America�s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. The March increase � the most since August � was nearly double February�s gain of 468,000, […]
One person died and several others were injured after a Canarsie Hatzolah ambulance collided with another vehicle in Brooklyn. According to police, the accident occurred at about 4:00PM at Avenue
Major US cities that “defunded” their police departments last year in response to the demands of protesters have suffered dramatic surges in murders and other violent crimes, Fox News reported
Students who once shopped at a downtown mall in Burlington, Vermont, are now attending high school in the former Macy�s department store, with gleaming white tile floors and escalators whisking them to and from classes. The Downtown Burlington High School opened March 4, about six months after school administrators closed the existing school, just under […]
Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Levana Rothner, mother of eight from Jerusalem died unexpectedly several days ago at the young age of 48. It was only after her sudden death that the
America�s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. The March increase � the most since August � was nearly double February�s gain of 468,000, […]
Kneeling on George Floyd �s neck while he was handcuffed and in the prone position was �top-tier, deadly force� and �totally unnecessary,� the head of the Minneapolis Police Department�s homicide division testified Friday. �If your knee is on a person�s neck, that can kill him,� said Lt. Richard Zimmerman, adding that when a person is […]
President Joe Biden underscored U.S. support for Ukraine on Friday in his first call to that country�s leader following reports of Russian troop movements on its eastern border. Biden in his conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy affirmed �unwavering support for Ukraine�s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia�s ongoing aggression,� according to […]
The Dutch government said Friday it is temporarily halting AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations for people under 60 following reports of very small number of people suffering unusual blood clots after receiving the shot. The Dutch decision comes three days after authorities in Germany also stopped using the AstraZeneca�s vaccine in the under-60s, citing fresh concerns over […]
The British government is gearing up to ban international arrivals from four more countries � Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines � amid concerns over new virus variants but opted against including European nations that are facing a resurgence of the virus. The Department for Transport said Friday the number of countries on its �red […]
A court in Moscow on Friday fined Twitter for not taking down calls encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized rallies, the latest in a series of moves against the
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is in the hospital with an apparent kidney stone, his campaign said Friday. Yang, 46, went to the emergency room after experiencing abdominal pain Friday morning, co-campaign manager Chris Coffey said in a tweet. His wife, Evelyn, is with him. All of Yang�s campaign events for Friday were […]
A top Biden administration official says the government is undertaking a new effort to help electric utilities, water districts and other critical industries protect against potentially damaging cyberattacks. �Our aim is to ensure that control systems serving 50,000 or more Americans have the core technology to detect and block malicious cyber activity,� Anne Neuberger, deputy […]
A rookie London police officer was found guilty Thursday of belonging to a banned neo-Nazi organization, the first time a British police officer has been convicted of membership of an outlawed far-right group. After more than 32 hours of deliberation, the jury at the city�s Old Bailey court found Benjamin Hannam, 22, guilty of being […]
The United States and Iran said Friday that they would begin negotiations through intermediaries next week to try to get both countries back into an accord limiting Iran�s nuclear program, nearly three years after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal. The announcement marked the first major progress in efforts to return […]
People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel safely in the U.S. without getting tested or self-quarantining, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday.
A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It
Kosovo�s new foreign minister says she considers the opening of the country�s embassy in Jerusalem to be �a done deal.� Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla was asked during an interview about the pressure Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has put on Kosovo�s new government to reconsider the Balkan nation�s recent opening of an embassy in Jerusalem. […]
The leader of an Arab Islamist party in Israel delivered a prime-time address in Hebrew on Thursday that was carried live by major TV networks, calling for coexistence between Arabs and Jews in a stunning display of the community�s newfound political influence. Mansour Abbas� United Arab List won just four seats in last week�s parliamentary […]
The Biden administration is quietly ramping up assistance to the Palestinians after former President Donald Trump cut off nearly all aid. Since taking office with a pledge to reverse many of Trump�s Israeli-Palestinian decisions, the administration has allocated nearly $100 million for the Palestinians, only a small portion of which has been publicized. The administration […]
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