Month December 2020
DENVER (AP) — The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The coronavirus variant was found in a man in his 20s… Continue Reading →
MOSS BLUFF, La. — A former state lawmaker and his wife died from COVID-19 on the same day. The family’s obituary says Vic and Terry Bass Stelly died within hours of each other on Saturday from complications brought on by… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Topics: discipline, boundaries, the 80/20 ratio: maintaining a positive home, connecting with your child, understanding your child’s physical and emotional needs, ruchniyus in the home, and sibling dynamics/ rivalry. Dates: Six classes beginning Motzei Shabbos, January 2, through Thursday… Continue Reading →
Unemployed people claiming federal benefits won’t see a one-week gap in their payments despite the delay in President Donald Trump signing the program extension into law, according to the Department… Read more » The post Jobless Benefits Won’t Lapse After… Continue Reading →
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic. “We need to be… Continue Reading →
The head of the World Health Organization says it’s important to step up genomic sequencing worldwide to ensure that new variants of the coronavirus are detected as the pandemic enters its second year. New variants detected in Britain and South… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for children before their second birthday. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday, recommend feeding only… Continue Reading →
Supermarket mogul Rami Levy is poised to purchase Israir Airlines after his bid through his BGI Investments was chosen by Adv. Ophir Naor, the court-appointed trustee on behalf of bondholders for IDB Development Corp., Globes reported on Tuesday. IDB group,… Continue Reading →
Ocean County today began the distribution of its first 1,500 doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from Moderna to health care workers at a vaccination clinic at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena at Toms River High School North, Toms River…. Continue Reading →
NASHIVILLE (VINnews) – The Metro Nashville Police Department has released footage that captured one police officer’s response to the bombing on Christmas Day. The footage gives harrowing view from evacuation, to aftermath from officer Michael Sipos’ body camera. Watch Below:
The global pandemic has changed every aspect of our lives — how we work, how we socialize, how we dress. And without us even noticing, it also has changed how… Read more » The post From COVID-19 to Curbside, 2020… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A Ynet investigation discovered that tens of millions of shekels transferred by the German government and earmarked for Holocaust survivors did not in fact reach the survivors. The Israeli government received the money and deducted the same… Continue Reading →
Unprecedented prices combined with new titles, stunningly beautiful editions and magnificent sets have led to an all-time high in demand among Torah aficionados and scholars. For those that haven’t had a chance to take advantage of the sale prices, this… Continue Reading →
The victim in the Lakewood stabbing attack spoke to TheLakewoodScoop.com this afternoon, after being released from the hospital. “I feel a poke – I thought it was someone poking me, making shtick,” the victim told TLS. Then I see someone… Continue Reading →
It’s not only Israeli leaders who are patting themselves on the back for their world-beating rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination. World leaders and major news media are patting them… Read more » The post Israel Passes Half Million Vaccinations,… Continue Reading →
Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn informed Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz on Tuesday that he is leaving the party and joining Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, who announced on Tuesday evening that he is forming a new party and a… Continue Reading →
New York City’s coronavirus positivity and hospitalization rates have surged, but it is too soon to tell if it was caused by or simply correlates a sharp uptick of national… Read more » The post Positivity Rates, Hospitalizations Soar As… Continue Reading →
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Emergency response crews were searching on Tuesday for the driver of a truck that plunged into the water after crashing on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The two-axle, six-tire box truck crashed about 8:20 a.m. on… Continue Reading →
An unidentified group of U.S.-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian media reported Monday, in a step that could bring the hardest-hit country in the Middle East closer to… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The former U.S. ambassador’s residence in Tel Aviv sold for $67 million in July, according to an Israeli tax record made public on Monday, the highest price ever for an Israeli property. The sale helped cement… Continue Reading →
Heralded for years as America’s “safest big city,” New York City is closing out its bloodiest year in nearly a decade, grappling with a surge in homicides and a pandemic… Read more » The post ‘Dark Period’: Killings Spike in… Continue Reading →