The FBI has increased the number of agents working on the case of four murdered University of Idaho students, after over a month without any suspects or leads. There are now 62 FBI agents, including four members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) working on the case, up from 46, with the local Moscow Police…
Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich was photographed Tuesday visiting the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, reportedly for the bar mitzvah of his son, Aaron. Abramovich, 56, the former owner of England’s Chelsea soccer club, has been sanctioned by Britain and the EU for his purported support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s…
WASHINGTON – The new federal omnibus bill includes $305 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, a significant increase from the current year’s $250 million. The NSGP has been a major agenda item for many Jewish organizations. Since the terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jewish organizations have urged Congress to double…
Tuesday is the third night of Hanukkah — but Jewish inmates in Broward County jails will have to celebrate the holiday without a lit menorah. That’s because the Broward Sheriff’s Office doesn’t allow the menorah to be lit with a real flame inside county jails. Rabbi Shmaya Waks joined more than 20 other rabbis in…
US auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they are investigating if Hertz rented unrepaired recalled vehicles to customers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing made public on Tuesday it was in receipt of information that indicates “Hertz rented vehicles to customers without having performed required recall repairs.” NHTSA said it had opened an “audit query to…
Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3.7 billion to settle a laundry list of charges that it harmed consumers by charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages, as well as incorrectly applied overdraft fees against savings and checking accounts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday ordered Wells to repay…
Controversial Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead was holed up in a gaudy New Jersey McMansion Tuesday, one day after getting slammed with federal charges for allegedly scamming a member of his congregation. Whitehead, 44, briefly emerged from the sprawling brick two-story house to tell a Post reporter to scram — and yelled out “not guilty!” when…
Nike executives would get “sloppy drunk” and prey on female subordinates while the company ignored their complaints, according to an unsealed gender discrimination lawsuit against the sneaker giant. The female underlings alleged in the complaint that Nike’s Oregon headquarters was a “boys club” in which male executives subjected them to sexual advances, suggestive comments about…
Investigators probing the gruesome murders of four Idaho students have received 10,000 tips and leads connected to the mysterious case as Moscow’s police chief vowed the investigation would not slow down over the holidays. Moscow police announced the astonishing 10,000 tip mark in a Monday update as the suspect or suspects in the slayings of…
Financial police in Kazakhstan have arrested a well-known investigative journalist over his alleged ties to organized crime groups. Supporters of Mikhail Kozachkov say the detention is a reprisal for his work. Alibek Abdilov, a spokesman for the Financial Monitoring Agency, claimed in a statement on December 18 that Kozachkov was enlisted by the head of…