Month January 2020

The United States’ new ambassador to Russia urged Moscow on Thursday to release a former U.S. Marine accused of spying, and said Russian investigators had failed to present credible evidence… Read more » The post New U.S. Envoy Tells Russia… Continue Reading →

U.S. long-term mortgage rates continued to fall this week, breaching already historically low levels and offering an incentive to potential homebuyers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate… Read more » The post U.S. Mortgage Rates Continue to… Continue Reading →

Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner — the Polish government — to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum’s former director,… Read more » The post Poland Urged to End ‘Damaging’… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve approved a proposal Thursday to loosen a financial-crisis era rule that prevents banks from investing in venture capital funds. The proposal would affect the so-called “Volcker Rule,” which was created after the 2008 financial… Continue Reading →

On Thursday morning, a worker in his 60s was killed in a work accident on Maryland Boulevard in the city of Rishon LeZion. The accident occurred when a worker, at a waste disposal site, fell onto a conveyor belt used… Continue Reading →

A tectonic shift in relations quietly underway for years now was on full display as representatives of Gulf Arab states attended President Donald Trump’s unveiling of an Israeli-Palestinian plan that… Read more » The post Saudi Arabia Receptive But Hedging… 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… Read more » The post Do Masks Offer Protection From… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump’s defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz now says his headline-dominating argument against impeaching the president has been distorted. Meanwhile, President Trump’s Senate trial headed into a final day of… Read more » The post Dershowitz Says His Trump Impeachment… Continue Reading →

KIEV (JTA) — A senior economist in Ukraine said the country’s leaders secretly are serving Israel. Local Jews said Joseph Sytnik, a department head at the Lviv Polytechnic University, was espousing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. Sytnik penned the text on… Continue Reading →

Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The man is married to the Chicago woman who got sick from the… Read more » The post U.S. Reports 1st Case of… Continue Reading →

Israel sought to downplay on Thursday what appeared to be a disagreement with the Trump administration over the timing of annexations as called for in the Mideast peace plan released… Read more » The post Israel Downplays Disagreement with US… Continue Reading →

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has spread between two people in the United States, representing the first instance of person-to-person spread with this new virus here. Previously, all confirmed… Continue Reading →

The World Health Organization said the fast-spreading coronavirus that’s infected more than 8,200 across the world is a global health emergency – a rare designation that helps the international agency mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreak. The… Continue Reading →

Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The man is married to the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from a trip to Wuhan, China,… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials Thursday reported the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The individual is married to the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from a… Continue Reading →

A Brick police officer was luckily not injured when a vehicle struck the officer’s patrol car during a traffic stop this week – and it was caught on video. Brick Police say, Officer Williams was conducting a motor vehicle stop… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jared Kushner, an architect of the Trump administration’s peace plan, said the administration would not support the immediate annexing of West Bank settlements and suggested the actual implementation of the plan begin after Israeli elections in March…. Continue Reading →

By Yocheved Mordkovitch On January 24, HASC Center was honored to welcome Dr. Theodore Kastner, Commissioner of the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), for a tour of their programs. The day began at East 21st… Continue Reading →

Naama Issachar, just released on a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday evening. Her first comment to reporters after landing was: “Thank you… Read more » The post Netanyahu: Would Have Made Trip… Continue Reading →

U.S. stocks fell in midday trading Thursday over heightened fears that the global economy could take a hit as the number of confirmed cases and the death toll from a… Read more » The post U.S. Stocks Slip as China… Continue Reading →

BONITA SPRINGS, FL (VINnews) – One lucky ticket sold in Florida matched all six numbers in the Powerball Wednesday night, according to lottery officials. That ticket ended up being worth $396.9 million, up from the estimated $394 million before the… Continue Reading →