Category Archives: World

New Hampshire gives initial approval to recreational pot

by MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House has given preliminary approval to a bill that would legalize the sale and possession of recreational marijuana. Read more » »

AROUND TOWN: This week’s top real estate events

TOM KROLPinnacle AwardsFe. 28: Building Owners & Managers Association of Greater New York holds its annual Pinnacle Awards at Pier Sixty from 5.30 to 10 p.m. Winners move onto the national TOBY (The Outstanding Building of the Year) competition. Donnelly Mechanical’s Thomas Krol is the 2019 Dinner Chair. Read more » »

Marshalls to launch online shopping

BALTIMORE (WBFF) – Marshalls is venturing into online shopping. The retail store is known for its brick-and-mortar shopping experience, offering unexpected finds and deep discounts. But its parent company, TJX Cos. Inc. (which also runs T.J. Maxx), is planning to start an ecommerce website, according to Bloomberg and Business Insider. Read more » »

Rena Anstandig wanted to find ‘best in people’

Jennifer Chambers The Detroit News Published 6: 55 PM EST Feb 27, 2019 Open-minded, engaging, warm and a lifelong learner — that is how family remembered Rena Anstandig of West Bloomfield and Traverse City. Mrs. Anstandig died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at 93. Read more » »

Jewish youth organization nabs $25 million gift to help empower young women

(RNS) — A global Jewish youth organization has received one of the largest single gifts in recent Jewish organizational history — $25 million to help support women in their young adult lives. Read more » »

Babe Ruth Biographer Jane Leavy Talks about “The Big Fella” on the B’nai B’rith Podcast

(Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2019)–Sports writer and award-winning New York Times bestselling author Jane Leavy talks about the subjects of her three biographies, baseball legends Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax on the latest B’nai B’rith International podcast. Read more » »

Mother suspected of killing baby, tossing son from landing

UPLAND, Calif. (AP) — Investigators on Wednesday were trying to determine why a California woman allegedly fatally injured her infant daughter, dropped her young son off a second-story apartment building landing and then jumped herself. Read more » »

A trilateral diaspora partnership

Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog , Photis Photiu of Cyprus, President Reuven Rivlin and Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Terens Nicolaos Quick. . (photo credit: Mark Neiman/GPO) X Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Read more » »

Supreme Court considers fate of cross-shaped war memorial

by JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is diving into a debate about the place of religious symbols in public life in a case about a cross-shaped war memorial in Maryland. Read more » »

US to demolish Trump’s border wall prototypes in San Diego

by ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration is set to demolish eight prototypes of the president’s prized border wall, saying elements of them have been melded into current designs and that they have served their purpose. Read more » »