Fauci Says Omicron Variant Is ‘Just Raging Around The World’
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The COVID-19 omicron variant is “just raging around the world,” the White House's top medical adviser said Sunday, and President Joe Biden is planning to gi...
In Israeli Radio Interview, Mordechai Ben David Compares Coronavirus To Flu, Calls It ‘Pandemic Of Lies’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Leading Chasidic singer Mordechai Ben David Wergyger made a number of controversial statements regarding coronavirus in an interview with popular chareidi Isr...
156 Righteous Gentiles To Receive $500,000 In Stipends At Holiday Time
Ahead of the upcoming Christmas holiday season, the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) has sent $515,000 to 156 Righteous Gentiles, rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust liv...
Brad Lander, NYC’s Next Comptroller, Says He Will Push Orthodox Yeshivas To Teach Secular Subject
NEW YORK (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Brad Lander, the incoming New York City comptroller, vowed to do everything in his power to coax Orthodox yeshivas to teach a secular curr...
Governor: No One Still Missing In Kentucky After Tornadoes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — All of the people reported missing in Kentucky after tornadoes swept through the state last weekend have been accounted for, Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday...
Fire Damages QVC Distribution Center In North Carolina
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (AP) — A fire ripped through a distribution center in North Carolina for the QVC home-shopping television network early Saturday, causing extensive damage to the ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump is Right, Jewish Democrats are Anti-Israel
Dear VIN News:
President Trump is correct. Any Jew who votes Democrat is supporting antisemites.
In a new quote from Trump’s interview with Barak Ravid, he essentially said t...
Sears To Sell Its Suburban Chicago Corporate Headquarters
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears plans to sell the sprawling suburban Chicago corporate headquarters that's been the struggling retailer's home for three decades.
Transformco,...
Engineer Accused Of Attempting To Pass US Secrets To Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — An engineer who worked for decades as a federal defense contractor has been arrested on charges of trying to pass classified information to someone he thought was...
AG Taps Brakes On Effort To Seize Cuomo Book Profits
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's ethics commission has more work to do if it wants to seize the millions of dollars former Gov. Andrew Cuomo earned writing a book about the COVID-19 ...
Police: 3 Killed When SUV, Firetruck Collide In Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP) — Three people were killed when a firetruck collided with a sport utility vehicle, then plowed over a sidewalk and into a building in a Kansas City entertainme...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Visits Gedolei Yisrael
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Incoming US Ambassador Tom Nides visited two Gedolei Hador Thursday in Bnei Brak, Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon Rav Gershon Edelstein.
The ambassad...
Two Airline CEO’s Doubt Necessity for Masks on Flights
WASHINGTON DC (VINnews) — Two major airline CEO’s have created an uproar, after testifying in Congress that mask-wearing on airplanes accomplishes virtually nothing.
At a Senate...
Omicron Found In Wastewater Of Florida County
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wastewater samples show that the new omicron variant is now the dominant strain of the coronavirus in the Florida county that is home to America's largest theme pa...
US Home Construction Jumps 11.8% In November
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — New home construction in the U.S. jumped 11.8% in November with strong demand boosting builder confidence.
The double-digit percentage increase last mo...
US Navy Rescues Drug Smugglers From Burning Ship Off Oman
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Thursday it rescued five Iranians suspected of smuggling drugs after they apparently set fire to their stash on board a tradit...
Baltimore Police Officer On Life Support After Shooting
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore officer is in critical condition after being ambushed and shot while sitting in a patrol vehicle early Thursday, authorities say.
Dr. Thomas Scalea ...
Magen David Adom, Israel’s Paramedic And Red Cross Service, Creates Computer-Aided Dispatch System For Hatzalah South Florida
MIAMI (VINnews) — Magen David Adom’s groundbreaking technology, which powers the emergency dispatching systems in Israel for medical emergencies and the National Fire Rescue Servic...
Desantis: Critical Race Theory Is “Crap,” Vows To Fight It
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Calling critical race theory “crap,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he'll push for legislation to ban teaching the concept in schools ...
US Releases New Batch Of Documents About JFK Assassination
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives on Wednesday made public nearly 1,500 documents related to the U.S. government's investigation into the 1963 assassination of President John...