Facebook is adding informational labels to posts about vaccines as it expands efforts to counter COVID-19-related misinformation flourishing on its platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a blog post Monday that labels will contain “credible information” about the vaccines from the World Health Organization. They will be in English and five other languages, with more […]
Security officials will soon scale back the perimeter fencing surrounding the Capitol in response to guidance from the U.S. Capitol Police that “there does not exist a known, credible threat” that warrants keeping the temporary barrier in place. The fencing will be scaled back in two phases, Timothy Blodgett, the acting House sergeant-at-arms, said Monday […]
Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport security lines and busier traffic on
An arrest warrant was issued for a woman who refused to wear a mask at a Texas bank, saying to a police officer: “What are you going to do, arrest me?” Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Terry Wright, 65, of Grants Pass, Oregon. The incident on Thursday at a Bank of […]
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Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Monday inaugurated a new underground facility designated for missile storage, the country’s state TV reported. The report quotes Guard commander Gen. Hossein Salami as saying that cruise and ballistic missiles will empower the force’s navy even more. The TV report showed footage of scores of missiles in an enclosed space […]
Gadol and legendary Jewish educator Rav Chaim Walkin made a rare video appearance yesterday, on behalf of a Petach Tivka family whose tragedy has made the news.Rebbetzin Devorah Broiner passed
About a hundred thousand Israelis who were vaccinated with the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine failed to return for the second dose, Israeli media reported on Motzei Shabbos. Health
Hours after The Washington Post made a correction to its story that it had “misquoted” former President Donald Trump, the former President issued a blistering statement. The bad reporting from WaPo claimed Trump told Georgia’s top elections investigator “to find the fraud,” in December. The Post says this quote was false and they lay blame […]
It could become a crime to taunt a police officer in Kentucky, under a bill that passed the state Senate on Thursday. The measure was filed months after Louisville, the state’s largest city, became the site of huge protests in the wake of the police killing of Breonna Taylor. The bill passed the Republican-dominated Senate […]
With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they’ve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. But problems abound. For years, the same platforms have allowed anti-vaccination propaganda to flourish, making it difficult to stamp out such sentiments now. And their […]
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An Israeli study found coronavirus antibodies in the milk of nursing mothers who had been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The small study, carried out by Tel Aviv University and Ichilov
United Hatzalah is expanding its international board and bringing on some remarkable people who have made large impacts on the Jewish community in the United States and Israel. President and Founder of United Hatzalah Eli Beer spoke about how proud he was to have the new board members join the organization. “We are proud to […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s airspace be closed to Jordanian flights following Jordan’s move to thwart his trip to the United Arab Emirates by denying permission to use its
Leah’le’s Story A modern day journey of abandonment, survival, and rebirth. Leah’le was found on the streets of Beitar. She was lost and crying, tears streaming down her face. When asked, her mother was up in Shamayim. Her father had cracked under the pressure and disappeared. Leah’le, a bright, young girl of 7, was left […]
You run an organization and have invested heart and soul into it. Fundraising is a major part of it. But in today’s day and age, fundraising is different than it used to be. So many yeshivos, mosdos and organizations are taking advantage of the reach that the internet has to offer. But it can be […]
A trial to present new charges against a British-Iranian woman detained for five years in Iran convened Sunday, her supporters said, casting uncertainty over her future following her release from prison. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared in court to face charges of “spreading propaganda against the regime,” said Richard Ratcliffe, who has outspokenly campaigned for his wife’s […]
Syrian interrogators requested that the Kiryat Sefer woman who crossed the border into Syria last month lead them to an IDF outpost in order to capture Israeli soldiers but she refused, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The woman was imprisoned in a Damascus jail and held for 16 days. The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court filed an […]
A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered?” The answer from more than half: “Hell no.” Only 40 of the 475 respondents said yes. In Massachusetts, more than half the people employed by the Department of Correction declined to be […]
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