Month May 2020
Several dozen protesters gathered in front of the state Capitol in Albany on Saturday holding American flags and signs demanding that businesses reopen. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has begun to allow… Read more » The post NY Protests Persist Despite Ban… Continue Reading →
The way the FBI tells it, William Rosario Lopez put on a surgical mask and walked into the Connecticut convenience store looking to the world like a typical pandemic-era shopper… Read more » The post Coronavirus Masks a Boon for… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An explosion in downtown Los Angeles has injured 10 firefighters, and dozens more are trying to douse the blaze. The condition of the firefighters was not immediately known Saturday evening. The LA fire department issued a… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Friday that Wall Street remains vulnerable to another shock if the global pandemic takes an “unexpected course” putting renewed strains on the economy and the country’s financial system. The central bank said the… Continue Reading →
The Traveling Tykes Marina at Lake Carasaljo in Lakewood will reopen Sunday, after Governor Murphy signed an executive order allowing watercraft rentals. Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 146, which allows charter fishing services and for-hire vessel activities,… Continue Reading →
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, a high-profile critic of President Donald Trump who quit the GOP and became an independent, announced Saturday he would not seek the Libertarian nomination for the White House, weeks after saying he was running because voters… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department, criticized over instances of harsh social distancing enforcement, will no longer be involved in breaking up small clusters of people or confronting citizens about failing to wear a mask, Mayor Bill… Continue Reading →
Rav Rafael Ephraim Sheinfeld, z’l, a renowned ba’al chesed and a ZAKA volunteer who lived in the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, passed away of the coronavirus on Friday night at the age of 59. Rav Sheinfeld was hospitalized… Continue Reading →
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As state after state begins to reopen, local health departments charged with tracking down everyone who has been in close contact with those who test positive for the new coronavirus are still scrambling to hire the number of people they… Continue Reading →
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, a black man killed during a pursuit by a white man and his son in Georgia, isn’t just prison time for his killers — it’s changes in a local justice system that never charged them with… Continue Reading →
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in charge.” Obama spoke on… Continue Reading →
The day he declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, President Donald Trump made a cryptic offhand remark. “I have the right to do a lot of things that people don’t even know about,” he said at the White House…. Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Menachem Rottenberg Z”L, who was Niftar over Shabbos. Reb Menachem Z”L, originally from Queens, resided in Lakewood for the past approximately 15 years, and most recently at his son R’… Continue Reading →
Multiple Jewish organizations condemned a reported arson attack at the Kever of Mordechai and Esther in Iran. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations said in a statement that it was “outraged” by the incident. Anti-Defamation League CEO… Continue Reading →
PARIS (JTA) – Two men who allegedly killed and robbed a Holocaust survivor in her Paris apartment will stand trial for murder that was aggravated by anti-Semitic hatred, Paris prosecutors said. The charred body of Mireille Knoll, 85, was discovered… Continue Reading →
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces scrutiny after reversing course for coronavirus patients in nursing homes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis touts early action to protect the elderly; analysis from Fox News contributor Deroy Murdock. WATCH:
President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration was considering numerous proposals about the World Health Organization, including one in which Washington would pay about 10% of its former level.… Read more » The post Trump Says He Is Considering… Continue Reading →
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