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WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful congressional committee is urging major telecommunications companies to do more to protect Americans against scams, part of a widening investigation into the role that U.S. companies play in the surge in cyberscams that cost Americans an estimated $200 billion in 2024. “Consumers need to be able to trust that the calls and texts they receive — from their doctor’s office or their child’s school, for […]

Shavuot: Wheat Harvest, Sinai, and Cheesecake, Oh My!  The holiday links a 49-day biblical count with later traditions of all-night study, the Book of Ruth, conversion, and Israel’s exuberant dairy-table culture  By Steven Ganot / The Media Line  Shavuot is one of Judaism’s three biblical pilgrimage festivals, but it is also the holiday whose meaning changed most dramatically over time. In the Torah, Shavuot is an agricultural festival: the wheat harvest, […]

DENVER (AP) — A Western Conference Final loaded with offensive firepower was ignited by the unlikeliest of sparkplugs. Dylan Coghlan’s wrist shot under Scott Wedgewood’s legs ended a scoreless deadlock and helped the Vegas Golden Knights steal home ice from the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche with a 4-2 statement win Wednesday night at Ball Arena. “Honestly, I didn’t know it went in until I looked at Shea (Theodore) and he was […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for jobless aid last week as layoffs remain low despite a number of uncertainties that continue to cloud the economy. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 16 fell by 3,000 to 209,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 213,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast. Weekly filings for unemployment benefits are considered […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Even months after she was displaced by war, Soubhiye Zeiter starts every morning the same way: with a large cup of coffee and a few quiet moments beside a small table decorated with flowers outside her tent in Beirut. But once the coffee is poured, the quiet disappears quickly. By early morning, dozens of people are already lined up outside Zeiter’s small bakery stand in a tented […]

BERLIN (AP) — A man arrested last year has been charged with espionage and attempted participation in murder after an Iranian intelligence agency tasked him with gathering information on the head of Germany’s main Jewish group and three others with a view to carrying out attacks, German prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, a Danish national identified only as Ali S. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested last June […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, atomic-powered submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills Thursday. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko inspected Russian short-range nuclear-capable Iskander ballistic missiles at a military unit involved in the drills, declaring: “I dreamed about this machine a long time ago.” […]

LONDON (AP) — The British government is offering cheaper chocolate and discounted entry to theme parks as it seeks to ease a cost-of-living squeeze and win back voters. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves on Thursday announced modest handouts to help alleviate rising costs sparked by the Iran war, including a reduction in import tax on cookies, chocolate and about 100 other supermarket products. U.K. inflation fell to 2.8% in April, down […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — It began as a satirical online project. Now millions of young Indians are flocking to it as an outlet for their frustration. A parody political party called the Cockroach Janta Party, with the insect as its symbol, has exploded across India’s social media by turning absurdist humor into protest. Memes and short videos mocking corruption, joblessness and political dysfunction have flooded social media sites, where millions […]