Month August 2021
A young lifeguard was killed and seven other people, including three other lifeguards, were injured when lightning struck a Jersey Shore beach Monday afternoon. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed… Read more » The post Lightning Strike at Jersey Shore… Continue Reading →
Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday evening in the first high-level meeting between Israel and the PA since 2010. The meeting was arranged with the approval of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett…. Continue Reading →
Mayor Bill de Blasio had a turban tied for solidarity on Sunday. “It is an honor because we are here today sending a message that the city – this country and this world – needs this message that we are… Continue Reading →
South African scientists said they have identified a new coronavirus variant with a concerning number of mutations. The so-called C.1.2. variant was first identified in May in the South African… Read more » The post South African Scientists Say New… Continue Reading →
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans on Monday launched a ballot drive to tighten Michigan’s voting and election laws, backing a maneuver that would let GOP lawmakers enact the changes without Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature. The step, which had been signaled… Continue Reading →
Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky around midnight Monday and then fired their guns into the air, celebrating victory after a 20-year insurgency in Afghanistan… Read more » The post Taliban Celebrate Victory as U.S…. Continue Reading →
I want to thank our commanders and the men and women serving under them for their execution of the dangerous retrograde from Afghanistan as scheduled – in the early morning hours of August 31, Kabul time – with no further… Continue Reading →
Don’t make me the bad guy. I care about extinction. I’ve adopted manatees and whales, donated to help giant pandas and black rhinos. But I have a hard time caring… Read more » The post AUTO REVIEW: Here’s a Last… Continue Reading →
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials with a South Florida museum are collecting the photos, notes and other personal items that make up a memorial wall near the site of the deadly building collapse that killed 98 people. A group… Continue Reading →
Three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center had their first day in court Monday after being held by the U.S. for 18 years without charge in connection with the… Read more » The post Bali Bomb Case Starts in… Continue Reading →
One person was reportedly killed, and multiple others injured, after a lightning strike in Berkley Township. According to preliminary information, a lifeguard shack was struck by the lightning, hitting a lifeguard and as many as seven others. A medevac was… Continue Reading →
As many as eight people were struck by lightening at Seaside Park in NJ, Monday afternoon. Emergency officials say CPR was being performed on one victim, while 7 others were being rushed to the hospital, after lightening stuck the 21st… Continue Reading →
Aveilim: Mrs. Gitty Zeldes, R’ Avrumi Murik (LA), Mrs. Rena Malinowitz, R’ Shragi Murik, and Mrs. Chani Hoschander (Baltimore/Bet Shemesh). They will be getting up Thursday morning.
Israel on Monday crossed the grim milestone of 7,000 COVID-19 deaths, according to Health Ministry data. A total of 7,030 people in Israel have died from the disease since the pandemic first reached the borders of the Jewish state. Over… Continue Reading →
A “sequence of failures” in New York City’s subway system following a brief power outage disrupted half of the system for several hours and stranded hundreds of passengers, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday. Hochul said in a statement that a… Continue Reading →
The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of… Continue Reading →
America’s longest war has ended after nearly 20 years, as the final troops have departed Afghanistan, concluding the final, frantic airlift. The post U.S. Completes Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Concluding Final, Frantic Airlift appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Shhh:… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost… Continue Reading →
Over 7,000 people have died in the coronavirus pandemic in Israel, the Health Ministry said on Monday evening. The ministry said that 7,030 Israelis with COVID-19 have died since the… Read more » The post Israel Passes 7,000 Coronavirus Deaths… Continue Reading →
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot by police in the Bronx early Sunday and his father was taken into custody in connection with the shooting. The incident occurred at about 4:15 a.m. approximately a block away from the 46th Precinct… Continue Reading →