Month February 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday he has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the technology failure last month that briefly halted all flights nationwide from taking off. Acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen… Continue Reading →
(AP) – Hyundai and Kia are rolling out software updates to stem a raft of auto thefts related to a TikTok challenge that authorities believe has led to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities. The updates are free… Continue Reading →
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket was hustled out out of a courtroom Wednesday after someone in the audience rushed at him and was restrained by a court officer. Payton… Continue Reading →
BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast. At a daily briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin gave no details… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Journalist Yossi Elituv, who recently lost his father Rabbi Shimon Elituv, one of the prominent disciples of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, described how a letter addressed to his father by the Rebbe and sent 55 years ago had… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch referred after his weekly shiur to the earthquake which occurred in Southern Turkey, killing tens of thousands of people. Rabbi Sternbuch entreated his students “not to accept shallow explanations from people on the street… Continue Reading →
A 66-year-old man who saved himself from a rampaging U-Haul truck driver with a frantic leap on a Brooklyn sidewalk said he doesn’t know how he managed to escape. Mohamed Abdelmagid, a car service driver, was strolling to his dispatch… Continue Reading →
Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, the face of her country’s independence movement for eight years, has announced her intention to resign, amid criticism of her drive to make it easier for people to legally change genders. Sturgeon made the announcement Wednesday… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A major rift erupted in the Netanyahu-led coalition after the Civil Administration for Judea and Samaria, officially still under the authority of Defense Minister Gallant, uprooted a Jewish-owned orchard and olive grove in the plains of Shilo…. Continue Reading →
Turkey’s recent earthquakes have led to nightmare images of collapsed buildings and bodies, some living and some not, pulled from under the rubble. Rescue and aid workers from around the world, including Israel, have been at work in the destroyed… Continue Reading →
A recent United Nations report on violence in Israel and the territories during the past year omitted 11 of the 31 Israelis who were murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists. Why do many international organizations, media outlets, and even the US… Continue Reading →
Yields 14 Crumble topping: 1½ sticks (¾ cup) unsalted butter, softened 1½ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup light brown sugar ¾ teaspoon cinnamon ¾ teaspoon sea salt Confectioners’ sugar, to dust Muffins: 2 cups diced strawberries 1 stick (½… Continue Reading →
Israel has an alarmingly small number of seismologists—scientists who study earthquakes. This is in spite of the fact that it lies along a major fault line known as the Dead Sea Fault, the most impressive tectonic feature in the entire… Continue Reading →
The torrential rains earlier this winter on the west coast and the recent devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria were light-years beyond anything my family and I ever experienced when we lived in Northern California in the late 1970s, but… Continue Reading →
Oyster Steak 1 tablespoon onion powder 1 tablespoon garlic powder 2 tablespoons salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 2 lb. oyster steak Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, mix together… Continue Reading →
Thousands of women and girls around the world have been captivated by the music of Bracha Jaffe. Her melodious voice and soulful performances keep audiences spellbound, but what many of her fans don’t know is what Bracha does for her… Continue Reading →
When I moved from out-of-town to New York, there was plenty of culture shock for me to go through. Everything is at least somewhat different here. There are many more buildings, all on top of one another, for example. Crossing… Continue Reading →
Amazed by the strength of Devorah, mother of Yaakov and Asher who were killed on Friday in a ramming attack. Watch her call for prayer – not blame or revenge. pic.twitter.com/3DRPUCRRkW — Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) February 13, 2023
Maybe they came from China. Maybe from somewhere farther away. A lot farther away. The downing of four aerial devices by U.S. warplanes has touched off rampant misinformation about the objects, their origin and their purpose, showing how complicated world… Continue Reading →
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whose groundbreaking political career shattered gender barriers from San Francisco’s City Hall to the corridors of Capitol Hill, said Tuesday she won’t seek reelection in 2024. The senator, who turns 90 in… Continue Reading →
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday that more than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week’s earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country’s founding 100 years ago. While the death toll… Continue Reading →