Month July 2022
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors. The… Continue Reading →
Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million. The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A German man has been sentenced to seven months in prison for leaving a hateful comment on a Facebook post about Gil Ofarim, a German-Israeli singer who was charged with lying about an antisemitism incident at… Continue Reading →
Following the report on Tuesday that a suspect has been arrested in the case of the disappearance of Moishe Kleinerman, now missing for 123 days, later reports on Tuesday evening said that police arrested two suspects. Due to the gag… Continue Reading →
The majority of Democrats in New Hampshire don’t want Joe Biden to run for reelection, a stunning blow to the president’s reelection team and his prospects for a second term in the White House. For a century, New Hampshire has… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As efforts of Breslov chasidim to reach Uman for Rosh Hashana continue despite the war raging in Ukraine, the mayor of Uman stressed in media interviews that she cannot guarantee the safety of the thousands of… Continue Reading →
Binyamin and Sara Ganz could have never imagined what shocking twist of events they would have to face together after having their fifth child. It began a few months back when Binyamin fell seriously ill. After a blur of… Continue Reading →
A long time ago, when I was a teacher, someone told me through a third party (my husband) that I shouldn’t be teaching. “It’s not your wife’s forte,” this person said. “She’s not a teacher or a speaker. She should… Continue Reading →
What started out as a simple shiur has now become a movement of Yidden from all walks of life and geographical locations who might otherwise never have connected. What is this unique family, you may ask? The Merkaz Daf Yomi… Continue Reading →
My name is Tovah, but I’m known as the water aerobics lady. For the past 12 years, I’ve been running summer exercise groups in the comfort of our spacious saltwater pool. This helps me cover the considerable cost of having… Continue Reading →
The office block at Number 2 Weizmann Street in Tel Aviv stands out from the surrounding landscape with its distinctive triangular shape. Some say that its design is modeled on the punching cards once used by IBM, which constructed the… Continue Reading →
Talk to a true Trump supporter, and you’re likely to believe that there is no other politician who can even come close. But the political landscape may be shifting under the former president’s feet. It’s not clear anymore whether he… Continue Reading →
On November 22, 2018, shooting erupted in a Hoover, Alabama, shopping mall. A bystander named Emantic F. Bradford had a gun of his own with him and drew his weapon. Running to get a better vantage point to neutralize the… Continue Reading →
In dueling speeches not far from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump repeated the election claims that sparked the Jan. 6 riot while his former vice president, Mike Pence, implored the Republican Party to stop looking backward…. Continue Reading →
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong earthquake shook the northern Philippines on Wednesday, injuring at least one person, damaging buildings and prompting many people in the capital to run outdoors. The 7 magnitude quake was centered around Abra province in… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of an ever-warming world. Days after nearly half the country — 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering… Continue Reading →
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with the family of a Palestinian-American reporter killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. The State Department said Blinken met with relatives of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with the family of a Palestinian-American reporter killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. The State Department said Blinken met with relatives of Al Jazeera reporter… Continue Reading →
In a speech to the Young Americas Foundation’s national student conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, former Vice President Mike Pence addressed his relationship with Donald Trump. “There seems to be a divide between the two of you on your… Continue Reading →
Attorneys for billionaire Elon Musk are complaining that Twitter is slow-walking document production in advance of an October trial to decide whether the Tesla CEO should be forced to complete a $44 billion acquisition of the social media company. Musk’s… Continue Reading →