Month January 2020

With the 2020 legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly already underway in Annapolis, Maryland’s new legislative leaders are making their mark and ushering in a new era of Maryland politics. After last month’s historic gathering at TA, where the… Continue Reading →

New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to require stores and restaurants to accept cash for payment, saying businesses that accept only credit and debit cards are discriminating against New Yorkers who lack bank accounts and credit cards. “This practice punishes… Continue Reading →

The Interior Ministry is working on solutions for issues that will arise in the event that Israel annexes areas of Yehudah and Shomron, Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri said Monday.… Read more » The post Rabbi Deri: Interior Ministry Preparing… Continue Reading →

The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis. John Kapoor, 76, the former chairman of Insys Therapeutics,… Continue Reading →

State Attorney Avichai Mandelblit has requested that United Arab List MK Hiba Yazbak “explain” her comments that IDF soldiers deserve to be victims of terror attacks. The request came in… Read more » The post Otzma: Yazbak Case Proves Mandelblit… Continue Reading →

Shares tumbled Monday in the few Asian markets open as China announced sharp increases in the number of people affected in an outbreak of a potentially deadly virus. Many regional… Read more » The post Asian Stocks Fall as Virus… Continue Reading →

A panel to consider clemency for Naama Issachar, the Israeli woman sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for drug possession, is set to meet Monday to discuss… Read more » The post Russian Panel to Consider Issachar… Continue Reading →

The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 81 on Monday, as the government extended the Lunar New Year holiday and more big businesses shut down or… Read more » The post China Extends Holiday, Businesses Shut… Continue Reading →

Details on President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” peace plan are expected to be released Monday. Both Binyamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz will meet with Trump Monday afternoon Israel… Read more » The post Officials: Netanyahu Intends to Act… Continue Reading →

The Trump administration is making a concession on its proposed minimum fuel economy requirement for new vehicles, but environmental groups and a key Democratic senator complain it does not go far enough, and still falls well below the requirements set… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump is expected to disclose details of his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal to Israeli leaders on Monday, as he attempts to generate some momentum towards resolving one… Read more » The post Trump to Unveil Middle East… Continue Reading →

Iranians should not allow President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” approach to harm national unity ahead of parliamentary elections, President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech, lashing out at hardliners over… Read more » The post Iran’s Rouhani Calls for Unity,… Continue Reading →

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of employees are openly criticizing Amazon’s record on climate change despite what they say is a company policy that puts their jobs at risk for speaking out. On Sunday, more than 300 employees of the… Continue Reading →

Boruch Hashem, the Kinneret rose about five cm over Shabbos and is now 1.64 meters below the upper red line. If as expected, the Kinneret reaches the red line indicating full capacity, the Degania Dam, which regulates the Kinneret and… Continue Reading →

Ohr Neriya of Petach Tikva has been imprisoned in difficult conditions for weeks in Ukraine after being involved in an accident in which the father of a local police officer was killed, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. Neriya’s mother said that although… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told his national security adviser he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it launched political investigations into his Democratic rivals, according to a report in The New York Times… Continue Reading →

Visitors to Auschwitz-Birkenau in recent months have been horrified by the sight of thousands of human bone fragments in pools of water around the crematoria, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. Apparently, bone fragments survived the crematoria and thousands of bone fragments among… Continue Reading →

PARIS (AP) — Anti-Semitic acts increased in France last year by 27%, acts against Muslims inched higher while anti-Christian acts remained stable but highest of all, France’s interior minister said Sunday, denouncing the situation as intolerable. On top of that,… Continue Reading →

The infrastructure work required to connect the Jerusalem light rail to additional neighborhoods is beginning on Sunday and is expected to cause heavy traffic congestion in the neighborhoods of Givat Shaul, Har Nof and Kiryat Moshe, Kikar Shabbos reported. The… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat on Saturday strongly criticized the U.S. administration’s Middle East peace plan, dubbed the “deal of the century,” which is set to be revealed on Tuesday. Any deal or initiative that denies Israel… Continue Reading →

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy paid tribute Sunday evening to Holocaust survivors, telling them on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation that they are an example to humanity. Zelenskiy spoke of the… Continue Reading →