Month March 2020
Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and slow government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but also said it’s not too late for countries to act. By reversing course and… Continue Reading →
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Bernie Sanders says he’s moving ahead with his Democratic presidential campaign. He told reporters in Burlington, Vermont, on Wednesday that he’s not quitting despite key primary losses to Joe Biden the night before. The Vermont senator’s… Continue Reading →
ROME (AP) — Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and slow government responses, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but also said it’s not too late for countries to act. By… Continue Reading →
Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the U.N. agency, said… Read more » The post World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
Bernie Sanders has a choice. The face of the Democrats’ far-left flank is suddenly staring up at a towering wall of opposition from his own party, an urgent call to… Read more » The post Bernie Sanders to Address Media… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory there, as well as in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, dealt a serious… Continue Reading →
New York City COVID-19 cases jumped by 10 to 46 overnight. Across New York state, the number reached 186 with the biggest cluster in New Rochelle. There were also confirmed cases reported at Maimonides Hospital in Boro Park. It was… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Federal regulators waived a rule Wednesday that was causing airlines to fly nearly empty planes just to avoid losing takeoff and landing rights at major airports. The Federal Aviation Administration said it would suspend the rule… Continue Reading →
Jordan on Tuesday closed border crossings with Israel, including Yehuda and Shomron, and its seaports to shipping from Egypt as well as barred overland passenger traffic from Iraq to protect… Read more » The post Jordan Bars Entry from Israel,… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s senior vice president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday as the death toll in the Islamic Republic from the outbreak rose by 62 to 354…. Continue Reading →
Today, Shushan Purim, there will be 40 Minyanim for Mincha at Kol Shimshon (located at Squankum cor. 11). First Minyan at 1:37, then 1:40, 2:00, 2:20, then every 10 minutes until 5:00, and then every FIVE minutes from 5:00 until 6:50.
BRUSSELS (JTA) – Half of the scientific committee of Belgium’s national Holocaust museum resigned over the institution’s plan to host an event that was to honor a promoter of boycotts against Israel. The resignation Tuesday of nine historians from the… Continue Reading →
The post Simchas Purim appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Urgent Tefillos Needed for Harav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, Shlita Kinus of Divrei Hisorerus V’Hesped for Hagaon Harav Rav Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, Zt”l Simchas Yom Tov BDE: Harav Zachariah… Continue Reading →
In a letter sent late yesterday, U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez (both D-NJ) pressed the White House for answers regarding the Administration’s COVID-19 screening efforts at airports across the country. In a letter to Vice President Pence, the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Buy and hold — and don’t sell when the stock market plunges. That’s the strategy many market pros use, and it has served me well through more than three decades as an investor — and as… Continue Reading →
The post Learning in Gateshead Yeshivah on Purim appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Gateshead Unites in Daf Celebration Gateshead Bachurim Hold Shabbos Hischazkus in Amsterdam BD”E: Mrs. Judy Jaffe, A”h, of Gateshead Seminary BD”E: Noted Posek Harav Pesach… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating scores of… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has told a U.S. House committee that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is going to get worse. CDC Director Robert Redfield reports that… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK – (THE CONVERSATION-AP) The other day I went into Costco to buy some toilet paper. It came as a small shock when I couldn’t find a single roll. The new coronavirus is inspiring panic buying of a variety… Continue Reading →
Stocks are sinking again Wednesday, wiping out more than half of a huge rally from a day earlier as Wall Street continues to be hit by wild swings. Another big… Read more » The post Stocks Fall Again on Wall… Continue Reading →