Month January 2022
Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study on Tuesday. COVID-19 vaccine-makers have… Continue Reading →
The financial options being considered to punish President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine range from the sweeping to the acutely personal — from cutting Russia off from U.S. dollars and international banking to slapping sanctions on a former Olympic… Continue Reading →
We all realize that there is a camp shortage this year. The numerous articles written have caused us all to have fear and panic. Are our fears warranted? Will many kids be kept home due to the shortage? Time will… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Tuesday it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first large U.S. retailer to significantly invest in indoor vertical farming as a way to deliver fresher produce to its stores. Vertical… Continue Reading →
The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission. Test-takers will be allowed to use their own… Continue Reading →
Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., apologized Tuesday for suggesting things are worse for people today than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp after hiding with her family in a secret annex… Continue Reading →
International conglomerate Unilever announced a global reconstructing, which includes job cuts and will have Ben & Jerry’s operate under a separate umbrella with other ice cream brands. The New York… Read more » The post Unilever Restructuring, Spinning Off Ben… Continue Reading →
A New York City police officer gravely wounded in a Harlem shooting that took his partner’s life last week has also died of his injuries, police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said… Read more » The post 2nd NYPD Officer Dies, Days… Continue Reading →
New York state education officials told school administrators to continue enforcing the state’s mask mandate for students and teachers Tuesday despite a judge’s ruling overturning it, causing confusion as some districts rushed to make masks optional. The Education Department said… Continue Reading →
A New York City police officer gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that killed his partner has also died of his injuries, police said Tuesday. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, died at a Manhattan hospital four days after he… Continue Reading →
Manufacturers and other buyers of computer chips had less than five days’ supply of some chips on hand late last year, leaving them vulnerable to any disruptions in deliveries, the… Read more » The post Manufacturers Have Less Than Five… Continue Reading →
Responding to Governor Phil Murphy comparing those who choose not to get the COVID vaccination to drunk drivers, Senator Ed Durr said the comparison is wrong. “Governor Phil Murphy was wrong to compare the unvaccinated to drunk drivers,” said Durr… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) – NYC Police commissioner Keechant Sewell tweeted saying that that 27 yr old Officer Wilbert Mora, the other NYPD officer ambushed in Harlem Friday night has just passed away. It’s with great sadness I announce the passing… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — The former chairman of the NSO Group on Tuesday confirmed that he has left the Israeli spyware company but said his departure was planned months ago and was unconnected to the recent turmoil surrounding the firm. Asher… Continue Reading →
An appeals judge temporarily restored New York’s mask mandate Tuesday, a day after a judge in a lower court ruled that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration lacked the constitutional authority to order people to wear face coverings. Judge Robert Miller in… Continue Reading →
This past week, Dirshu went on a mission to Eastern Europe, together with Gedolei Roshei Yeshivos from Eretz Yisrael, France, England, North America, and South America, to celebrate the completion of the second cycle of “Daf HaYomi B’Halacha.” The primary… Continue Reading →
This past week, Dirshu went on a mission to Eastern Europe, together with Gedolei Roshei Yeshivos from Eretz Yisrael, France, England, North America, and South America, to celebrate the completion of the second cycle of “Daf HaYomi B’Halacha.” The primary… Continue Reading →
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police were investigating the death of a man who was reportedly killed when an explosive vest he was wearing detonated while he was driving his car in the street in the Australian city of Melbourne. The… Continue Reading →
An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced French national Benjamin Briere to eight years in prison on spying charges, his Paris-based lawyer said, describing the trial as a politically motivated sham… Read more » The post French Man Sentenced to 8… Continue Reading →