Month May 2020
An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday. Study volunteers given either a low or medium dose of the vaccine by Cambridge,… Continue Reading →
MILAN (JTA) – Synagogues and churches have reopened in northern Italy, where they had been shut down since that area went into lockdown following the first major outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe. The main synagogue of Milan reopened Monday per… Continue Reading →
Key GOP Senator Asks Trump for ‘Detailed Reasoning’ for State Department Inspector General’s Removal
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday called on President Donald Trump to detail the reasons behind his removal of Steve Linick from his post as the State Department’s inspector general… Read more » The post Key GOP Senator Asks Trump… Continue Reading →
The coronavirus outbreak disrupted what had been big plans to mark the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state. The peak in the Cascade Mountain… Read more » The post Virus Interrupts Mount St. Helens… Continue Reading →
A teacher from the Navon school in Rechovot was diagnosed with the coronavirus, sending 35 students into self-quarantine for two weeks, officials announced on Monday. The teacher is the second staff member at the school to be diagnosed with the… Continue Reading →
Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he did not expect an investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation to lead to criminal probes of either President Donald… Read more » The post Barr Says He Doesn’t Envision… Continue Reading →
[Public Notice] The Lakewood School District is now accepting Preschool and Kindergarten applications for the 2020-2021 school year. Parents and guardians may Register their child one of two ways. 1. By downloading the registration packet, which includes instructions and forms,… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (JTA) – Police shut down an Orthodox yeshiva in Brooklyn on Monday for violations of social distancing. Approximately 60 students were present at the Nitra Yeshiva in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood when the police arrived, according to a New York… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Seven members of a wealthy Bukharan Jewish family arrived in Israel from NY on a private jet to bury their mother who had passed away from COVID-19 next to their father in Jerusalem. This is unfortunately a… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has been taking anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for over a week to prevent coronavirus infection. “I happen to be taking it,” Trump said during a roundtable event. “A lot of good things have come… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to lessen symptoms should he get the new coronavirus, even though the drug is unproven for fighting COVID-19.… Read more » The post Trump Says He’s Taking Malaria… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (VINnews) — President Trump has revealed live on Fox News on Sunday that he has been taking Hydroxychloroquine to prevent symptoms, should he contract COVID-19. The president said he started taking it several weeks ago, and is doing so… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (AP) — Western New York, including the city of Buffalo, met the state’s coronavirus containment goals and can begin to reopen its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Hospitals will be able to schedule elective surgeries as the… Continue Reading →
Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 169 THE NARRATIVE States are relaxing shutdown and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump is traveling more,… Continue Reading →
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While the new foreign and defense ministers were signaling that annexation should be approached with caution, if at all, the former ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer was saying on… Read more » The post Dermer: Window of Opportunity for… Continue Reading →
The intense heat took its toll among adults on Monday, as one man died and another was in serious condition, both from heatstroke. A 41-year-old man was found by passersby… Read more » The post Heat Wave Takes its Toll… Continue Reading →
Western New York, including the city of Buffalo, met the state’s coronavirus containment goals and can begin to reopen its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. Hospitals will be able… Read more » The post Western NY, Including Buffalo, to… Continue Reading →
Just one week after a third of French schoolchildren went back to school in an easing of the coronavirus lockdown, there’s been a worrying flareup of about 70 COVID-19 cases… Read more » The post 70 Cases of COVID-19 at… Continue Reading →
A House committee’s investigation of President Donald Trump “did not cease with the conclusion of the impeachment trial,” congressional lawyers told the Supreme Court on Monday, but it would be… Read more » The post House Tells Supreme Court That… Continue Reading →