Frum News From The Greater Lakewood Area

Month May 2022

US Births Rose Last Year but Still Less Than Before Pandemic

U.S. births bumped up last year, but the number of babies born was still lower than before the coronavirus pandemic. The small 1% increase was a bit of a rebound from 2020, the first year of the pandemic, which witnessed… Continue Reading →

Pentagon Says More High-Tech Weapons Going to Ukraine

Nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world met Monday and agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters. And Gen. Mark Milley, chairman… Continue Reading →

Iran Building Collapse Kills 11 As Mayor And Others Detained

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 11 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities arrested the city’s mayor in… Continue Reading →

Best Buy’s Q1 Results Show Inflation’s Bite

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. posted first-quarter results that showed shoppers pulled back on spending, while higher costs ate into profits. The nation’s largest consumer electronics chain also on Tuesday cut its annual outlook, citing a deteriorating economic… Continue Reading →

Acting AG Platkin Announces $19 Million Settlement over Allegations that Ford Motor Co. Misled Consumers about Hybrids’ Fuel Economy, Pickup Trucks’ Payload Capacity

Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that New Jersey is participating in a $19.2-million multistate settlement with Ford Motor Company that resolves claims the automaker falsely advertised the real-world fuel economy of its C-Max hybrid vehicles and the… Continue Reading →

Russian Officials: War Goals To Be Achieved

Two top Russian security officials vowed on Tuesday that Moscow will achieve all the goals set for the “military operation” in Ukraine, appearing to address the fact that the invasion, expected by many to be a blitzkrieg, has entered its… Continue Reading →

Lakewood Police Department Police Camp to Open Registration

The Lakewood Police Department Police Camp will be opening registration. Registration will take place June 1st-July 15th in the Lakewood Township Police Department’s Traffic & Safety Office (231 3rd St.). Enrollment is limited, selection by lottery, and notification by phone…. Continue Reading →

Chanting ‘Death To Israel’ Thousands Attend Funeral For Slain Guard Colonel In Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of mourners poured into the streets of Tehran on Tuesday to pay their respects to a senior Revolutionary Guard member fatally shot by two gunmen on a motorcycle earlier this week, punching the air with… Continue Reading →

Greene’s Divisive Politics Face Test in Republican Primary

With millions raised to defend her seat in Congress and five fellow Republicans running to take it, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced her first reelection vote Tuesday in a GOP primary race that tests how her conservative Georgia constituents… Continue Reading →

Watch: Daredevil WWII Nurse Celebrates 100th Birthday With Skydive

NEW YORK (VINnews) —  A former World War II nurse realized a lifetime dream on Monday, skydiving from a plane flying over Florida’s east coast near her hometown. And Raymonde Sullivan, of Sebastian, Fla. has had quite a life —… Continue Reading →

Yonaton Rubin, Future Lawyer, Named Valedictorian at Touro’s Lander College for Men

Beneath Yonaton Rubin’s low-key demeanor is a highly motivated scholar and an astute legal mind. In his first semester, Yonaton excelled in an upper-level course on the Supreme Court and the Constitution. The practical experience with legal writing, arguing and… Continue Reading →

A Day in the Life of an Industrial Organizational Psychologist: Touro Alum on the Many Benefits of a Career in I-O Psychology

[COMMUNICATED] Sam Merzel, I-O Graduate Program 2016 alum, shares his professional journey from Touro to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), why the pandemic expanded opportunities in the field and how students interested in I-O psychology can prepare for an exciting… Continue Reading →

Social Media Hammered By Mounting Questions Over Advertising

Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending, political ads and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read. Then late Monday,… Continue Reading →

Countdown begins until TSA Real ID requirements take effect; But it’s not easy getting an appointment

The Transportation and Safety Administration previously announced that only driver’s licenses that meet certain Federal requirements will be accepted to cross security checkpoints at airports Nationwide. There are currently two types of driver’s licenses – “Real” and “Not Real.” The… Continue Reading →

TERRIFYING: Frum Girls Narrowly Escape Brazen Carjacking in Boro Park [VIDEO]

A group of frum girls were nearly carjacked and kidnapped during a terrifying and brazen attempted carjacking at a Boro Park gas station on Sunday night. According to reports, the carjacker jumped into a Honda Odyssey occupied by three girls… Continue Reading →

Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger Faces Trump Ally

Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing a tough primary challenge Tuesday, nearly two years after he drew the wrath of former President Donald Trump for refusing to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden in… Continue Reading →

Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger Faces Trump Ally

Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is facing a tough primary challenge Tuesday, nearly two years after he drew the wrath of former President Donald Trump for refusing to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden in… Continue Reading →

Meron Bereaved Parents Claim Police Prevented Them From Praying At Graves Of Children

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A number of family members of the 45 people who died in the Meron tragedy last year claimed that police acted callously and inconsiderately towards them during the course of Lag Ba’Omer which was the first yahrzeit… Continue Reading →

STALEMATE: After 3 Months, Russia Still Bogged Down in Ukraine War

When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, it had hoped to overtake the country in a blitz lasting only days or a few weeks. Many Western analysts thought so, too. As the conflict marked its third month Tuesday, however, Moscow… Continue Reading →

Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles responds to your ‘Ask The Mayor’ questions: Rush Hour Construction

The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to AskTheMayor@thelakewoodscoop.com. Question: Hi, I noticed over the past days, there is electrical work being done on Route 88…. Continue Reading →

Trump’s Bid to Reshape GOP Faces Biggest Hurdles in Georgia

Donald Trump hopes to avoid a stinging defeat in the Georgia governor’s race on Tuesday as Republican primary voters decide the fate of the former president’s hand-picked candidate to lead one of the most competitive political battlegrounds in the U.S…. Continue Reading →

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