Month January 2023
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Dominican man who was lost at sea for 24 days has survived, in part by consuming ketchup, garlic powder and bouillon cubes, according to officials. Elvis Francois, 47, was rescued Jan. 15 after he was… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Radio calls from the stricken Beechcraft A36 carrying Boruch Taub z’l and Benjamin Chafetz z’l show just how close the two were to landing their plane safely. Pilot Taub, who was flying the single-engine airplane, had… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to implement the directive of the Supreme Court and fire Shas leader Aryeh Deri from his government during Sunday’s cabinet meeting. The firing will go into effect on Tuesday. Currently… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian militant allegedly tried to stab an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and the Israeli shot and killed the Palestinian. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the Palestinian man as Tariq Maali, 42, and… Continue Reading →
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who has spent more than two years as President Joe Biden’s top aide, is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up… Continue Reading →
CLEVELAND (VINnews) — A friend of Ben Chafetz z”l, the airplane passenger who tragically perished in a crash on Thursday R”L, has posted messages to Twitter, describing Ben’s immeasurable, almost incomprehensible, generosity and selflessness. On Friday, Ben’s friend Chaikel Kaufman… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday and located six additional documents containing classification markings and also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday. Bob Bauer, the… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system, measures that opponents say imperil the country’s democratic… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman called Tuesday for President Biden to intervene in Israel’s judicial reforms, claiming that they will negatively impact US regional security concerns, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial supporting exactly… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Right-wing leaders criticized Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant for hurrying to dismantle an outpost erected early Friday morning in memory of Rabbi Chaim Druckman near the community of Migdalim. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich… Continue Reading →
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For isolated communities at the top of the world, keeping the planet’s largest land predators — polar bears — out of town is key to coexistence. That can mean patrolling for the animals by snowmobile or… Continue Reading →
BANGKOK (AP) — A suspect wanted in in connection with an alleged stock manipulation scheme that led a small New Jersey delicatessen to be listed as a public company worth $100 million has agreed to his voluntary extradition to the… Continue Reading →
By: Chaya Chazan As a bochur and a newly married couple, I’d been to Russia and Ukraine on multiple occasions. I was a head counselor at a Ukrainian kids’ camp, and led Pesach sedarim in Russia. I felt drawn… Continue Reading →
HONG KONG (AP) — As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games… Continue Reading →
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CHICAGO (AP) — In more than 140 cities across the United States, ShotSpotter’s artificial intelligence algorithm and intricate network of microphones evaluate hundreds of thousands of sounds a year to determine if they are gunfire, generating data now being used… Continue Reading →
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire destroyed about 60 makeshift homes in a densely packed neighborhood surrounded by some of the wealthiest streets of South Korea’s ultramodern capital Friday. Firefighters extinguished the flames in Seoul’s Guryong village within about… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Less than a day after the tragic plane crash that took their lives, two Cleveland residents are being recalled as role models of the local Jewish community who lived to help others. The Jewish community… Continue Reading →
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Summer Myomick bundled her baby against the freezing winds whipping off the Bering Sea and stepped outside into a blur of blowing snow. It was a short walk from the school where she had visited relatives… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai,… Continue Reading →