Biden Says US-Led Evacuation From Kabul Is Accelerating
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, although it rema...
Moving Inland, Tropical Storm Henri Drenches Northeast
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Tropical Storm Henri socked the Northeast with heavy wind and rain as it made landfall Sunday on the coast of Rhode Island, knocking out power to over 100,000...
Gov. Cuomo Says Storm Won’t Stop His Planned Resignation
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his second-to-last day in office projecting an image that he is still in control, and still fully engaged as the state dealt with h...
Pop-Up Restaurants May Stick Around As COVID Sees Resurgence
NEW YORK (AP) — Pop-up restaurants, many started as stopgap measures by struggling chefs and owners, may have staying power as consumers continue to embrace takeout and delivery an...
Cuomo’s Drive To Dominate Led To Success, And His Downfall
NEW YORK (AP) - Back in 2018, when there was talk he might run for president, Andrew Cuomo insisted there was only one reason he would leave office early. And it wasn't the White H...
At Least 10 Killed In Tennessee Flash Floods; Dozens Missing
McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee left at least ten people dead and dozens missing Saturday as record-shattering rainfall washed away homes and rural r...
‘Imbecilic’: Ex-UK Leader Tony Blair Slams Afghan Withdrawal
LONDON (AP) — Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the U.S. decision to withdraw from the country has...
Biden’s View Of Job Comes Into Focus After Afghan Collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden made up his mind about Afghanistan months — really years — ago.
For more than a decade, Biden advocated for an end to American involvement ...
What’s Worse: Wind Or Rain? What To Know As Henri Approaches
NEW YORK (AP) — Henri was downgraded to a tropical storm ahead of its expected landfall Sunday in the Northeast. Here's everything to know about this weekend's weather that's tropi...
Biden Sees Dip In Support Amid New COVID Cases: AP-NORC Poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing a summer slump, with Americans taking a notably less positive view of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his job approval ...
Henri Weakens To Tropical Storm Ahead Of Northeast Landfall
NEW YORK (AP) - Henri weakened slightly to a tropical storm early Sunday but still packed wind gusts of up to 75 mph in some areas as it was slated to pummel a long stretch of nort...
PM Bennett Retweets Rav Kanievski’s Daughter Rebbetzin Kolodetsky, Urging Everyone To Vaccinate
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett picked up a tweet by Rebbetzin Kolodetsky, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Kanievski, calling on every member of the public from the ag...
What The CDC And Others Have Not Told Us About COVID: Interview With Dr. Richard Gunderman, Author Of Contagion: Plagues, Pandemics and Cures
INDIANA (VINnews) — It was roughly a year and a half ago, during the very early stages of Covid, when local politicians were telling us that parades will go on and everything is fi...
Watch: Baby Transferred Over Fence In Kabul And Given To American Soldiers
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The traumatic pictures emerging from Kabul airport as thousands of people desperately try to escape the Taliban regime included some pictures of women and chil...
BDE: Admor Of Lizhensk-Boro Park Passes Away At Age 81
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Rabbi Meir Leifer, who was known as the Lizhensk-Boro Park Rebbe, passed away just before Shabbos at the age of 81.
Rabbi Leifer was born to Rabbi Yissocher...
For US Military Leaders, Afghan News Strikes Personal Chord
WASHINGTON (AP) — For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week's news was profoundly personal.
The photos and videos pouring out of Afghanistan hit a nerve, and triggered...
Miami Beach Suspends Law Used Against People Filming Police
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach police officers are no longer enforcing a new law that critics believe has emboldened officers to arrest bystanders using their phones to film ...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID Claim Denounced As Racist
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated Black people — comments that were quickly denounced as r...
Orlando Mayor Urges Water Limits Because Of COVID-19 Surge
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of the Florida city of Orlando asked residents on Friday to stop watering their lawns and washing their cars immediately, saying water usage needed t...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Wife Hospitalized For COVID
CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, acc...