Month August 2022
TEXAS (Yaakov M / VINnews) — A large podcasting conference has apologized to its attendees, after an “uninvited guest” showed up. The offensive participant was Ben Shapiro, who hosts one of the most popular shows in history, with millions of… Continue Reading →
Former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday excoriated the US plan to renew the Iran nuclear deal amid reports that the US is drawing closer to signing a deal. Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday, Netanyahu said that the… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week as inflation worries remained at the fore and the slowdown in economic growth weighs on the housing market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate increased… Continue Reading →
North Korea on Thursday said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19. North… Continue Reading →
Maimonides Fail: social-media uproar after Jewish community leader shares his grandfather ignored at Maimonides ER for 36 hours It has just been three days since nearly 2,000 Boro Park residents rallied in solidarity with Save Maimonides and thousands more have… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge ordered the Justice Department on Thursday to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents…. Continue Reading →
Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump’s actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the level of obstruction of justice and that there was no precedent for a prosecution,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) – A Pennsylvania teacher who attended Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington has sued his former school district, saying it destroyed his reputation and career by falsely linking him to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection…. Continue Reading →
Sometimes, I feel like I’m in a dream. Running after something invisible. Running, running, but as far as I run, it’s always ahead. There are times when I get so close, and then, once again, it’s just out of reach…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecutors said Thursday. The two, both from… Continue Reading →
A half-hour drive or so from the resort where the high priests of international finance — leading economists and central bank officials — have convened in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss the world’s economic challenges, Ash Hermanowski oversees the distribution… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Once again Mayor Eric Adams is making strange new rules for police officers, rather than locking up criminals. NYPD patrolmen have been ordered not to engage in chit-chat on duty, and the rule… Continue Reading →
The NYPD said on Thursday that it has arrested and charged a man with hate crimes for slapping a Chasidic man in Williamsburg on Monday. Carrington Maddox, 31, has been charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime, as well… Continue Reading →
Six Chareidi women were mugged in the last two weeks on the streets of Bnei Brak by a motorcyclist who followed them, grabbed their purses, and sped away. A woman who was mugged on Wednesday evening tried to resist and… Continue Reading →
A Once A Year Opportunity The Special Children’s Summer ⚡Electric⚡ Concert on the Jersey Shore Beach Buy your tickets HERE TODAY Tickets are selling 💨FAST! Don’t miss out on this opportunity! August 31_ 6:45 PM _ CASINO BEACH, NJ Bring… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawyers for Detective Anthony Marciano asked the… Continue Reading →
Aiming to turn months of legislative accomplishments into political energy, President Joe Biden will hold a kickoff rally Thursday to boost Democrats’ fortunes 75 days out from the midterm elections. The event, in the safely Democratic Washington suburb of Rockville,… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Iranian-backed militia members were killed in U.S. strikes in Syria on Wednesday in response to attacks by the group in recent weeks, the U.S. military said Thursday. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces… Continue Reading →
Scientists have created “synthetic” mouse embryos from stem cells without a dad’s sperm or a mom’s egg or womb. The lab-created embryos mirror a natural mouse up to 8 ½ days after fertilization, containing the same structures, including one like… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the… Continue Reading →
A federal magistrate judge has ordered the unsealing of a redacted affidavit laying out the Justice Department’s evidence for the Aug. 8 search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into mishandling of classified information, theft of… Continue Reading →