Month April 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nearly $500 billion measure helping businesses and hospitals ride out the coronavirus’ devastation edged toward House passage Thursday, as lawmakers’ face masks and bandannas added an eerie tone to Congress’ effort to aid a staggered nation…. Continue Reading →
Judges in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with murder for their alleged roles in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 will be allowed to consider testimony from 12 anonymous witnesses. The council… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (AP) — The oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Donald Reed Herring, has died from the coronavirus, the Massachusetts senator said Thursday. The former Democratic presidential candidate said her brother died Tuesday evening. He spent his career in the… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] The following is a moving and personal account from a content writer whose job is to research and retell the stories of those who have lost their lives to COVID-19. She writes under the alias ‘Sari.’ It is never… Continue Reading →
MADILL, Okla. (AP) — Severe weather blew through the South on Thursday after killing at least seven people in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, including a worker at a factory hit by an apparent tornado, a man whose car was blown… Continue Reading →
A poll from Monmouth University released Thursday shows Democratic candidates in New Jersey heading to easy wins over their Republican challengers this November. In the presidential race, former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a 16-point lead… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — More evidence is emerging that far more New Yorkers have had the coronavirus than the number confirmed by lab tests, officials said Thursday. A state survey of around 3,000 people found that 13.9% had antibodies suggesting… Continue Reading →
ATLANTA (JTA) — The road to reopening for houses of worship has been paved in a handful of states, even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to kill more than 1,500 Americans a day. But synagogues in the Republican-led states that… Continue Reading →
U.S. new-home sales plunged 15.4% in March as a winding down in the middle of the month due to the coronavirus began to rattle the housing market. The Commerce Department… Read more » The post New-Home Sales Plunge 15.4% in… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Once again klal yisroel is reeling from another tragic petira, this time of a yungerman in his high 30s, R’ Yehuda Aryeh Falik a”h. R’ Yehuda Aryeh a”h suffered multiple health issues throughout most of his life a s well… Continue Reading →
Israel’s judges overrode its legislators on Thursday as the High Court struck down a law requiring companies to deposit 20 percent of asylum seekers’ salaries into a special fund that… Read more » The post High Court Nullifies Migrant Deposit… Continue Reading →
Another Thursday with a shocking number of workers losing their jobs, another gain for the stock market. U.S. stocks pushed higher in midday trading, even after the government said 4.4… Read more » The post Stocks Push Higher Again, Even… Continue Reading →
As many as 1 million people in New York City may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the city’s health commissioner said Thursday. More than 142,000 people in the city have tested positive for the virus, “but that really is,… Continue Reading →
FBI agents raided a business at a warehouse in Lakewood, New Jersey, Wednesday morning. A team of at least two dozen agents wearing face masks descended upon the businesses located on Swarthmore Avenue around 4:30 p.m. but declined to speak… Continue Reading →
Lakewood UEZ announced today the SBA emergency loan assistance and program has been replenished. You can view and apply here.
NEW YORK (AP) — After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be during the coronavirus crisis, most of them still don’t have access to enough… Continue Reading →
After two months and more than 10,000 deaths that have made the nation’s nursing homes some of the most terrifying places to be in during the coronavirus crisis, most of… Read more » The post ‘We’ve Been Ignored’: Nursing Homes… Continue Reading →
This year’s Muslim festival of Ramadan will be held without the usual visits to mosques and large family gatherings for breaking of the fast. The Israeli government imposed a… Read more » The post Stay-at-Home Ramadan Begins appeared first… Continue Reading →
The gradual reopening of the economy is good news for Israelis, but for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu it means his trial will start sooner than expected. PM Netanyahu’s trial in… Read more » The post Netanyahu Trial Moved Up as… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — As many as 1 million people in New York City may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the city’s health commissioner said Thursday. More than 142,000 people in the city have tested positive for the virus,… Continue Reading →