• Anti far-right campaigners say Labor’s anti-doxing laws could be weaponised

    Group tells attorney general’s department that not all doxing is harmful and therefore bad or undesirableFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnti-fascist research group the White Rose Society has warned the Australian government that its push for new anti-doxing laws are a “quick fix” for complex problems that could be weaponised against reporting and have negative consequences for society.In March the...

  • Erie’s fire marshal releases cause of Okey’s Automotive fire

    We now know what caused a fire Sunday morning at a business on the city's west side. That fire broke out in the 600 block of West 18th Street around 10:15 a.m. Sunday at Okey's Automotive. Erie's Fire Marshal Christopher White said the owner smelled smoke from outside the building. Investigators said the fire started []

  • There’s a Philadelphia WNBA expansion bid, but no one’s saying who’s in it

    Speaking at the WNBA draft, Collingswood-born commissioner Cathy Engelbert name-dropped her "hometown" first on a list of cities the league has talked with.

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    Jerry Seinfeld Says Movies Are Over. Here’s Why He Made One Anyway

    Of all the things one might associate with Jerry Seinfeld, excited sentimentality might be the last. But remembering the day he shot the recent finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm, his voice approaches something dangerously close to swelling. “As I drove home that night, my scalp was just tingling. I thought what we had done was just the coolest, wildest, most remarkable thing,” he says of his surprise (though much guessed at) appearance. It was, he says, the callback to end all callbacks, a...

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    Progress is being made to inoperable fire alarm systems, says DOE

    Progress is being made on inoperable fire alarm systems at public schools across the state, according to the Department of Education.

  • Speaker Johnson says it’s U.S.’s ‘biblical admonition’ to help Israel

    Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., declared that it was the U.S.’s "biblical admonition" to help and support Israel during a Monday night speech. The House GOP leader was addressing an emergency meeting of Christians United For Israel, convened after Iran’s weekend missile attack on the Middle East American ally. "I'm going to state something that you all know – at this critical moment, the United States must show unwavering strength and support for Israel We have to make certain that the entire world...

  • Indian PM Modi accused of anti-Muslim hate speech. Here’s what to know

    Modi’s BJP has previously referred to Muslims as infiltrators and cast them as illegal migrants who crossed into India from Bangladesh and Pakistan.

  • Former TikTok worker says Beijing employees collected U.S. data

    An ex-TikTok worker’s claims of sharing U.S. user data with counterparts in Beijing has rattled the company as it works feverishly to avoid a ban in America.

  • Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop

    (OSV News) — The Catholic Church’s charismatic renewal is a movement of the Holy Spirit to “bring about a church that is on fire” with God’s love, the new head of the Holy See’s official charismatic body told OSV News. “The Catholic charismatic renewal is a deeply personal, life-giving, ongoing, transforming encounter with the […] The post Catholic charismatic renewal creates ‘church on fire’ with God’s love, says bishop first appeared on OSV News.

  • UC Regent says levels of campus antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate are 'absolutely disproportionate'

    A member of the University of California's Board of Regents says the antisemitism levels on university campuses are "absolutely disproportionate" to that of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hatred since the Israel-Hamas conflict began generating intense divides last October. "The antisemitism is absolutely disproportionate. We reject both," John A. Pérez told Politico in an interview published Sunday. "We reject all forms of hatred. But what we’re not seeing is massive student protests targeting every...

  • NYPD says officer did not rip off anti-Israel activist’s hijab during arrest: 'Wholly untrue'

    The New York City Police Department defended the actions of its officers by releasing bodycam video that showed an officer gently helping a woman with her hijab after the radical anti-Israel activist claimed she was "brutalized" and her hijab was ripped off by police. "We are aware of social media posts regarding an individual detained by our police officers yesterday, and accusations that our officers ripped off a subject’s hijab. This is wholly untrue," NYPP Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtery...

  • Met Police Chief Under Fire for Telling Jew He’s “Too Openly Jewish” And Is “Agitating” Anti-Israel Demonstrators

    The head of London’s Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, is facing calls to resign after a British campaigner against antisemitism was told he was “too openly Jewish” to approach an anti-Israel march last week. Gideon Falter, head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, condemned the incident, saying: “The Met has dented the confidence of Jewish Londoners […]