Month September 2020
Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the country’s economy with a normalization of relations with… Read more » The post Sudan Rejects Linking Removal From… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will hold rare talks with Lebanon next month in an effort to resolve a longstanding maritime border dispute, an Israeli official said Saturday. The official said Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz will lead the Israeli delegation in… Continue Reading →
Expanded outdoor dining for New York City restaurants will be extended year-round and made permanent, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. The program allowing restaurants to seat customers on sidewalks and parking spaces has been seen as a lifeline for… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] She was Moser Nefesh for Torah and her father,and her life today is in real danger. One of the Rebbetzin Leah Kolodetzkys’ Nieces, A single 24 Year old Bais Yaakov Teacher assumed responsibility for the finances of her fathers… Continue Reading →
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A single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid-stage clinical trial, according to interim results published on… Read more » The post Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine… Continue Reading →
More than 1,000 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in a single day, marking the first time since June 5 the state has seen a daily number that high. The… Read more » The post Uptick: New York Logs More… Continue Reading →
For the fourth straight day, Israel reached a new daily coronavirus case count after the Health Ministry announced Motzoei Shabbos 8,687 new diagnoses since Friday afternoon, bringing the total since… Read more » The post 8,221 New Daily Coronavirus Cases… Continue Reading →
The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day. The confirmation battle will be featured in a new $10 million RNC digital ad campaign to encourage… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people packed the National Mall in downtown Washington on Saturday to pray and show their support for President Donald Trump. The march, which stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol, was held just… Continue Reading →
Two decades ago, Florida’s hanging chads became an unlikely symbol of a disputed presidential election. This year, the issue could be poorly marked ovals or boxes. Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, more people than ever are expected to bypass their… Continue Reading →
The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he carried out the attack in anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, a judicial official said Saturday. Two people were wounded… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that… Read more » The post Trump Nominates Conservative Amy Coney… Continue Reading →
The NYC Health Department provided the following update to YWN on Motzei Shabbos: We are writing to provide another update concerning COVID-19 case growth in Brooklyn and Queens. As of today, the percent of tests returning positive results in areas… Continue Reading →
Three men from Orthodox Jewish communities who were admitted to Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medical Center over the past four days died within hours of arriving at the Borough Park facility, the New York Post reported Friday night, citing sources. Their deaths… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection… Continue Reading →
Poland. Shanghai. Yerushalayim. Ein Gedi: Uninterrupted Limud Hatorah Through times of peace and persecution, through famine and prosperity the Limud Hatorah of of The Mir has remained an unstoppable force, serving as a soothing Ner Tomid for all of… Continue Reading →
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has been on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017. Her short tenure as a judge has led to few noteworthy or controversial opinions. She has,… Continue Reading →
At the White House today, President Trump announced he was nominating Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court following the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Barrett, who is currently a judge on the… Continue Reading →
Although Amy Coney Barrett is the president’s choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she is more aptly described as heir to another departed Supreme Court justice: conservative hero Antonin Scalia. Like Scalia, for whom she once clerked, she is… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 1,000 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 in a single day, marking the first time since June 5 the state has seen a daily number that high. The number of positive tests reported daily… Continue Reading →