Month June 2021
Weeks before a Florida condo building collapsed, the president of its board wrote that structural problems identified in a 2018 inspection had “gotten significantly worse” and owners needed to pay… Read more » The post Condo Board Boss Warned of… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief are expected to be charged Thursday with tax-related crimes stemming from a New York investigation into the former president’s business dealings, people familiar with the matter told The… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony being given Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company. Tom Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president… Continue Reading →
Crews were still working around the clock to try to locate possible survivors of the Surfside condominium collapse as the desperate search reached its seventh day Wednesday. The death toll from the Champlain Towers South Condo rose to 16 Wednesday… Continue Reading →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft was operating in sync with a British destroyer last week when the ship sailed through the Black Sea in what he described as a “provocation” to… Continue Reading →
Former President Donald Trump’s namesake company and its chief financial officer are expected to be charged on Thursday with tax-related crimes by Manhattan’s district attorney, the Wall Street Journal reported… Read more » The post Trump Organization, CFO Expected to… Continue Reading →
A former member of Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force told Congressional Republicans he believed the coronavirus “most likely” originated from a lab accident in Wuhan, China. Brett Giroir, an… Read more » The post Former U.S. Assistant Secretary for… Continue Reading →
MIAMI (AP) — A former municipal official in Florida who assured condo board members that their building was in “very good shape” three years before it collapsed has left his new job, a city spokesman said Wednesday. Rosendo “Ross” Prieto… Continue Reading →
As children, one of the first choirs that the Shapiro brothers (Acheinu) began their singing “careers” in, was the Amudai Shaish Boys choir, led by Shmuel Borger Z”L. With R’ Shmuel’s recent petira and his shloshim just before the 3… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Less than a week after the deadly building collapse in Surfside, a massive crowdfunding campaign has raised more than $1.25 million, with nearly 11,000 people opening their hearts and their wallets to help victims and their… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Gerwal’s Tuesday afternoon resignation announcement had Garden State Jewish leaders praising him for three and a half years of distinguished service. In his tenure in Trenton, Grewal proved himself as a crusader against bias incidents… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Gerwal’s Tuesday afternoon resignation announcement had Garden State Jewish leaders praising him for three and a half years of distinguished service. In his tenure in Trenton, Grewal proved himself as a crusader against bias incidents… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the CDC is leaving it up to local officials to set guidelines for mask-wearing as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus surges in… Continue Reading →
The Minnesota Senate approved a modest set of police accountability measures early Wednesday that’s part of a broader public safety budget bill, as the state’s divided Legislature put itself on… Read more » The post Minnesota Lawmakers Pass Modest Police… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Fire official tells families that four additional victims have been found dead in condo rubble; death toll rises to 16.
The United States on Tuesday banned ticket sales for air travel to and from Belarus, acting after Minsk forced a Ryanair flight to land and arrested a dissident journalist aboard.… Read more » The post U.S. Bans Ticket Sales for… Continue Reading →
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — On a recent morning before communal prayers at a synagogue, Harry Rosenberg told a friend that his new beachfront condo in Florida offered a much-needed change of scenery after an awful year in which he lost… Continue Reading →
In an effort to keep more Israelis from traveling abroad, which is one of the main reasons for the current coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called on Israelis last… Read more » The post Israeli Hotels Ignore Plea to… Continue Reading →
Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim wants to improve its blood testing speed and capabilities in order to faster diagnose blood cancer and other infections, and has signed a research… Read more » The post Israeli Medtech Firm, Major Medical… Continue Reading →
The Egyptian government is separately hosting delegations sent by both Israel and the Hamas terror group, according to a report by Kan News on Wednesday, citing Palestinian media. Senior members… Read more » The post Report: Israel, Hamas Holding Indirect… Continue Reading →
The Lakewood Board of Education will be distributing Kosher Gelbstein’s food boxes, facilitated by Sodexo, beginning at 3:30 pm today and lasting until supplies are exhausted. Children under the age of 18 who do not receive free lunch from their… Continue Reading →