Month June 2023
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — So many people knew something wasn’t right at the 116-year-old Davenport apartment building. The structural engineer who documented the shaky wall. The head of a masonry company who wouldn’t let his workers onto the site…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eliza Shapiro, the so-called NY Times “journalist” who’s made it her life’s mission to attack yeshivas, has been embarrassed on twitter by former City Councilman David Greenfield. After posting a disingenuous tweet against a renowned Mashgiach… Continue Reading →
Nineteen soldiers were injured, one moderately and 18 lightly, in a serious traffic accident between a bus and truck at an intersection in southern Israel on Sunday. A bus with 39 soldiers aboard was on the way to an IDF… Continue Reading →
(AP) – American Airlines and JetBlue said Friday they should be allowed to keep selling tickets on each other’s flights in the Northeast and link their frequent-flyer programs despite losing an antitrust trial over their partnership. The Justice Department said… Continue Reading →
(AP) – New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van following his arrest last year, the… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller)- Pre-holiday travel woes were transformed from a major headache into a global lesson in kindness and brotherhood, when the lives of strangers from two very different Jewish communities intersected on a North Jersey roadway late last… Continue Reading →
LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament with a blast at fellow lawmakers he accused of ousting him in a “witch hunt.” As opponents jeered, the Conservative government absorbed… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — People in New York who have old criminal records could have them automatically sealed as long as they remain out of trouble for a certain number of years under a bill passed by lawmakers in the… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an unusual statement for a chareidi leader, Rabbi Dovid Leibel, the president of the Achvas Torah communities, spoke at a meeting for hundreds of members of the communities in Beit Shemesh and stressed that chareidi married… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents is set to play out in a federal court in Florida. But about a thousand miles away, part of Trump’s defense is well underway in a… Continue Reading →
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Republican White House candidate Ron DeSantis plowed ahead Saturday with efforts to portray himself as his party’s staunchest national conservative leader, even as the 2024 GOP race has been disrupted by drama surrounding the 37-count felony… Continue Reading →
PHILADELPHIA – Portions of Interstate 95 have collapsed after a large fire broke out Sunday morning, bringing traffic to a standstill and closing down parts of a major roadway. All north and southbound lanes are closed near Cottman Avenue and… Continue Reading →
(VINnews Podcast) — Rabbi Leo Dee is a truly amazing individual. He joined the VIN podcast to share his wisdom, emotions, and recent life experiences, in the wake of the unspeakable loss of his wife Lucy and daughters Maia and… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (VINnews) — 7-year-old Samuel Steigler lives in the tiny Brazilian town of Coritiba, where being Jewish is an anomaly. Despite this he proudly walks around with his Tzitzis and Kippa, after his family became closer to Judaism via… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak spoke Saturday night in Haifa and urged those attending protests against the judicial reforms to take further steps including civil disobedience. Speaking at a protest rally, Barak said that “We will… Continue Reading →
BORO PARK (VINnews) — Yeshiva leaders and askanim met with Mayor Eric Adams this week at the home of Rav Moshe Wolfson, a renowned Mashgiach and the Rav of Emunas Yisrael. The participants expressed to the mayor their immense gratitude… Continue Reading →
KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A university professor who spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers resurfaced Friday and raised his face to the sun for the first time since March 1. Dr. Joseph… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official. The official, who was not authorized… Continue Reading →
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Four Indigenous children who disappeared 40 days ago after surviving a small plane crash in the Amazon jungle were found alive Friday, Colombian authorities announced, ending an intense search that gripped the nation. The children were… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the… Continue Reading →