Month August 2022
U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the country. The competitive grants are more than double the amount… Continue Reading →
U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects on Thursday, paving the way for new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in scores of communities across the country. The competitive grants are more than double the amount… Continue Reading →
A man accused of firing shots inside the Mall of America before fleeing the suburban Minneapolis shopping complex with the help of several accomplices has been arrested in Chicago, authorities said. Shamar Alon Lark, 21, of Minneapolis, was arrested Thursday… Continue Reading →
U.S. consumers are breathing a bit easier now that gasoline prices have come down from record levels, but pump prices are still high, and the two-month slide could be nearing an end. The nationwide average price for a gallon of… Continue Reading →
Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer. Talc will be replaced by cornstarch, the company said…. Continue Reading →
A flagship Democratic economic bill perched on the edge of House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead triumph on his climate, health and tax goals that could energize his party ahead of November’s elections…. Continue Reading →
Former President Donald Trump called late Thursday for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant, with Attorney General Merrick… Continue Reading →
Donald Trump is reportedly scared stiff that people around him – even his professed allies – are wearing wires to record the things he says, with the former president believing that there might be a “rat” in his midst. As… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the unfathomable tragedy which occurred Thursday night in Jerusalem, three members of one family from Ofakim lost their lives after a bus rolled down an incline and slammed into them in full view of other stunned… Continue Reading →
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills as he defends himself against a workplace harassment claim — and he’s suing the attorney general over it. Cuomo filed the suit against Attorney General Letitia James… Continue Reading →
For the past several years, hundreds of thousands of Jews across the world have dedicated the day of Tu B’Av (today) to daven for all who need shidduchim. It has become known as Tu B’Av Together. Since the times of… Continue Reading →
Torrential rains across southwestern Yemen and the country’s capital of Sanaa have triggered flashfloods and collapsed homes, killing at least 38 people over the past two days, officials said Thursday. Scores of homes in Sanaa and the provinces of Dhamar… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON DC (Yaakov M / VINnews) In a stunning admission, the IRS has insinuated that it will unfairly target the wealthy. Following intense criticism for its decision to hire 87,000 new IRS agents, the Biden administration suggested that high-income earners… Continue Reading →
Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the company’s annual Prime Day… Continue Reading →
In the wake of Operation Breaking Dawn, many journalists and academics in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain condemned the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror group for firing on Israel, saying that PIJ is simply a tool of… Continue Reading →
Los Angeles’ Skid Row is usually a place most people try to avoid. Packed with homeless people’s tents and deviants of all sorts, it’s the type of place that regular folk steer far away from. This Tisha B’av, however, a… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) – The families of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian attackers at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich will not attend a 50-year anniversary ceremony organized by German authorities, saying they deserve more compensation and a fuller reckoning… Continue Reading →
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates soared this week in a continued volatile market as the key 30-year loan rate jumped back over 5%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the 30-year rate rose to 5.22% from 4.99% last week. By… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants taxpayers to foot his legal bills as he defends himself against a workplace sexual harassment claim — and he’s suing the attorney general over it. Cuomo filed the suit… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Tu B’Av is a special day in the Jewish calendar, involving Shidduchim, the king’s daughter, and the Kohen Gadol’s daughter. Other than that, not too many people know much about it – aside from… Continue Reading →
An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, with a fellow officer was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot… Continue Reading →