A federal judge on Monday dismissed antitrust lawsuits brought against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of state attorneys general, dealing a significant blow to attempts by regulators to rein in tech giants. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Monday that the lawsuits were “legally insufficient” and didn’t provide enough evidence to […]
A group of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s neighbors in Ra’anana sent a letter on Sunday to Shin Bet Chief Nadav Argaman, Internal Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, the director-general of the
U.S. troops in eastern Syria came under rocket attack Monday, with no reported casualties, one day after U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border against what the Pentagon said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups to support drone strikes inside Iraq. Iraq’s military condemned the U.S. airstrikes, and the militia […]
Israel’s Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced on Monday that he has appointed coronavirus czar Nachman Ash as the ministry’s new director-general. The current Health Ministry Director-General, Prof. Chezy Levy, who was appointed last year by then-Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, announced on Sunday that he was stepping down from his position. Ash was appointed as the coronavirus […]
President Joe Biden is hoping to get the bipartisan infrastructure deal on track by highlighting its expected economic benefits, stressing its $973 billion would include the largest investment in transportation
Following the announcement of the composition of the Meron state commission of inquiry on Sunday, Channel 12 News reported that HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein approved the participation of the Chareidi
New Jersey has spent $2.3 billion, about 5% of the state’s overall budget, in expenses related to COVID-19, according to public documents obtained by The Associated Press. That’s up from $222 million in expenses early this year. The spending goes from the start of the outbreak in March 2020 through this month, with the biggest […]
Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel’s envoy to the US and UN, who was appointed by former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, informed Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday that he is stepping down from his position as US ambassador. Erdan, who is a member of Likud, said he will resign after a replacement is appointed or by […]
Thanks to volunteers of the highly-trained Chaverim Of Rockland Search & Rescue Team, a couple who was in distress in the forest was located and safely taken out of the
The Mayor of Bal Harbour said Monday that all death-related Jewish customs and laws are being practiced at the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida. “To clarify, all of the Jewish customs and laws related to passing and the way you handle the deceased are being observed and respected,” Mayor Gabriel […]
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg toured the century-old rail tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey Monday and offered his support for an $11 billion project to build a new tunnel that has endured years of political squabbling and funding disputes. Buttigieg accompanied members of the two states’ Congressional delegations including New York Sen. Chuck […]
On Monday, ahead of reports that the Trump Organization and possibly some of its high ranking executives could be indicted as part of an investigation by Manhattan prosecutors into the
After a brief dip, gas prices in the U.S. are on the rise again. The U.S. average price for a gallon of gasoline rose 2 1/2 cents from last week
A lawsuit was filed over the weekend by a resident who survived Thursday’s partial building collapse at Champlain Towers South in Surfside. The lawsuit was filed Saturday on behalf of Steve Rosenthal, who lived in Unit 705. It is the second known lawsuit to be filed after the collapse. According to the complaint, the association […]
Lawyers for the Trump Organization met again Monday with prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in a last bid to forestall a potential indictment stemming from a long-running investigation into the former president’s company. Trump Organization lawyer Ron Fischetti told The Associated Press the meeting came as a grand jury nears a vote on […]
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome on Sunday and emphasized that he won’t make the “mistakes made” in the past, a reference to former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s openly contentious relationship with the Obama administration and his close relationship with President Donald Trump. “Secretary Blinken and I […]
As rescue efforts at the site of the Surfside disaster continue, more and more details of the horrific events are being revealed. Despite the immensity of the tragedy, with 33
A father called CSB Care. “My son is blind. How can I learn with my son if I don’t know Braile?” CSB CARE wanted to find an answer to that
R’ Yitzchak Sofer, a resident of Miami, who is currently in Eretz Yisrael, visited the home of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein on Monday to receive a bracha. Sofer, who lives
Folllowing Israel’s censure of Poland’s new restitution law as “immoral,” Poland summoned Israel’s charge d’affaires Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon to a meeting on Monday for “intervening in the internal affairs of another country” and “the statements of the foreign minister against the Polish government.” The new bill, which was passed by Poland’s lower house of parliament […]
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