Month August 2022
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: The Fed will likely impose more large interest rate hikes in coming months and is resolutely focused on taming the highest inflation in four decades. Powell also warned more explicitly… Continue Reading →
COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine. Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers. The Department of Transportation on Thursday complained Beijing… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (JNS) – Orthodox and politically conservative Jewish groups are criticizing CNN’s special report on anti-Semitism that aired on Sunday night, alleging that it whitewashed anti-Semitism directed at Orthodox Jews coming from the political left. The hour-long “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America,”… Continue Reading →
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President Joe Biden called on Democrats Thursday “to vote to literally save democracy once again” — and compared Republican ideology to “semi-fascism” — as he led a kickoff rally and a fundraiser in Maryland 75 days out from the midterm… Continue Reading →
COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today’s omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much benefit the booster shots will offer, who should get one — and how… Continue Reading →
Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can’t pay, she feels the impact immediately. The power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once… Continue Reading →
Old school is making a comeback. A school district in Missouri is bringing back a discipline measure that it hasn’t used in over two decades: spanking students. The Cassville R-IV School District opened classes on Monday and notified parents that… Continue Reading →
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted on Thursday that his platforms, Facebook and Instagram – suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story in the weeks before the 2020 election at the behest of FBI officials, noting that “it sucks” that the story… Continue Reading →
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted on Thursday that his platforms, Facebook and Instagram – suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story in the weeks before the 2020 election at the behest of FBI officials, noting that “it sucks” that the story… Continue Reading →
The Israeli military said Thursday it has filed terror charges against a senior member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group whose arrest in the occupied West Bank helped spark three days of heavy fighting in Gaza earlier this month. Islamic… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for teh Sefas Tamim Foundation A young graphic designer living in Eretz Yisroel finally found a position where she could effectively use her talents and hard work in school to make a living. Her employer seemed… Continue Reading →
Four more Republican-led states will ban almost all abortions this week as yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure takes effect following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. To date, 13 states have passed… Continue Reading →
CHICAGO (AP) — A person jumped the fence outside the FBI’s Chicago field office and began throwing rocks at the building on Thursday morning, authorities said. No injuries were reported in connection with the incident and Rob Sperling, a spokesman… Continue Reading →
Dollar Tree and Dollar General reported rising sales in the second quarter as four-decade high inflation drove more more customers to the bargain chain stores for everything from lightbulbs to groceries. Dollar stores tend to sell items in small quantities,… Continue Reading →
In a stunning validation of Republican accusations against the FBI being biased, whistleblowers say the agency deliberately dragged its feet on the Hunter Biden investigation and told agents not to look into the contents of his now-infamous laptop. Republican Sen…. Continue Reading →
CALIFORNIA (Yaakov M / VINnews) — In a bombshell interview with Joe Rogan, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that the FBI pressured the company to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation. As a result of the FBI… Continue Reading →
Dr. Mehmet Oz is taking a sharper tone in attacking the health of Democrat John Fetterman in their Pennsylvania Senate race, with the celebrity heart surgeon’s campaign saying that if the state’s lieutenant governor “had ever eaten a vegetable in… Continue Reading →
Since the petirah of HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen, much mention has been made at the shiva house about the special connection the Rosh Yeshivah, z’tl, had with HaGaon HaRav Menachem Man Shach, zt’l. On Tuesday night, when Bnei Brak Mayor… Continue Reading →
The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and signaling that Europe’s outbreak may be starting to decline, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency… Continue Reading →