Month March 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor announced Tuesday he would lift the statewide mask mandate and remaining COVID-19 business restrictions in two weeks. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a speech from his Statehouse office that the state’s steep declines in… Continue Reading →
A Colorado baker who won a partial victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple went on trial Monday in yet another lawsuit, this one involving a birthday cake… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus infection rates and hospitalizations are slowly rising again across the state, with New York City still grappling with more contagious variants of the virus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.… Read more » The post COVID-19 Rates Rising Across NY… Continue Reading →
The National Weather Service has turbocharged its lagging forecast model to better predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes, blizzards and downpours, as well as day-to-day weather. By including much higher layers of the atmosphere, increased factoring of ocean waves… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed a soft-spoken physician as President Joe Biden’s surgeon general Tuesday. While Dr. Vivek Murthy says ending the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority, he’s also raised concerns over a relapsing opioid overdose crisis. The… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed a soft-spoken physician as President Joe Biden’s surgeon general Tuesday. While Dr. Vivek Murthy says ending the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority, he’s also raised concerns over a relapsing opioid overdose crisis. The… Continue Reading →
As we all know well, 2020 has been a terrible year for those struggling, and now 2021 is shaping up to be much of the same. It has been a complete roller coaster ride for yidden the world over. At… Continue Reading →
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Justice Department for speaking to the media about the ongoing investigation into the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the… Read more » The post Judge Criticizes Prosecutors Over Interview… Continue Reading →
Fifteen jurors have been selected for the case against Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. Twelve jurors and two alternates will actually hear the… Read more » The post 15 Jurors Selected for the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Exit polls from the three main television channels in Israel reveal that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may be able to form a coalition with right-wing parties which are his “natural” partners including the Chareidi parties but he… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Exit polls from the three main television channels in Israel reveal that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may be able to form a coalition with right-wing parties which are his “natural” partners including the Chareidi parties but he… Continue Reading →
Political neophyte Andrew Yang is running for mayor of New York City as the Big Apple is trying to dig out from the COVID pandemic, a rise in gun crime,… Read more » The post Political Newbie Yang Says He’s… Continue Reading →
Sen. Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday said the lack of Asian-American or Pacific Islander representation in President Joe Biden’s cabinet is “not acceptable” and threatened to withhold her vote on key… Read more » The post Duckworth Threatens Biden Nominees Over… Continue Reading →
Harav Malkiel Kotler, shlita, Rosh hayeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, has been rushed into the hospital for emergency surgery, according to The Lakewood Scoop. Readers are asked to daven for… Read more » The post Harav Malkiel Kotler Undergoing Emergency… Continue Reading →
Please say Tehillim for Hagaon HaRav Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood’s Beth Medrash Gavoah who was just rushed into emergency surgery. He was taken to the hospital by Hatzolah Paramedics and is currently in surgery. His name for Tehillim… Continue Reading →
CALIFORNIA (JNS) — Google announced on Monday that it’s appointing Uri Frank as vice president of engineering to lead a team developing server chips in Israel. Google stated that it seeks to develop systems on chip (SoC), where “multiple functions… Continue Reading →
CALIFORNIA (JNS) — Google announced on Monday that it’s appointing Uri Frank as vice president of engineering to lead a team developing server chips in Israel. Google stated that it seeks to develop systems on chip (SoC), where “multiple functions… Continue Reading →
A new outside report found that Facebook has allowed groups — many tied to QAnon, boogaloo and militia movements — to glorify violence during the 2020 election and in the weeks leading up to the deadly riots on the U.S…. Continue Reading →
Exit polls of the elections in Israel indicate that Benjamin Netanyahu and the right wing block seem to be poised to be able to piece together 61 Knesset members to… Read more » The post Exit Polls Have Likud Forming… Continue Reading →
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — An Arizona man is accused of forcing off the road a National Guard convoy that was transporting COVID-19 vaccines in West Texas and then holding 11 guard members at gunpoint. Larry Harris, 66, of Wilcox, Arizona,… Continue Reading →