Month August 2019
In a U.N. Security Council meeting today, the UNIFIL peacekeeping force mandate in Lebanon was extended for another year. Members of the U.N. Security Council voted to renew the mandate… Read more » The post Security Council Renews UNIFIL Mandate:… Continue Reading →
The Treasury Department on Thursday targeted a Lebanese bank the Trump administration calls the “bank of choice” of Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, as part of a maximum pressure campaign… Read more » The post U.S. Sanctions Lebanese Bank for… Continue Reading →
On Wednesday, Detective Sergeant J. Shimonovich along with Officer K. Rosado and Officer C. Kicki presented a new exciting program at the Lakewood Board meeting. The SIS-IN-BLUE is a free program designed by the Lakewood Police Department and the Local… Continue Reading →
New York City’s largest police union says the mayor and police commissioner should lose their jobs over the firing last week of an officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is objecting to the Trump administration’s decision to block committee staffers from conducting additional visits at 11 border detention facilities after visits last week revealed serious problems. Read more on Yeshiva World News
As VIN previously reported, an Israeli woman has been imprisoned for four months in Russia without being allowed to air her defense after 9 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. Naama Issachar denies the marijuana was hers. The… Continue Reading →
An Ohio man has been charged with threatening a Jewish community center in a video police say shows him shooting a rifle, federal authorities announced Thursday. Police in New Middletown in northeastern Ohio arrested 20-year-old James Reardon on Aug. Read… Continue Reading →
Declaring space crucial to the nation’s defense, President Donald Trump said Thursday the Pentagon has established U.S. Space Command to preserve American dominance on “the ultimate high ground.” “This is… Read more » The post Trump Declares New Space Command… Continue Reading →
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Fyza Djuma who lives in the Bedouin town of Arab al-Aramshe on Israel’s northern border was called on Wednesday to assist in a different type of medical emergency then he had ever come across. Read more… Continue Reading →
Washington – This morning, the Justice Department’s inspector general released its report on James Comey’s handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump. The rep0rt says Comey broke several FBI rules by giving one memo containing unclassified information… Continue Reading →
U.S. long-term mortgage rates ticked up slightly this week, yet they remain near historic lows. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year loan rose to 3.58% from 3.55% last week. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden painted a vivid scene for the 400 people packed into a college meeting hall. A four-star general had asked the then-vice president to travel to Kunar province in… Read more » The post Joe Biden Tells a Moving… Continue Reading →
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) It is truly a remarkable idea – that every single one of us should remember forever. Recently, a Ger Tzedek told me that he had come across a scholarly sefer that was somewhat depressing… Continue Reading →
Puerto Rico – As Puerto Rico continues to recover from the damage of Hurricanes Maria and Irma, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the deployment of New York State personnel and resources to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands… Continue Reading →
U.S. immigration officials on Thursday defended a new policy that ends automatic citizenship for some children born to U.S. citizens stationed abroad as government employees or members of the U.S.… Read more » The post U.S. Officials Defend New Citizenship… Continue Reading →
Rachel Wizenfeld, an orthodox Jewish woman who wore a wig in the past and was embarrassed to be seen in a headscarf, was inspired to put one on by…Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar. The outspoken rep’s controversial views on Israel notwithstanding,… Continue Reading →
The four Arab men being held by police for their alleged role in the attack against a mentally challenged chareidi supermarket employee are being released. The attack occurred in a branch of Shufersal in Gush Etzion. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
It’s the scandal that seemingly knows no bottom. TLS has obtained new audio of yet another high-ranking Jackson Township official participating in the secretive CUPON meeting over which three officials have already resigned. In the new audio, Gus Acevedo, a… Continue Reading →
A woman who spent 35 years in prison for a Nevada murder she didn’t commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence on a crime-scene cigarette butt will get $3 million in a partial settlement of a federal civil rights… Continue Reading →
Washington – The U.S. economy slowed in the spring, and most analysts expect it to weaken further in the months ahead. Yet the main driver of growth — consumer spending — remains vigorous enough to keep the economy growing steadily… Continue Reading →
Florida residents picked the shelves clean of bottled water and lined up at gas stations Thursday as an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Dorian threatened to broadside the state over Labor Day… Read more » The post ‘A Big Deal’: Florida Braces… Continue Reading →