Ashdod Falafel Store Owner Who Broke Down In Tears Suffers Heart Attack
ASHDOD (VINnews) — Yuval Carmi, the falafel store owner who touched the hearts of all Israelis when he broke down in tears during an emotional interview and described his deplorabl...
Israeli Study Reveals Why Some COVID-19 Patients Do Much Worse Than Others
JERUSALEM (israel21c.org) - An immune system run amok may be responsible for some Covid-19 patients faring worse than others, suggests a new international study led by immunology r...
Litzman Criticizes His Former Director-General For “Sowing Fear” During COVID-19 Outbreak
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an interview on Israel's Radio Two channel, outgoing Health Minister Yaakov Litzman attacked the outgoing director-general of his ministry, Moshe Bar Siman...
Thousands Defer Plans To Leave The Military During Crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Sgt. Antonio Gozikowski was planning to leave the military next month and head to college.
After serving for six years, the dental assistant's goal was to...
Alaska Lawmaker Apologizes ‘For Any Offense Taken’ After Likening Pandemic Regulations To Nazi Rules
ALASKA (JTA) — A Republican state lawmaker in Alaska said he did not mean to offend people when he compared restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic to measures impos...
US, European Leaders Weigh Reopening Risks Without A Vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — On a weekend when many pandemic-weary people emerged from weeks of lockdown, leaders in the U.S. and Europe weighed the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restri...
Cuomo Gets Tested For Coronavirus On Live TV
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo got tested for coronavirus on live TV Sunday as he announced all people in the state experiencing flu-like symptoms are now eligible for tests...
NY Widens Testing Eligibility As Social Distancing Hits Snag
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents who flouted social distancing restrictions for a night on the town got the mayor's wrath Sunday. The city's embattled health commissioner is...
In Detroit, NYC, Kindness Comes One Slice Of Pizza At A Time
NEW YORK (AP) — Before the pandemic, Shalinder Singh spent Sundays at his gurdwara, helping serve a community meal for 300 people or more at the Sikh place of worship in suburban D...
Mayor: New Yorkers Crowded Outside Bars Put Lives In Danger
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers who flouted coronavirus restrictions for a weekend night on the town got the mayor's wrath on Sunday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio admonished people seen cro...
R’ Hershel Huld, Founder Of Mayim Chayim Beverage Company, Succumbs To Coronavirus
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The founder of the first kosher le'mehadrin beverage company in New York has passed away in Monsey from the coronavirus at age 77. His coffin will be arriving ...
Coronavirus Masks A Boon For Crooks Who Hide Their Faces
CHICAGO (AP) — The way the FBI tells it, William Rosario Lopez put on a surgical mask and walked into the Connecticut convenience store looking to the world like a typical pandemic...
Watch: ZAKA Covid-19 Victim R’ Refael Sheinfeld’s 12 Children Part From Him In Song
BNEI BRAk (VINnews) — R' Refael Sheinfeld, a 59-year-old ZAKA volunteer in Tel Aviv and member of Chevra Kadisha Bnei Brak, passed away on Shabbat after contracting the coronavirus...
Chinese Ambassador To Israel Found Dead In His Herzliya Apartment
HERZLIYA (VINnews) — China’s Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, has been found dead in his Herzliya apartment. Israeli police have launched an investigation but initial findings sugges...
China Goes After US Over More Than $1 Billion Owed To The UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China is going after the United States over more than $1 billion that the Trump administration owes the United Nations in unpaid dues for its regular operatin...
New York Tourist Arrested In Honolulu After Posting Hawaii Beach Photos
HONOLULU (AP) — A tourist from New York was arrested for allegedly violating Hawaii's traveler quarantine after he posted on Instagram photos of himself sunbathing and carrying a s...
Obama Criticizes Virus Response In Online Graduation Speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation's response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online comm...
Cuomo: New Virus Cases In NY Coming From People Leaving Home
NEW YORK (AP) - New York’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases are predominantly coming from people who left their homes to shop, exercise or socialize, rather than from essential workers...
Ivanka Trump Tours Launch Of USDA’s Family Food Box Program
LAUREL, Md. (AP) — Billions of dollars worth of fruit, vegetables and other farm products that might have gone to waste because of the coronavirus pandemic will instead be delivere...
Sailors On Sidelined Carrier Get Virus For Second Time
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five sailors on the U.S. aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken ...