Month September 2019
A judge delayed enforcement of a subpoena seeking President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday long enough for federal prosecutors to decide whether to join Trump’s fight to prevent his tax returns from being turned over to a grand jury… Continue Reading →
(JTA) — A homeless man pleaded guilty to burning down a historic Minnesota synagogue earlier this month. Prosecutors have indicated that they intend to ask for probation for Matthew James Amiot, 36, The Associated Press reported. He could have faced… Continue Reading →
A cursory search on Google Translate made by a person who arrived in Israel today and googled the information in Hebrew revealed that the application translated this from Hebrew as “I arrived in Palestine.” The incident, which went viral on… Continue Reading →
The nation’s largest electronic cigarette maker will stop advertising its devices in the U.S. and replace its chief executive as mysterious breathing illnesses and an explosion in teen vaping have… Read more » The post Juul Stops E-Cigarette Ads as… Continue Reading →
An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of “Resign!” and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after… Read more » The post An Unrepentant Boris Johnson Faces… Continue Reading →
Upon receiving the mandate to form a coalition on Wednesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to form a Likud-led unity government,… Read more » The post Gantz Wants Religious-Right Parties Out… Continue Reading →
At a news conference held at the United Nations in New York, President Trump hit back at Democrats who yesterday announced that they would be opening an impeachment inquiry into him over a July 25th phone call with Ukrainian president… Continue Reading →
Authorities are investigating reports of shots fired, police confirmed. Several shots were reportedly fired in the southern end of Lakewood. There are no reports of anyone struck. An investigation is underway.
A whistleblower complaint that has triggered a renewed impeachment effort in the House will be available to some members and staff of congressional intelligence committees Wednesday, according to two people… Read more » The post Lawmakers, Staff to View Whistleblower… Continue Reading →
Medicare Advantage customers are about to be blitzed with an array of new insurance benefits that stray well beyond the usual coverage of doctor visits and other care. Carpet shampooing,… Read more » The post Host of New Benefits Await… Continue Reading →
Officials have announced an end to the measles outbreak that infected 312 people since last October in Rockland County in New York City’s northern suburbs. The state Health Department says Tuesday that 42 days have passed with no new cases… Continue Reading →
United Torah Judaism said on Wednesday that it will contest the official final count of last week’s voting, which saw the party drop from a previous tally of 8 Knesset… Read more » The post UTJ to Appeal Final Vote… Continue Reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged fellow Democratic leaders in a private meeting Wednesday to keep the impeachment investigation narrowly focused on President Donald Trump and his dealings with the president… Read more » The post Pelosi Privately Urges Narrow Trump… Continue Reading →
The Senate voted for the second time Wednesday to overturn President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, once again falling well short of a veto-proof… Read more » The post Senate Votes to Overturn Emergency… Continue Reading →
A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday stayed a subpoena seeking eight years of President Donald Trump’s tax records for 24 hours and gave the Justice Department until Monday to… Read more » The post Manhattan Judge Pauses DA’s Subpoena… Continue Reading →
The organization provides families with food and other Yom Tov staples at below-retail prices. View this post on Instagram Moadim L’simcha. (TLS-15) A post shared by The Lakewood Scoop (@thelakewoodscoop) on Sep 25, 2019 at 12:46pm PDT (TLS-56/TLS-15)
The new impeachment probe plunges a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe injects deep uncertainty into the 2020 election campaign and tests anew the nation’s constitutional system of checks… Continue Reading →
25-Year-Old Haredi Man Visiting Georgia Dies from Injuries Suffered in a Traffic Accident in Tbilisi
GEORGIA – A Haredi man from the Har Nof section of Jerusalem was the victim of a tragic car crash near Tiblisi, Georgia. Yosef Dov Bakar, 25, was traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah and stopped in Georgia with some… Continue Reading →
It all began when Rabbi Shlomo Bochner, founder of Bonei Olam, visited Hagaon Reb Aron Leib Shteinman, zatzal. Rav Shteinman told Rabbi Bochner that there are two challenges facing Klal Yisroel that allow him no peace of mind – singles… Continue Reading →
The Houston building where Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong and his colleagues were quarantined after their 1969 moon mission has fallen into disrepair and will be demolished, NASA said. The… Read more » The post NASA Says 1969 Moon Landing… Continue Reading →