Thursday, March 28, 2024

US

Amazon Axes Charity Program Amid Wider Cost-Cutting Moves

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(AP) - Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the program, called AmazonS...

New Program Lets Private Citizens Sponsor Refugees In US

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program launched Thursday by the State Department as a way to give private citize...

Flavored Cannabis Marketing Is Criticized For Targeting Kids

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NEW YORK (AP) — When New York's first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state's Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoi...

China Accuses ‘Some Western Media’ Of COVID-19 Coverage Bias

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BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused “some Western media” of bias, smears and political manipulation in their coverage of China’s abrupt ending of its strict “zero-COVID” polic...

US Treasury Buys Time For Biden And GOP On Debt Limit Deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default began Thursday with Treasury implementing accounting measures to buy time as frictions between President J...

BREAKING: Mt. Sinai Reverses Decision, Grants Visitation Rights to Family of Impaired Patient

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MANHATTAN (VINnews) — The relatives of an Orthodox Jewish patient in distress are now being allowed to visit her. A highly credible source has informed VINnews that Mt. Sinai Hospi...

Florida Congressman Steube Hurt Falling In Fall Off Ladder

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Greg Steube sustained “several serious injuries" when he fell off a ladder while cutting trees on his property on Florida's Gulf Coast, his o...

Netanyahu: US A ‘Trusted Partner’ In Promoting Security, Advancing Peace

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the highest-level Biden administration official ...

Cohen Meets Trump Prosecutors Amid Renewed Hush Money Probe

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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, said he met for 2½ hours Tuesday with Manhattan prosecutors who have revived a years-old investigation into payments ma...

Elon Musk Depicted As Liar, Visionary In Tesla Tweet Trial

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk was depicted Wednesday as either a liar who callously jeopardized the savings of “regular people" or a well-intentioned visionary as attorneys delive...

United Airlines CEO Warns Travelers More Disruptions Ahead

(AP) - The CEO of United Airlines said Wednesday that other airlines won’t be able to handle all the flights they plan to operate this year, leading to more disruptions for travele...

GE Appliances (GEA) Completes Transition Of Refrigerators To OU Kosher

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - Top-Freezer Refrigerators Will Now be Certified with Built-in Enhanced Shabbos Mode through Collaboration between Kosher Certifying Agencies and Zman Technolog...

US Set To Drop Charges That NYPD Officer Spied For China

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NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping charges against a New York City police officer and military veteran who was accused of helping the Chinese government keep tabs on Tibetans...

3 Get Life In Slaying Of Michigan Guard Over Face Mask Order

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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A married couple and their son convicted of first-degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded the woman's daughter wear a ...

Polar Bear Kills Woman, Boy In Remote Alaska Village

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WALES, Alaska (AP) — A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska State Troopers said they received...

Brooklyn Gyms Have An Answer To Antisemitism: Teaching Jews To Fight Back

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NEW YORK (JTA) - Emanuel Landsman, a Lubavitch father of five who lives in Crown Heights, found the recent rise in antisemitic attacks to be very concerning. But instead of being a...

Party City, Amid Rising Prices, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

NEW YORK (AP) — Party City filed has for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with rising prices and a pullback in customer spending. The company, based in Woodclif...

Report: Microsoft Set To Axe 11,000 Jobs Worldwide

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Microsoft corporation is apparently seeking to lay off 11,000 employees this week, according to media reports Tuesday. The company is looking to cut 5% of ...

HORROR: Hospital Denies Visitation to Family of Suffering Jewish Patient, Calls Cops to Remove Them

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MANHATTAN (VINnews) — A post on social media describes a heartbreaking situation, in which the family of an Orthodox Jewish patient at Mt. Sinai hospital is being denied visitation...

WSJ: DOJ Considered, Then Rejected, Using FBI to Oversee Biden Lawyers’ Document Search

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WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Ever since the ‘Garage-gate’ scandal went public, many have wondered why the Justice Department treated President Biden with kid gloves and gave h...