Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is urging employers who still enforce mask mandates on their employees to knock it off as COVID cases decline. “Any of these big companies that are
Lowe’s Cos., the nation’s second-largest home improvement chain behind Home Depot, offered an upbeat annual outlook after reporting strong fiscal fourth-quarter results that showed a still sizzling housing market. The report, released Wednesday, follows a robust quarterly report from Home Depot. Home improvement stores have been busy during the pandemic as people working from home […]
Staying open during Covid is one huge accomplishment. Paying your employee’s wages during Covid is an even bigger one- and the U.S. government recognizes that. lf you retained employees during
The federal government is expected to once again renew mask mandates on airplanes, the largest union of flight attendants says, according to Bloomberg. “We have every expectation that the mask
There’s little support among Americans for a major U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new poll, even as President Joe Biden imposes new sanctions and threatens a stronger response that could provoke retaliation from Moscow. Biden has acknowledged a growing likelihood that war in Eastern Europe would affect Americans, though he has […]
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday managed to kill three birds with one stone: fill a vacant diplomatic position, distance a rebellious MK, and showcase the coalition’s commitment to diversity. Lapid appointed Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi as Israel’s consul-general to Shanghai, the first Arab Muslim woman to fill such a senior diplomatic position. In […]
Three kedoshei elyon had one common concept when it came to learning Torah – they were the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh (Rabbi Chaim ibn Attar 1696-1743) when he came to Eretz Yisroel; the
YWN regrets to inform you of the Prtira of Rebbitzen Hinda Cohen A”H, the wife of the Toldos Aharon Rebbe. She was 74. The Rebbitzen was sick for the past
A handwritten log kept by nurses tells the story of the losing battle to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19 in this corner of Alabama: Just 14 people showed up
Lawyers for Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, are asking a judge to throw out tax fraud charges against him, arguing New York prosecutors targeted him as punishment because he wouldn’t flip on the former president. In court papers filed Tuesday, Weisselberg’s lawyer said the Trump Organization’s CFO is “collateral damage” in a “singular […]
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A large protest took place on Wednesday night at Jerusalem’s Bar Ilan intersection where Admorim and the head of the Eidah Chareidis, Hagaon HaRav Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, were joined by thousands of Charedim in protesting the construction of the Jerusalem light rail. Approximately 100 policemen were at the scene of the protest, prepared to arrest […]
Britain promised to hit Russia with “powerful” sanctions over its military confrontation with Ukraine. But the slim sheaf of measures announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson has disappointed allies and critics alike. The U.K. has slapped asset freezes and travel bans on three wealthy Russians and sanctioned five Russian banks in response to President Vladimir […]
Jurors started deliberating Wednesday in the federal trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights, after a judge gave them jury instructions. J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when fellow Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee […]
European Jewry Comes out on En Masse to Celebrate Torah and Undertake Daily Limud HaTorah Major Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Siyumim in England, Belgium South Africa and Australia By Chaim Gold “Rabbosai, THIS is the time!” said the venerable Rosh Yeshiva of Mir, HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Ezrachi, shlita, his voice shaking with passion and emotion. “We […]
Alan, a longtime maintenance worker at Waterbury Yeshiva, spoke up during a mussar seder being led by the Menahel, R’ Doniel Kalish. Alan expressed his gratitude to the Menahel and
World leaders waited to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin would cast the die and order troops deeper into Ukraine. With Russian lawmakers having authorized Putin to use military force
Amid threats of war, a Hachnasas Sefer Torah took place on Monday in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine, the country’s business hub and fourth-largest city, with about one million residents. Hundreds
Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday extending a day-earlier slump as the crisis in Ukraine remains tense. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of 12:04 p.m. Eastern, deepening its “correction”, or a loss of 10% from its recent peak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 21 points, or 0.1%, to 33,574 and […]
World leaders sought Wednesday to back up their tough words over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, announcing financial sanctions, trade and travel bans and other measures meant to pressure Moscow to pull back from the brink of war. Even as they ramped up penalties, however, nations in Asia and the Pacific also prepared for the possibility […]
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