Israeli billionaire blasts Harvard leadership and quits board in protest
Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer and his wife Batia are quitting a Harvard executive board in protest of how university leaders have responded to Hamas' terror attacks on Israel.
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'All hands on deck.' How Israel's vital tech sector is navigating the war
Israel's vast tech sector has seen its fair share of crises, from financial downturns and the Covid-19 pandemic to periodic flare-ups in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each time, the industry has bounced back, demonstrating why the country of just 9 million people is known as the world's "startup nation."
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Biden to speak with families of Americans believed to be held hostage by Hamas
President Joe Biden on Friday will speak via Zoom with the families of Americans believed to be held hostage by Hamas.
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Union workers reach a tentative deal with Kaiser Permanente after the largest-ever US health care strike
Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative deal with the unions representing 75,000 employees, following the largest-ever health care strike in US history.
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Investors flock to defensive stocks and safe havens on worries about Israel-Hamas war
The Israel-Hamas war is sending investors in search of defensive assets.
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Jamie Dimon warns: 'Now may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades'
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon kicked off third-quarter earnings season Friday with a stern warning to investors: "Now may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades," he wrote in the company's report.
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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff leans into his historic role as he fights antisemitism after Israel attacks
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff's role as a leader confronting antisemitism -- and, personally, his historic role as the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president -- has taken new significance this week.
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'You take that light away from a family and it's devastating': Loved ones mourn loss of 15-year-old Shadrach Hall-Turner
Shadrach was born in October 2007 in Washington state. When his parents started struggling with addiction, a loving and close-knit network of extended family members stepped in to help care for Shadrach. Now, that village is devastated.
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2022 saw the highest rate of recorded antisemitic incidents in the US. American Jews fear the Israel-Hamas conflict could make things worse
Jon Rettinger has not let his children wear their yarmulkes in public this week, afraid they could be targeted for being Jewish.
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Biden to announce regional hydrogen hubs in hopes of sparking a clean-energy revolution
President Joe Biden on Friday will announce the locations of seven regional hubs to manufacture hydrogen -- a fuel cleaner than fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal -- but one which can be derived from renewable energy, nuclear power or planet-warming methane gas.
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GOP leadership crisis deepens as House remains paralyzed with no end in sight to speaker's race
Republicans are confronting a deepening leadership crisis that has left the House paralyzed with no clear path to elect a new speaker, after an effort to replace Kevin McCarthy following his historic ouster was derailed by entrenched opposition and deep divisions within the party.
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UK removes final hurdle to Microsoft's blockbuster Activision Blizzard deal
UK antitrust officials have approved Microsoft's planned takeover of Activision Blizzard, the maker of "Call of Duty" and other hit games, greenlighting one of the biggest tech deals of all time.
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