Month August 2020
New York and New Jersey sued President Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over major changes to U.S. Postal Service operations that they fear will hinder mail-in voting during… Read more » The post New York and New Jersey… Continue Reading →
Steve Wenzel served nearly three decades in the Minnesota Legislature as a Democrat, inspired by party icons like former President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. But this… Read more » The post Trump Supporters Eye Disenchanted Democrats… Continue Reading →
Crews aided by better weather and reinforcements with bulldozers made progress Tuesday penning in massive California wildfires that have killed at least seven people and burned nearly 1,300 homes and… Read more » The post Weather, Reinforcements Aid Battle Against… Continue Reading →
During his budget speech this morning, Governor Murphy announced that, despite the need to make significant budget cuts, he wants to add at least one costly one: baby bonds. The idea is that each time a baby is born, the… Continue Reading →
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The family attorney for a Black man shot by police in Wisconsin said Tuesday that Jacob Blake is paralyzed and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again. The shooting of Jacob Blake on… Continue Reading →
The U.S. banking industry’s second quarter profits fell by 70% from a year ago, the FDIC said Tuesday, as low interest rates and the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed heavily on big and small banks alike. Total bank… Continue Reading →
It was mentioned at the very end of his New York Times obituary, almost as an afterthought. But it likely was Judge Stephen Williams’ finest moment. Judge Williams, who recently… Read more » The post With Liberty and Justice for… Continue Reading →
A Swiss team working to take a solar-powered plane to the edge of space says it has performed the first jump and free fall from an electric aircraft. The SolarStratos… Read more » The post Swiss Team Claims 1st Jump,… Continue Reading →
Protesters repeatedly set fire late Monday night to a police union headquarters building and were repelled by officers spraying tear gas, officials said. Twenty-five people were arrested amid clashes that stretched into Tuesday morning. People in a group of about… Continue Reading →
The possibility of a scaled-down Breslav contingent in Uman this Rosh Hashana still exists, and the Coronavirus Cabinet will likely make a decision on it in the coming days, according… Read more » The post Proposal Advanced for 6,000 to… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mrs. Leora OrbachWife R’ Chaim Sinei OrbachSon R` Avi OrbachSon R’ Yaakov Dovid OrbachSon Mrs. Chany KnienbergDaughter Mrs. Elena ReichmanDaughter Mrs. Tzippy GoldbergDaughter Mrs. Aliza LappaDaughter
A delegation of representatives of Orthodox Jewish representatives in Ukraine met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to discuss the run-up to Rosh Hashanah and the annual influx of Jewish visitors… Read more » The post President of Ukraine Meets Delegation… Continue Reading →
Steve Bannon won’t have to come to a Manhattan courthouse next week for a hearing on charges that he defrauded donors to a fund promoted to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres said President… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, a New Jersey State Trooper rescued a suicidal man attempting to jump from the Newark Bay Extention portion of the New Jersey Turnpike in Jersey City, Hudson County. At 8:04 p.m., Trooper Nicholas Corvino was dispatched to the report… Continue Reading →
There are reports of a possible infiltration attempt on the Israel Lebanon border on Tuesday evening, while the IDF fired flares into the sky, lighting up the entire area. The flares were seen in Manara, a kibbutz in the North.The… Continue Reading →
Honda has reached an $85 million settlement with multiple states over allegations that it hid safety failures in the airbags of certain Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the U.S.… Read more » The post Honda Reaches $85 Million Settlement… Continue Reading →
U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is scheduled for next week, carrying American and Israeli delegations to Abu Dhabi after… Read more » The post U.S. Officials: 1st Israel-UAE Commercial… Continue Reading →
Turkey “fully rejects” a statement by the U.S. State Department objecting to a recent meeting between President Tayyip Erdogan and two leaders of Hamas in Istanbul, the Turkish Foreign Ministry… Read more » The post Turkey Rebuffs U.S. Objection to… Continue Reading →
Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will take the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates next week, flying from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi in a symbolic and substantive demonstration of improved ties since the countries’ historic… Continue Reading →