In reversal, Trump administration restores classes at the National Fire Academy
Hide SummaryThe academy in Emmitsburg, Md., is often described as the national war college for firefighting. It offers training that ranges from leadership to how to conduct fire, arson and blast investigations.Read more
Proposed Muslim development in Texas brings inquiries by DOJ and state officials
Hide SummaryThe project, known as EPIC City, has yet to break ground, but members of this Muslim community feel stereotyped.Read more
Two Israeli embassy staffers killed amid a rise in antisemitism
Hide SummaryYaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim worked for the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
This weekend, they were slated to go to Jerusalem Milgrim was to meet Lischinsky's family for the first time. According to Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Lischinsky had bought a ring and was planning to propose.
Instead, they were gunned down outside an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum on Wednesday night.
The killing comes aside a rise in antisemitic incidents. Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, reacts to the news.
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This weekend, they were slated to go to Jerusalem Milgrim was to meet Lischinsky's family for the first time. According to Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter, Lischinsky had bought a ring and was planning to propose.
Instead, they were gunned down outside an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum on Wednesday night.
The killing comes aside a rise in antisemitic incidents. Daniel Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, reacts to the news.
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Email us at considerthis@npr.org.Read more
The latest on the shooting outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.
Hide SummaryAuthorities are piecing together the circumstances about Wednesday's fatal shootings outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. The suspect shouted "free free Palestine" as he was taken into custody.Read more
The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says it will secure a U.S. base
Hide SummaryThe Chagos Islands are in the middle of the Indian Ocean and home to a strategic military base on Diego Garcia.Read more