Month June 2020
The accident occurred on S. Clover Street, shutting down the road between Cedarbridge Avenue and the Shenandoah Park.[TLS-15-] View this post on Instagram One in custody at the accident on South Clover St. – apparent DWI. (TLS-15) A post shared… Continue Reading →
In an interview with Hamodia many years ago, as part of its “Profiles of Courage” series, Arnold Roth shared a story that explained why Europe was so reluctant to take… Read more » The post Deserving of Justice appeared first… Continue Reading →
NEW HAMPSHIRE (AP) – Segway, which boldly claimed its two-wheeled personal transporter would revolutionize the way people get around, is ending production of its namesake vehicle. The Segway PT, popular with tourists and police officers but perhaps better known for… Continue Reading →
A brand-new musical collaboration between Avraham Fried, Eli Marcus, and Yossi Green has just been released to the public. The song, Ub’ais Hahi, commemorates the moving display of Jewish unity around the Miracle Sefer Torah in the darkest days of… Continue Reading →
Bi-partisan legislation introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate would allow non-violent elderly prisoners to leave prison for home confinement earlier, and also allow those vulnerable to COVID-19 to be eligible… Read more » The post New Senate Legislation Expands Early… Continue Reading →
As voters went to the polls for the primary elections in New York City, numerous reports of irregularities and difficulties in casting votes were reported. Josh Mehlman, Chairman of Flatbush… Read more » The post Voting Irregularities Reported in Brooklyn… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump has told aides he is largely supportive of sending Americans another round of stimulus checks, expressing the belief that the payments will boost the economy and help… Read more » The post Trump Tells Aides He Supports… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Nearly 100 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Tal and Lustig campuses for women, comprised of religious and Ultra-Orthodox students, completed a 44-hour online hackathon in which they designed and marketed innovative solutions for populations affected… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — International donors pledged over $130 million Tuesday to the United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees, an amount the organization’s head says is encouraging but not enough to keep operations running through the end of the year. The… Continue Reading →
The hundreds of men and women who came to the Kosel on Tuesday morning for Shacharis of Rosh Chodesh Tammuz left no room for the Women of the Wall to carry out their monthly provocations in the women’s section. Instead,… Continue Reading →
As previously reported on TLS, multiple sources have confirmed that Judge Mark Troncone has granted preliminary and final approval for the proposed Jackson Parke North development, overriding any conditions set previously by the Jackson Planning Board. Additionally, a special monitor… Continue Reading →
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Texas has surpassed 5,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time, another troubling milestone as the largest pediatric hospital in the U.S. begins taking adult… Continue Reading →
Rav Shimon Ragobay, the director of the Mazor medical consultation organization and a senior medical advisor in the Chareidi community in Israel, called for all shuls in Israel to be closed in light of the increasing uptick in coronavirus cases,… Continue Reading →
Dozens of policing shifts on Los Angeles County’s transit system went unfilled last week after Los Angeles Police Department officers called in absent nearly 700 times, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority… Read more » The post LAPD Officers Call In Absent… Continue Reading →
A federal appeals court in Washington sided with the way the Trump administration expanded its fast-track deportation process last year to a broader swath of immigrants who enter the country… Read more » The post Appeals Court Allows Trump’s Expansion… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of former prosecutors are questioning the government’s handling of a case against two lawyers hit with charges that could put them in prison for nearly 50 years for torching an empty New York City police… Continue Reading →
The nonpartisan commission that sponsors the formal election year presidential debates announced Tuesday that an October debate that had been set for Michigan will now take place in Florida. The change comes after the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, determined… Continue Reading →
In a series of correspondence between dueling attorneys, the lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Governor Cuomo concerning overnight camps are asking the Hon. Gary L. Sharpe for… Read more » The post Dueling Letters To Judge in… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, FL (JTA) – More than 8,000 students at Florida State University have signed an online petition to remove the student Senate president over social media posts described as anti-Semitic. The Change.org petition against Ahmad Daraldik was launched two weeks… Continue Reading →