New York planned for a long fight against the coronavirus outbreak amid hopeful hospitalization trends. Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended stay-at-home restrictions Thursday through mid-May and New York City is getting
The entire federal prison camp in Otisville N.Y. is being sent home due to an outbreak of COVID-19. There are around 100 Jewish prisons there. Sources tell YWN that inmates
An attorney for the man accused of committing an anti-Semitic attack with a machete wants the body of the victim who later died to be exhumed. Attorney Michael Sussman wants
Is it safe to open mail and packages during the pandemic? There is no evidence that COVID-19 is spreading through mail or parcels, according to the World Health Organization and
Mrs. Rivka Gottlieb a”h has tragically succumbed to the corona-virus at an unusually young age, leaving behind an orphaned household. CLICK HERE TO DONATE This tragedy has shaken us to
YWN regrets to inform you of the petira of HaRav Don Yoel Levy Z”L. He was 72. Rabbi Levy was the Rov of the Beis Eliezer Yitzchak Shul in Crown
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Arab media reports said on Thursday that a convoy of Hezbollah vehicles was attacked in Syria near the Lebanese border on Wednesday by two missiles from an Israeli UAV which
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The following halachos were printed for those who are sitting shiva now after Pesach. May the neshamos of those who have passed on have an aliyah. This was written l’ilui nishmas the author’s father, Nosson Yoseph ben Moshe whose yartzeit is 5 Iyar. For those who have had someone […]
A New York City man has been arrested after he texted several friends that he was going to blow up a statue of Alice in Wonderland in Central Park with
Hopeful talk about getting people out of their homes and back to work in some parts of the country seems a far cry from the harsh reality in New York
President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out a phased approach to restoring normal activity in places that have strong testing and are seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases. “You’re going to call your own shots,” Trump told the governors, according to […]
Chris Cuomo, who late last month revealed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, said his wife Cristina has now also been infected. The CNN anchor made the announcement on the network Wednesday night during an interview with his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “Cristina now has COVID(-19). She is now positive. And it […]
Facebook will soon let you know if you saw or interacted with dangerous coronavirus misinformation on the site. The new notice will be sent to users who have liked, reacted
Newly released material raises the possibility that Russian disinformation made its way into a dossier of opposition research that the FBI relied on when applying for warrants to eavesdrop on
The Trump administration has issued new guidelines for states, individuals and employers on how to gradually revive activity and ease up on social distancing in areas where coronavirus cases are on the decline. The guidelines, distributed to governors Thursday, are published under the headline “Opening Up America Again.” They follow concerns voiced by President Donald […]
Former New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos was expected to be released soon from prison to home confinement after testing positive for the coronavirus, prosecutors told a judge Wednesday.
Even as politicians talk about “reopening” the country, New York is still intensifying restrictions intended to stop the coronavirus from spreading. Face coverings will be now be required in any place where people can’t stay at least six feet away from other people. While other isolation measures seem to have worked in keeping new infections […]
Israelis stranded in Morocco due to the coronavirus crisis who were supposed to be brought home on a rescue flight to Israel before Pesach are still trapped there due to
The U.S. tally of coronavirus cases and deaths could soon jump because federal health officials will now count illnesses that are not confirmed by lab testing. The Centers for Disease
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