Month June 2019
Denise Gregory, a fire commissioner since November 2017, has submitted her resignation to the Board of Fire Commissioners, TLS had learned. In an unusual outcome, Gregory tied with Larry Loigman for a seat on the Board in the February 2017… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani last July in an all-caps tweet that if Iran ever threatened the United States again, it would “suffer severe consequences the likes… Read more » The post To Avoid a Wider War,… Continue Reading →
As of last week, New York is now the 13th state to authorize driver’s licenses for immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally. The Democrat-led state Senate voted 33-29 in favor… Read more » The post New York’s Undocumented Immigrants Driver’s… Continue Reading →
U.S. Blacklists 5 Chinese Groups Working in Supercomputing WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States is blacklisting five Chinese organizations involved in supercomputing, calling them national security threats and cutting them… Read more » The post Business Briefs – June 23,… Continue Reading →
The head of the Blue and White party, former IDF Chief of Staff MK Benny Gantz, has come out openly, expressing adamant opposition to the appointment of MK (UNRWP) Betzalel Smotrich to a cabinet post and as a member of… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump isn’t saying whether he’ll direct the FBI to investigate the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and suggests that pledges by Saudi Arabia to spend billions buying U.S. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Toronto – Air Canada said Sunday it’s looking into how crew members could have disembarked from a plane without noticing a sleeping passenger who was left behind. The airline was responding to an incident involving a woman who described waking… Continue Reading →
Some six months ago, Rav Yekusiel Ohav Tzion, a rav from Tiveria, visited with HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita, at which time the rav explained how Ron Kobi was working hard to increase Chilul Shabbos in the holy city. Read… Continue Reading →
Traffic police on erev Shabbos operating in the Latrun Interchange on Highway 1 (the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway), stopped a minibus for a routine road inspection. A vehicle inspector was operating along with traffic police. Read more on Yeshiva World News
New Jersey Picks Danish Firm Orsted for Wind Energy Project ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey has chosen a Danish company to build a wind energy project off the… Read more » The post Regional Briefs – June 23,… Continue Reading →
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, is backing her freshman colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over the claim that there were “concentration camps” along the southern border, saying what the U.S. government is doing fits the “general definition.” Ocasio-Cortez created a firestorm… Continue Reading →
Raleigh, NC – Turns out that zero can be a lucky number. North Carolina’s state lottery Saturday said it set a record payout after the winning numbers in a Pick 4 game came back “0-0-0-0.” The lottery said about 1,000… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump says he hesitated to back a possible 2024 presidential run by Vice President Mike Pence because he was caught off-guard by the question. Given a chance at a do-over, however, Trump still did not endorse his loyal… Continue Reading →
Perrigo Company PLC of Dublin, Ireland and Allegan, MI, makers of Parent’s Choice Advantage Infant Formula, issued a nationwide recall of 35-ounce, 992-gram containers of their Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based… Read more » The post Company Recalls Infant Formula appeared… Continue Reading →
MK Gideon Saar is quite popular, so much so, that he is the man selected by Likud voters to replace Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – A recent poll shows the New Right party makes it into Knesset – the URWP… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Volunteers from 12 countries converged on Tel Shiloh, Israel’s ancient capital for 369 years, to resume the third season of archeological excavations at the site. The Bible recounts how Joshua set the Tabernacle in Shiloh after conquering the… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday the U.S. was prepared to resume talks with North Korea “at a moment’s notice” if the North signaled it wanted discussions about denuclearization. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Former U.S. Representative Joe Sestak said on Sunday that he would seek the Democratic nomination for president, becoming the party’s 25th candidate vying to challenge Republican President Donald Trump in… Read more » The post Former U.S. Congressman Sestak Joins… Continue Reading →
Tensions are rising in Haifa after last Wednesday, passersby at the Rambam Complex in the city saw signs for the sale of a baby, followed by additional signs posted on erev Shabbos near the entrance to a religious public school… Continue Reading →
Air Canada said Sunday it’s looking into how crew members could have disembarked from a plane without noticing a sleeping passenger who was left behind. The airline was responding to an incident involving a woman who described waking up “all… Continue Reading →