Month March 2023
BANGKOK (AP) — China threatened “serious consequences” Friday after the United States Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claimed was a… Continue Reading →
The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a comeback. Idaho lawmakers passed a… Continue Reading →
BEIRUT (AP) — A strike Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a U.S. contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said. American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in… Continue Reading →
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters were battling a blaze Friday at a warehouse that forced 3,400 people to evacuate, including students, police said. Thick smoke was seen pouring out from the building where the fire broke out around… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Friday characterized as “completely illegal” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wading into efforts to reform the judiciary, claiming his doing so violates the conflict-of-interest agreement allowing him to govern while his trials… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The month of Nissan is here. Some may feel relieved to get a “break” from Tachanun. And to be honest, it’s not just a Nissan thing. Throughout the year, when there’s a Bris… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence in London on Friday as protesters shouting “Shame!” In Hebrew demonstrated against the Israeli leader’s right-wing policies and his plans to overhaul the country’s judiciary…. Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com We do it every year. Negate the Chometz. But what is it, exactly, that we are doing? Our great Roshei Yeshiva have always taught us that we must look at everything that happens in… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VIN PODCAST) — Whether you support Donald Trump or not, the charges brought against him by woke DA Alvin Bragg are a total farce. There is nothing illegal about hush-money payments. This is yet another example of a… Continue Reading →
Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Managing Director of Coalition for Jewish Values, speaks with Tyler O’neill, Managing Editor at the Daily Signal. He blasts woke claims about “Christian values”, as well as leftist anti-religious Jews who manipulate Jewish values to advance their… Continue Reading →
ISRAEL (VINnews) — In a seemingly unprecedented move, senior Rabbis from the Dati Leumi community have released a letter to yeshiva students, calling on them to spread awareness to the public about the urgency of judicial reform. In their letter,… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — The lawyer for a one-time supporter of former President Donald Trump who has been caught up in a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory demanded Thursday that Fox News and host Tucker Carlson retract and apologize for repeated… Continue Reading →
The Los Angeles police chief and the department’s constitutional policing director are under investigation after the names and photographs of undercover officers were released to a technology watchdog group that posted them online, the Los Angeles Times reported. LAPD Chief… Continue Reading →
HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein engages in his regular schedule during Bein HaZemanin and delivered his daily shiur on Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Nissan, as usual. At about noon every day, the Rosh Yeshivah delivers a shiur to Ponovezh bochurim, avreichim and… Continue Reading →
A top Russian security official warned Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war and blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest, saying that such action would amount to a declaration of war and… Continue Reading →
Family getting up: Mr. Yaakov “Jack” BellFather Ms. Annie BellMother Mrs. Shifra Malik (Bell)Sister
Hyundai and Kia are telling the owners of more than 571,000 SUVs and minivans in the U.S. to park them outdoors because the tow hitch harnesses can catch fire while they are parked or being driven. The affiliated Korean automakers… Continue Reading →
BLOOMING GROVE (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Just hours after his newly built grocery store was consumed by flames, a Highland Mills man is filled, not with shock or heartache, but gratitude. In an exclusive interview with VIN News, mintleaf Kosher Market… Continue Reading →
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a… Continue Reading →
PARIS (AP) — Protesters filled the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday, with violence marring several marches, a day after President Emmanuel Macron further angered his critics by standing strong on a bill raising the retirement age that… Continue Reading →
(AP) – Starbucks’ new CEO Laxman Narasimhan says he plans to work a half-day shift once a month in one of the company’s stores in an effort to stay close to the company’s culture and customers. Narasimhan, who took the… Continue Reading →