HOUSTON – After a new Miss Texas USA was crowned this weekend, controversial anti-Semitic comments she allegedly made are resurfacing online. Some activists are now questioning why more wasn’t done to address the issue. Miss Texas USA announced second runner-up, Allie Drake as the new 2022 titleholder Friday. This comes after the previous winner, R’Bonney…
A glamorous Miami real estate broker is facing federal fraud raps after authorities said she used COVID-19 relief funds on a new Bentley, cosmetic procedures and a luxury apartment. Daniela Rendon, 31, received $381,000 through the Small Business Administration and Paycheck Protection Program, according to the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. But…
Academy award-winning actor and serial romancer Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted by paparazzi with Israeli model Eden Polani, leading to speculation the two are romantically linked. Leonardo DiCaprio, who has been spotted with a coterie of models under 25 in recent years, was spotted with 19-year-old Israeli Eden Polani at a party in Los Angeles…
SAO PAULO – An heir of Lebanese-Brazilian billionaire banker Joseph Safra has sued his mother and two siblings amid a dispute over the fortune of his late father, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Alberto Safra accused his family members of purposely diluting his stake in a holding company of Safra National Bank in…
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — People close to missing Lyft driver Gary Levin are waiting for answers after human remains were found in Okeechobee, close to where the 74-year-old was last spotted. People close to Levin are waiting to see if those human remains are possibly him. Howard Rice has been Levin’s friend for about 50 years.…
TOKYO — Japanese investor SoftBank Group reported Tuesday that it sank into a deep loss for the October-December quarter, slammed by the global plunge in technology shares. SoftBank Group Corp. racked up a 783 billion yen ($5.9 billion) loss for the fiscal third quarter, a reversal from the 29 billion yen profit recorded the same…
The trial of Malka Leifer, a former Haredi girls’ school principal accused of sexually abusing her students in Melbourne, commenced on Tuesday. Several preliminary hearings had earlier been held, and a Melbourne court deemed Leifer fit to stand trial. But it took until last September to set the Tuesday opening hearing session, which focused on…
NEW YORK — It’s an inspirational story about a mother, grandmother, and founder of a nonprofit. Now, the Brooklyn woman just added New York State Supreme Court judge to her resume. Acting Judge Rachel Freier is believed to be the first Hasidic woman to hold the role, and it’s not the first time she has broken…
Istanbul police arrested 15 suspects connected to the Islamic State terror group who were allegedly plotting to target synagogues and churches here, Turkish media reported on Sunday. “15 people were detained on the grounds that the so-called Khorasan Province leadership of DAESH [ISIS] ordered an action against the Swedish and Dutch Consulate Generals and places…
LONDON — Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. The 79-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was freed from a prison in Dorset, in southwest England. It is common for…