Month August 2020
Almost half of the country’s residents are not optimistic about the country’s ability to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, but a majority still plan to send their children to schools on… Read more » The post Study: Nearly Half of Israelis… Continue Reading →
The chief medical officers of the United Kingdom have said children should return to school after the summer holidays, warning that missing out on their education posed much bigger risks… Read more » The post U.K. Gov’t Health Advisers: Missing… Continue Reading →
The post First Selichos Held in Meron on Motzoei Shabbos appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Reciting Selichos in Meron on Motzoei Shabbos Thousands Daven Selichos at the Kosel Reciting Selichos at the Kever of Benayahu ben Yehoyada in… Continue Reading →
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that President Donald Trump will hold a press conference Sunday evening to announce a “major therapeutic breakthrough” for coronavirus. McEnany tweeted late Saturday… Read more » The post White House: Trump to Reveal… Continue Reading →
French politicians of all political views roundly condemned Saturday graffiti denying the Holocaust that was scrawled on a wall in the village that was the site of the France’s biggest… Read more » The post French Gov’t Condemns Vandalism at… Continue Reading →
The chareidi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, announced Sunday morning that they will support the proposal for a compromise between Likud and Blue and White, which would see the… Read more » The post Chareidi Parties Offer Support to… Continue Reading →
South Korean authorities reported the highest daily rise in novel coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday, saying tougher social distancing rules may be needed as outbreaks continued to spread… Read more » The post S. Korea Reports Biggest Rise… Continue Reading →
Mossad director Yossi Cohen spoke with chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo last week in a meeting that was mediated by the United Arab Emirates, according… Read more » The post Report: Mossad Chief Meets With… Continue Reading →
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A former Army Green Beret living in northern Virginia was arrested on Friday, charged with divulging military secrets about his unit’s activities in former Soviet republics during more than a decade of contacts with Russian… Continue Reading →
The House on Saturday passed legislation that would prevent the U.S. Postal Service from making any changes to its operations that could slow delivery of mailed-in ballots for this fall’s elections. The bill passed largely along party lines, 257-150, with… Continue Reading →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Firefighters in California were racing to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres in a week and destroyed hundreds of homes as weekend weather threatened to spark new fires and overwhelm the… Continue Reading →
Weary firefighters in California raced Saturday to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres statewide in a week and destroyed hundreds of homes ahead an expected… Read more » The post Wildfires Burn 1 Million Acres… Continue Reading →
Grocery store owners are convinced: the “five-finger discount” is back in a big way. An uptick in shoplifting and other violations during the coronavirus lockdown has hundreds of independent supermarket… Read more » The post NYC Grocers Alarmed by Uptick… Continue Reading →
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them — the last gasps of 17 men and women who died of the coronavirus. A 41-year-old ICU nurse in Miami’s Kendall Regional… Continue Reading →
A federal judge in Seattle granted state Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s request to block a U.S. Department of Education rule that would have forced school districts to either share a… Read more » The post Federal Judge in Seattle Blocks… Continue Reading →
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows returned to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday in a bid to pressure Democrats into accepting a slimmed-down economic stimulus bill after weeks of… Read more » The post Meadows Visits Capitol, Tries to… Continue Reading →
New York’s coronavirus curve keeps bending. The state notched the lowest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care unit patients since the pandemic began — and hit a record-low 0.69%… Read more » The post New York Hit Record Low… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — London’s famous Tower Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in the heart of the British capital, was stuck open on Saturday, leaving traffic in chaos and onlookers amazed at the sight. The historic bascule-and-suspension bridge failed to… Continue Reading →
A brand new giant panda cub is sparking pandemic-fueled panda-mania, and officials at the National Zoo said traffic on their livestream spiked 1,200% over the past week. The zoo’s ever-popular… Read more » The post ‘The Whole World Celebrates’ on-Camera… Continue Reading →
Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year’s most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation has found. The… Continue Reading →
Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the name of “our current vice president” wrong. Was it “Mika Pints?” or “Paints?” Or maybe “Ponce,” Yang suggested…. Continue Reading →