Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, passed away this evening due to complications from COVID-19, his campaign manager Andrew Bautsch said. Letlow, a Republican, was admitted into a Monroe Hospital on
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. American flight 718 carried 87 passengers on the 172-seat plane, and the return flight from LaGuardia Airport to Miami International Airport held […]
British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring. Authorities are blaming a new, more
State lawmakers across the country will convene in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — even affecting the way they work. After 10 months of emergency orders and restrictions from governors and local executive officials, some lawmakers are eager to reassert their power over decisions that shape the way […]
At the age of 39, Moshe Hogeg has made millions of dollars trading in cryptocurrency, bought one of Israel’s most prominent soccer teams and brought in a wealthy Emirati sheikh as his new co-owner. Now comes what may be his biggest challenge. As owner of Beitar Jerusalem, the only major Israeli soccer club never to […]
Neha loved the hymns that filled her church with music. But she lost the chance to sing them last year when, at the age of 14, she was forcibly converted
The United States sold the ambassador’s residence in Israel for more than $67 million in July, according to an official Israeli record of the sale, which the State Department only confirmed several weeks later. The State Department confirmed the sale in September but refused to identify the buyer or disclose the sale price of the […]
Federal officials say they will allow operators to fly small drones over people and at night, potentially giving a boost to commercial use of the machines. Most drones will need to be equipped so they can be identified remotely by law enforcement officials. The final rules announced Monday by the Federal Aviation Administration “get us […]
Several days ago, Israel’s Chevros Kadisha requested of the Health Ministry that all their workers involved in caring for the bodies of the deceased be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The
The family just returned from the hospital after witnessing their father exhale his final breath. They have to get ready for the levaya, to bid their final farewell to their departed father. The atmosphere is tense. The pain is so deep, the emotions so raw. The world just came to an end because……Tatty is never […]
Rosh Yeshivas Mir and new member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah HaGaon HaRav Eliezer Yehudah Finkel received a positive result from a coronavirus test on Monday evening. The Rosh Yeshivah was tested after a family member was diagnosed with the virus. Following the Rosh Yeshivah’s exposure to the family member last week, he […]
New York will freeze evictions and certain foreclosures for two months under a new law that the state’s governor signed Monday. Renters who are facing pending evictions — or who face evictions in the next 30 days — will be protected from eviction for at least 60 days. And the new law will also suspend […]
President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of GOP leadership, joined with Democrats on Monday to approve the override, which would be the first of Trump’s […]
A revolution in Torah life in the Chareidi communities of South America is beginning under the leadership of HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein with the establishment of a Chareidi city in
Dear Achim, My son Baruch Eliezer was born with severe hydrocephalus, severe cerebral palsy, and a crushed optic nerve causing visual impairment.He is wheelchair bound and requires complete nursing care.
A huge U.S. study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots to a nation anxiously awaiting relief from the catastrophic outbreak. Public health experts say more options in addition to the two vaccines now being dispensed — one made by Pfizer and […]
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced that Israel has vaccinated about half a million Israelis in the nine days since the start of Israel’s vaccine campaign, with over 115,000 Israelis vaccinated
A New York City police officer shot and wounded a man on Monday evening who police said rushed at officers but did not ultimately have a gun. Officers had received
The head of the World Health Organization says it’s important to step up genomic sequencing worldwide to ensure that new variants of the coronavirus are detected as the pandemic enters its second year. New variants detected in Britain and South Africa that appear to be more infectious have caused concern and triggered new travel restrictions […]
Supermarket mogul Rami Levy is poised to purchase Israir Airlines after his bid through his BGI Investments was chosen by Adv. Ophir Naor, the court-appointed trustee on behalf of bondholders
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