NYC Jewish restaurant owner in says swastikas painted over Israeli flag, other acts of anti-Semitism It was another busy Saturday night at Zizi on 8th Avenue, and the owners say that is pretty normal. What they say is not normal is having to enclose their Israeli flag in plastic to prevent it from ... 05/4/2024 - 5:05 pm | View Link
NYC is having a thrilling steakhouse boom — and these are the three best steaks “The number of New York City steakhouses has quadrupled from the time we started the survey in 1979,” Zagat Survey founder Tim Zagat told The Post. Classics such as Keens and Peter Luger are packed ... 05/4/2024 - 10:10 am | View Link
Swastikas drawn on Israeli-owned NYC eatery mark third antisemitic attack since Oct. 7 The same Israeli restauranter whose kosher Upper East Side cafe was subjected to back-to-back antisemitic attacks in December disgustingly saw another one of his eateries defaced with swastikas ... 05/4/2024 - 6:47 am | View Link
Restaurant On Riverwalk Crossing Closes Soon After GolfSuites Le Belle Restaurant and Events is closing after it said it was having challenges with the landlord, which is OneFire Holding company. 05/3/2024 - 4:48 pm | View Link
‘He is family’: Manhattan residents set up GoFundMe for beloved worker with cancer How do you say thank you to a man who’s been part of the fabric of Upper East Side life for three decades? You throw a party for him at the restaurant where he’s worked ... 05/3/2024 - 3:28 pm | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.