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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies on Thursday before the House Financial Services hearing.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies on Thursday before the House Financial Services hearing.

Just past Israel’s 74th birthday, many North American Jews are increasingly questioning why they should have a relationship to Israel. But is their ambivalence irrelevant?

Ukraine says it blew up Russian pontoon bridges over a key river — and units trying to cross it  NBC News Russia withdrawing troops after ‘heavy losses’, proving ‘inability to capture key Ukrainian cities,’ UK says  Fox News Frontline report: Ukrainian counterattack

More than half of units got final approval for construction; interior minister hails retroactive legalization of two outposts as a ‘celebration for the settlement movement’

Since the U.S. drug war was declared in 1971, various drugs have been identified as public enemy number one—from crack cocaine, in the 1980s, to prescription opioids in the early 2000s. Today, the primary villain is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid

On Thursday, VICE News reported that Dr. Ruja Ignatova, the so-called “Crypto Queen,” is now Europe’s most-wanted fugitive after building a pyramid scheme that stole $15.5 billion around the world. Ignatova famously vanished in 2017 and has not been seen

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing Thursday on U.S. efforts to support Ukraine as it continues to fend off an invasion by Russia.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing Thursday on U.S. efforts to support Ukraine as it continues to fend off an invasion by Russia.

“We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*,” an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said. (Image credit: EHT Collaboration)