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The Hon. James E. D’Auguste, Justice on the New York State Supreme Court, dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Attorney General’s office against B&H Photo accusing it of failing to…
New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, who was a leading defender of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has submitted his resignation, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday. Hochul…
A senior U.S. Democrat said on Thursday that multiple congressional committees will investigate a drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians last month, to determine what went wrong and answer…
The House overwhelming passed a bill Thursday to provide $1 billion for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system as Democrats moved to quash criticism from Republicans that their party is…
Israel
Two million Israelis suffer from food insecurity and don’t have access to adequate quantities of nutritious foods, according to a reported published Wednesday by Israel’s largest anti-poverty non-governmental organization. The…
Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash called on Thursday for the government to impose more stringent restrictions on public gatherings as coronavirus morbidity and hospitalizations remained high. “I would downsize…
Thousands of people gathered at the Kosel Thursday morning for the traditional mass Birkas Kohanim event, held on Chol Hamoed of Pesach and Sukkos, on the first day of Chol…
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Klal Yisrael is urged to daven for the refuah sheleimah of Hagaon Harav Avraham Erlanger, shlita, elderly Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Kol Torah in Yerushalayim, who is now listed in…
National
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the…
Amid deteriorating conditions in migrant camps on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. authorities on Wednesday tried to deal with thousands of the mostly Haitian migrants that have gathered,…
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Iran‘s foreign minister expressed a “very clear intent” to return to nuclear talks in Vienna, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday after meeting with his Iranian counterpart on the sidelines…
Moderna Inc Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel thinks the coronavirus pandemic could be over in a year as increased vaccine production ensures global supplies, he told the Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher…
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