Month June 2020
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Jomaa al-Najjar was desperate to send his 2-month-old daughter Joud out of the Gaza Strip to Israel for urgent medical treatment for epilepsy. But with the Palestinian Authority refusing to relay his request, there… Continue Reading →
New York City is changing the “Alternate Side Parking” policy for the first time in 20 years. Mayor DeBlasio announced that effective next week, New Yorkers will only need to move their cars once a week. It is unknown if… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that he had established a multi-agency task force to crack down on illegal fireworks sales. The task force will target suppliers, distributors and possessors… Read more » The post Mayor De Blasio Announces Illegal… Continue Reading →
Swiped a credit card? Turned on the lights? Driven to work or the supermarket? Israel‘s central bank has been watching. With traditional indicators like inflation and unemployment arriving too late… Read more » The post Bank of Israel Forecasting Gets… Continue Reading →
RAMAT GAN (VINnews) — Amnon Goldis is a wine store owner in Ramat Gan, a city with many religious residents bordering Bnei Brak. After seeing all the LGBT flags being hung by the municipality to mark Gay Pride month, Goldis… Continue Reading →
Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing if establishment Democratic congressional candidates can… Read more » The post In NY, KY Primaries, Mail-In… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – Mayor Bill de Blasio today established a multi-agency task force to crack down on illegal fireworks sales. The task force will target suppliers, distributors and possessors of large quantities of illegal fireworks by conducting investigations and… Continue Reading →
An attempted car-ramming attack took place on Tuesday afternoon at the “Kiosk” checkpoint next to the Arab village of Abu Dis near Ma’aleh Adumim on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The terrorist approached the checkpoint in his car in an attempt… Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio today established a multi-agency task force to crack down on illegal fireworks sales. The task force will target suppliers, distributors and possessors of large quantities of illegal fireworks by conducting investigations and sting operations within and… Continue Reading →
The following is an ‘Ask The Chief’ question submitted to TLS, and the Chief’s response. Email your questions for the Chief to AskTheChief@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Hi, I reside on Ashley Ave, and recently residents on MLK started setting off fireworks every… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] We often hear stories of resilience, centered around great public figures. We have countless books about tzadikim who come from “ordinary” homes and pushed themselves to new heights. The stories that are too frequently overlooked, though, are those which depict… Continue Reading →
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The deaths of three family members who were found unresponsive in a backyard above-ground swimming pool in New Jersey is under investigation, authorities said Tuesday. Neighbors called police who responded to the home Monday afternoon…. Continue Reading →
Hi everyone. Know that with a heavy heart I have to ask here everyone to please donate to this link. It’s my beloved father A”H who was Niftar (succumb from the Carona virus hasham yishmor). My father was just 70,… Continue Reading →
With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a… Read more » The post Fauci to Testify at a… Continue Reading →
A new study found that, surprisingly, New Jersey ranks 9th in the nation of states with the best drivers. The study, conducted by Insurify, gathered information on drivers from millions of car insurance applications. It found that 7 of the… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — The former CEO of German payment service provider Wirecard has been arrested, accused of inflating the company’s balance sheet in an accounting scandal that centers on a missing sum of 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion), prosecutors in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – President Donald Trump issued a threat to anyone defacing a monument of former President Andrew Jackson, saying they’ll face a decade in prison for doing so. As protesters across the street from the White House spray painted… Continue Reading →
PAMIERS, FRANCE (VINNews) —In a small French town in the Pyrenees foothills, residents evidently do not like change. For the past 25 years they have been voting for the same Jewish mayor, André Trigano, and this week the 94-year old… Continue Reading →
Funding for yeshivos has not been transferred in recent months, reports Kan News, with the reason offered that since no budget was approved for the 2020 fiscal year due to… Read more » The post MK Rabbi Gafni Clashes With… Continue Reading →
Defense lawyers for a Russian charged with involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 cast doubt Monday on prosecutors’ assertions that the passenger jet was shot down by a Buk surface-to-air missile. The… Continue Reading →
As the phased reopening of New Jersey continues amid the COVID-19 pandemic and warming weather, the Department of Environmental Protection reminds the public that controlling the mosquito population and risk for disease is more important than ever, Commissioner Catherine R…. Continue Reading →