3 Dead In Knife Attack In French Church; Terrorism Suspected
PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in F...
Justice Department Ramps Up Inquiry Into NY Care Home Deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department vastly expanded an inquiry Wednesday that could determine whether New York is undercounting coronavirus deaths among nursing home reside...
Meet A Rabbi Voting For Biden
QUEENS (JTA) - Rabbi Barry Kornblau, the rabbi of the Young Israel of Hollis Hills in Queens and a previous staff member at the Rabbinical Council of America, will not forget the m...
FBI Says Extremist Threatened Trump, Obama In Online Posts
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man charged in an alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor also made threatening online comments about President Donald Trump, former presiden...
Feds Issue Coverage Plan For COVID-19 Vaccine And Treatments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials Wednesday issued insurance coverage rules designed to deliver on the promise that every American will have access to free COVID-19 vaccin...
Cuomo Downgrades Orange County COVID Cluster From Red To Orange
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - There was some good news for residents of Orange County’s COVID micro-cluster on Wednesday, with Governor Andrew Cuomo citing a significant drop in...
Former DHS Official Says He Wrote ‘Anonymous’ Trump Critique
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” made his identify public Wednesday.
Miles...
‘None Of You Should Be Seen At These Protests’: Satmar Rabbi Denounces Borough Park Protests
NEW YORK (JTA) — A leader of a major Hasidic sect denounced protests earlier this month where local Orthodox Jews voiced their anger at lockdown measures targeting their neighborho...
Report: Trump Administration Set To Allow ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ On Passports
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Trump administration is set to allow Jerusalem-born U.S. passport holders to add “Israel” to their birthplaces, Politico reported.
On Wednesday, Politico q...
Social Media CEOs Get Earful On Bias, Warning Of New Limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — With next week's election looming, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google received a hectoring from Republicans at a Senate hearing Wednesday for alleged anti-c...
US Charges 8 In Alleged Chinese Surveillance Effort In US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was...
Protest Concert Outside Israeli Knesset To Open Cultural Events, But What About Torah Study?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Some 100 members of a number of orchestras around Israel gathered near the Knesset to conduct a unique protest against the continued closure of cultural event...
Melania Trump Slams Biden, Dems In First Solo Campaign Stop
ATGLEN, Pa. (AP) — Melania Trump lined up squarely with her husband Tuesday on her first solo trip of the 2020 campaign, slamming Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she pushed t...
Judge Stops Election Day Gun Ban Near Michigan Polling Sites
DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday blocked a ban on the open display of guns near Michigan polling places on Election Day, agreeing with critics who said a Democratic secretary of s...
Bipartisan House Bill To Be Introduced To Provide Israel With Bunker-Buster Bombs
WASHINGTON (JNS) — A bill that would allow the United States to provide Israel bunker busters is reportedly expected to be introduced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives...
America To Recognize Israeli Settlements As Legal Under International Law
JERUSALEM (JNS) — The United States and Israel will eliminate territorial restrictions for bilateral agreements in a ceremony on Wednesday.
The move will build upon a policy shi...
Social Media CEOs To Face Grilling From Republican Senators
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than a week before Election Day, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are set to be grilled by Republican senators making unfounded allegations that the ...
Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak Sues Facebook and Google For Keeping ‘Libelous’ Posts About Him
RISHON LETZION (VINnews) — Israeli rabbi Amnon Yitzchak, who specializes in helping Israelis return to their religious roots, appeared in court in a suit which he instigated agains...
Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Wisconsin To Get Early Votes In
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and Republicans in the battleground state of Wisconsin were pushing Tuesday to get 320,000 outstanding absentee ballots returned by the close of poll...
US Issues New Sanctions On Sales To, Exports Of Iranian Oil
NEW YORK (JNS) — The Trump administration announced on Monday a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector.
The Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, the National Iranian Oil C...