Despite Looming Cream Cheese Shortage, New York’s Bagel Shops Are Still Laying It On Thick
NEW YORK (JTA) - Over the weekend, bagel lovers across the five boroughs (read: Jews and everyone else) were shaken to the core when the New York Times announced a cream cheese sho...
Instagram Launches Tool Urging Teens To Take A Break
LONDON (AP) — Instagram on Tuesday launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users ...
New York City Poised To Give Voting Rights To Noncitizens
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, is on the cusp of becoming the largest places in the country to give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections.
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Kiryat Gat Toddler Successfully Resuscitated After Suffocating On Lace From Her Hoodie
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — United Hatzalah medics successfully resuscitated a chareidi 2-year-old toddler Tuesday morning after she had suffocated on a lace from her hoodie.
The inci...
Israeli President Herzog Launches Campaign To ‘Change Online Discourse In Israel’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli president Isaac Herzog launched a campaign Tuesday in collaboration with Meta (Facebook) to change the face of online discourse in Israel.
Herzog w...
MK Asher: If Needed, We’ll Keep Geneaology Documents, But What Will The Other Jews Do?
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In an emotional speech delivered in the Knesset Monday, MK Yaakov Asher (UTJ) demonstrated how the new steps being proposed regarding conversions are a threat...
Navy Halts Use Of Fuel Storage Complex Above Hawaii Aquifer
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy announced Monday that it has suspended use of a massive World War II-era fuel storage complex above a Hawaii aquifer tha...
Fired CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo Steps Away From SiriusXM Show
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said he's dropping his SiriusXM radio show, a decision that followed a sexual harassment allegation.
“While I have a thick skin, ...
GOP Rep. Nunes Leaving Congress For Trump Social Media Firm
WASHINGTON (AP) — California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who was one of former President Donald Trump’s most devoted loyalists in Congress, is leaving the House at the end of this...
Jewish Billionaire Steinhardt To Return Looted Antiquities
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt has agreed to turn over $70 million worth of stolen antiquities and will be subject to an unprecedented lifetime b...
Bitcoin Trial: Defendant Wins, Keeps Bitcoins Worth $50B
NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a highly publicized trial Monday that will allow him to hold onto a hoard ...
Eric Adams Will Not Commit to Uphold de Blasio’s New Vaccine Mandate
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Incoming NYC Mayor Eric Adams will not commit to enforcing Mayor deBlasio’s new vaccine mandate on private companies when he takes office in several weeks.
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A Major Israeli City Is Just 9 Miles From Gaza. Some Americans Are Choosing To Move There Anyway.
ASHKELON, Israel (JTA) — When people ask Nechama Greenfield why she and her husband chose to move just nine miles from Gaza in June, less than a month after Israel’s latest conflic...
Bob Dole, A Man Of War, Power, Zingers And Denied Ambition
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole willed himself to walk again after paralyzing war wounds, ran for Congress with a right arm too damaged to shake hands, and rose through the Senate ranks...
Trump Media Venture Unveils Forecasts, Regulatory Inquiries
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's new social media company forecasts it may have 81 million users by 2026, or nearly 7 million more people than voted for him in the last U.S. presiden...
DoorDash Launches 15-Minute Grocery Delivery In NYC
Starting Monday, DoorDash is offering grocery delivery in 15 minutes or less in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York.
But instead of the army of gig workers it typically relies ...
New York City Mayor Says He Is Imposing A COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate On Private Sector Employers
NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — All New York City employers will have to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers under new rules announced Monday by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Fauci Says Early Reports Encouraging About Omicron Variant
U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous ...
Republican Congressman Condemned for Tweeting “Nasty” Family Photo
KENTUCKY (VINnews) — A Republican congressman has come under fire after posting what many consider an offensive family picture on Twitter.
Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie twe...
Bob Dole, Who Overcame Severe WWII Wounds To Lead Senate GOP And Run For President, Dies At 98
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celeb...