Month February 2021
Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice on Sunday, days after an offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) of coastline in what officials are calling one of the country’s worst… Continue Reading →
Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice on Sunday, days after an offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) of coastline in what officials are calling one of the country’s worst… Continue Reading →
POLAND (JTA) – A senior state historian in Poland resigned following the publication of photos from 2007 in which he appears to be giving a Nazi salute. Tomasz Greniuch had served as acting director of the Institute of National Remembrance’s… Continue Reading →
The evidentiary phase of the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was postponed until after the Israeli elections, scheduled for March 23. The Yerushalayim District Court decided that… Read more » The post Next Stage of Netanyahu Trial… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation legalizing the buying and selling of cannabis for recreational purposes in New Jersey, four months after a majority of state residents voted to legalize… Read more » The post NJ Legalizes Recreational Marijuana appeared… Continue Reading →
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered former President Donald Trump’s accountants to releases financial and tax records to prosecutors in New York. The former president responded in a lengthy statement, calling the ruling “a continuation of the greatest political Witch… Continue Reading →
An executive at a voter- and government-reform organization is coming under criticism for referring to the Orthodox Jewish community in New York City as “an extremist bloc.” Susan Lerner, executive… Read more » The post Voting-Reform Group Exec calls Orthodox… Continue Reading →
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Mike Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit filed in federal… Continue Reading →
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PALMACHIM BEACH, Israel (AP) — A small Israeli task force scoured the sands of a nature reserve along Israel’s Mediterranean coast Monday, taking part in a widening effort to clean up a disastrous oil spill that has blackened most of… Continue Reading →
Houses of worship in New Jersey are now able permitted to hold services with 50% room capacity with no caps on the number of people as the second wave of the coronavirus continues to retreat, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday…. Continue Reading →
Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Monday, adding to the declines that started last week as investors continue to be concerned about rising interest rates and the potential for inflation… Read more » The post Stocks Fall as Investors Mull… Continue Reading →
Legislation to set up a recreational marijuana marketplace, decriminalize cannabis and loosen penalties for underage possession of the drug and alcohol was signed into law Monday by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, more than three months after voters overwhelmingly approved… Continue Reading →
The family of an Iranian-American jailed in Tehran and his father, who is unable to leave Iran, urged U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday to make their freedom a precondition… Read more » The post Family of Americans Held in… Continue Reading →
Governor Murphy announced at his daily press conference that, effective immediately, shuls and other houses of worship and religious services can operate at 50% capacity. The governor is still requiring that masks be worn during services and that members of… Continue Reading →
NEW JERSEY (AP) – Fans will be allowed to attend sports and entertainment events at New Jersey’s largest facilities in limited numbers starting next week, Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday. New Jersey venues with an indoor seating capacity of 5,000… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy today signed historic adult-use cannabis reform bills into law, legalizing and regulating cannabis use and possession for adults 21 years and older (A21 – “The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act”) and decriminalizing… Continue Reading →
Whatsapp will go ahead with updating its privacy policies, several weeks after internatioanl uproar and mass exodus from the app when the company first attempt to modify the privacy policy… Read more » The post Whatsapp to Press Forward With… Continue Reading →
A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University has announced a breakthrough in the worldwide search for an alternative to the use of antibiotics in the treatment of disease. For… Read more » The post Researchers Propose Biological Therapy Alternative… Continue Reading →
Boeing has recommended that airlines ground all 777s with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend, and most carriers that fly those planes said… Read more » The post Boeing: 777s With Engine That… Continue Reading →