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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS NEW YORK (AP) — As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump’s victory last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high. The world’s largest cryptocurrency topped $87,000 for the first time on Monday. As of around 3:45 p.m. ET, bitcoin’s price stood at $87,083, per CoinDesk, up over 28% in the last week alone. That’s part of a rally across cryptocurrencies and crypto-related investments since Trump won the U.

By RUSS BYNUM President Joe Biden laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday for Veterans Day as thousands marched through the streets of New York. Smaller parades were held across the nation to honor Americans who have served in the U. S. military. The Veterans Day holiday began more than a century ago, albeit under a different name, as a celebration of the end of World War I.

The Akeidah opens with the words “And it came to pass, after these events, that God tested Abraham” (Genesis 22:1). The biblical Hebrew word for test is nisah. But for whom was the test intended? For Ralbag, the test was meant for God. God knows the future in general terms, but not in its specifics.

A New York-based credit card processing company, which views Florida as a promised land for new merchant customers, is looking to hire up to 1,000 people around the state to capture new clients. The firm is Merchant Industry, which set up a Florida headquarters in Plantation last February. In a statement, the company said it is offering “1,000 high-paying jobs in the coming year, with 100 positions open immediately.” Around 500 people would work in South Florida. The jobs are in direct sales — essentially hitting the bricks and knocking on potential customer doors.

Fort Lauderdale’s restaurant scene keeps on evolving, even inside the city’s only food hall, which just reshuffled its lineup of vendors as part of a major overhaul. The 40,000-square-foot complex known as Sistrunk Marketplace has dropped the “brewery” from its name and added video games, karaoke and eight new eateries, all designed to create what owner Steven D’Apuzzo calls a “more experience-driven destination.” Jim Rassol/ContributorSistrunk Marketplace, Fort Lauderdale’s 4-year-old food hall, has reshuffled its food and drink vendors, adding eight food vendors along with games.

Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. — Nestled along two converging rivers, with the Blue Ridge Mountains’ precipitous cliffs offering a backdrop, Harpers Ferry has long been praised for its rugged natural beauty. Thomas Jefferson was definitely a fan. After visiting the West Virginia town at the height of fall color in October 1783, he wrote that “the passage of the Patowmac (Potomac) through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature….