[ad_1] To the Editor:Re “Preservation Has Become the Enemy of Evolution,” by Binyamin Appelbaum (Opinion, Jan. 7):We must destroy New York in order to save it? And discard our history and heritage for expediency’s sake?New York City needs more, not less, historical memory. What we do not need is a return to the housing policies of Robert Moses.Mr. Appelbaum writes that much of Brooklyn Heights has been fossilized. Would he say that Paris has been “fossilized” because its city leaders preserve its buildings? There’s no other place like Brooklyn Heights in the United States. But there are countless other cities…
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[ad_1] He loved to play basketball with his friends. He dreamed of studying business administration to help his family’s stores. He enjoyed taking care of his younger siblings and was “very polite, very respectful, very intelligent,” according to his mosque’s president. Then, suddenly, a bullet to his head ended everything. A Palestinian-American teenager was killed by a barrage of gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Friday. The U.S. State Department confirmed the killing without naming the victim, but the teenager’s family identified him as Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, 17. The details of Tawfic’s death were unclear, but the Israeli police…
[ad_1] In February 2023, J6 political prisoner Frank Rocco Giustino pled guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor.Frank was sentenced to three months in prison for walking inside the US Capitol and then confronting a lying DOJ prosecutor during his DC showtrial.On Monday, Frank was released and returned to Florida to restart his new life.Frank shared a letter with The Gateway Pundit.J6 CASE # 23-cr-16 (US District Court)Awaiting SCOTUS CASE # for submitted Habeus Corpus on 12/11/23. I attended J6, 2021, due to the outrageous behavior our society was exhibiting in response to the March…
[ad_1] Jamie Foxx‘s near-death experience is one he’s putting behind him as he returns fully to action. The actor was recently seen in Atlanta on the set for his movie, “Back In Action,” signaling his return to the big screen. Foxx was hospitalized in April last year after coming down with a mysterious illness while filming “Back In Action” in Georgia. He made his first public appearance last December at the Critics Choice Association Event, where he was honored with the Vanguard Award. Jamie Foxx Is Back In Action For ‘Back In Action’ MEGA According to a report, the “Django…
[ad_1] For a second straight year, Nick Caley is set to interview for the Patriots’ offensive coordinator post. A failure to land this gig in 2023 led Caley to the Rams, but with Bill O’Brien returning to the college ranks, the job is open again.Jerod Mayo still has the former Patriots assistant on his radar, with ESPN.com’s Adam Schefter indicating Caley will interview for the position on Monday. Caley spent this season as the Rams’ tight ends coach, the same title he held in New England previously. O’Brien became OC at Ohio State this week; he was far from certain to stay on with…
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could go a long way toward fixing some of the systemic dysfunction in American government. The case, which revisits a judicial doctrine known as the “Chevron deference,” has been widely described as a conservative effort to limit government. But that’s not entirely correct. The case is better understood as a key part of the effort to restore the proper balance of power among the three branches of government.If you took high school civics, there is a good chance you’ve heard the phrase “coequal branches of government.” It’s…
[ad_1] North Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells in waters near South Korean border islands on Jan. 5. Last week, it said it no longer regarded the South as inhabited by “fellow countrymen” but as a “hostile state” it would subjugate through a nuclear war. On Friday, it said it had tested an underwater nuclear drone to help repel U.S. Navy fleets.That new drumbeat of threats, while the United States and its allies have been preoccupied with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, has set foreign officials and analysts wondering whether the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has moved…
[ad_1] James Cromitie (Photo: Getty Images) U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon has ordered the release of James Cromitie, a man previously convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting, harshly criticizing the FBI’s reliance on a controversial informant in what she described as an “FBI-orchestrated conspiracy,” the AP reported. The ruling centers on a plot to attack New York synagogues and shoot down National Guard planes, a plan the judge deemed as largely manufactured by the FBI itself. Cromitie, 58, was granted compassionate release on Friday, completing 15 years of a 25-year sentence. His release follows that of his three co-defendants, collectively…
[ad_1] Down goes No. 1. Iga Swiatek, the Women’s Tennis Association’s top player, suffered an upset loss to Linda Noskova in the third round of the Australian Open. The four-time grand slam winner lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Noskova, 19, is seeking her first singles title. She’s coming off one of her best tournament results. In a tune-up to the Australian Open, Noskova reached the semifinals of the Brisbane International in early January, where she lost to the No. 3 player in the world, Elena Rybakina.Of the four tennis grand slams, including the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open, Swiatek…
[ad_1] Family members of a Palestinian American teenager who was fatally shot in the occupied West Bank demanded on Saturday that authorities find the killer of the 17-year-old, who was hit by a barrage of gunfire, his cousin said, as the two were setting out to have a picnic near their village.The death of the teenager, whom the family identified as Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, came as tensions have been rising between Israel and the United States. The State Department confirmed that an American was killed in the West Bank on Friday without releasing identification and called on Israel to provide…