Month September 2022
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind in the United States. The plan would target sites in the… Continue Reading →
On Sunday night, three individuals who suffered cardiac arrests in separate incidents were reunited with the United Hatzalah volunteers who saved their lives as part of a special event celebrating the lifesaving work of volunteers from the Carmel region of… Continue Reading →
U.S. intelligence officials predicted two years ago that the Islamic State group would likely regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and other Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement, according to… Continue Reading →
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen laid out her vision for a modernized, responsive, tech-savvy tax collection agency equipped to manage 21st century challenges at an IRS office in New Carrollton, Maryland, on Thursday. Yellen said the agency plans to hire 5,000… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic last-minute development which occurred in the last hour before the deadline for submitting Knesset lists for the forthcoming Israeli elections, the Joint Arab list split apart, with the Balad party splitting from Chadash-Ta’al and… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL (VINnews) — Several Gedolim in Israel, led by Hagaon Harav Gershon Edelstein shlit”a, released a statement effectively banning musical Selichos events which have become prevalent in recent years on the first night of Selichos. The letter essentially says that… Continue Reading →
A chasidish man in Boro Park became the victim of a suspected hate crime on Thursday when his hat was intentionally knocked off his head by a passing bicyclist. Footage of the incident, which occurred at 18th Ave. and 48th… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Rebbetzin Pesha SekulaWife Harav Avrohom SekulaBrother Harav Chaim Usher SekulaSon Harav Avrohom Yosef SekulaSon Harav Elisha SekulaSon Beginning Sunday afternoon Harav Shimon SekulaSon Will be sitting at 23 Jacaruso Drive, Spring Valley – Motzei Shabbos and Sunday… Continue Reading →
California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and unfair competition laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites. The 84-page lawsuit filed Wednesday… Continue Reading →
A newly constructed University of Michigan facility that will be home to the most powerful laser in the United States is hosting its first experiment this week as the nation seeks to become competitive again in the realm of high-power… Continue Reading →
A long-delayed plan to dismantle Interstate 375, a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) depressed freeway in Detroit that was built by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago, was a big winner of federal money Thursday, the first Biden administration grant awarded to tear… Continue Reading →
A House of Representatives hearing featuring a prominent environmental lawyer quickly went off the rails on Thursday when Republican Rep. Clay Higgins questioned the attorney. “Everything you have, your clothes, your glasses, the car. You got her on your phone,… Continue Reading →
A man in Germany was convicted of murder and given a life sentence Tuesday for fatally shooting a gas station clerk following a dispute over face masks. The September 2021 killing in the western town of Idar-Oberstein shocked the country…. Continue Reading →
Former President Donald Trump said that if he winds up indicted by the Justice Department over his handling of classified documents, the United States would face “problems… the likes of which perhaps we’ve never seen,” apparently suggesting that his supporters… Continue Reading →
Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation on household necessities like rent and food took a toll on family budgets. U.S. retail sales rose an unexpected 0.3% last month after falling 0.4%… Continue Reading →
Click here to watch livestream By Chaim Gold The Chofetz Chaim’s yahrtzeit is an eis ratzon. There is perhaps no one in recent generations who did so much to help and enrich Klal Yisrael – both in sur mei’rah and… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation Reuvain and Shimon, decided to purchase two lottery tickets together and pool their winnings. They reasoned that since the Gemorah says that the Mazel of two is greater than one (Bava… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Sfas Tamim Foundation Reuvain and Shimon, decided to purchase two lottery tickets together and pool their winnings. They reasoned that since the Gemorah says that the Mazel of two is greater than one (Bava… Continue Reading →
MK Nir Orbach on Thursday announced his retirement from politics “for right now.” Orbach warned that the right-wing bloc is still in danger of not receiving 61 mandates. “I suggest that all players wake up,” he warned in his announcement…. Continue Reading →
It’s not just rocket fuel propelling America’s first moonshot after a half-century lull. Strategic rivalry with China’s ambitious space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put… Continue Reading →
Props are a familiar part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s repertoire when delivering public speeches — from cartoon bombs at the United Nations to a wall of CDs and binders supposedly seized from Iran by Mossad agents. Now, the former prime minister… Continue Reading →