Month August 2020
Police forced protesters away from a law enforcement building in Oregon’s biggest city early Sunday, as efforts to stop the demonstrators from gathering at the building seemingly fell apart. The protesters apparently had plans Saturday night to march from a… Continue Reading →
President Trump is expected to announce emergency authorization to treat coronavirus patients with convalescent plasma, which may reduce severity of symptoms and/or shorten hospital stays.
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Dina Rosenzweig A”H, 19-year-old girl who was R”L killed in a crash in upstate New York on Motzei Shabbos. Dina along with a friend were both critically injured in the… Continue Reading →
Initial reports following the devastating explosion in Beirut said that the owner of the ship bearing the chemicals that ended up being stored in the port and exploding was Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin. However, a recent report by the German… Continue Reading →
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thirteen people died in a stampede at a disco in Peru after a police raid to enforce the country’s lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Sunday. The stampede happened at the Thomas disco in Lima,… Continue Reading →
DeBlasios ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ mural which he painted on 5th Avenue has once again been defaced – this time by a repeat offender. Juliett Germanotta, dressed as Statue of Liberty, has once again vandalized Black Lives Matter mural in front… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for breakthroughs in treatments for the coronavirus, White House officials suggested Sunday there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease. The accusations, the latest… Continue Reading →
One man died and another is recovering from injuries after their personal watercraft collided in the Harlem River Saturday evening, police said. The accident happened around 8 p.m. near West… Read more » The post Man, 35, Killed in Personal… Continue Reading →
In the area of exit 148 northbound.
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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… Continue Reading →
Israel’s cellphone surveillance for coronavirus contact-tracing may have overcome challenges by privacy watchdogs, but the state tracking policy is hard put to deal with easily applied, low-tech evasion methods. Some… Read more » The post Airplane Mode and Prepaid SIMs:… Continue Reading →
HaRav HaTzaddik Rav Nissim Yitzchak Peretz, z’tl, of Bnei Brak passed away of the coronavirus at the age of 79 in Maanyei Hayeshua Hospital on Friday, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The niftar, who was born in Morocco, was a special personality… Continue Reading →
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More than 100,000 protesters demanding the resignation of Belarus’ authoritarian president rallied Sunday in a vast square in the capital and later marched through the city, keeping up the massive outburst of dissent that has shaken… Continue Reading →
On the eve of the Republican National Convention, where President Donald Trump hopes to revive his flagging political fortunes, he will announce the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19,… Read more » The post Trump to Announce Emergency Authorization… Continue Reading →
At least 30 people have been shot, and at least 7 have been killed in gun violence so far this weekend in New York City. Many NYPD officers will no longer have the entire weekend off anymore after NYPD Commissioner… Continue Reading →
At least 30 people have been shot, and at least 7 have been killed in gun violence so far this weekend in New York City. Many NYPD officers will no longer have the entire weekend off anymore after NYPD Commissioner… Continue Reading →
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) will address the Republican National Convention in a six minute speech. Van Drew, who switched from being a Democrat to a Republican after refusing to vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, is popular… Continue Reading →
DEBARY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida supporter of President Donald Trump has been charged with a misdemeanor after deputies say he punched a Joe Biden supporter in a dispute between the neighbors over their yard signs. The Daytona Beach News-Journal… Continue Reading →
A central Indiana school has launched an investigation after a photo posted to social media appeared to show students forming the shape of swastika on the gymnasium floor, school officials… Read more » The post Indiana School Investigating After Student… Continue Reading →