Month May 2022
The Senate whisked a $40 billion package of military, economic and food aid for Ukraine and U.S. allies to final congressional approval Thursday, putting a bipartisan stamp on America’s biggest commitment yet to turning Russia’s invasion into a painful quagmire… Continue Reading →
New York State lawmakers have agreed to a deal that will extend and expand the Big Apple’s speed camera program – including allowing the city to run the cameras all day and night. Under the current program, which expires on… Continue Reading →
As yet another wave of Covid-19 infections sweeps through New York, officials say the number of infected patients who have been hospitalized has hit a three-month high and is nearing 3,000. The good news is that slightly more than half… Continue Reading →
Federal prosecutors have spelled out more details of the allegations against the chair of former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, who’s accused of secretly working as an agent for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump’s foreign policy. The details… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America, some scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease’s spread in the West. Cases of the smallpox-related… Continue Reading →
Below is the schedule for this coming week’s closures along Rt. 9 in Lakewood for the Water Main Replacement Project. You can also view it here. The post Upcoming road closure schedule for Rt. 9 in Lakewood appeared first on… Continue Reading →
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman paid a shiva call on Thursday to the family of fallen police commando, Sgt. Maj. Noam Raz, h’yd. Raz was murdered last week during a… Continue Reading →
Families of the people killed at a Buffalo supermarket poured out their grief and made anguished pleas for action against racist violence Thursday, hours after the white man accused of massacring 10 Black people appeared silently in court to face… Continue Reading →
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Boeing’s crew capsule rocketed into orbit Thursday on a repeat test flight without astronauts, after years of being grounded by flaws that could have doomed the spacecraft. Only a test dummy was aboard. If the capsule reaches the International Space… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Mercedes-Benz said Thursday that it has auctioned an extremely rare car from its company collection for a roaring 135 million euros ($143 million). The company said the price paid by a private collector earlier this… Continue Reading →
Rav Meir Nachman Elhadad lost two sons in the Meron disaster last year and despite his loss, remained a pillar of emunah. Over the past year, he has served as a source of chizzuk, not only for the other families… Continue Reading →
WhatsApp parent Meta is moving forward with its push to attract businesses to its popular chat app, part its effort to find new ways to make money beyond targeted advertisements on its other platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Meta CEO Mark… Continue Reading →
Two days after dozens of Arabs attacked medical staff and destroyed property in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, another violent incident occurred on Wednesday evening at the Galilee Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya. Dozens of members of… Continue Reading →
Toms River police officers are being commended for tackling a man with a machete, avoiding a deadly situation On Monday, at approximately 7:35 PM, while on patrol, Sergeant Chris McDowell pulled over when he observed an agitated man with what… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors on Wall Street need a place to hide. The stock market’s skid this year has pulled the S&P 500 close to what’s known as a bear market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, the war in… Continue Reading →
A madman who repeatedly threatened Jewish and black residents of a neighborhood in North Miami Beach while carrying a knife has been charged on five counts of aggravated assault. 32-year-old Christopher Luke Tika Singh has been accused of a slew… Continue Reading →
The Israeli Defense Ministry on Wednesday inaugurated a national pavilion at the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Fla. The Israeli pavilion is led by the ministry’s International Defense Cooperation Directorate, known by its Hebrew acronym, SIBAT, and… Continue Reading →
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem suspended two Arab students after they spat at Jewish students participating in a demonstration on campus. The Jewish students at the demonstration, which was held to demand increased security on campus, were holding Israeli flags…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers pride themselves on the dynamism of their metropolis, where it can feel totally different on the next block, where tourists walking in Chinatown quickly find themselves in Little Italy, where a neighborhood can be… Continue Reading →
There have unfortunately been cases of tragic and unusual deaths, r”l. When that happens, the chevra kadisha and other organizations are thrust into dealing with authorities, as they attempt to preserve kavod hames and get the niftar released quickly. Misaskim… Continue Reading →