Month March 2019
Less than a week after a series of critical tweets from the president over an Ohio plant closure, General Motors is announcing plans to add 400 jobs and build a… Read more » The post GM Announces Jobs, Electric Vehicle… Continue Reading →
The man suspected of killing three people in a shooting aboard a tram in the city of Utrecht this week admitted his guilt to a judge on Friday and has… Read more » The post Suspect in Utrecht Shooting Admits… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says it’s “possible” that President Donald Trump is like Queen Esther, who saved Jews in the Old Testament. Pompeo made the statement in an interview with a Christian broadcast outlet this week… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted U.S. concerns about Hezbollah’s “destabilizing activities” in Lebanon and the region in talks with Lebanese leaders on Friday, amid strong regional condemnation of President… Read more » The post Pompeo in Lebanon to Talk… Continue Reading →
The Syrian government vowed to take back the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as its allies and enemies alike condemned U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday for moving to recognize Israeli sovereignty… Read more » The post Syria Vows to Recover Golan… Continue Reading →
Jakarta – Indonesian airline Garuda plans to cancel a $6 billion order for Boeing 737 MAX jets, it said on Friday, saying some passengers would be frightened to board the plane after two fatal crashes, although analysts said the deal… Continue Reading →
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today filed suit against a “ghost gun” company that allegedly sold an assault firearms kit online to an undercover state investigator. This marks the first such lawsuit against a ghost gun distributor. “Ghost guns” are… Continue Reading →
Atlanta – Nearly four decades after voters unceremoniously rejected then-President Jimmy Carter’s bid for a second term, the 39th president has reached a milestone that electoral math cannot dispute: He is now the longest-living chief executive in American history. Friday… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy today announced that the State of New Jersey will move to a State-Based Health Exchange for the year 2021. “The action will allow New Jersey greater control over its health insurance market and the ability to establish stronger… Continue Reading →
She was seriously injured in the attack on Purim and her life was saved at Ichilov Hospital. Twenty-three years later, on the same day, she returned to Ichilov and this time gave birth to her firstborn son. Read more on… Continue Reading →
Washington – The Democratic head of a U.S. congressional investigative panel on Thursday pressed the White House for information on whether President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, used the unofficial WhatsApp messaging tool to communicate sensitive or classified… Continue Reading →
Approximately 580 JCP&L customers in Lakewood are without power this morning. Those affected are in the area of Route 9 and the Lakewood-Toms River border. The power company doesn’t list a reason for the outage, but power is expected to… Continue Reading →
Berlin – Raed Saleh was 5 years old when his family left their Palestinian village in the West Bank for a better life in Germany. Now 41, the Muslim has become one of Berlin’s top politicians and is spearheading efforts… Continue Reading →
United Nations – The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday condemned Israel’s “apparent intentional use of unlawful lethal and other excessive force” against civilian protesters in Gaza, and called for perpetrators of violations in the strip to face justice…. Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives at the Purim party, but the host, dressed as an Israeli astronaut, believes he is either Yair Lapid or Benny Gantz trying to impersonate Netanyahu. Bibi then gets in a few lines to debunk the rotation… Continue Reading →
The weekly Shiur on the Parsha delivered by Reb Yisroel Meir Shapiro.
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Christchurch – The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman at two mosques a week ago. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Continue Reading →
Damascus – The Syrian government vowed to recover the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as its allies and enemies alike condemned U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday for moving to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the territory seized in war. Trump’s statement on… Continue Reading →
Former Ocean County prosecutor Joseph Coronato received the official endorsement for Mayor from the Toms River Republican club last night. Coronato was up against longtime councilman Maurice (Mo) Hill, and won the endorsement by just a few votes. The current mayor,… Continue Reading →
The L Bus Westgate route will not be running today, Friday, due to bus inspections. The other routes are still running.