Month April 2020
As Brazil careens toward a full-blown public health emergency and economic meltdown, President Jair Bolsonaro has managed to add a third ingredient to the toxic mix: political crisis. Even if… Read more » The post Bolsonaro’s Latest Crisis Threatens Brazil’s… Continue Reading →
The United States has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would indefinitely extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October, a move almost certain to spark… Read more » The post Officials: U.S. Seeks Indefinite U.N…. Continue Reading →
The coronavirus lockdown has put a damper on Independence Day celebrations, but it’s not a total loss. Travel restrictions that have been in effect at various levels around the country… Read more » The post Independence Day, a Clean Air… Continue Reading →
SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks said Tuesday that its global sales plunged in the first three months of the year as coronavirus-related shutdowns crippled its global operations. The Seattle-based coffee giant said 98% of its stores in China have reopened, but… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Township Committee today announced it has made the decision to postpone the Memorial Day Parade to a later date. Mayor Raymond Coles said, “This event is meant to celebrate and foster a sense of community. It is important… Continue Reading →
MTA officials are scrambling to ensure New York’s subway system doesn’t turn into a rolling petri dish for a new wave of coronavirus infections once state officials begin easing lockdown… Read more » The post New York Making Plans for… Continue Reading →
The post Jersey Doctors Release Letter Concerning Antibody Testing appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Chicago Health Officials Using Antibody Testing to Determine if Someone Had the Virus NY Opens Antibody Testing to Healthcare, Front Line Workers The Last… Continue Reading →
The Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Beit Shemesh was hospitalized on Tuesday morning in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after feeling unwell during the night. The Rebbe and his wife both tested positive for the coronavirus before Pesach and have been… Continue Reading →
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland in May 2014. Stiner, 18, died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from acute caffeine… Continue Reading →
The COVID-19 outbreak has handed to so many individuals and organizations heartbreaking situations and challenges that they never could have imagined. Such was the topic of discussion at a… Read more » The post Reaffirms Its Commitment to Mourning… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. The order will use the Defense Production Act… Continue Reading →
Richard McKeag spent the last month of his life volunteering as a carer in his community until the telltale symptoms began. First came the dry cough followed by a fever and before he knew it he was struggling to breathe…. Continue Reading →
Steve Bullock was the lame-duck governor of solidly red Montana, fresh off a failed Democratic presidential bid, when he pivoted and announced he’d challenge Republican Sen. Steve Daines for his seat. Days after announcing his candidacy last month, the first… Continue Reading →
Rav Yisroel Reisman, in whose Shul Rav Nachum delivered a popular Daf Yomi Shiur every night for many years, said that Rav Nachum “was one of the few true tzaddikim I was fortunate to know in my life. He was… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Toa’as Yaakov Rebbe, HaRav Chaim Mertz ZT”L. He was 73, and was Niftar from COVID-19. The Rebbe was a tremendous Tzadik, and one of the most Choshuva Admorim in New… Continue Reading →
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said states that had poorly managed budgets before the COVID-19 outbreak sent their economies reeling should not be rescued by the federal government. “This isn’t just… Read more » The post Mnuchin Says No Bailout for… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel gradually returns to normal activity, with all stores open except for markets and malls, the question of how Yeshivas can return to their previous routine without endangering public health has been hotly debated in government… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City schools will implement a new grading system for the remainder of the coronavirus-disrupted school year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. Elementary school students will be graded “meeting the standards” or “needing improvement”… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy today announced his appointments to the Governor’s Restart and Recovery Commission, a group that has been formed to help guide New Jersey’s reopening in a responsible manner. Governor Murphy said that the team appointed to the commission are… Continue Reading →