Month December 2020
An internal report circulated at high echelons in the Health Ministry said that thousands of Israelis who returned to the country between late October and early December were diagnosed with… Read more » The post Report: Thousands Returning from Abroad… Continue Reading →
The New York City Police Department has arrested a suspect in the vandalization of four Midwood shuls last Shabbos. Between 12:20 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Friday night, the man scrawled… Read more » The post Suspect in Vandalization of 4… Continue Reading →
Former Finance Ministry accountant-general Prof. Yaron Zelekha announced on Wednesday night that he is forming a new political party focused on economic issues called “The Economic Party” and is joining the race for the next Knesset. Zelekha slammed the current… Continue Reading →
The US State Department approved the potential sale of 3,000 precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, according to a Pentagon statement on Tuesday, Reuters reported. The $290-million deal includes 3,000 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) munitions, containers, support equipment,… Continue Reading →
Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years,… Read more » The post Federal Checks Salvage Otherwise Dreadful… Continue Reading →
REDMOND, WA (AP) — Microsoft said Thursday in a blog pos t that hackers tied to a massive intrusion of dozens of U.S. government agencies and private companies snuck farther into its systems than previously thought, although the intrusion doesn’t… Continue Reading →
Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed 5,253 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours on Thursday morning, the third day in a row that over 5,000 new daily virus cases were recorded, with tests showing a 5.5% positivity rate. There are… Continue Reading →
Let’s be real: 2020 has been an utter dumpster fire. So much apparent bad happened throughout this year that some are considering whether it was the worst year in world history. It probably wasn’t, but the fact that there’s a… Continue Reading →
The hacking group behind the SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft Corp and access some of its source code, Microsoft said on Thursday. In a blog post, Microsoft… Read more » The post SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Microsoft Source… Continue Reading →
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called for the immediate release of 10 Hong Kong activists who were sentenced to between seven months and three years in jail… Read more » The post State Department Calls for Immediate… Continue Reading →
U.S. President Donald Trump headed back to Washington from his Florida resort on Thursday, a day earlier than planned, as he continued his fight with Congress over a defense bill… Read more » The post Trump Heads Back to Washington… Continue Reading →
Police in Minneapolis on Thursday released body-camera video from a traffic stop one night earlier that ended with a man shot dead, an extraordinarily quick move aimed at stemming public anger over the city’s first police-involved death since George Floyd… Continue Reading →
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has jolted the San Francisco Bay Area on the last day of 2020. The U.S. Geological Survey says the offshore quake struck around 5:40 a.m. Thursday… Read more » The post Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Jolts San… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska issued a pointed rebuke Thursday of GOP attempts to object Jan. 6 to the Electoral College tally of the presidential election, warning colleagues against a “dangerous ploy” that could damage the… Continue Reading →
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Residents of a Queens neighborhood are dealing with a squirrely threat. Denizens of the New York City borough’s Rego Park neighborhood say an aggressive squirrel has jumped on them and… Read more » The post Serial Squirrel: Neighbors Keep Eye… Continue Reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who made reports of an alliance between the Blue and White and Joint Arab List parties the target of recent campaigns, said on Thursday that… Read more » The post Netanyahu Says He Won’t Rule… Continue Reading →
California on Thursday surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, the third state to do so after New York and Texas, health officials said. The grim milestone… Read more » The post California is Third State to… Continue Reading →
Former Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang appears to be nearing an announcement to run for mayor of New York City. A video posted to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon appeared to show Yang shooting footage for an announcement to run for… Continue Reading →