Senate Aims To Boost Tech Industry In Competition With China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was on pace to approve legislation Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other te...
US Increasingly Unlikely To Meet Biden’s July 4 Vax Goal
WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is on...
ProPublica: Many Of The Uber-Rich Pay Next To No Income Tax
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rich really are different from you and me: They’re better at dodging the tax man.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011. Tesla foun...
Pipeline CEO: Ransom Payment ‘Hardest Decision’ Of Career
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of the massive fuel pipeline hit by ransomware said Tuesday that authorizing a multi-million-dollar payment to hackers was the right thing to ...
Embattled New Jersey Corrections Commissioner To Resign
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's embattled corrections commissioner announced his resignation Tuesday, a day after Gov. Phil Murphy said the state would shutter its long-troubled ...
Florida Judge Favors Pre-Dawn Partying In Rowdy South Beach
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida judge has sided with the Clevelander hotel in a lawsuit over a new Miami Beach law that sets a 2 a.m. closing time in the South Beach entertainment dis...
EXPLAINER: How Will Insurers Cover A New Alzheimer’s Drug?
Federal regulators have approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, leaving patients waiting to see how insurers will handle the pricey new treatment.
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Bennett’s Coalition Agreement Reveals Eight Proposed Bills Which Could Harm Chareidi Interests Irrevocably
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The full coalition agreements for the new Bennett-Lapid government have been revealed in the past few hours and include a number of proposals which the partie...
Israel’s UN Envoy Meets With AP Executives Tells Them Hamas Sought To Jam Iron Dome From Your Gaza Media Tower
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan twitted that he visited the AP HQ in New York to explain to top executives that the building housing thei...
Biden To Launch Task Force On Bottlenecks In Supply Chains
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has completed a 100-day review of supply chains and will form a task force to address the bottlenecks in the semiconductor, construction,...
Global Sting: FBI-Encrypted App Tricks Organized Crime
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A global sting involving an encrypted communications platform developed by the FBI has sparked raids and arrests around the world, delivering “an unpr...
With COVID Fading, Cuomo Shares Info Hospital Visitation Guidelines With Jewish Community
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - As New York continues to slowly work its way back from the restrictions of the pandemic, hospitals statewide will be required to allow visitors und...
Simcha Felder Pushes Helmets And Licenses For Bikes And Scooters
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Senator Simcha Felder introduced a package of legislation in the NYS Senate today to improve safety on New York City streets through education and regulation o...
Report: Al-Qaeda Calls On Muslims To attack Jewish, US Interests Worldwide
CAIRO (JNS) - Al-Qaeda’s main media outlet published a call on Muslims to carry out attacks against U.S. and Jewish interests, as well as urged individuals to support the mujahidee...
US Threatens Legal Action Against Texas On Shelter Closures
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration threatened Monday to pursue legal action if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott doesn't rescind his order shutting down federally funded shelters that...
‘A Lot Of Anxiety’ For Democrats As Biden Agenda Stalls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for a big infrastructure investment are teetering. An ambitious elections and voting bill is all but dead. Legislation on police brutality, gun control and ...
‘Do Not Come’: Harris Seeks ‘hope At Home’ For Guatemalans
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S. after her ...
Parking Lot At Jerusalem’s Shaarei Tzedek Hospital Collapses, No Injuries Reported
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A part of the parking lot in Jerusalem's Shaarei Tzedek hospital collapsed Monday afternoon, causing a gaping hole to be formed in the ground. A number of car...
Police Oppose Proposed Flag Parade Scheduled For Thursday, Right Wing: Hamas Rules Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the fact that Israel may have its first elected government in two years this week, this is not the lead item in the Israeli news this week. This could...
US Has Recovered Ransom Payment Made After Pipeline Hack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation's ...