Month July 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal investigators have evidence linking the killing of a men’s rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge’s family in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday. The evidence allegedly connects… Continue Reading →
Long-time Williamsburg Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol has been defeated in the Democratic primary by upstart progressive challenger and community activist Emily Gallagher, after tallying absentee ballots. Lentol, 77, first won… Read more » The post Williamsburg Assemblyman Lentol Defeated by… Continue Reading →
In a tragic accident on Wednesday, an IDF soldier was killed and an officer injured as a military truck went out of control and crashed in the Har Dov area… Read more » The post IDF Soldier Killed in Golan… Continue Reading →
SHALLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been arrested on a murder charge. The Shallotte Police Department charged Michael Todd Hill, 52, of Leland, with murder after the body… Continue Reading →
President Trump is delivering remarks regarding Operation Legend: Combatting Violent Crimes in American Cities. Watch below.
Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are actually undercutting the pandemic response. With the U.S. tally of… Read more » The post World Virus Cases Top 15M;… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands gathered in Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the actions of his government, including a woman who removed her shirt and sat topless at the top of a menorah sculpture. Some 34 demonstrators were… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) – One of the great mysteries of the coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world. It first flared in central China and, within three months, was on every continent but Antarctica, shutting down daily life for… Continue Reading →
Education Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that summer school classes should stay open until early August, as planned, according to The Times of Israel. Calls for a shutdown were… Read more » The post Summer School to Continue Until… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called for a 3.3 billion shekel increase in defense spending on Wednesday, ending a budgetary freeze caused by the absence of a permanent government for… Read more » The post Netanyahu Proposes 3.3 Billion Shekel… Continue Reading →
If the coronavirus outbreak roars back in New York City, Anil and Joyce Lilly will not be sheltering again in their Bronx apartment. They just bought a house an hour… Read more » The post New Yorkers Ditching City for… Continue Reading →
ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY (JNS) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York sent a letter Monday notifying the Village of Airmont in Rockland County, N.Y., that they plan to file suit against the village on the… Continue Reading →
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NEW YORK (JNS/DALIA ZAHGER)- A tweet of “Jewish Privilege” has been trending on Twitter with an overwhelming claim that Jews are a group of privileged individuals—whether it be in education, economically or many other walks of life. This hashtag followed… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — The eruption of gunfire outside a funeral home on Chicago’s South Side that left 15 people wounded was part of an ongoing conflict involving the gang of a young man being mourned and a rival gang, police… Continue Reading →
Today was the levaya of of my great-grandmother Bubby Berenbaum, wife of Harav Shmuel Berenbaum, Rosh Yeshivas Mir of Brooklyn. At the levaya we cried over the loss of our Bubby, but we also cried over the loss of something… Continue Reading →
Joe Biden accused Elizabeth Warren last year of holding an “angry, unyielding viewpoint.” She embraced that label and slammed Biden as “naive” for thinking he could work with Republicans as president. She warned Democrats against picking a “Washington insider” and… Continue Reading →
HONG KONG (AP) — Twitter says it is cracking down on accounts and content related to QAnon, the far-right U.S. conspiracy theory popular among supporters of President Donald Trump. The measures include banning accounts associated with QAnon content, as well… Continue Reading →
After a night of intense protests against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government, dozens of Israeli demonstrators chained themselves together and briefly blocked the entrance to the Knesset on… Read more » The post Demonstrators Block Entrance to Knesset… Continue Reading →