Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company. “If OpenAI, Inc.’s Board is prepared to preserve the charity’s mission and stipulate to take the ‘for sale’ sign off its assets by halting its conversion, […]
Dozens of Jewish American celebrities, artists, and hundreds of “rabbis” have taken out a full-page ad in The New York Times denouncing what they call ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The ad, appearing on page A7, is a direct response to President Donald Trump’s calls to permanently relocate Gaza’s population, a proposal he has repeatedly pushed […]
A bipartisan effort to combat antisemitism on college campuses is back in the spotlight as Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) reintroduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act in the
As a candidate last year, Donald Trump suggested he could easily conquer inflation and ease voters’ fears about the economy. “I will very quickly deflate,” he promised at a California rally. “We are going to take inflation, and we are going to deflate it. We are going to deflate inflation. We are going to defeat […]
When aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard a decade ago spearheaded a much-hyped flight around the world in a plane powered by sunlight, it raised awareness about climate change but held little promise of revolutionizing air travel. Now, the 66-year-old Swiss adventurer behind Solar Impulse is aiming higher, in hopes of heading toward greener commercial flight, this time using super-cooled liquid […]
Motorists are being cautioned about a fraudulent E-ZPass scam that has surfaced following the implementation of New York City’s congestion pricing plan. State transportation officials have issued warnings about deceptive
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes erasing the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the countries and alleviating the need for tariffs he’s threatened against one of America’s top allies and trading partners. The traditional Lower 48 states would become the contiguous 50 as the Canadian territory between the U.S. mainland and Alaska […]
In 1959, a small and unassuming jewelry store opened under the name Simpson Jewelers. Since then, this family-run business has grown and thrived, as they built a much-deserved reputation for
Elon Musk called on Thursday for the United States to “delete entire agencies” from the federal government as part of his push under President Donald Trump to radically cut spending and restructure its priorities. Musk offered a wide-ranging survey via a videocall to the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, of what he […]
In a moving Tu BiShevat ceremony held today at the Perlina-Or Avner Jewish School in Kyiv, students planted special seedlings cultivated by young women with special needs from the employment
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. Republicans fell in line behind Trump despite hesitancy over Kennedy views […]
The NYPD is searching for a suspect who assaulted an 11-year-old Jewish girl in Williamsburg on Sunday afternoon, an attack that was captured on security footage. The visibly Jewish young
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A terror group in Gaza launched a rocket on Thursday evening amid the ceasefire agreement with Israel. The rocket landed in Nuseriat in central Gaza, killing a 14-year-old Gazan. The
U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month at a time when progress against inflation appears to have stalled, undercutting expectations for lower interest rates this year. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it reaches consumers — rose 0.4% from December and 3.5% from […]
A terrifying mid-air ordeal unfolded on a flight from Miami to Newark when a New Jersey man erupted in a violent tirade, hurling threats at fellow passengers—including a disabled child and a group of Jewish travelers—before attempting to force his way into the cockpit. Luis A. Vaquero, 27, of Passaic, was arrested upon landing at […]
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