Month April 2021
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since March 31, on Friday described threats to force-feed him, using “straitjacket and other pleasures.” In an Instagram post, Navalny said an official told him that a blood… Continue Reading →
Safety regulators warned people with kids and pets Saturday to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and others were injured. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said children and at least one pet were… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist’s claim that he defamed her when he denied her allegation of rape, her lawyers have told a… Continue Reading →
A former New York City police officer pleaded guilty Friday to an obstruction of justice charge in a murder-for-hire plot that authorities say sought the death of her husband and her boyfriend’s teenage daughter. Valerie Cincinelli, 36, entered the plea… Continue Reading →
WINDSOR, England (AP) — Sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth cut a regal but solitary figure: still the monarch, but now alone. The queen sat apart from family members at the simple but… Continue Reading →
Two-part series: Sunday morning 10 AM and 9 PM EST: The Soul of Mesechta Yuma: What Can Marriage Do For You? As so many Jews began learning Mesechta Yuma, in the Daf Yomi cycle, Rabbi YY Jacobson presents this Sunday… Continue Reading →
With great sadness Hamodia reports the petirah of Harav Dov Kreiswirth, zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Chaim in the Romema neighborhood of Yerushalayim. The yeshiva, which started 3 years… Read more » The post BD’E — Harav Tzvi Kreiswirth,… Continue Reading →
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden has taken his first swing at a presidential pastime: golf. Biden, once an avid golfer, played Saturday at the Wilmington Country Club, not far from his Delaware home where he was spending the… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Due to popular demand, the Rita’s in Lakewood is starting this week to open every Motzei Shabbos until midnight, with plans in the future to have the Rita’s located in Jackson and Toms River to be open on Motzei… Continue Reading →
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged centrifuges there, saying he had fled the country “hours before” the sabotage happened. While the extent of the damage from the… Continue Reading →
A man charged with murder who was mistakenly released from a New York City jail more than a month ago was taken back into custody Friday. Christopher Buggs, 26, was arrested by members of a U.S. marshals fugitive task force… Continue Reading →
The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. The number of lives lost, as… Continue Reading →
President Joe Biden has taken his first swing at a presidential pastime: golf. Biden, once an avid golfer, played Saturday at the Wilmington Country Club, not far from his Delaware home where he was spending the weekend. It was his… Continue Reading →
Police in Portland, Oregon, said Saturday they arrested four people after declaring a riot Friday night when protesters smashed windows, burglarized businesses and set multiple fires during demonstrations that started after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports… Continue Reading →
An American astronaut and two Russians have returned to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station. A Soyuz space capsule carrying NASA’s Kate Rubins and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed at 0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT)… Continue Reading →
A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, says his health is deteriorating rapidly and the 44-year-old Kremlin critic… Read more » The post Navalny’s Doctor: Putin Critic ‘Could… Continue Reading →
The Education Ministry published on Friday the framework for returning to “normal” full-time schooling on Sunday. Studies will resume six days per week without capsules – and with no restriction… Read more » The post Israel’s Schools Return to Normal… Continue Reading →
The Likud is planning to offer New Hope Party chairman Gideon Sa’ar an attractive package in exchange for him joining a right-wing government led by Binyamin Netanyahu, Channel 12 News… Read more » The post Report: Netanyahu to Offer Sa’ar… Continue Reading →
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,”… Continue Reading →
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Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above-ground nuclear plant at Natanz, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Saturday, confirming earlier statements by… Read more » The post IAEA Confirms Iran Has Started… Continue Reading →