Thursday, March 28, 2024

US

GOP State Officials Push Back On Employer Vaccine Mandate

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican state officials reacted with swift rebukes Thursday to President Joe Biden's newly detailed mandate for private employers to require workers to ...

Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Cut Hospital, Death Risk By 90%

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmak...

Rising Rents Taking Up Growing Share Of Americans’ Income

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sharp rent increases in many parts of the country are eating up a bigger share of Americans’ monthly income, squeezing tenants already grappling with rising pric...

The Man Who Helps Jewish New York City Marathoners Run Through Their Morning Prayers

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NEW YORK (JTA) - On Sunday, for the 36th time, Peter Berkowsky will wake up at 3:00 a.m., drive in the dark from his home in Livingston, New Jersey to Fort Wadsworth in Staten Isla...

Tiny House In Wealthy Boston Suburb Sells For $315,000

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NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A tiny home in a wealthy Boston suburb has sold after about a month on the market, albeit for far less than the original asking price of almost $450,000. Th...

American Girl Dolls, Risk, Sand Make It To Toy Hall Of Fame

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — American Girl Dolls and the strategy board game Risk were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday in recognition of their influence on the to...

Navy Fires 2 Top Officers Of Submarine Damaged In Collision

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy said Thursday it fired the two senior officers of a nuclear-powered attack submarine that was damaged in an underwater collision last month in the South ...

0.5 Billion NIS Lawsuit Against Israeli Supermarket Chain Shufersal For Hiking Prices To Secular Customers

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Shufersal, the large Israeli supermarket chain, has been running two online sites - one for secular Israeli consumers and one for chareidim, with the chareidi...

Iran Marks Anniversary Of 1979 Takeover Of US Embassy

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians gathered on Tehran streets Thursday for the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy, chanting “Death to America" and "Death to...

“Rust” Film Armorer Says Someone May Have Put Bullet In Gun

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The woman in charge of weapons on the movie set where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said Wednesday night that she had inspected the gun Baldwin sh...

Purchased By Former Algemeiner Editor, New York Sun To Relaunch With Seth Lipsky As Editor

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NEW YORK (JTA) - The New York Sun, a New York City broadsheet published from 2002 to 2008, will relaunch its web site after a sale to a former editor of The Algemeiner Journal, a J...

Truck Driver Spending $153, Edward Durr Ousts NJ Senate Leader Sweeney

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney, has lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent less than $200 on the rac...

Rabbi Versus Ex-Asst. Rabbi – The Park East Synagogue:  A Halachic Analysis

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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com What follows is a halachic analysis of a developing story concerning a prominent synagogue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side.  We will see that, ...

Police Investigate Anti-Semitic Attack On Pregnant Jewish Woman in Crown Heights

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CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) - A pregnant Orthodox Jewish woman was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack on Wednesday morning in Crown Heights. The 33-year-old woman, who was dressed...

Analyst Who Aided Trump-Russia Dossier Arrested

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian analyst who helped provide information for a dossier of research used during the Trump-Russia investigation has been arrested as part of an ongoing spec...

US Mandates Vaccines Or Tests For Big Companies By Jan. 4

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Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under govern...

Senate Confirms New US Ambassador To Israel

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Thomas R. Nides of Minnesota to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel. Nides is the managing director and vice chairman of Morga...

Panel: All US Adults Under 60 Should Get Hepatitis B Shots

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NEW YORK (AP) — A government advisory committee on Wednesday recommended that all U.S. adults younger than 60 be vaccinated against hepatitis B, because progress against the liver-...

FBI Releases Declassified Documents On Sept. 11 Attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents Wednesday about its long effort to explore connections between the Saudi government and the Sep...

Phil Murphy Narrowly Reelected Governor In New Jersey

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy narrowly won reelection Wednesday, eking out a victory that spared Democrats the loss of a second gubernatorial seat. ...