Month May 2020
NEVADA (AP) – The Trump administration is warning Nevada’s Democratic governor that his plan for reopening the state during recovery from the coronavirus fails to treat religious and secular gatherings equally. In a letter sent Monday to Gov. Steve Sisolak,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump’s tweets with a fact-check warning. On Tuesday, Twitter added a warning phrase to two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots “fraudulent” and predicted that “mail… Continue Reading →
Twenty percent of U.S. teachers say they are not likely to return to their classrooms this fall if schools re-open – and most parents and educators believe school buildings… Read more » The post Poll: 20% of Teachers Probably… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Shmuel Dovid (Sheldon) Nagelberg Z”L, who was Niftar today after a brief illness. He was 65. The Levaya will take place tomorrow at the 7th Street Chapel, with the Kevurah in… Continue Reading →
Rav Yehudah Grami, the Chief Rabbi of Teheran, attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and “the Zionists” on state television in Hebrew to millions of Iranians on Friday. The speech was delivered for the anti-Israel Quds (Jerusalem) Day, marked every year… Continue Reading →
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany joins ‘Fox & Friends.’ WATCH:
My daughter attends one of the private schools here in Lakewood and she is a paraplegic who needs all kinds of therapies which her school has been providing for the past five years. Now we are desperate to get her… Continue Reading →
The Justice Department has notified Sens. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., that it has closed insider trading investigations of their stock sales before the coronavirus… Read more » The post Justice Department Ends Investigations of… Continue Reading →
U.S. new home sales ticked up 0.6% in April, a surprising gain amid the coronavirus outbreak that hints at the relative health of potential buyers. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that sales of new single-family homes rose slightly to a… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tuesday awarded a contract to build a new desalination plant to a local company, turning down a bid by a Hong Kong conglomerate at a time of growing U.S. pressure to avoid Chinese investments in… Continue Reading →
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to invest in infrastructure to jumpstart the U.S. economy as states further relaxed lockdowns and partygoers flouted precautions… Read more » The post Cuomo to Lobby Trump on… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus shutdown scrubbed Tom St. John’s blowout birthday party — and the surprise visit from his son, flying in from Korea — weeks before April 8, when St. John… Read more » The post Yard-Sign Companies Hustle to Keep… Continue Reading →
Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday after a bystander’s video showed the man pleading… Read more » The post Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After… Continue Reading →
U.S. consumer confidence stabilized in May, indicating Americans are optimistic that the economic drubbing from the coronavirus pandemic will be short-lived. The Conference Board’s index rose by 0.9 point to… Read more » The post U.S. Consumer Confidence Stabilized in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is pushing ahead with a policy that will steer tens of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief to private primary schools and secondary schools across the nation. The policy has drawn backlash… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden hired a senior staffer to work on voter protection issues, his presidential campaign said on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump again blasted states’ efforts to expand voting by… Read more » The post Biden Hires Voting Rights Director… Continue Reading →
The future of hundreds of new orphans in our own communities are hanging in the balance, the support and guidance for them to be able to cope with their new reality, is currently in jeopardy. For many years Ohr Chodosh… Continue Reading →
First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body. Darlene Gildersleeve thought… Read more » The post Dangerous Blood Clots Pose a… Continue Reading →
International pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to abandon his plans for annexation of parts of Yehudah and Shomron ramped up on Tuesday as several European leaders sent letters… Read more » The post Europeans Write to Netanyahu Urging… Continue Reading →
A Russian health official said Tuesday that 101 medics have died of the coronavirus, according to data provided by regional authorities. Health-care workers question the official toll and believe that… Read more » The post Russian Health Workers Dispute Medics… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video provoked widespread outrage with footage that showed the man pleading that he could… Continue Reading →