Month March 2020
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. If Putin won and completed two more terms as president, it… Read more » The post Russian Lawmakers Move to Keep… Continue Reading →
One of the few mercies of the spreading coronavirus is that it leaves young children virtually untouched – a mystery virologists say may hold vital clues as to how the virus works. In China, only 2.4% of reported cases were… Continue Reading →
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation announced on Wednesday night that the indoor prayer area in the men’s section will be limited to the entry of up to one hundred mispallelim… Read more » The post Kosel to Comply with Crowd… Continue Reading →
The U.S. State Department changed its standard description of East Yerushalayim Palestinians from “Palestinian residents” of the city to “Arab residents” or “non-Israeli citizens” in an annual global human rights… Read more » The post In Change, U.S. Describes East… Continue Reading →
The Jackson School District will have a two-hour delayed opening on Friday as they hold a coronavirus preparation meeting. “We do realize calling for a delayed opening causes a hardship for our families,” the District wrote. “However, this is necessary… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP)- As families across the United States scramble to care for children sent home from schools closed due to the coronavirus, experts disagree on whether such closures protect kids — or even the community. The question of whether to… Continue Reading →
Congress is taking a first step toward addressing errors made by the FBI during its investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia, setting a House vote Wednesday on legislation that would impose new restrictions on the federal government’s surveillance tools…. Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte added new restrictions on Wednesday to the lockdown imposed to fight the coronavirus after figures showed Italy posting the highest daily increase in deaths of any… Read more » The post Italy PM Conte Toughens Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Stocks tumbled Wednesday as fears about the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak intensified and investors questioned whether any economic response from Washington will be effective — when and if… Read more » The post Dow Drops 5.9%, Enters Bear… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The death toll from the new coronavirus has risen to at least 37 deaths. Seattle’s King County reported four new deaths Wednesday. Three were residents of Life Care Center in suburban Kirkland, where most of Washington state’s… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists have found. Their work, published Wednesday, suggests… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump recently appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and control public statements by government health officials about the crisis. In… Read more » The post If I Get Sick With… Continue Reading →
ROME (AP) — Italy says all stores except pharmacies and food markets will be closed in response to the country’s new virus outbreak.
BEIRUT (JNS) — Senior Hezbollah officials have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and have been placed under quarantine after meeting with affected Iranian military officials this week in Beirut, according to media reports. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is currently under… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower court rulings that the policy probably is illegal. The justices’ order,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Supermodel Naomi Campbell is taking no chances with the coronavirus. In these pictures posted on her Instagram she can be seen wearing a hazmat suit. The first one is captioned “safety first.” and the next one… Continue Reading →
United Airlines decided on Wednesday to suspend flights to Italy and cut service to Israel in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline joins a lengthening list of international… Read more » The post United Airlines Joins Coronavirus Shutdown… Continue Reading →
TELZSTONE (VINnews) — Here’s an example of how people fulfilled the Mitzva of Mishloach Manos to quarantined persons on Purim this year.
Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street, erasing more than 1,400 points from the Dow industrials, as investors wait for a more aggressive response from the U.S. government to economic fallout from the coronavirus. The Dow has now fallen… Continue Reading →
The high school and beis medrash bachurim of Yeshiva Darchei Torah were out in force across the tristate area at 3:30 on Purim afternoon, raising funds for indigent families, when a fire broke out in a building that houses a… Continue Reading →