• 03/15/2025

‘Granny flats’ play surprising role in easing California’s housing woes

Washington Post Largely due to lack of supply, the cost to rent or buy property in California has become prohibitive for many residents https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/21/adu-granny-flat-california-housing-crisis/

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In the footsteps of Jesus: 2,000-year-old trade receipt found in Jerusalem

Fox News An ancient 2,000-year-old receipt was discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) along the City of David’s Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem, according to an announcement Wednesday. A small fragment of a stone tablet was found with the name “Shimon” inscribed in Hebrew, reportedly accompanied by lines of letters and numbers suggesting a financial…

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Former Sen. Scott Brown hosts 2024 GOP presidential contenders in NH as he mulls another Senate run in 2026

Fox News Former senator and ambassador Scott Brown is bringing back his “No BS backyard BBQs.” The former GOP senator from Massachusetts-turned-New Hampshire resident hosted 16 of the 18 Republican presidential candidates at informal gatherings at his home in Rye during the wide open and combustible 2016 GOP presidential nomination race. And Brown’s bringing back…

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Christian group urges congressional action after Biden’s ‘muted response’ to crisis

Fox News A Christian advocacy group submitted a letter to the U.S. Congress this week urging action to help Armenians still cut off in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. “Washington’s lax approach has only emboldened Azerbaijan, who since December has been holding 120,000 Armenian Christians hostage in an attempt to extract concessions from Armenia in the long-delayed,…

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The man in charge of knowing when the U.S. runs out of money

Washington Post A team at the Treasury Department is tracking the cash as the debt limit deadline looms. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/21/debt-ceiling-treasury-dave-lebryk/

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State funding of PM’s residence dropped by 50% under Bennett, Lapid

Jerusalem Post The Likud claimed that the new data ignores an alleged NIS 50 million spent on renovations on Bennett’s home. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-743722

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Sudan’s Warring Sides Agree to Weeklong Ceasefire

New York Times The truce is the first to be signed by both sides. It followed weeks of talks in Saudi Arabia between representatives of the two rival generals vying for power in the northeast African nation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/world/africa/sudan-ceasefire.html

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Ukrainian forces semi-encircle Bakhmut, Russian troops have to switch to defence – Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister

Pravda Ukraine Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, has said that Ukrainian defenders have semi-encircled the city of Bakhmut, enabling them to effectively destroy the Russian army in that area. Source: Maliar on Telegram Quote from Maliar: “Russia failed to surround Bakhmut and lost some of the dominant heights around the city. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/21/7403168/

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Infiltration alert activated in Psagot after suspected burglary

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743724

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German police investigate possible poisoning of two Russian exiles

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743723

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