The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. “The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers quit,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, in a statement. […]
President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion, a signal that the U.S. is prepared to mount a robust, long-term campaign to bolster Kyiv and weaken Moscow as the bloody war enters its third month with no sign of abating. Biden’s latest proposal — […]
Holocaust survivors across the world have united to deliver a message on the dangers of unchecked hate and the importance of remembrance at a time of rising global antisemitism. In a video released Thursday to mark Yom HaShoah — Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day — 100 Holocaust survivors asked people to stand with them and remember […]
Moderna is seeking to be the first to offer COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest American children, as it asked the Food and Drug Administration Thursday to clear low-dose shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Frustrated families are waiting impatiently for a chance to protect the nation’s littlest kids as all around them people shed masks […]
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he’s “taking a hard look” at canceling additional federal student loan debt and will reach a decision within a month. “I am considering dealing with some debt reduction,” Biden told reporters in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. The comments came days after Biden had a private meeting […]
Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs in the nation’s most populous city to include salary ranges, in the name of giving job applicants — particularly women and […]
Iran’s attempts to murder former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo are real and ongoing, his successor Antony Blinken told Congress on Tuesday. “I’m not sure what I can say in an open setting, but let me say generically that there is an ongoing threat against American officials, both present and past,” Blinken said. “We […]
Twitter’s quarterly profit, revenue and the number of daily users on its platform are rising but its quarterly report, released days after agreeing to be sold to billionaire Elon Musk, offered scant details about what it expects on the financial front for the rest of the year. The social media company on Thursday reported net […]
Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash announced on Thursday that following the discovery of salmonella in the Elite chocolate factory, leading to the largest recall in Israeli history, the factory
President Joe Biden’s upbeat message that the economy is cruising along hit a troublesome speed bump on Thursday when the federal government reported that U.S. gross domestic product shrank during the first three months of 2022. Economic activity declined at annual rate of 1.4%, a sharp reversal from last year when growth was the strongest […]
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and likely soon-to-be owner of Twitter, weighed on President Joe Biden’s formation of a “disinformation governance board” whose mission it is to fight online
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com This week, thousands of people are mourning the loss of Dr. Susan Katz a”h, founder of Shulamith High School in Flatbush and a woman who had a profound effect on thousands of students for over five decades in Chinuch. Dr. Katz was a beloved teacher in HILI academy in […]
The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates, yet economists foresee a return to growth for the rest of 2022 based on the strength of the job market and consumer spending. The 1.4% quarterly decline in gross domestic product — the […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday claimed that Israel, which withdrew its membership from the UN cultural agency UNESCO in 2017 due to its anti-Israel bias, supports the US return to the organization, AFP reported. “We believe that having the waiver authority would be important and necessary and I can say with authority that […]
A former U.S. Marine who signed up to fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was killed on Monday, his family says. Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, was hired by a private
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s family received a second death threat and a bullet, this time threatening the prime minister’s oldest son Yoni, 17, Channel 12 News reported on Thursday. The envelope was sent to Bennett’s home in Ra’anana. According to the report, the first letter, which also contained death threats and a bullet, was sent to […]
California and 15 states that want the U.S. Postal Service to electrify its mail delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes
Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief said. The blasts
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The loss of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal is still felt by many – both in Eretz Yisroel as well as in the United States. Below are six questions and answers in Hilchos Brachos that can help mitigate the feeling of loss. Generally speaking the ruling of the Mishna Brurah […]
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