Friday, April 26, 2024

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Watch: Chareidi Runner Beatie Deutsch Is Face Of Adidas’s ‘Impossible Is Nothing’ Campaign

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Chareidi marathon runner Beatie Deutsch just missed the cutoff for the Olympic 2020 marathon race, but even getting close to an Olympic time is pretty amazing...

Analysis: Defiant Biden Is Face Of Chaotic Afghan Evacuation

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Four presidents share responsibility for the missteps in Afghanistan that accumulated over two decades. But only President Joe Biden will be the face of the war's...

Newsom Using Stark Language As He Seeks To Stay In Office

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is using increasingly stark language as he campaigns in the final month of a tight recall election, calling it “a matter of l...

Report Shows Big Spike In Mail Ballots During 2020 Election

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ATLANTA (AP) — Fewer than one-third of voters casting ballots in last year's U.S. presidential election did so at a polling place on Election Day as the coronavirus pandemic led st...

T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach, Says It’s Investigating Scope

NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile says it is investigating a leak of its data after someone took to an online forum offering to sell the personal information of cellphone users. The comp...

Video Replay: Biden Says ‘I Stand Squarely Behind’ Decision To Withdraw US Forces, Says Afghan Collapse Was Quicker Than Anticipated

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Striking a defiant tone, President Joe Biden said Monday that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan and that the Afgha...

Israeli Government To Discuss Lowering Military Exemption Age From 24 To 21

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli government is set to discuss the framework which would allow the exemption age from military service to be lowered from 24 to 21. The goal of this...

S&P Hits New Record Amid Rising Concerns About Pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) - Stock indexes are closing at record highs on Wall Street Monday, despite rising coronavirus infections in the U.S. and around the globe, as well as geopolitical con...

Billions Spent On Afghan Army Ultimately Benefitted Taliban

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ...

New York City To Require Proof Of COVID-19 Shot

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NEW YORK — New York City will begin requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday for anyone wanting to partake in much of public life including dining at an indoor restauran...
Israeli soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda brigade, the Israeli army battalion for Orthodox soldiers and Yeshiva students, in action during the battalion ground maneuver exercise in the Golan Heights near the Israeli-Syrian border, 19 May 2014. EPA/ABIR SULTAN

IDF Soldiers From Chareidi Battalion Nab Armed Terrorist Dressed In Fake IDF Uniform

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — IDF soldiers in the Binyamin region arrested a Palestinian in his 20's on Monday afternoon dressed in a soldier's uniform. The terrorist was identified by loc...

US Agency Opens Formal Probe Into Tesla Autopilot System

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DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot partially automated driving system, saying it has trouble spotting parked emergency vehi...

Israel’s Benevolent Heroes Revealed

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A social media page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/beautifulIsraelis) silhouetting Israelis who go out of their way to help others in unique ways has publis...

Biden Team Surprised By Rapid Taliban Gains In Afghanistan

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials have been stunned by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal...

Watch: Metzudah Winery Gutted In Jerusalem Hills Fire

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The fire which spread Sunday in the Jerusalem Hills destroyed 17,000 dunams of forests, four times more than the fire last June which broke out near Neve Ilan...

Melbourne Jewish Engagement Party Flouting Lockdown Angers Local Gov’t: ‘Dangerous, Selfish Behavior’

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NEW YORK (VINnews/JTA) — Video from a packed engagement party is roiling the Jewish community of Melbourne, Australia, amid a growing outbreak of COVID-19 that has extended yet ano...

USDA To Permanently Boost Food Stamp Benefits By 25 Percent

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families—the largest single i...

US Mulls COVID Vaccine Boosters For Elderly As Early As Fall

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next coup...

Schumer Calls For Federal Crackdown On Fake Vaccine Cards

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s an...

2020 US Census Shows Significant Increases In Major Jewish Communities in Northeast Of US

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Data from the 2020 Census Bureau which have just been released show B'H a significant increase over the previous 2010 Census in the number of people in the maj...