Month February 2020

BEIJING (AP) – China’s massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new virus. But with troubling outbreaks now emerging in Italy,… Continue Reading →

Bernie Sanders prepared to face a new wave of attacks from his presidential rivals as Democrats met again on the debate stage Tuesday night, perhaps their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the 2020 nomination fight. Almost all… Continue Reading →

An 11-year-old girl toting a loaded AR-15 assault weapon appeared Monday at a legislative hearing with her grandfather, who is supporting a proposal that would allow visitors to Idaho who can legally possess firearms to carry a concealed handgun within… Continue Reading →

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich won his freedom last week when President Donald Trump commuted his prison sentence, but he may lose his law licence. At a hearing on Tuesday before a panel of the Illinois Attorney… Continue Reading →

A forest fire burning through a popular hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and a major interstate highway was almost completely contained early Tuesday, New Jersey fire… Read more » The post Forest Fire Near Appalachian Trail… Continue Reading →

Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, where shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without waiting in line or ever opening their wallets. It’s the latest… Continue Reading →

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The first clinical trial in the U.S. of a possible coronavirus treatment is underway in Nebraska and is eventually expected to include 400 patients at 50 locations around the world, officials said Tuesday. Half of the… Continue Reading →

SEE CLIPS AND PICS ON OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE AND TWITTER FEED.

Four car owners found their vehicles vandalized on New York Ave. in Crown Heights Tuesday morning. The cars had been parked on New York Ave between Montgomery Street and Crown… Read more » The post Man Stomps on Cars in… Continue Reading →

Bichasdei Hashem, there is a slight improvement in the condition of Monsey stabbing victim R’ Yosef Neiman. Sources tell YWN that he has opened his eyes, and is breathing on his own. As YWN reported around 8 weeks ago, Neiman… Continue Reading →

Josef Neumann, who suffered critical brain injuries in the Monsey stabbing attack on Chanukah, has been showing small but miraculous improvements. Rabbi Yisroel Kahan, a police and government liaison to… Read more » The post Monsey Stabbing Victim Showing Signs… Continue Reading →

When Mike Bloomberg held a rally this month at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the signs of his wealth and influence were everywhere. Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, long a paid adviser to one of Bloomberg’s charitable programs and… Continue Reading →

UNITED KINGDOM (AP) — Samsung said Tuesday that a “technical error” caused its website to display other customers’ personal information. The technology company said the error affected only its U.K. website at http://samsung.com/UK and affected fewer than 150 customers. People… Continue Reading →

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed a $40.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2021, boosting overall spending over last year’s plan by more than 5% and including… Read more » The post Murphy Proposes $40.9B Budget, Boosting… Continue Reading →

The first clinical trial in the U.S. of a possible coronavirus treatment is underway in Nebraska and is eventually expected to include 400 patients at 50 locations around the world,… Read more » The post Study Begins in U.S. to… Continue Reading →

The Jewish community in Iceland joyfully held a hachnasas Sefer Torah last week in the capital city of Reykjavík for the Nordic country’s first permanent Torah, a JTA report said. For a country in which shechita has been illegal for… Continue Reading →

Stocks slumped again on Wall Street Tuesday, piling on losses a day after the market’s biggest drop in two years as fears spread that the growing virus outbreak will put… Read more » The post Stocks Sink, Bonds Soar on… Continue Reading →

In an address to the Legislature today, Governor Phil Murphy laid out his administration’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021. Two of the most consequential items in the budget as far as Lakewood is concerned is increased funding for security… Continue Reading →

Bernie Sanders’ Democratic rivals prepared to unleash a new wave of attacks against the party’s presidential front-runner, in a high-stakes debate Tuesday night, It’s likely to be the final prime-time… Read more » The post Democrats Warm Up for Big… Continue Reading →