The largest auction of offshore wind sites in the nation’s history is drawing strong interest from companies in an indication of the industry’s potential. By Thursday afternoon, the second day of the auction by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, bids had exceeded $2.6 billion on six tracts of ocean floor off New York […]
For journalists, the confusion surrounding Russia’s attack on Ukraine deepened the challenge of covering it — and made one CNN reporter’s stumbling upon an airport under attack Thursday all the more remarkable. While Russia’s invasion had been an ominous possibility for months, it unfolded with little reliable information from the attackers. Many reporters depended upon […]
An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The figure reported Friday by the Commerce Department was the largest year-over-year rise since 1982. Excluding […]
In brief remarks on Russian state television, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his call for Ukraine’s military to disarm against Russian troops. He also called on Ukraine’s army to remove its leadership, which he referred to as a “‘gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis.” “Take power into your own hands. It’s easier for us to […]
New York City public school students will be allowed to remove their masks outside starting next week but must keep them on indoors for now, Schools Chancellor David Banks said Friday. “I am so pleased that we are able to make this exciting announcement and safely allow students and staff to remove their masks when […]
Invading Russian forces closed in on Ukraine’s capital Friday, in what appeared to be an encircling movement after a barrage of airstrikes on cities and military bases around the country. Pre-dawn explosions rocked Kyiv, and gunfire was reported in parts of the city, while Ukraine’s military said a group of Russian spies and saboteurs was […]
Hillary Clinton has found out who is at fault for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and it’s not the person currently in the White House. In an interview with MSNBC,
An international group of hackers that collectively call themselves Anonymous has declared war on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The announcement was made on Twitter, with the group saying
Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop. Amid growing casualties from the deadly warfare — including shelling that sliced […]
The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer
It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world leader, but Vladimir Putin has just done it, warning in a speech that he has the weapons available if anyone dares to use military means to try to stop Russia’s takeover of Ukraine. The […]
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The world has made it clear that a military intervention in Ukraine is off the books, so most countries on Friday were throwing ever more punishment at Moscow — from financial to football sanctions. The European Union could yet go furthest as it was closing in on freezing the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, making her the first
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times The Maftir of Shekalim is being read tomorrow, and it is a Mitzvah, or rather, minhag – we will soon be performing. Well, actually, it is not really called Machtzis HaShekel, it should rather be referred to as, “Zecher Machtzis HaShekel.” The reason is that […]
The coronavirus mutant widely known as “stealth omicron” is now causing more than a third of new omicron cases around the world, but scientists still don’t know how it could affect the future of the pandemic. Researchers are slowly revealing clues about the strain, a descendant of omicron known as BA.2, while warily watching it […]
Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted Thursday of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man was handcuffed and […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are growing cases of Lyme Disease happening in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway area. Lyme Disease can be much more serious than we think. It may also be much more prevalent than we think. As we speak, however, there is a great debate going on as to […]
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Former Soviet refusenik and prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky spoke with the Israeli media outlet Srugim about the situation in Ukraine. “I’ve been in touch with the communities there for
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