Thursday, April 25, 2024

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On Florida’s Horizon: Dust, Brilliant Sunsets And Allergies

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sunsets across Florida in the coming days could become even more spectacular, as clouds of dust from the Sahara desert sweep in across the Atlantic coast. ...

More Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Was In US By Year-End Of 2019

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NEW YORK (AP) — A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S...

US COVID-19 Deaths Hit 600,000, Equal To Yearly Cancer Toll

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the...

Ambassador Nikki Haley Outside Knesset: Iran Deal Is ‘Death Wish For Israel’

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, continued her tour of Israel and spoke with Fox News outside Israel's Knesset about the dangers of the Iran deal as ...

MacKenzie Scott Announces She’s Donating $2.7 Billion

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NEW YORK (AP) - MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her impromptu multi-billion dollar donations to charities and racial equity issues, announced Tuesday tha...

Fireworks Across State as Cuomo Drops All Remaining COVID Restrictions As New York State Reaches 70% Vaccination

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NEW YORK (AP) -Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate...

NYPD Union Endorses Andrew Yang For Mayor

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - After an endorsement by the FDNY union last week, Mayoral candidate Andrew yang landed another big endorsement from a law enforcement union. This time from the...

Charitable Giving In The U.S. Reaches All-Time High In 2020

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Galvanized by the racial justice protests and the coronavirus pandemic, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $471 billion in 2020, according to...

Biden Administration Pushes Plan To Combat Domestic Terror

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will enhance its analysis of threats from domestic terrorists, including the sharing of intelligence within law enforcement agenc...

Record Rise In US Wholesale Prices Over The Past Year

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices, driven by rising food costs, increased 0.8% in May and by a unprecedented amount over the past year as the U.S. economy emerges from pandemic lo...

President Biden Confuses Libya And Syria A Number Of Times During Press Conference

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — President Joe Biden appeared to confuse Libya with Syria a number of times during a press conference at the G-7 summit in Cornwall, England. In response to ...

22-Year-Old Chareidi Killed In Jordan Valley Road Accident A Week Before Wedding

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A 22-year-old Chareidi youth was killed Monday evening in a road accident in the Jordan Valley near Yericho, just a week before he was supposed to get married...

Rep. Greene Apologizes For Comparing Safety Masks, Holocaust

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized Monday for affronting people with recent comments comparing the required wearing of safety masks in the House to the horror...

Hundreds Rally In Ohio, Arizona Against Vandalism, Jew-Hatred And Anti-Semitism

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OHIO (JNS) - Groups of Jews and other community members in Arizona and Ohio gathered on Sunday to express their concern over the recent rise in anti-Semitism across the country and...

Biden Pays Tribute At Nato’s 9/11 Memorial

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BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden has paid tribute at NATO’s 9/11 memorial as he wraps up his meeting with members of the military alliance. Biden crossed himself and stood silentl...

David Weprin Endorsed By New York’s Jewish Community Leaders

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QUEENS (VINnews) – Assemblymember David Weprin, a top-tier candidate for New York City Comptroller, has been endorsed by a group of prominent Queens’s rabbis and Jewish community l...

Biden Says ‘Very Good’ Talks With Turk President

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BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden says he had a “very good meeting” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels. Biden’s brief comme...

WATCH: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Speaks At Surfside Shul Upon Signing The Hatzalah Bill

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FLORIDA (VINnews) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited The Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, FL on Monday. While there, he gave a press conference, and signed a new law recognizin...

WATCH: NYC Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams Visits The Ohel Of Lubavitcher Rebbe

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BROOKLYN (VINnews) - NYC Mayoral candidate Eric Adams visited the the grave site Of Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson on Sunday, as thousands visited to mark the ...

VIDEOS: Illinois Chemical Plant Explosion, Fires Prompt Evacuations

CHICAGO (AP) — An explosion at a northern Illinois chemical plant Monday morning sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air and d...