Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some die. Then there were the
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to “wait for the facts.” Patience, though, has grown thin. The state’s two U.S. senators, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and most of the 27 other members of New York’s congressional delegation have called for his resignation. In the state legislature, more than 120 […]
Police believe a 37-year-old New York City woman fatally shot in the head on a city street was accidentally caught in a crossfire. Gudelia Vallinas was shot on a street
The U.S. effort in World War II was off the charts. Battles spread over three continents and four years, 16 million served in uniform and the government shoved levers of
Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least seven people by shooting live ammunition at demonstrators. Four deaths were reported in Mandalay, the country’s second-biggest city, two in Pyay, a town in south-central Myanmar, and one in Twante, a suburb of Yangon, Myanmar’s […]
Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burqas — outer garments […]
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Health Ministry Director-General Chezy Levy told reporters on Thursday that he estimates that Israel will begin vaccinating children 12 and over around May-June. Levy said his estimate is based on the clinical trials currently being carried out which he hopes “will be over around the end of spring, beginning of summer.” Levy added that the […]
In an interview with Channel 12 News, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was asked why he chose Israel as a case study for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccines and he responded that he was “impressed with the obsession of your prime minister.” “Of course, I was talking with several heads of state,” Bourla said. “I spoke to your prime […]
The NBA has fined Meyers Leonard $50,000, the maximum allowed by league policy, and suspended him from using all Miami Heat facilities and activities for one week in response to his use of an anti-Semitic term. Commissioner Adam Silver, in announcing those sanctions Thursday, also said that he believes Leonard “is genuinely remorseful” for using […]
Along with daylight saving time, this weekend could bring some Americans fatter bank balances. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday that processing of the new
Honda has plans to sell two all-electric SUVs in the U.S. for the 2024 model year, and it soon will offer hybrid gas-electric versions of its top-selling models. The announcements
After more than a year in which Rabbi Pinto Shlita has not traveled due to the coronavirus outbreak as well as his own illness, it is with joy and anticipation that news of the Rabbi’s imminent visit has been received. Throughout his upcoming visit, Rabbi Pinto Shlita will deliver various shiurim and lectures for his […]
Tucker Carlson’s belittling of a reporter for The New York Times this week for publicly discussing how she had been harassed reveals both a toxic online culture and bad blood between the newspaper and Fox News Channel and its most popular personality. The targeting of reporter Taylor Lorenz started a day after the International Women’s […]
Taking place in the home of HaRav Chaim Kanievsky shlita in Eretz Yisroel, and with the participation of HaRav Reuven Feinstein shlita and HaRav Elya Brudny shlita in the U.S.,
In a highly unusual breach of security last month at the air base that operates the Air Force One presidential aircraft, an apparently aimless intruder went undetected for several hours
A majority of congressional Democrats from New York, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, on Friday issued near-simultaneous calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. “The repeated accusations against the Governor, and the manner in which he has responded to them, have made it impossible for him to continue to govern at […]
U.S. long-term mortgage rates again rose modestly this week against the backdrop of an improving economy and further distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Rates remain near historic lows, however. The benchmark
With New Jersey continuing to make its way back from the pandemic amid improving numbers, a group of community leaders took advantage of of an opportunity to express their gratitude to Governor Phil Murphy for the compassion and sensitivity he displayed towards the Garden State’s Jewish residents over the past year. The Governor was joined […]
Transcript of President Joe Biden’s speech Thursday, March 11, 2021, on the coronavirus pandemic, as provided by CQ: __ Good evening, my fellow Americans. Tonight I would like to talk to you about where we are as we mark one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. A year ago, we were hit with […]
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