Bezos Rocket Fails During Liftoff, Only Experiments Aboard
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company suffered its first launch failure Monday. No one was aboard, only science experiments.
The Blue Origin rocket blasted off ...
New York State Clears The Way For Final Vote To Approve Substantial Equivalency Regulations
NEW YORK (VINnews) — As expected, the New York State Board of Regents has passed the new proposed regulations for private schools in a Monday vote. The vote was unanimous.
The f...
Senator Mike Martucci Blasts the NYTimes Liberal Attack On The Hasidic Community
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The following statement was released by Senator Mike Martucci:
“In Sunday’s article, The New York Times went to great lengths to string together a series of...
Police Believe 3 Children Drowned By Mother At Brooklyn Beach
NEW YORK (AP) — Three children were found dead on the beach near Brooklyn's famed Coney Island boardwalk early Monday and police believe they may have been drowned by their mother....
Analyzing the New York Times Hatchet Job Against Yeshivos
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com
The New York Times has written a one-sided attack against the Yeshiva and Torah community that is so filled with inaccuracies and half-stories...
New York Woman Gets Prison Term For Altercation Aboard Plane
PHOENIX (AP) — A New York woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with crew members aboard a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles last year that had to be di...
Advocates Make Push For Montreal-to-Boston Passenger Rail
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Rail advocates are dusting off a proposal for passenger train service between Montreal and Boston, riding a renewed interest in train travel to bolster a con...
READ: Orthodox Leaders Warn NYT About Severe Consequences in Response to Hit Piece Against Chassidic Yeshivas
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The Tzedek Association enlisted J. Erik Connolly of the Benesch law firm, which specializes in defamation suits, to write a letter to the NY Times, ...
Not Mar-a-Lago: Congress’ Secrets In Sealed Rooms, Lock Bags
WASHINGTON (AP) — Security-sealed rooms. Lock bags. And in the most rare of circumstances, the ability to handcuff a document pouch to a messenger to transport the nation’s secrets...
Visa, Mastercard, Amex To Start Categorizing Gun Shop Sales
NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will h...
Jill Biden Shares Memories Of Sept. 11 As Wife, Sister, More
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Jill Biden realized that terrorists had attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, her husband, Joe, wasn't the only loved one whose safety she worried about.
Bi...
US Marks 21st Anniversary Of 9/11 Terror Attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on ...
21 Years After Miraculous Escape From 9/11 Catastrophe, R’ Shmuel Katz Passes Away
NEW YORK (VINnews) — R' Shmuel Katz used to work on the 85th floor of one of the Twin Towers. Every day he would make his way to Manhattan on the subway but was distressed by being...
VIN PODCAST POLITICAL ROUNDUP: Media claims Trump had nuclear secrets. CNN says thermometers are racist. Iran nuclear deal falls apart.
In the latest VIN News political roundup, Yaakov M discusses:
The Iran nuclear deal is off the table--which is exactly what the Iranians WANT. The media falsely claims that T...
Supreme Court Blocks Recognition Of LGBTQ Campus At Yeshiva University
NEW YORK (AP) - The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court order that would have forced Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ group as an official campus club.
The cou...
BREAKING: NYT Confirms it Will Publish Smear Story Against Yeshivas, One Day Before Crucial Vote
NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — The New York Times, which for years has crusaded against Charedim, has confirmed that it will publish a vicious article against yeshivas on Sunday.
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Chief Justice John Roberts Defends Legitimacy Of Court
DENVER (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts defended the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because ...
Rabbi Yisroel And Chaya Sara Hahn, Chabad Of Spokane, WA – One Cup Of Coffee And Cheesecake At A Time
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Both of us grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in the Rebbe’s neighborhood, where we could see the Rebbe often and easily attend farbrengens. B...
NYS Board Of Regents Schedules Monday Vote On Private School Regulation
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A pivotal vote wil be held in New York State this Monday that will heavily affect how much oversight the government will have over Yeshivos.
The vote, held ...
Reb Yanky, We Hardly Knew Ye
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Reb Yanky was a man that everyone knew, and that no one knew. Everyone knew and was affected by his extraordinary chessed. But few knew the ...