Month September 2022
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) — Security cameras, which are already ubiquitous on New York’s streets, will soon be installed in all of the city’s nearly 6,400 subway cars as officials work to rebuild riders’ faith in the system’s safety. The… Continue Reading →
When President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive student loan debt, many borrowers who kept making payments during the pandemic wondered if they’d made the right choice. Borrowers who paid down their debt during a pandemic freeze that started… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Friday (9/23/22)PM Mrs. Batya Goldwag Wife Thursday and Friday in Chicago Mrs. Sandra Walzman Sister Wednesday evening from 7 pm to 10 pm, Thursday all day from 9:30 am to 10 pm and Friday from 9:30 am… Continue Reading →
A U.S. court has ordered the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah to pay millions of dollars in damages to a group of Americans who sued saying they were wounded by the group’s rockets during a war with Israel in 2006. The… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — When we think about fashion, what comes to mind is the various designers whose style of clothing we admire. We think about the psychology of fashion, and what one’s choice of clothes say about them. We… Continue Reading →
The number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August, while fewer migrants from Mexico and some Central American countries were stopped, officials said Monday. Venezuelans surpassed Guatemalans and Hondurans to become the second-largest… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Cameras caught a man beating an 85-year-old woman to death in the central Israeli town of Holon, in what Israeli authorities are saying is a likely terrorist attack. Police are seeking Moussa Sarsour, a 28-year-old West Bank… Continue Reading →
A disturbing violent incident occurred moments ago in Marine Park when a male shot a woman walking with her child before grabbing the child and fleeing. The incident occurred on Stuart Street and Avenue S, just outside a public school… Continue Reading →
A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet’s surface. Scientists reported Monday that Mars InSight detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts in 2020 and 2021. A satellite… Continue Reading →
The Shas party, which has always appealed to Sephardi Israelis’ deep connection to their heritage, utilized the inherent ruchniyus of Elul and the days of Selichos to publish a Selichos-themed campaign video. The late Gedolim HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef, z’tl… Continue Reading →
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In an alarming assessment, the head of the United Nations warned world leaders Tuesday that nations are “gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction” and aren’t ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity’s future —… Continue Reading →
After 80 years of unending family purity, Taharat Ha’Mishpacha is concluding another year of activity * 12 mikvaos constructed or refurbished over the past year, tens of thousands of immersions, with everything together illustrating the incredible merits of the largest… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — A coalition of lawyers and advocacy groups said Tuesday it has referred the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on behalf of her family, calling on prosecutors to investigate… Continue Reading →
The long-delayed capital murder trial of Robert Bowers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will begin in April, a federal judge has ruled. Robert Bowers, a Baldwin resident who has pleaded not guilty, could be sentenced to death if convicted… Continue Reading →
The long-delayed capital murder trial of Robert Bowers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will begin in April, a federal judge has ruled. Robert Bowers, a Baldwin resident who has pleaded not guilty, could be sentenced to death if convicted… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers Nov. 1 but will continue to require its own workers to be inoculated, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday in another sign of the city’s… Continue Reading →
A federal judge on Monday blocked Alabama from executing an inmate who says the state lost his paperwork requesting an alternative to lethal injection. U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker, Jr. issued a preliminary injunction to block the state from… Continue Reading →
Iran told the United Nation’s highest court on Monday that Washington’s confiscation of some $2 billion in assets from Iranian state bank accounts to compensate bombing victims was an attempt to destabilize the Iranian government and a violation of international… Continue Reading →
Warning that the world is in “great peril,” the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and inequality — and address divisions… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Prime Minister Liz Truss has kicked off her first visit to the United States as Britain’s leader with an admission that a U.K-U.S. free trade deal is not going to happen for years. Truss said a… Continue Reading →
The Orthodox Union (OU) — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization — is pleased to announce that Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer was appointed on Monday by U.S. Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the agency’s… Continue Reading →