Month August 2020
Former advisor to President Trump, Steve Bannon, and four others have been indicted for illegally funneling money from the “We Build The Wall” fund. Bannon, along with three of his associates were indicted by investigators at the U.S. Southern District… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House adviser Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme “We Build The Wall.” The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed… Continue Reading →
South Korea‘s intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his “de facto second-in-command” but has not necessarily been… Read more » The post S. Korean Lawmaker: N. Korean… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit after falling ill from suspected poisoning that his allies believe is linked to his political activity. The 44-year-old… Continue Reading →
The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Hi; Some of the sidewalks on the west side of Vine St, in the Oak and… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — On Joe Biden’s big day, President Donald Trump is planning to show up in his rival’s old backyard. Trump, in what can only be described as a piece of campaign trolling, on Thursday afternoon was staging an… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINNews) — Supreme Court judge Dafna Barak-Erez ordered Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency to respond to a petition demanding that Israel act in order to bring the of Rabbi Nachman of Breslav to Israel…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose to 1.1 million last week after two weeks of declines, evidence that many employers are still slashing jobs as the coronavirus bedevils the U.S. economy. The latest… Continue Reading →
The number of seriously ill coronavirus patients in Israel soared to over 400 this week, overloading Israel’s hospitals and raising the risk of medical professionals’ worst fears of patients dying due to a lack of beds, equipment or staff, chas… Continue Reading →
The IDF thwarted an attempted terror attack against Israeli motorists, the IDF spokesperson stated early Thursday morning. During the course of a military operation in a village near Ramallah, IDF forces spotted a three-member terrorist cell preparing to hurl Molotov… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump told reporters at a White House news conference… Continue Reading →
It was Friday, a week and half after Pesach. The lockdown was still in effect, and everyone was home. Father Efraim Blum wasn’t going out at all, even for fresh air, because he was suffering from a high fever. They… Continue Reading →
Rebbetzin Malkah Devora Wolfson, a”h, wife of, yblch”t, the Mashgiach Harav Moshe Wolfson, shlita, was niftar on Thursday morning. Her levayah will be held at 10 a.m. from the beis medrash… Read more » The post BD”E: Rebbetzin Malkah Devora Wolfson,… Continue Reading →
Iran seized a United Arab Emirates-registered ship violating its territorial waters this week, Iran‘s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, adding that UAE coastguards killed two Iranian fishermen on the same… Read more » The post Iran Says It Detained UAE… Continue Reading →
The number of coronavirus patients in serious condition in Israel is above 400, leaving the country’s hospitals at risk of being unable to serve its population. On Thursday afternoon, the… Read more » The post Corona Cabinet to Discuss Lockdown… Continue Reading →
by Jerry Sandler Well, the former president spoke last night at the Democratic convention. The words were, as expected, designed to make the president look bad and Joe Biden look good. Purposefully, Mr. Obama had travelled to Philadelphia in order… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the state won’t back down from its plan to hold a mostly vote-by-mail election in November despite a legal challenge from the Trump campaign, Politico reports. During a Wednesday press conference in Trenton, he told the… Continue Reading →
The European Commission said on Thursday it had concluded exploratory talks with CureVac regarding the purchase of 225 million doses of the German biotech firm’s potential COVID-19 vaccine. “Today we… Read more » The post EU, CureVac in Talks on… Continue Reading →
As schools across the U.S. decide whether to reopen this fall, many are left wondering how to know if it’s safe. Public health experts say virus rates in the community… Read more » The post When Is It Safe to… Continue Reading →
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Ahbar reports Thursday that Israel has refused the list of demands presented by Hamas to Egyptian mediators who were in the Gaza Strip earlier in the week in… Read more » The post Hamas Threatens: ‘If Israel Returns… Continue Reading →