Month March 2021

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), senior member of both the Senate Banking and Finance Committees, today introduced legislation along with Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), to protect the stimulus checks provided in President Biden’s… Continue Reading →

Authorities say a set of camp trailer safety chains and quick, careful work by emergency crews saved two people after their pickup truck plunged off a bridge, leaving them dangling above a deep gorge in southern Idaho. Idaho State Police… Continue Reading →

[Submitted as a response] My heart goes out to all those women who are suffering, however these “pressure protests” are not the solution, but seems to be just the beginning of a new problem. It seems we are all lost… Continue Reading →

An exceptionally rare 15th century porcelain bowl made in China that somehow turned up at a Connecticut yard sale and sold for just $35 was auctioned off Wednesday for nearly… Read more » The post 15th Century Bowl Found at… Continue Reading →

New York’s Assembly has hired a top Manhattan law firm to assist in its impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, legislative leaders announced Wednesday in a pick that was quickly criticized by at least two women accusing the governor of… Continue Reading →

House Republicans lifted their decade-old ban on earmarks Wednesday during a closed-door vote, freeing their members up to request “congressionally directed spending” under the new process Democrats announced last month.… Read more » The post House Republican Conference Votes to… Continue Reading →

Israel received diplomatic support from Russia in its fight against an International Criminal Court probe of alleged Israeli war crimes during a visit to Moscow by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi… Read more » The post Russia Criticizes ICC During FM… Continue Reading →

Early voting in the March 23 elections was held for Israeli soldiers on military bases across the country on Wednesday. Some 335 ballot boxes were made available to soldiers from… Read more » The post IDF Soldiers Cast Early Votes… Continue Reading →

Dozens of Senate Republicans on Wednesday accused President Joe Biden of violating federal spending law when he froze funding for border wall construction, an action they say gave rise to… Read more » The post Senate Republicans Denounce Biden’s Border… Continue Reading →

The Treasury Department says it has sent out 90 million economic impact payments totaling $242 billion since President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan last week. The bulk of those payments were made by the IRS as… Continue Reading →

The judge overseeing the criminal trial related to George Floyd’s death on Wednesday dismissed two jurors already seated in the case after they told the court they had seen headlines… Read more » The post Judge Dismisses Two Seated Jurors… Continue Reading →

Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 231. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended in 2020 on April 7, May 6, June… Continue Reading →

New evidence that it may be safe for schools to seat students 3 feet apart — half of the previous recommended distance — could offer a way to return more of the nation’s children to classrooms with limited space. Even… Continue Reading →

 This year, with international travel curtailed due to Covid, Jews are flocking to Orlando for Pesach in unprecedented numbers.  As many as 70,000 people are expected to move in for the week!  While Disney World and the Epcot Center are… Continue Reading →

Two people were killed when a large fireworks stash exploded Tuesday in inland Southern California, setting off a series of blasts that rocked the residential neighborhood and sent up a huge plume of smoke, authorities said. Authorities — including the… Continue Reading →

New Hampshire Avenue shut southbound in the area of Oak Street. No injuries reported.

The Federal Reserve foresees the economy accelerating quickly this year yet still expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pinned near zero through 2023, despite concerns in financial markets about… Read more » The post Fed Expects to Keep Its… Continue Reading →

New Jersey will expand the number of people who can gather together, effective Friday. Governor Phil Murphy announced that all indoor gatherings can increase up to 25 people and outdoor… Read more » The post NJ Eases Gathering Restrictions, Mask… Continue Reading →

The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May, according to an official familiar with the plans. The official said the decision was made in order to allow filers more time… Continue Reading →

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In an unusually blunt statement, the foreign affairs minister of the United Arab Emirates has said that his country will not host Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ so close to Israeli… Read more » The post Emirates Nixes Netanyahu Trip appeared… Continue Reading →