Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Health

White House Yahoo Reporter Apologizes To Trump For Question

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Yahoo News reporter apologized to President Donald Trump on Tuesday for misreading a chart and getting wrong the numbers he used as the basis for a question on U....

Ford Posts $2B 1Q Loss Blamed Largely On Coronavirus

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. posted a $2 billion first-quarter net loss, blaming nearly all of it on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The automaker said Tuesday that its...

Starbucks Sales Fall As Virus Cripples Global Operations

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SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks said Tuesday that its global sales plunged in the first three months of the year as coronavirus-related shutdowns crippled its global operations. The Se...

Caffeine Bought Online Killed Teen. But Is Amazon At Fault?

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland in May 2014. S...

Trump To Sign Order Keeping Meat Processing Plants Open

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because ...

Fiancee Texts ‘They’re Putting Me On A Ventilator, It’s A 50/50 Chance, I Love You’, Dies Next Day

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Richard McKeag spent the last month of his life volunteering as a carer in his community until the telltale symptoms began. First came the dry cough followed by a fever and before ...

Israeli Yeshivos May Return Under Minister Deri’s Framework, Lag Ba’Omer Bonfires Cancelled

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel gradually returns to normal activity, with all stores open except for markets and malls, the question of how Yeshivas can return to their previous r...

Virus-Altered Grading System Announced For NYC Students

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City schools will implement a new grading system for the remainder of the coronavirus-disrupted school year, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday. Ele...

Watch: Blue Angels And Thunderbirds Salute New York Coronavirus Responders With Flyover

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NEW YORK (AP) - Jets from Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds flew over New York City on Tuesday in a tribute to the medical personnel, first responders and other e...

Nearly 102, NY Woman Born During Spanish Flu Survives Second Pandemic

MOHEGAN LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman who was born during the Spanish Flu pandemic has survived COVID-19. Angelina Friedman, who lives in a nursing home in Lake Mohegan, wa...

UN Chief: Use Pandemic To ‘Rebuild Our World For The Better’

BERLIN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres challenged leaders Tuesday to use the coronavirus pandemic to “rebuild our world for the better” by also working together to t...

Companies Seek To Limit Legal Liability For Virus Infections

NEW YORK (AP) - As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers and customers infecte...

Watch: Kretchinov Chosid Says Memorial Prayers For Fallen Soldier With United Hatzalah Comrades

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REHOVOT (VINnews) — On Israel's Memorial Day this year the government took the painful step of prohibiting families from visiting the graves of their loved ones due to the fear of ...

`Infecting Our Dreams’: Pandemic Sabotages Sleep Worldwide

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NEW YORK (AP) - For millions of people around the world dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, sleep brings no relief. The horrors of COVID-19, and the surreal and frightening w...

Prominent New York City ER Commits Suicide After Treating COVID-19 Patients: ‘She Tried To Do Her Job And It Killed Her’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — In a tragic corollary to the effects of treating the coronavirus pandemic on medical personnel, a prominent New York ER committed suicide after weeks of treati...

Flatbush Jewish Journal Mourns Coronavirus Victims In 50 Pages Of Obituaries

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NEW YORK (VINnews) —The Flatbush Jewish Journal, a weekly Orthodox publication based in Brooklyn, published no less than fifty pages of obituaries in its most recent issue, a testi...

The US Reopening Is Coming, But ‘Normal’ Is Still A Ways Off

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NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal? As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the sprea...

Neighbor Who Tweeted Appreciation For Jewish Public Prayers Receives A Special Gift

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MONTREAL, CANADA (VINnews) — After a Montreal resident tweeted her appreciation of the public prayers taking place near her house, she was surprised and gratified to receive a lett...

CDC Compiles New Guidelines To Help Organizations Reopen

WASHINGTON (AP) — Businesses should close break rooms. Restaurants should consider disposable menus and plates. Schools should have students eat lunch in their classrooms. These...

Trump Urges States To Consider Opening Schools Before Summer

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens already have...