Month January 2022
The Knesset took back some of its authority in handling the ongoing coronavirus crisis on Tuesday night, as it voted to strengthen its oversight powers in the coming year, The… Read more » The post Knesset Reasserts Authority in Pandemic… Continue Reading →
Israeli security forces thwarted a gun smuggling ring on Tuesday, arresting four people suspected of bringing dozens of firearms into the country across the Jordanian border, according to media reports.… Read more » The post Police Catch Gun Smugglers on… Continue Reading →
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized Tuesday for invoking Anne Frank to imply Jews had more freedoms during the Holocaust than unvaccinated Americans do today – remarks that drew a public… Read more » The post Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Apologizes… Continue Reading →
The New York State Senate passed legislation Tuesday that freezes proposed hikes in unemploymen- insurance taxes, and increases maximum unemployment benefits. The bill freezes increases in the unemployment insurance taxes… Read more » The post NY Senate Freezes Unemployment Insurance… Continue Reading →
Israel is gearing for the arrival of winter storm Elpis on Wednesday, which is expected to bring major rainfall and strong winds, as well as snow in the northern highlands… Read more » The post Storm Elpis to Hit Israel… Continue Reading →
Ra’am party leader Mansour Abbas has picked up an important ally— Sheikh Safwat Freij, the newly elected head of the Southern Islamic Movement, according to The Times of Israel. Freij… Read more » The post Ra’am Picks Up Ally in… Continue Reading →
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company plans to hold its annual shareholders meeting that used to routinely attract more than 40,000 people in person this spring for the first time since the pandemic began. Berkshire Hathaway said Tuesday that… Continue Reading →
The Department of Labor said on Tuesday it will withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing requirement for large U.S. employers after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the rule, ending a controversial bid… Read more » The post Labor Department Withdrawing COVID Vaccine… Continue Reading →
The hits for President Joe Biden just keep on coming. In a new poll from Harvard CAPS/Harris, the president’s approval rating has dropped to 39%, with 53% saying they “somewhat” or “strongly” disapprove of his job performance. Biden’s approval rating… Continue Reading →
Two more Poles have been identified as victims of phone hacking with the notoriously powerful spyware from Israel’s NSO Group: an agrarian political leader at odds with Poland’s right-wing government… Read more » The post Two More Poles Identified as… Continue Reading →
A large fire at the Port of Newark caused air quality to fall and smoke to be seen and smelled in New York City, NBC 4 reported Tuesday. The fire… Read more » The post Fire at Newark Port Causes… Continue Reading →
A New York appeals judge left the state’s indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration appeals a lower court’s decision to overturn it. Judge Robert Miller… Read more » The post Judge Leaves New York Indoor… Continue Reading →
A fugitive cruise ship that was supposed to return to Miami but detoured to the Bahamas is not likely to be arrested despite a warrant issued by a federal judge… Read more » The post Fugitive Luxury Cruise Ship on… Continue Reading →
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Tuesday to fight a decision from federal health regulators to block two coronavirus antibody treatments after the drugs were found to be ineffective against the widespread omicron variant. The Republican governor’s… Continue Reading →
A New York appeals judge left the state’s indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration appeals a lower court’s decision to overturn it. Judge Robert Miller granted the state’s request for a stay of a Long… Continue Reading →
Democrats on New York’s redistricting commission threw up their hands Monday, a day before a bipartisan panel — apparently in name only — was to submit redrawn congressional boundaries to… Read more » The post Bipartisanship Stumbles on New York… Continue Reading →
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday announced its second try at enabling advertisers to buy ads based on users’ browsing interests without having to rely on what it has described as… Read more » The post Google Offers New Replacement For… Continue Reading →
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The World Health Organization warned this week that a sub-variant of omicron was on the rise. The global health organization does not consider the sub-variant, designated BA.2, as a “variant… Read more » The post Sub-Variant of Omicron on the… Continue Reading →
The Health Ministry was hedging Tuesday on the decision to end quarantine for schoolchildren who have come into contact with coronavirus carriers. Lifting of the quarantine requirement is slated to… Read more » The post Report: Health Ministry May Reverse… Continue Reading →