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Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato has been hospitalized with COVID-19. The New York Post reported Friday that the New York Republican was being treated at a Long Island hospital. "I'm weak but…
Housing Secretary Ben Carson is crediting experimental treatments with saving his life after he became "desperately ill" following his infection with the coronavirus. A retired neurosurgeon, Carson said Friday that he…
Battered by setbacks in a desperate bid to overturn the presidential election, President Donald Trump persisted with claims of voter fraud on Saturday and his allies called for an audit…
California enacts a nighttime curfew Saturday as spiking coronavirus cases threaten to swamp health-care systems and the state's largest county warned that an even more drastic lockdown could be imminent. The…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed the lifting of parole restrictions on Jonathan Pollard, and said he expects him to come to Israel soon. In a statement issued Motzoei Shabbos, Netanyahu said…
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu successfully underwent a colonoscopy Friday morning at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim. During the routine examination, Netanyahu was temporarily replaced by Alternate Prime Minister Benny…
Nearly half of the new coronavirus cases detected in the past week have come from the Arab sector, the National Security Council said on Thursday, indicating a 6.5% positivity rate.…
An Israeli and Palestinian official met in Ramallah on Thursday marking the first encounter between the two sides in more than six months. “Today I held a meeting with the…
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Precisely five years since Jonathan Pollard was released from prison after serving thirty years of an unprecedented life sentence for passing classified information to an ally, Israel, he was finally…
NYPD Captain Richie Taylor, the Department’s highest-ranking yarmulke-wearing officer, is being promoted to Deputy Inspector, a source close to the Department told Hamodia Thursday. Taylor, 38, is a 15-year veteran…
David Sassoli, president of the European Parliament, declared that “No one should be considered a minority [and therefore unimportant] due to their religion. Everyone should be regarded as a European…
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The surging coronavirus is taking an increasingly dire toll across the U.S. just as a vaccine appears close at hand, with the country now averaging over 1,300 COVID-19 deaths per…
President Donald Trump will announce on Friday two rules designed to lower drug prices, an administration official said on Thursday. The announcement was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.…
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Mortars slammed into a residential area of the Afghan capital, killing eight people Saturday, hours before outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held what may be his last meetings…
Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies on Sunday will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries…
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