Month April 2021
Hamas warned on Thursday that any delay in the Palestinian parliamentary elections set for next month would derail the latest attempt at unity with Fatah. Khalil al-Hayya, who tops the… Read more » The post Hamas Warns Against Election Delay… Continue Reading →
As reported by Chaim V’Chessed, for the past several weeks, it has been possible for relatives of Israeli citizens to obtain permission to enter Israel. However, a challenging component of the application process has been the requirement of an apostille… Continue Reading →
The last patient treated in a New York state field hospital will head home triumphantly as the state closes the last field hospital in a recovery milestone. The South Beach… Read more » The post NYC Considering Lifting More Restrictions… Continue Reading →
A Bangladeshi immigrant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after he set off a homemade pipe bomb in a tunnel between Times Square and Port Authority in December 2017, an act that federal prosecutors noted was “one of the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge sentenced a Bangladeshi immigrant whose pipe bomb mostly misfired in a busy New York City subway station in 2017 to life in prison on Thursday, calling the crime “barbaric and heinous.” Akayed Ullah, 31,… Continue Reading →
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle? A 71-year-old woman riding with her daughter on Florida’s Interstate 95 suffered… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced in a press briefing on Tuesday that Israel is preparing for a new vaccination drive in six months that will most likely include children. “Prepare your shoulders and kids,” he said, assuming that the vaccines… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Confronted with rare cases of blood clots potentially linked to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. health officials faced a delicate task: how to suspend distribution of the shots without setting off alarm about their safety…. Continue Reading →
A bipartisan letter signed by nearly three-quarters of the House of Representatives will be sent to the chair and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee in defense of continued… Read more » The post 330 Members of the House… Continue Reading →
Transit officials have added 1,000 security cameras in New York City subway and regional train stations in 2020 and intend to add even more in 2021. They hope to have… Read more » The post MTA to Install Cameras in… Continue Reading →
Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn’t to defend the… Read more » The post Police Chiefs Hail Chauvin Verdict… Continue Reading →
A 70-year-old Chareidi man was hit by a passing taxi cab while crossing the street at an intersection at the intersection of Bar Ilan Street and Shmuel Hanavi Street. The incident, which happened on Wednesday afternoon, left the man in… Continue Reading →
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says the world is “at the verge of the abyss” because of climate change and must take aggressive steps to avoid catastrophe. Speaking at a global virtual summit on climate change Thursday, Guterres called for… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday admitted the attempt to shoot down a Syrian missile, which was fired hours earlier and exploded in mid-air near Israel’s nuclear reactor, was “unsuccessful.”… Read more » The post Gantz Says Attempt to Down… Continue Reading →
The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Dear Mayor Coles: I just became aware of Ordinance # 2021-024 which is scheduled for second… Continue Reading →
“Believe your own eyes” — that was the prosecutor’s final admonition to the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial. And indeed, the evidence of their own eyes was likely the reason the jury members didn’t accept the defense’s case that there… Continue Reading →
The Perseverance Rover, in the first test of its MOXIE technology, converted some of the carbon dioxide on Mars into oxygen. The little robot is conducting experiments and exploring as… Read more » The post Mars Rover Creates Oxygen in… Continue Reading →
בס”ד Dear fellow Jew! I turn to you in tears because I can no longer deal with this difficult situation alone. My name is Yehuda Yonah, and I am from Jerusalem. My dear mother passed away from cancer after much… Continue Reading →
It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle? A 71-year-old woman riding with her daughter… Read more » The post Passenger Survives Being Hit in… Continue Reading →
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian navy ships searched Thursday for a submarine that likely sank too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for the 53 people on board slim. Authorities said oxygen in the submarine would run out by early… Continue Reading →
Holocaust survivors experience lingering effects from the trauma they suffered in their younger years, increasing the chances of cancer and heart disease, according to a recently published Hebrew University study. The study examined the death records of 22,000 people who… Continue Reading →