Charleston church grieves synagogue massacre, angry at Trump rhetoric
Parishoners at the historic black Emanuel church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday grieved this weekend’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre and recalled a 2015 mass shooting at their church, while chiding President Donald Trump’s “rhetoric of hate”….
What the gunman didn’t get: In Squirrel Hill, diversity made us strong
In the 1960s, when I was growing up in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill district, we used to take the trolley up cobble-stoned Murray Avenue heading downtown, passing through a tableau of European-American Jewish life.
Gab.com fights to stay online after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
The website where the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman posted anti-Semitic views said on Sunday it was “working around the clock” to stay online after being cut off by payment processors and forced to switch web hosts.
New U.S.-bound group of migrants sets off from El Salvador
A new group of migrants bound for the United States set off from El Salvador on Sunday, following thousands of other Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence who have taken similar journeys in recent weeks.
Trump’s new tax cut plan probably waits for 2019: lawmaker
The U.S. House of Representatives’ leading lawmaker on taxes suggested on Sunday that a new tax cut plan touted by President Donald Trump was unlikely to see action in Congress before 2019, and then only if Republicans keep their majority in Nov. 6 ele…
Pittsburgh synagogue victims include 97-year-old, pair of brothers
A 97-year-old woman, two brothers in their 50s and a married couple in their 80s were among the 11 worshipers shot dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath prayers in the deadliest attack ever on America’s Jewish community, officials said on Sunda…
New U.S.-bound group of migrants leaves in San Salvador
A new group of migrants gathered and left from the capital of El Salvador on Sunday, headed for the United States after thousands of other Central Americans began similar journeys in recent weeks, angering U.S. President Donald Trump.
Pittsburgh synagogue victims included 97-year-old, pair of brothers
The 11 victims murdered at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in the United States were mostly older worshipers, ranging in age from 54 to 97, officials said on Sunday.
Mattis says Pittsburgh synagogue gunman a ‘coward’
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday the gunman who stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 worshippers was a coward and the “poorest excuse for a man you could ever come up with.”
Names of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims to be released
The names of those shot dead by a gunman yelling “All Jews must die” will be released on Sunday after the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States, officials said.
