Month December 2020
TORONTO — Officials in Canada’s most populous province have confirmed the first two known Canadian cases of of a more contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in the United Kingdom. The province’s associate chief medical officer says that… Continue Reading →
The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features an interview with brothers Shimon Kolyakov and Rubin Kolyakov, founders of TorahAnytime.com, the world’s largest Torah website. In this interview, we are given an inside look at how, in 2006, Shimon and Rubin, both… Continue Reading →
Federal agents converged Saturday on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the… Read more » The post FBI at Home of Possible… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A criminal invetsigation has been announced into a health-care network that operates clinics in Boro Park, Bensonhurst and Williamsburg over administering unauthorized COVID-19 vaccines. Health Commissioner Howard Zucker made the announcement on Saturday, saying in a… Continue Reading →
A delegation from Morocco will travel to Israel in the coming week to advance newly normalized relations, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Motzoei Shabbos. Netanyahu on Friday spoke with… Read more » The post Netanyahu Expects Ties Visit by… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Motzoei Shabbos that he sought to reach a vaccination rate of around 150,000 people a day within a week, and to have inoculated over… Read more » The post Over 260K Israelis Vaccinated; Netanyahu… Continue Reading →
NASHIVILLE (VINnews/FOX5) – Six Nashville police officers are being hailed as heroes for helping to evacuate the city’s downtown immediately surrounding a bomb that exploded early Christmas morning. According to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, police officers responded on… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – The price of Bitcoin rose price by 7.6% to $26,365 updating its historical maximum, according to CoinDesk portal. Bitcoin is a decentralized system of the eponymous cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology. It can be issued by… Continue Reading →
A recreational vehicle parked in the deserted streets of downtown Nashville exploded early Christmas morning, causing widespread communications outages that took down police emergency systems and grounded holiday travel at the city’s airport. Police were responding to a report of… Continue Reading →
A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up the Trump administration to schedule the execution after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph… Continue Reading →
The US Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is currently not accepting new applications. It is anticipated the Federal Government will reopen the PPP, including the possibility of a second loan for eligible small businesses, any day. Be among… Continue Reading →
A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus that are packed with people in custody for demonstrating against the nation’s authoritarian president, and some of the protesters who contracted the coronavirus while incarcerated accuse authorities of neglecting or even… Continue Reading →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers to remain vigilant in the fight against the coronavirus, saying in a statement Friday that the state finds itself in a “footrace” to distribute… Read more » The post Cuomo: New York in ‘Footrace’… Continue Reading →
The European Union and the United Kingdom made public Saturday the vast agreement that is likely to govern future trade and cooperation between them from Jan. 1, setting the 27-nation bloc’s relations with its former member country and neighbor on… Continue Reading →
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending… Read more » The post Unemployment Benefits for Millions in… Continue Reading →
(Five Towns Jewish Times) This week, President Donald Trump appointed Marty Oliner, the former three-term mayor of Lawrence, NY, to the United States Holocaust Museum Commission. Marty Oliner was born in the Landsberg displaced persons (DP) camp, which was located… Continue Reading →
Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Saturday, a day ahead of roll-outs in several other countries including… Read more » The post Europe Begins to Launch COVID-19… Continue Reading →
Yeshivas Kol Torah was engulfed in mourning on Motzei Shabbos when the bitter news reached the yeshivah of the petira of HaGaon HaRav Shalom Povarsky, who served as one of the yeshiva’s Roshei Yeshivah for decades. The Rosh Yeshivah, z’tl,… Continue Reading →
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip late Friday night in response to two rockets fired into Israel on Friday evening. “IDF fighter jets and aircraft attacked Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF stated. “In… Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Israelis protested against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, calling on the long-serving leader to resign just days after the country was plunged into a new national election. The protesters have been gathering outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence for… Continue Reading →
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal agents converged Saturday on the home of a possible person of interest in the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville as investigators scoured hundreds of tips and leads in the blast that pulverized city blocks on… Continue Reading →