Month August 2020
Firefighters battling three massive wildfires in Northern California got a break from the weather early Monday as humidity rose and there was no return of the onslaught of lightning strikes that ignited the infernos a week earlier. The region surrounding… Continue Reading →
Firefighters battling three massive wildfires in Northern California got a break from the weather early Monday as humidity rose and there was no return of the onslaught of lightning strikes that ignited the infernos a week earlier. The region surrounding… Continue Reading →
A study published Tuesday seems to attest that the risk of coronavirus transmission on airplanes is significantly less than what has been believed until now, an AFP report said. The study researched a plane flight from Israel to Germany in… Continue Reading →
Fire officials are cautiously optimistic after dodging a major lightning storm, but they are pleading with residents to heed warnings and stay out of evacuation zones as three massive San… Read more » The post Cautious Optimism in Fight Against… Continue Reading →
The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Trump… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz instructed their Likud and Blue and White parties, respectively, to vote for a bill postponing the budget deadline for 120… Read more » The post Budget Delay Bill Passes, Election… Continue Reading →
Reader-submitted: “This envelope was mailed on October 7, 2019. It came back to us as undeliverable because the PO Box was closed. The date of the return is July 29, 2020. This is important not only in general, but specifically… Continue Reading →
U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy told lawmakers on Monday that he planned to resume some cost-cutting measures that have factored in widespread service delays, defying Democratic lawmakers who have sought to… Read more » The post U.S. Postmaster Tells House Committee… Continue Reading →
A Syrian man has been arrested in Austria over an assault on the head of the Jewish community in Graz, the country’s second-biggest city, and is believed to have had an Islamic extremist motive, Austrian authorities said Monday. The country’s… Continue Reading →
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (JTA) – Not all is rosy with the United Arab Emirates and Israel in the aftermath of their peace accord. The UAE canceled a public meeting with the United States and Israel meant to celebrate the so-called… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national convention into an opportunity to question the integrity of the fall election, even as his aides promised… Read more » The post Republicans Nominate Trump; He Questions… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: R’ Shmeil LorinczHusband R’ Zeesha FriedmanBrother R’ Nuchem Yaakov AzrilowitzBrother R’ Nachmen AzrilowitzBrother R’ Yosef AzrilowitzBrother Mrs. Sura LandauSister Mrs. Udy BabadSister Mrs. Leah NewmanSister Mrs. Malky KlangSister R’ Chaim Meir LorinczSon R’ Zeesha LorinczSon R’ Nessanel… Continue Reading →
In a possible bias attack on Friday, August 21, a 70 year old male was attacked who in the lobby of 626 Wythe Place in Williamsburg with a broom stick and… Read more » The post 70 Year Old Male Injured… Continue Reading →
A 70 year old male was injured when a broken brick was thrown at him in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The attack is suspected of being a bias incident.… Read more » The post 70 Male Injured by Brick… Continue Reading →
Mike Pompeo’s planned speech to the Republican National Convention this week has sparked a fury of criticism for breaking decades of precedent for sitting secretaries of state avoiding overt partisan political activity. Despite State Department assurances that Pompeo will be… Continue Reading →
Video app TikTok is suing the Trump Administration over its efforts to ban the popular Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns. TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, insisted Monday that it is not a national-security threat and that the government… Continue Reading →
All of Hamas’s leaders have gone into hiding underground in fear of Israel eliminating them through targeted killings, Ynet reported on Motzei Shabbos. According to the report, all senior members of the Hamas military and political wing are working from top-secret… Continue Reading →
HONG KONG (AP) – University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Genetic tests revealed that a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to… Continue Reading →
Balloon incendiary devices launched from Gaza started some 36 fires in southern Israel on Monday, along with an explosive device that landed in an Israeli Air Force base. B’chasdei shamayim,… Read more » The post Gaza Balloons Start 36 Fires… Continue Reading →
Police officers in New Jersey could soon be required to wear body cameras. Legislation to statutorily require uniformed New Jersey law enforcement to wear body cameras cleared its first legislative hurdle with approval by the Assembly Appropriations Committee and the… Continue Reading →
He’s broken his pledge never to take a vacation or play golf for pleasure. His plan to update the nation’s infrastructure has become a running punchline and he’s dropped his threat to throw Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl out of a… Continue Reading →