Month June 2021
IDF Maj.-Gen. (res.) Roni Numa was appointed as the coronavirus commissioner for Israel’s border crossings, with an emphasis on Ben Gurion airport, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Sunday morning.… Read more » The post IDF Maj.-Gen. Roni Numa Appointed… Continue Reading →
At his first rally since leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump on Saturday lambasted the Biden administration’s immigration policies and sought to energize Republicans to take back majorities… Read more » The post At Ohio Rally, Trump Knocks… Continue Reading →
Searchers worked early on Sunday to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida condo building that collapsed three days ago as questions arose about the… Read more » The post Five Dead, 156 Still Missing… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will meet in Rome on Sunday as their new governments look to turn the page on former President Donald Trump… Read more » The post Blinken, Lapid Meet in Rome… Continue Reading →
The speaker of Iran‘s parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the U.N. nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement… Read more » The post Iran Says Nuclear Site Images… Continue Reading →
A 10-person team of IDF Home Front Command reservists and representatives of the Foreign Ministry left for Florida early Sunday to assist in search and rescue efforts at the collapsed… Read more » The post IDF Team Heads to Miami… Continue Reading →
A historic heat wave baked the U.S. Pacific Northwest where temperatures pushed into the triple digits on Saturday as local officials warned residents to take precautions while power companies asked… Read more » The post ‘It’s Unbearable’: Pacific Northwest Swelters… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, FL (JTA) – Among Rabbi Mayer Berger’s first thoughts on seeing the 12 stories of the Champlain Tower South pancaked upon themselves: This is like Sept. 11. Then as now, destruction of unimaginable proportions claimed many lives without warning… Continue Reading →
NEW MEXICO (AP) – A hot air balloon hit a power line and crashed onto a busy street in Albuquerque on Saturday, killing all five people on board, including the parents of an Albuquerque police officer, police said. The crash… Continue Reading →
Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden endorsed it “without hesitation” Saturday, walking back from a threat to veto it if Congress also didn’t pass… Read more » The post Biden: Infrastructure Vow Was Not… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Families around the world remained stuck between waning hopes and widening fears Saturday, two days after the stunning collapse of a 12-story condominium near Miami. At least five people were killed and more than 150 people… Continue Reading →
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Angry demonstrators clashed with Palestinian security forces for a third day Saturday during a protest in the West Bank over the death of an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority who died while in custody…. Continue Reading →
Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five as they raced to recover any… Read more » The post Crews at Collapse Site Find… Continue Reading →
Israel reinstated the requirement to wear masks indoors beginning on Friday at noon amid a number of coronavirus outbreaks around the country. The Health Ministry also advised that people attending large gatherings outdoors also wear masks and recommended that unvaccinated… Continue Reading →
When an old high school friend lost a long battle with COVID-19, Jay Kleiman went back for the funeral from Puerto Rico to the condominium where he grew up north of Miami Beach. But hours before the ceremony, the high-rise… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE – Rescue teams search for any survivors within the sudden mountain of rubble. Family and friends wait with hope and fear for news at a reunification center nearby.
The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired, according to a 2018 engineering report that also uncovered “abundant… Continue Reading →
The United States on Friday dismissed reports that the administration of President Joe Biden is considering rescinding the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, granted by Biden’s predecessor… Read more » The post U.S. Dismisses Report Biden Admin… Continue Reading →
The UN nuclear watchdog said Friday it had received no reply from Tehran over the possible extension of a temporary agreement covering inspections at Iranian nuclear facilities which expired on Thursday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a… Continue Reading →
The United States on Friday piled pressure onto the Polish government to scrap a bill that critics say will make it harder for Jews to recover property seized by Poland‘s… Read more » The post U.S. Condemns Polish Bill Hindering… Continue Reading →