A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer’s disease missed its goals for curbing health care costs, calling into question whether the pricey tests are worth it. The results announced Thursday are from a $100 million study of more than 25,000 Medicare recipients. It’s been […]
The head of U.S.-funded global media has ordered an investigation into the posting of a video package featuring former Vice President Joe Biden on a Voice of America website and affiliated social media accounts. Agency for Global Media chief Michael Pack said Thursday his staff is looking into the segment that it called “pro-Biden” and […]
In 2005, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow returned from work to find her husband and mother shot dead in the basement of her Chicago home. Investigators initially focused on a White Supremacist who had put out a hit on Lefkow. But the killer turned out to be someone they’d never suspected: a homeless electrician who […]
Give your daughter the overnight camp experience she’s been dreaming of. Camp Palgai Mayim’s beautiful campus is up in the stunning Pocono Mountains, for girls going into 7th grade till
A 13-year-old girl from Ashdod and her mother are hospitalized in serious condition due to the coronavirus, the Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod stated on Thursday. The two were hospitalized
Democrats will meet for just two hours each night of their national convention next month in Milwaukee, according to preliminary schedule for the event that has been scaled down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Joe Biden is expected to accept the party’s presidential nomination on the final night of the convention, which runs Aug. 17-20, […]
U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages declined this week, remaining near historic lows as the key 30-year loan slipped back below 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year home loan eased to 2.99% from 3.01% last week. The benchmark rate hasn’t fallen below the 3% mark for 50 […]
Israel’s Health Ministry reported 1,889 new coronavirus cases in Israel in the previous 24 hours, raising the number of active patients to 26,080, with 321 seriously ill patients, of whom
Yeshivah bachurim from the Jewish communities of Panama, Venezuela and Argentina join the Bizchus Hatorah program ^ Director of Dirshu in South America, Reb Daniel Cohen-Talgam: “We are greatly excited to join the learning which unites yeshivah bachurim from all over the world” * After Israel, the United States, and the European countries, the yeshivah […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that he and his team have warned Russian officials about all threats that Russia poses to Americans and U.S. interests in various parts of the world. Pompeo also defended the Trump administration’s tough line on China, saying the communist nation represents a potent threat to the U.S. and […]
One Marine has died, two injured and eight others were missing after an amphibious assault vehicle accident off the coast of southern California, the Marines said early Friday. The accident
Black players were next to white players. Coaches from one team were next to their compatriots from the opposing side. Many locked arms with the man next to them, some
More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. economy. The continuing wave of
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com They are the unsung heroes of Klal Yisroel. They work hard, all day, to ensure that the Jewish nation will not stumble. They ensure that the Jewish nation has sustenance. They ensure that we grow – and continue to strictly follow our yerushah – our heritage – our birthright […]
A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night. But that doesn’t mean the results will be flawed or fraudulent, as President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday. Trump, seeking to already undermine the results of an election he could lose, demanded […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are under increasing pressure from lawmakers to boost testing for the coronavirus in the Capitol, an idea they have so far rejected because of concerns about the availability of tests across the country. Despite the unusual nature of work in the Capitol — lawmakers fly […]
The entire Washington-based federal appeals court is stepping into the legal dispute over former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn as it weighs whether a judge can be forced to
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Nachamu, Nachamu, Ami.. This week starts the first of the 7 comforting Haftorahs. We launch it with the words of Yishayahu HaNavi said in the streets of Yerushalayim. Being joyous and celebrating Shabbos Nachamu is a custom with deep historical roots. The Maharil in his Minhagim (27) explains that […]
The FBI said Thursday that it found mostly minor errors during a review of more than two dozen applications for national security surveillance warrants, suggesting the problems were less serious
Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over their market power and alleged monopolistic practices. All four
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