Nevada Becomes 2nd State With ‘Public Option’ Insurance Law
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday signed into law a bill that paves the way for Nevada to become the second state in the nation to offer state-managed health...
Louisiana Police Unit Probed Over Black Driver Arrests
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The same Louisiana State Police unit whose troopers stunned, punched and dragged Ronald Greene on video during a deadly 2019 arrest is now under internal in...
Washington’s ‘Joints For Jabs’ Vaccine Program Falling Flat
SEATTLE (AP) — It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new “joints for jabs” program is off to a rough start.
Officials announced...
One Block from Homeless Shelter, Mystery Buyer Pays A Whopping $157.5M For Manhattan Condos
NEW YORK (VINnews) - And you thought housing in your neighborhood was expensive?
An unidentified buyer shelled out $157.5 million for a pair of condos at a high-rise building ov...
Man Stuck For Days Inside Giant Fan At California Vineyard Rescued Alive
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities rescued a man who said he had been trapped for two days inside a large fan at a Northern California vineyard.
The man was discovered Tuesda...
San Antonio Base Locked Down For Hour After Gunfire Reported
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An Air Force base in San Antonio was placed on lockdown for about an hour Wednesday after military officials said gunfire was reported near a base gate.
Two g...
Writers Remove References To Anne Frank And Israel From Their Novels Following Social Media Complaints
NEW YORK (JTA) — Bestselling authors Elin Hilderbrand and Casey McQuiston removed references to Anne Frank and Israel from their novels this week following an outcry on social medi...
The Biden Administration Is Handing Hamas A Political Victory
WASHINGTON (JNS/Farley Weiss) - Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz famously said, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” Hamas’s strategy of launching missile atta...
South African Woman Gives Birth To 10 Babies, Setting New World Record
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A 37-year-old South African woman has reportedly given birth to ten babies in one birth, setting a Guinness world record just a month after a woman from Mali h...
Dr. Eli Shussheim, Director Of Efrat Organization For Preventing Abortions, Dies At 80
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The director and founder of the Efrat organization, Dr. Eli Shussheim, passed away Wednesday at the age of 80. Shussheim suffered a stroke last Shabbos and hi...
GameStop Gearing Up To Name Billionaire Investor Cohen As Its Chairman
NEW YORK (AP) - Meme stock GameStop is gearing up to name Ryan Cohen as its chairman on Wednesday when the video game retailer holds its annual shareholders meeting.
Cohen, the ...
Cicadas Foil Timely Takeoff Of Press Plane For Biden UK Trip
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not.
Reporters traveling to the United Kingdom for President Joe Biden's fir...
White House Drops Trump Orders Trying To Ban TikTok, WeChat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifyi...
Explainer: The US Investigation Into Covid-19 Origins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scruti...
Satmar Aronim Flip-Flop in Williamsburg, Endorsing Adams For Mayor
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Two weeks after a rare display of unity in Satmar, which wholeheartedly threw its support behind Andrew Yang in the June 22nd primary, Williamsburg...
President Rivlin Asks Prince Charles To Intervene For 2-Year-Old Chareidi Girl On Life Support
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has asked Britain's Prince Charles to intervene on behalf of Alte Fixsler, a 2-year-old Chareidi child from London who is on l...
Global Sting Began By Creating Message Service For Crooks
SAN DIEGO (AP) — When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to...
Stilletto Crocs Make Waves at Whimsical Runway Show
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - They are a poolside summer staple that everyone loves to hate, but Crocs made a splash in a big way in a highly anticipated designer Spring 2022 ru...
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...