Month July 2022
A light-year is a measure not of time but of distance. It refers to how far light—which, as it is reflected off things, yields what we perceive with our eyes—travels in 365 days. Considering light’s speed—186 miles per second—that is… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta blew two tires Tuesday while landing at Los Angeles International Airport but nobody on board was hurt, although two runways at the busy airport were closed for several hours,… Continue Reading →
U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax — a more traditional kind of vaccine, influential government advisers said Tuesday. Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week,… Continue Reading →
BROOKLYN (AP) — A New York man working at a filming location for the TV series “Law & Order: Organized Crime” was shot and killed early Tuesday before filming was scheduled to start for the day. According to police, Johnny… Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A Sesame Street-themed amusement park has apologized and promised more training for its employees after a video showing a costumed character waving off two 6-year-old Black girls during a parade went viral online. The nine-second video, posted… Continue Reading →
A 22-year-old Israeli from the Jerusalem area passed away in Bogotá, Columbia on Monday as a result of a severe dairy allergy. The niftar, who had been on a trip with friends to the Southern American country, mistakenly ate dairy… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (JNS) — Jews in the United Kingdom and Germany are speaking out against a campaign ad from Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, in which he is seen walking through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in… Continue Reading →
The National Archives on Tuesday requested that the Secret Service investigate “the potential unauthorized deletion” of agency text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Secret Service has come under heavy scrutiny… Continue Reading →
A pregnant Lubavitcher woman is lucky to be alive after she miraculously survived a 50-foot fall off a sheer cliff while on a hike with her family near the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. “I was ahead with one of… Continue Reading →
Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under President Donald Trump, has admitted in a new book that she manipulated data and quietly altered CDC guidance without authorization, WND reports. In “Silent Invasion,” she confesses… Continue Reading →
Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, met again Tuesday, this time at the White House, following up after their first-ever meeting in eastern Europe on Mother’s Day. President Joe Biden, who has said the United States… Continue Reading →
Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu, who is currently on a working vacation in London, was informed on Tuesday that his daughter gave birth to her fifth child, Netanyahu’s fifth grandchild. Netanyahu’s daughter Noa, 42, from his first marriage, is a ba’ales… Continue Reading →
The U.S. government’s road safety agency says it will spend $8 million on ads aimed at stemming the rising number of traffic deaths caused by speeding. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration campaign called “Speeding Wrecks Lives” will run on… Continue Reading →
A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, producing a cloud of thick, black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt and electricity continued to flow from one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, authorities said. “There… Continue Reading →
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Vinnytsia, a city in western Ukraine with a large Jewish population, was considered a safe haven as it was far from the front lines. But the residents’ sense of security was irretrievably shattered… Continue Reading →
As midterm voting kicks into high gear, Republican activists in Washington are organizing surveillance of ballot drop boxes, generating complaints and concern from some elections officials. Signs were posted near ballot boxes in several Seattle-area locations over the weekend. They… Continue Reading →
As midterm voting kicks into high gear, Republican activists in Washington are organizing surveillance of ballot drop boxes, generating complaints and concern from some elections officials. Signs were posted near ballot boxes in several Seattle-area locations over the weekend. They… Continue Reading →
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul on Monday accused Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of cutting “a secret deal with the White House that fell apart,” blaming a lack of communication by his fellow Kentuckian for the failure of a federal judicial… Continue Reading →
Sorah Leah bas Michal is currently facing a matzav that no one should ever have to endure. She is sick with a serious illness that has taken over her physical and mental wellbeing, the cost of which to cure is… Continue Reading →
It is widely believed – and perhaps even agreed – that President Joe Biden is being drugged up to help keep his aging mind from wandering off and going blank. But there’s also a belief that former President Trump was… Continue Reading →
As Russia continues to crack down on its citizens and restrict personal freedoms, fear is growing that it may be preparing to ban immigration to Israel, Yediot Achranot reported. The report quoted immigration activist Alex Rif as saying that recent… Continue Reading →