Baltimore County schools will close Monday and Tuesday to give educators time to create lesson plans for students in the event that individual schools move to virtual instruction during a
President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free to people to use at home. But
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the
(By Rabbi Moshe Hauer) The Chaim Walder saga that has unfolded over the past weeks has created upheaval across the Jewish world, as it must. Walder was one of those
The number of serious cases of hospitalized Covid-19 patients rose from 143 on Friday to 172 on Shabbos in Israel. Overall, the Health Ministry registered more than 31,000 positive cases
A frum yid, Yehuda Topper, made history last week by becoming the first-ever Orthodox Jew in Florida after being sworn-in as a police officer on the North Miami Beach Police
An Israeli resident of Kazakhstan was shot to death on Friday evening in the violent protests in the Central Asian country. Levan Kogeashvili, z’l, 22, and his parents moved to
Russia’s decision to send paratroopers into Kazakhstan, where a crackdown on violent anti-government protests has left dozens dead, injects additional uncertainty into upcoming talks over a possible Russian invasion of
Intelligence reports compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police in the days before last year’s insurrection envisioned only an improbable or remote risk of violence, even as other assessments warned that
U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the second-ranking Republican leader in the Senate, announced Saturday he is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Thune, who turned 61
Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. The court
Federal prosecutors want convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to use a $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus payment he received as well as other money held in his inmate trust account to
The U.S. trade deficit surged to a near-record high of $80.2 billion in November as exports slowed at the same time that imports jumped sharply. The November deficit was 19.3%
A deeply divided Congress is showing the world a very unsettled view from the U.S. Capitol: Rather than a national crisis that pulls the country together, the deadly riot on
A New York man has been arrested on charges that he worked as a secret and unregistered agent of the Egyptian government, including by sharing information with American law enforcement
Kazakhstan is experiencing the worst street protests the country has seen since gaining independence three decades ago. The outburst of instability is causing significant concern in Kazakhstan’s two powerful neighbors:
French regulators on Thursday fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros ($226 million) for not making it as easy for people to opt out of
A Jerusalem municipal planning committee approved a plan on Wednesday for 3,557 new housing units in Jerusalem. A new Jewish neighborhood being planned between Givat HaMatos and Har Homa will
Two Israeli six-year-olds passed away on Thursday in the pediatric intensive care unit at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva. Both children had serious preexisting illnesses and their condition worsened after
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