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Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations

People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
Providence Police Officers join state and federal law enforcement agents searching for the Brown University shooter, in Salem, New Hampshire, US, December 18, 2025.

Brown University shooting suspect identified as Portuguese national, found dead in storage unit

Students stand in front of the Van Wickle Gates after placing flowers, following a shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, US December 14, 2025.

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Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of nuclear scientist in US - report


Boston suburb apologizes for using Christian menorah in holiday display

The image is widely available online as an illustration of Messianic interpretations of the menorah.

 A picture of a menorah intended to explain the object's symbolism was actually a Messianic image in which the menorah's branches were described as symbolizing the "cross" and "resurrection."

Massachusetts lawmakers mandate genocide education in high schools

Following a slew of high-profile antisemitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers voted to require genocide education in high schools.

Massachusetts state flag in front of the gilded dome of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Aaron Feuerstein, the 'Mensch of Malden Mills,' dies at age 95

The devout Orthodox businessman famously kept paying his factory's 1,400 employees after the factory itself was closed down in a brutal fire.

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Meet the Jewish mustard maven who founded a museum

“Mustard is in almost every religion and every culture,” said Barry Levenson, the founder, curator and CMO (chief mustard officer) of the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin.

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CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought

Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.

Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive through complex to check if they have been infected with the Coronavirus, in Modi'in, on July 21, 2021.

Massachusetts school board member resigns after using antisemitic slur

Bob Hoey, a member of the Lowell School Committee, was on a local talk show Wednesday morning when he referred to a Jewish former official as a “kike.”

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School board member in Massachusetts called someone a ‘kike’ on live TV

"We lost the kike, oh, I mean, the Jewish guy,” Hoey said Wednesday morning on “City Life,” a news opinion show. “I hate to say it, but that’s what people used to say behind his back.”

American white nationalists march at the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11, 2017. In Charlottesville, antisemitic marchers shouted, 'Jews won’t replace us'

Anti-vaxxer rabbi fired by Chabad over social media posts

“It became clear that dismissal was our only choice,” said Rabbi Mendel Fogelman, director of the Central Massachusetts Chabad.

CHABAD’S ‘REDEMPTIVE scenario has a “tremendous energy” which explains “the amount of sacrifice these people are willing to make”’: A man foists the Chabad flag on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road on April 20.

US charges MIT professor with grant fraud over hidden Chinese ties

The Justice Department is cracking down on Chinese influence within universities amid concerns about spying and intellectual property theft by the Chinese government.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is seen on an embankment of the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., November 21, 2018. Picture taken November 21, 2018. To match Exclusive USA-CHINA/STUDENTS REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Israel Horovitz, playwright who was accused of sexual assault, dies at 81

Horovitz wrote more than 70 plays and was the founding artistic director of Gloucester Stage in Massachusetts.

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