Month April 2020
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health-care law championed by… Read more » The post Supreme Court Rules Insurers Can… Continue Reading →
The Israeli government continued its deliberations on the reopening of open-air markets, as most other sectors of the retail economy resumed operations. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sat with representatives… Read more » The post Reopening of Open-Air Markets Still… Continue Reading →
RIYADH, SAUDIA ARABIA (VINnews) — A major feature of the culture of Ramadan, the Muslim month of festivities which commenced Friday is the sitcoms and soap operas produced specifically for this period. Arabs spend time together at night after the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel came to a standstill for a minute on Monday evening to mark the beginning of the country’s memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of attacks. The somber day of mourning comes as Israel is beginning… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) — As they do each year, Israelis stood at attention Monday for one minute as sirens wailed throughout the country to usher in Yom Hazikaron, or Memorial Day. What happened afterward was unlike other years, however: The official… Continue Reading →
Police on Saturday arrested a woman they say stole an NYPD lieutenant’s police vehicle in Harlem. Officials say at approximately 11:15 p.m., the lieutenant got out of his unmarked car at Madison Avenue and E 132nd Street and began to… Continue Reading →
In an unprecedented move, New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary that was scheduled for June 23 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Democratic members of the State’s Board of Elections voted Monday to nix the primary. New York will… Continue Reading →
ATLANTA (AP) — With tables wide apart and staff wearing masks, some Georgia restaurants reopened for limited dine-in service Monday as the state loosened more coronavirus restrictions, but many eateries remained closed amid concerns that serving in-house meals could put… 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 →
The governor of New Jersey says he believes the state is “several weeks away” from taking the first steps to reopen following the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Phil Murphy said on… Read more » The post New Jersey ‘Several Weeks Away’… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration is reviewing proposed new guidelines for how restaurants, schools, churches and businesses can safely reopen as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions. The draft guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy today announced his vision, “The Road Back: Restoring Economic Health Through Public Health,” to restart New Jersey and put the state on the road to recovery. The governor said that he is unable to provide a timeline and… Continue Reading →
The following are the latest updates from New York State / NYC: Gov. Cuomo said at least 337 people died from coronavirus across the state yesterday. He added that deaths are “on the decline” but “still tragically high.” The hospitalization… Continue Reading →
The Toyota Sequoia is aptly named. It’s yuge. Pre-COVID economy, Mrs. Payne and I went one Saturday night to a mall. But the 6-foot-9 1/2 tall Sequoia wouldn’t fit in… Read more » The post AUTO REVIEW: Toyota’s Sequoia Warhorse… Continue Reading →
WSHINGTON (JNS) — The Trump administration will not be sending U.S. coronavirus assistance to the Gaza Strip due to concerns that funds could fall into the hands of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hamas. “The Trump administration is not supporting assistance… Continue Reading →
Israel’s High Court upheld on Monday a decision by the government to close the nation’s military cemeteries on Memorial Day due to concern over spreading the coronavirus. The cemeteries were… Read more » The post Court Upholds Decision to Close… Continue Reading →
New York City-run health clinics will soon take a new tack on coronavirus testing, using a procedure that lets people collect samples themselves at a health-care worker’s direction, Mayor Bill… Read more » The post NYC Clinics Set to Start… Continue Reading →
BELGIUM (JTA) — Three men who placed a wreath at a Holocaust monument in Belgium were charged with violating the country’s emergency measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The men, including a City Council member from the town… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy is giving a press conference at 12 PM outlining his vision for the reopening of the New Jersey economy. His plan is titled “The Road Back: Restoring Economic Health through Public Health.” Watch live below.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s prolonged public absence has led to rumors of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of what one analyst calls Northeast Asia’s “Achilles’ heel,” a… Continue Reading →
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