Month August 2019
The Israeli military is accusing Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah of stepping up attempts to build missile-production facilities in Lebanon and says these efforts are putting Lebanese civilians in danger. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer made well over a billion dollars over the last decade from holdings that not only include the hedge fund he founded, but also investments in Chinese private equity firms, tech startups, pharmaceutical companies… Continue Reading →
The U.S. economic landscape would look even bleaker if not for America’s consumers. The economy slowed in the spring, and many analysts think the weakness will continue in the months ahead. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Crown Heights – For the second time in one week, a Jewish man was viciously attacked with a stone in Crown Heights. At approximately 5:30 PM today, an Orthodox Jewish delivery man was in his truck on Brooklyn Avenue near… Continue Reading →
It seemed like a new era in the half-century battle against the deadly toll of tobacco: U.S. health officials for the first time would begin regulating cigarettes, chew and other products responsible for a half-million American deaths annually. Read more… Continue Reading →
Norfolk, VA – Law enforcement officials in Virginia said Thursday that they’ve taken down a multi-state drug ring and seized enough cheap fentanyl from China to kill 14 million people. The bust was announced in the wake of growing efforts… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s personal assistant unexpectedly stepped down Thursday after the President learned she was leaking information to the media. According to the New York Times, Madeleine Westerhout is accused of leaking private information about Trump’s family and Oval… Continue Reading →
The number of people killed by drivers running red lights has hit a 10-year high, and AAA is urging drivers and pedestrians to use caution at traffic signals. In 2017, the latest figures available, 939 people were killed by vehicles… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Moshe Feiglin is taking his far-right Zehut party out of next month’s national elections in Israel following an agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Feiglin made the announcement during a joint appearance Thursday with Netanyahu, who heads the… Continue Reading →
It was an exceedingly hot and humid summer day, and sweat was pouring down the faces of the two friends waiting at the bus stop. They had attended the late-morning… Read more » The post Giving Back appeared first on… Continue Reading →
Backlash Grows to Johnson’s Suspension of U.K. Parliament LONDON (AP) – Opposition to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend Parliament is intensifying. The head of the Labour Party… Read more » The post Business Briefs – August 30,… Continue Reading →
Stocks finished with broad gains on Wall Street Thursday, driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 300 points higher. The buying spree gave the market its second straight gain… Read more » The post Dow Surges 326 Points on… Continue Reading →
Montgomery, AL – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey apologized Thursday for wearing blackface decades ago, becoming the latest politician to face scrutiny over racially insensitive photos and actions from their university days. Ivey, 74, issued the apology after a 1967 radio… Continue Reading →
An inspector working for the Jerusalem light rail humiliated a passenger and the light rail operator, CityPass, will be paying that passenger NIS 1,500 in compensation. The inspector called the passenger “a cheater” in front of many other passengers on… Continue Reading →
Hezbollah now claims that in order to prevent death and injuries, the IDF is using mannequins in jeeps patrolling the Lebanese border. Ali Shoeib, who works for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar news network, published the photos and said that the IDF fears an… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Four days ago, following a petition of the Women’s Lobby, the Haifa District Court ruled that the planned Mordechai Ben David and Motti Steinmetz concert scheduled for men only in Haifa would be cancelled. Judge Avraham Elyakim explained… Continue Reading →
Caught in the crossfire of a trade war, American businesses operating in China say they’ve been hurt by the hostilities between the world’s two biggest economies and are facing increasingly unfair competition from Chinese firms. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
A group that monitors sea turtles in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, has reported finding a two-headed Loggerhead hatchling. News outlets report Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island says the… Read more » The post South Carolina Turtle Patrol Group… Continue Reading →
Satellite images appear to show the smoldering remains of a rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch. The satellite pictures were taken Thursday morning of the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan… Continue Reading →