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  California’s Great America amusement park in Santa Clara is set to permanently close on Labor Day 2027 after more than 50 years in business. The parent company Six Flags announced the park will cease operations when its current land lease expires in June 2028,  according to a press release from the company.  The move follows Cedar Fair’s 2022 decision to sell the 112-acre property to real estate developer Prologis, with an option to operate the park through 2028. “For more than five decades, this Santa Clara theme park has brought people together, created family traditions and served as the backdrop for unforgettable memories,” park manager Dave Vosejpka said. “The Farewell Season is an opportunity for generations of Bay Area guests to return, spend time with family and friends, and revisit the attractions and traditions that have made the park in Santa Clara, California such a meaningful part of the community.” First opened in 1976 as part of the United States’ Bicente...

  On the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a protest bike ride and boycott targeting several Jewish-owned businesses at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, led to three arrests and left two police officers with minor injuries. The event drew widespread condemnation after being scheduled on the eve of Kristallnacht — the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jewish homes and businesses in Germany that killed over 90 Jews and the mass arrest of 30,000 others. The bike ride was reportedly organized by “Philly Bike On Your Left” an anti-fascist and anti-Zionist cycling collective, with critics denouncing the boycott as a direct attempt to intimidate Jewish business owners. In response to the boycott, massive crowds of counter-protesters and community members showed up to support the targeted businesses. Three people were arrested and two officers sustained minor injuries during an apprehension. A man and a woman were also arrested for disorderly conduct and a 17-year-old boy ar...

  President Donald Trump confirmed that the United States had conducted “minor strikes” on Iran targeting an antiaircraft device, which the U.S. commander-in-chief stated was eliminated. Speaking to reporters on Friday night upon arriving to West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump responded to reports of strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he said when asked by a reporter. “We do minor strikes…They built a little bit of an antiaircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five.” The U.S. reportedly previously had struck Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.   On Friday, Iranian state media reported explosions on the island, per media reports. United States Central Command (CENTCOM) on Saturday ramped up efforts to quell the Iranian transport of materials, announcing Task Force Iron Gate. “The new CENTCOM team will coordinate with other U.S. government agencies on preventing the movement of advanced weapons systems, dual-use te...

  On the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, a protest bike ride and boycott targeting several Jewish-owned businesses at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, led to three arrests and left two police officers with minor injuries. The event drew widespread condemnation after being scheduled on the eve of Kristallnacht — the 1938 Nazi pogrom against Jewish homes and businesses in Germany that killed over 90 Jews and the mass arrest of 30,000 others. The bike ride was reportedly organized by “Philly Bike On Your Left” an anti-fascist and anti-Zionist cycling collective, with critics denouncing the boycott as a direct attempt to intimidate Jewish business owners. In response to the boycott, massive crowds of counter-protesters and community members showed up to support the targeted businesses. Three people were arrested and two officers sustained minor injuries during an apprehension. A man and a woman were also arrested for disorderly conduct and a 17-year-old boy ar...

  (Background) A school sign wishing students a “Happy New Year” is seen outside Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images) / (L-Bottom) Abigail Zwerner; GoFundMe / (R) Ebony Parker. (Photo via: Newport News Police Departmen Abigail Zwerner, a Virginia teacher who was shot in the hand and chest by a 6-year-old student in 2023, testified this week in her $40 million negligence lawsuit against former Richneck Elementary assistant principal Ebony Parker. In January 2023, Abigail Zwerner, then 25, taught first grade at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, when a 6-year-old male student  brandished a firearm  from his backpack. The student abruptly fired at the teacher, with the bullet passing through her hand and into her chest — where it remains to this day — due to the possible risks involved in removing it. Months later, Zwerner filed a $40 million lawsuit against the assistant principal, Parker, who has since re...

  President Donald Trump has teased a new official road to citizenship. While speaking to reporters from the Oval Office on Friday, the president hinted that he may be revising the U.S.’s current pathway to citizenship. This comes as the Trump administration has reported record low illegal entries along the Southern border and has made moves to restrict the admission of foreign students. “We’re actually going to be doing something in the near future that’s going to make it possible for people to come into this country and come in and, you know, have a road toward citizenship, and I think it will be very exciting, but it’s too soon to speak of,” Trump stated. This follows President Trump’s address on the potential restriction of foreign students into Harvard, saying he wants the best and brightest — not the troublemakers.

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher 370 (photo credit: REUTERS) While the  United Kingdom  has become known as the "cradle of democracy" via which candidates are elected to the "mother of parliaments," the Israeli system, by contrast, as we are witnessing, is best described as a  Balagan,  a Yiddish word to describe a state of chaos, disarray, and confusion. The two electoral systems have their differences. The UK electorate goes to the polls (at most) every five years and elects 650 members of parliament, one for each seat, geographically designated. Each member represents a party. A minority are independents. The leader of the party with the most seats will be asked by the monarch to see if he or she can form a majority government either with their own party or, if not, in coalition with another party or parties. The system is first-past-the-post. Parliament is bicameral, two houses, one elected, the other selected by appointment or accident of birth. The Isra...