Month August 2020
U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.9% last month, a dose of support for an economy struggling to emerge from the grip of a pandemic that has held back a… Read more » The post Consumer Spending Rose a Moderate… Continue Reading →
BOSTON (AP) – This is one macabre auction: A lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair, wrapped in a bloodstained telegram about his 1865 assassination, is up for sale. Boston-based RR Auction said bidding has opened online for the items ahead of… Continue Reading →
The United States and most of the rest of the U.N. Security Council dug in their heels Thursday on diametrically opposed positions over the restoration of international sanctions on Iran. In increasingly intense rhetorical terms, U.S. officials insisted they had… Continue Reading →
With the school year starting in New Jersey amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Phil Murphy today announced plans to dedicate $250 million in funding from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund, which will provide additional support to children and their… Continue Reading →
The shared moped service Revel, which suspended service in New York City after three deaths, is returning to city streets with new rules including a 21-question safety test, the company… Read more » The post Revel Mopeds Returning to NYC… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Shiffy NeuschlossWife R’ Yanky NeuschlossFather Mrs. Leah NeuschlossMother R’ Yermy NeuschlossBrother R’ Avrohom NeuschlossBrother R’ Shmuly NeuschlossBrother R’ Mechel NeuschlossBrother Mrs. Rivky FrankelSister Mrs. Sara GreenzweigSister Mrs. Gitty SilbersteinSister Mrs. Bashy HalberstamDaughter Mrs. Yitty SekulaDaughter Miss… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: All aveilim will be sitting at the address above.
Thousands are expected at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday, for a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where the Rev. Martin Luther… Read more » The post Thousands Expected at March on… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris said Friday “nobody’s going to be punished” if she and running mate Joe Biden implement the nationwide mask mandate they have called for during the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s really a… Continue Reading →
Addressing the continued backlog of New Jersey residents waiting to get a driver’s license following the months-long closure of Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) offices amid COVID-19, legislation (A-4442) to allow drivers who have passed their road test to operate vehicles… Continue Reading →
United Airlines said Thursday that it will furlough up to 2,850 pilots this fall unless the federal government provides more relief to help airlines cover their labor costs during a pandemic-fueled downturn in travel. United’s figure is higher than the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Lord & Taylor, one of the country’s oldest department store chains, is going out of business after filing for bankruptcy earlier this month. The retailer was sold just a year ago for $100 million to Le… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul, who was surrounded by screaming protesters when he and his wife left President Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention speech at the White House, claimed without evidence on Friday that he had been “attacked by… Continue Reading →
The remnants of Hurricane Laura unleashed heavy rain and twisters hundreds of miles inland from a path of death and mangled buildings along the Gulf Coast, and forecasters warn of… Read more » The post Hurricane Laura’s Leftovers Move East,… Continue Reading →
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told “Fox & Friends” he believes he would have been killed if not for the police when he and his wife were surrounded and attacked by a “mob” yelling threats and pushing police upon exiting the… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Arye Leib HeintzFather Mrs. Bracha HeintzMother R’ Shalom Dov Ber HeintzBrother Sitting in Beit Shmesh, Israel R’ Shneor Zalmen HeintzBrother R’ Yosef Mendel HeintzBrother R’ Moshe Tzvi HeintzBrother Mrs. Chaya Musia BaruchSister Mrs. Chani HeintzSister Mrs…. Continue Reading →
Following President Trump’s speech Thursday night at the White House — marking the end of the the Republican National Convention — a spectacular display of red, white and blue fireworks around the Washington Monument took place which spelled out “Trump… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the NBA has become like “a political organization,” criticizing the league the day after player protests over police brutality led to the postponement of playoff games. REPORTER: “Your reaction, sir, to the NBA protest… Continue Reading →
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired from the territory early Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] This year everything is just a little bit different, to put it mildly. Seminaries in Eretz Yisroel, eagerly waiting to welcome their talmidos, and the talmidos all ready to go and spend an uplifting year, had to delay the… Continue Reading →
DELAWARE (JTA) – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden condemned the torching of the Chabad center at the University of Delaware. The incident “is deeply disturbing — as an alum of @UDelaware and as an American,” read a tweet Thursday from Biden’s Twitter account. “We… Continue Reading →