Month June 2019
Marietta, GA – It’s been nearly a year since a law combating distracted driving passed in Georgia, and police are getting creative to make sure drivers keep adhering to it. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports three Marietta police officers posed as… Continue Reading →
New York – The S&P 500 index registered a record closing high on Thursday, lifted by Wall Street’s expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as soon as next month to keep the U.S.-China trade war from stalling… Continue Reading →
China warned Thursday that threats and tariffs will not resolve trade tensions between the two biggest economies and blasted Republican Sen. Marco Rubio for his criticism of technology giant Huawei over patents. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The Israel Air Force has grounded some of its planes due to what it said was substandard maintenance work on the part of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), according to media… Read more » The post Air Force Blasts IAI For… Continue Reading →
Lawmakers in New York state are considering a proposal to eliminate criminal penalties for public possession and use of marijuana after efforts to legalize the drug stalled. The legislation would… Read more » The post NY Lawmakers Eye Decriminalization After… Continue Reading →
Walmart has agreed to pay a $138 million criminal penalty to settle Justice Department claims that its Brazilian subsidiary paid more than $500,000 to an intermediary nicknamed the “sorceress” for… Read more » The post Walmart to Pay $138M Over… Continue Reading →
The Senate voted Thursday to block the Trump administration from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, launching a new challenge to President Donald Trump’s steadfast alliance with the country amid rising… Read more » The post Senate Votes to Block Saudi… Continue Reading →
A budget for Fiscal Year 2020 has passed in New Jersey’s Senate and Assembly. The bill now goes to Governor Murphy’s desk for his signature or veto. The budget does not conform to Governor Murphy’s proposed budget, omitting his long-championed… Continue Reading →
Britain’s next prime minister will be a man in his 50s who went to Oxford University — either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, the two finalists selected Thursday in a… Read more » The post Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt in… Continue Reading →
Contrary to reports last week that the case was being closed, the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Unit (PIU) is signaling the case is far from being closed, and just this week, the unit has received the testimony of the victim,… Continue Reading →
Nykoping, Sweden – School’s out for summer and Swedish lawyer Pia Bjorstrand, her husband and their two sons are shouldering backpacks, ready to board the first of many trains on a whistle-stop vacation around northern Europe. The family is part… Continue Reading →
A Navy SEAL charged with killing a captive teenage militant in his care had told fellow troops that if they encountered a wounded enemy, he wanted medics to know how “to nurse him to death,” a former comrade testified Wednesday…. Continue Reading →
Gains in technology and energy companies helped drive stocks broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday afternoon, nudging the S&P 500 closer to a new high. The benchmark index was hovering… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks Climb, Sending S&P… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] ClimbZone Howell which opened last week is “a truly a revolutionary concept in family entertainment and the most unique indoor climbing experience that has ever been created.” Parents and children will be able to participate and enjoy indoor rock… Continue Reading →
The Magen David Adom volunteers in Jerusalem decided to fulfill the dream of David and Rafael, who are members of the organization, and to try to provide first aid in Magen David Adom. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Some county clerks in New York said Wednesday they will defy a new state law authorizing driver’s licenses for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns will go to federal court with his concerns that… Continue Reading →
The Assembly today approved legislation prohibiting prescription plans from charging copays in excess of the cash price of medications. Assemblyman Ron Dancer sponsors the bill to reduce the price consumers pay for their prescription drugs. It passed the Senate in… Continue Reading →
United Nations – Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, survivor of the Poway Chabad shooting and the congregation’s leader, is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in a special sitting on antisemitism next week. In a statement, the Israeli Mission to… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israel pulled out the royal treatment for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday with a high-profile lunch and meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just before he was awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize, known as the… Continue Reading →
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An ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a Democrat who flipped a Republican district are joining a slowly growing group calling for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Rep. Read more on Yeshiva World News