubbed a “tripledemic” — with flu season revving up, coronavirus roaring back and the holidays providing fuel for viruses to spread.
But no such surge materialized. The RSV wave has receded in Connecticut and across the country. Flu cases have rapidly dwindled. Covid hospitalizations rose briefly after Christmas, only to fall again.
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