Month January 2020

The company that makes Marlboro cigarettes saw in late 2018 the opportunity to offset declining tobacco sales with a $13 billion investment in Juul, the e-cigarette maker. That investment has come at a tremendous cost, the latest a $4.1 billion… Continue Reading →

The pilots’ union at American Airlines sued on Thursday to stop the carrier from flying to China and told members not to operate flights there because of the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American’s 15,000 pilots,… Continue Reading →

TUNA AL-GABAL, Egypt (AP) — Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled 16 ancient Egyptian tombs filled with sarcophagi and other artifacts from a vast burial ground. Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced the discoveries in the village of Tuna al-Gabal, near the Nile Valley… Continue Reading →

Republican seatmates Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski on Thursday passed a piece of paper back and forth, nodded — and then sent the note on an unusual journey across the Senate aisle, into the hands of Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema…. Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial lurched into a final day of questions and answers Thursday before a crucial vote on calling witnesses — even as attention focused on a Trump attorney’s controversial defense and a Republican senator’s… Continue Reading →

A New Jersey man bribed postal service workers so they would steal check books, credit cards and electronics from the mail, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Jabre Beauvoir, 21, of Elizabeth,… Read more » The post Prosecutors: Man Bribed Postal Workers… Continue Reading →

Reserve the date – you don’t want to miss this one. On February 25, the first-ever basketball game between our men in blue and the LBA will be held in Lakewood. The game is much more than just a basketball… Continue Reading →

Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years. The increase is small — just a month — but marks at least a temporary halt to a downward trend. The rise is due to… Continue Reading →

DETROIT (JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish couple from Detroit who were asked to exit an American Airlines plane because the pilot said they had offensive body odor have filed a federal lawsuit against the airline. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday… Continue Reading →

The Hummer, once a gas-guzzling target for environmentalists, is making a comeback. But this time around it won’t burn fuel or spew greenhouse gases. General Motors announced Thursday that it… Read more » The post Hummer is Making a Comeback,… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has declined to read an impeachment trial question by Republican Sen. Rand Paul about the intelligence community whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump. Paul, of Kentucky, has… Continue Reading →

A young three-year-old girl was seriously injured while her family was racing to safety when air raid sirens went off in Sderot. “As her mother carried her to a shelter,… Read more » The post Three Year Old Girl In… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JTA) – The American Jewish Committee launched a video series to introduce Arabic-speakers to Judaism. Titled “An al-Yahud” (“About the Jews”), the series will feature videos on Jewish life, Jewish history and current affairs, according to an AJC… Continue Reading →

On Thursday, Border Police were actively working to restore the peace in the Jerusalem periphery in the Arab neighborhoods of Bir Nabalah and Al Jib, when Arab protesters threw rocks at border police officers. Utilizing the assistance of lookouts, border… Continue Reading →

Last month, Wawa disclosed a payment card breach that may have affected more than 850 locations, impacting customers who made purchases between March 4, 2019 and December 12, 2019. The breach was caused by malware infecting Wawa’s point-of-sale (POS) systems…. Continue Reading →

A newborn baby suffered a serious injury as red alert sirens rang in Sderot, late Thursday night. According to initial reports, it appears her mother was running to get her three-week-old daughter into a safe room as the sirens rang,… Continue Reading →

Left-wing Israeli politicians complained on Thursday about how, in their view, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ took advantage of the release of Naama Issachar from a Russian prison. While they… Read more » The post Issachar Photo-Op Irks Left Wing… Continue Reading →

NASA is pulling the plug on one of its great observatories — the Spitzer Space Telescope — after 16 years of scanning the universe with infrared eyes. The end comes… Read more » The post NASA Shutting Down Space Telescope,… Continue Reading →

People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in South Korea have told parents to equip their children with… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross suggested Thursday that the viral outbreak in China might offer an unexpected benefit for the U.S. economy: It could encourage American manufacturers in China to return to the United States. “I think it… Continue Reading →

The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad, as some lawmakers… Read more » The post U.S. House Passes Measures Seeking… Continue Reading →