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Two people were killed when a large fireworks stash exploded Tuesday in inland Southern California, setting off a series of blasts that rocked the residential neighborhood and sent up a huge plume of smoke, authorities said. Authorities — including the FBI — are investigating the explosion of commercial-grade fireworks in Ontario, about 35 miles (56 […]
The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May, according to an official familiar with the plans. The official said the
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A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem but insisting it’s under control and saying he won’t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children. The number of migrants being stopped at the U.S.-Mexico […]
Dear Friends, As we enter into the holiday of Pesach (which can also be explained as “the mouth speaks”) we are reminded that once we were slaves in Mitzrayim and
Women who are vaccinated against the coronavirus during pregnancy pass COVID antibodies to their babies, a study by researchers at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem shows. A study of women
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com This is a chance for you to both review your Pesach knowledge and halachos and at the same time fulfill a Mitzvah d’oraisah! Oh yes, and at the same time, you can win $500 from the Five Towns Jewish Times, if you are the first person to correctly fill […]
A Florida teenager was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for his role in hacking the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls and scamming people around
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Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s restriction of 3,000 daily passengers allowed to return to Israel per day is unconstitutional and must be halted by the end
President Joe Biden said Vladimir Putin “will pay a price” for his efforts to undermine the 2020 US election following a landmark American intelligence assessment which found that the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with the aim of “denigrating” Biden’s candidacy. “He will pay a price,” Biden said of Putin in an interview that […]
New York State Assemblymember Daniel Rosenthal on Tuesday endorsed Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City Representing New York State Assembly District 27 — which includes Kew Gardens Hills,
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned ominously Tuesday of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an end to the Senate filibuster in hopes of muscling legislation supporting President Joe Biden’s agenda past GOP opposition. McConnell unleashed the dire forecast of a Senate that would all but cease to function, […]
A series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area spas left eight people dead and raised fears that the attack was another hate crime against Asian Americans. Police arrested a white 21-year-old Georgia man and said the motive for Tuesday night’s attacks wasn’t immediately known, though many of the victims were women of […]
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