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Middle East tensions escalate after Hamas leader’s assassination

Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text   UN report finds Palestinian detainees mistreated in Israeli prisons Palestinian detainees have been tortured and ill-treated in Israeli custody, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report looked […]

Oil prices jump as tensions in Middle East spike

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as an Israeli air strike appeared to kill a Hamas leader inside Iran, raising fears of a new conflict in the Middle East. West Texas Crude Oil Prices soared Prices rose more than $3 a barrel on Wednesday to about $78, up more than 4 percent. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh […]

Zero Bond owner Scott Sartiano faces ‘vendetta’ from East Hampton noise police: sources

In the Hamptons, revenge is best taken coldly. SoHo upscale restaurant Sartiano’s opened its East Hampton location less than a month ago, but since opening it’s been subject to nearly daily raids by health inspectors and scrutiny by the city’s notorious noise enforcement police, The Washington Post has learned. Last Saturday, witnesses said three police […]

Whole Foods to beef up NYC footprint with new outpost in East Village

Whole Foods has signed a lease to open a new store in an East Village space that was vacant before the pandemic, according to Realty Check. The Amazon-owned market will open at 409 East 14th Street, a space that was previously closed after Associated Supermarkets closed in December 2019, and the company will roll out […]

NFC East training camp preview: Key additions and losses

The Washington Post’s Ryan Dunleavy breaks down the NFC East storylines heading into training camp. Dallas Cowboys coach: Mike McCarthy (5th year) Location of the training camp: Oxnard, California Main additions: was it there? RB Ezekiel Elliott has averaged 3.9 yards per carry over the past four seasons, but does he count his return after […]

Yankees running out of AL East games to reverse troubling trend

BALTIMORE — If the Yankees want to have any hope of getting back atop the American League East by the end of this season, the journey will have to start within the division. Like most things the Yankees have been through recently, it’s mostly been a struggle. The Yankees are 14-18 against the AL East […]