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Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward…
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. And like the worldwide scourge of a century ago, COVID may never…
President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions to the U.S. beginning in November, allowing foreigners into the country if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test,…
A student opened fire Monday at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt, before being shot by police and detained, officials said. Beyond saying that he was…
Israel
Thirty-one nations have so far decided to boycott a U.N. meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Durban World Conference on Racism later this week due to the event’s antisemitic…
A nationwide shortage of ECMO machines used to treat some critical COVID-19 cases could deprive some patients of the life-saving treatment, Israeli hospital directors warned in a meeting with top…
Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu suggested in a video posted online on Sunday that President Joe Biden had fallen asleep when meeting the Prime Minister Naftali Bennett last month. In…
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The NYPD is looking for a suspect in an anti-Semitic hate crime that occurred in Crown Heights last week. On September 9 around 5:3o p.d., the man approached a…
I am deeply saddened by the petirah of my yedid nefesh of five decades, Rabbi Reuven Savitz, zt”l. Rabbi Savitz was one of the most respected people I have ever…
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Military Training Jet Crashes in Texas, Injuring Both PilotsA military training jet crashed Sunday in a neighborhood near Fort Worth, Texas, injuring the two pilots and damaging three homes. Both pilots managed to eject from the plane before…
The United States blocked the Mexican border on Sunday at an isolated Texas town where thousands of Haitian refugees have crossed and set up a camp, hoping to stop the…
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North Korea has criticized a U.S. decision to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia and threatened unspecified countermeasures if it finds the deal affects its security. State media on Monday published…
A gunman opened fire in a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday morning, leaving eight people dead and others wounded, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee. The gunman…
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