Month February 2020

President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon’s top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration’s release of congressionally… Read more » The post Trump Ousts Top Defense Official… Continue Reading →

MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian police said Wednesday whiteout conditions that came about suddenly most likely triggered a massive pileup involving about 200 vehicles south of Montreal. There were no immediate reports of deaths but Quebec provincial police said about a… Continue Reading →

The passengers aboard the Diamond Princess began disembarking on Wednesday after two weeks in quarantine off of Yokohama port due to an outbreak of the coronavirus. The process will be slow and is estimated to last until Friday, with about… Continue Reading →

President Donald Trump named Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as the next acting director of national intelligence. It is unclear whether Trump intends to nominate Grenell to fill… Read more » The post Trump Names Grenell, U.S. Ambassador… Continue Reading →

A Bernie Sanders spokeswoman compared requests for the presidential candidate’s full medical records to “birtherism” and falsely said his presidential opponent Michael R. Bloomberg suffered heart attacks in the past… Read more » The post Bernie Sanders Campaign Compares Call… Continue Reading →

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will conduct its fourth survey of moose in the Anchorage area with the help of citizen scientists. The three-day survey relies on citizens… Read more » The post State Prepares for Anchorage Moose… Continue Reading →

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Israeli tech leader Amnon Shashua will be awarded the 2020 Dan David Prize for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as CEO of Mobileye and co-founder of OrCam, a tech company that harnesses AI-driven… Continue Reading →

A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen’s Houthi rebels match components recovered in downed Iranian drones in Afghanistan and Iraq, two reports say. These gyroscopes… Continue Reading →

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine lobsters have long delighted tourists as the state’s most beloved seafood. But one company thinks the crustaceans can save human lives by providing their blood for use in new drugs. The effort, involving a longtime… Continue Reading →

Israel’s military will set up a special branch in its general staff dedicated to threats from Iran, it said Tuesday. The military said it will appoint a major general to head the command, which is part of a broader restructuring… Continue Reading →

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday said it was possible the crowded Democratic primary race was headed toward a contentious convention fight and downplayed the political dangers of… Read more » The post Harry Reid: Brokered Convention ‘Not… Continue Reading →

Man Working on Car Killed When Vehicle Rolls on Top of Him FOLSOM, N.J. (AP) — A man working on a car in the driveway of his rural southern New… Read more » The post Regional Briefs – February 19,… Continue Reading →

The Uzbek man accused of fatally running over eight people with a truck on a lower Manhattan bike path threatened to decapitate a correction officer, the feds charged Wednesday. New… Read more » The post Accused Hudson River Bike Path… Continue Reading →

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to claim during an extradition hearing that the Trump administration offered him a pardon if he agreed to say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 U.S. election campaign,… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon’s top policy official who had certified last year that Ukraine had made enough anti-corruption progress to justify the Trump administration’s release of congressionally authorized aid to Kyiv in its conflict… Continue Reading →

There’s the story of nightmarish turmoil. The high-risk doctor sat with the hopeful young couple in his office. His face was drawn.  “We don’t know if the baby will make it,” he said grimly, and all their hopes and dreams… Continue Reading →

Canadian police said Wednesday whiteout conditions that came about suddenly most likely triggered a massive pileup involving about 200 vehicles south of Montreal. There were no immediate reports of deaths,… Read more » The post 200 Vehicles Involved in Pileup… Continue Reading →

Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t plan to divulge additional information about his health, months after suffering a heart attack on the campaign trail and offering a subsequent pledge to release “comprehensive” medical records. “I think we have released a detailed… Continue Reading →

On Motzoei Shabbos Parashas Beshalach, February 8, something special happened in Toronto, as the annual Avos Ubanim Melaveh Malkah/Pirchei Siyum Mishnayos teamed up with the Masmidei HaSiyum of Agudas Yisroel… Read more » The post Toronto Siyum Mishnayos Joins Agudath… Continue Reading →

Sparring between Mike Bloomberg and the leading Democratic candidates erupted hours before Wednesday night’s debate, previewing what’s expected to be a tense night as the billionaire businessman meets his rivals onstage for the first time. Both Bernie Sanders’ and Joe… Continue Reading →

Today, for the first time in the Brick Police Department’s history, officers are being deployed with Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs), otherwise known as tasers. Thirty seven officers are now qualified to utilize these new tools and underwent hours of specialized… Continue Reading →