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Friday, August 7, 2020 | י"ז אב תש"פ
- Portland Protesters Cause Mayhem Again, Police Officer Hurt
- Cuomo Clears New York Schools Statewide to Open, Carefully
- Lebanon’s President: Possibility of External Interference
- Coalition in Crisis, as No Agenda Set for Sunday’s Cabinet Meeting
- Education Minister Promises to Open Schools on Sept. 1
- Two Bachurim Found After Going Missing on Catskills Hike
- University of Washington Forecasts 300,000 U.S. COVID-19 Deaths
- U.S.: Border Tunnel Appears to Be ‘Most Sophisticated’
- Israel Passes 80,000 COVID-19 Cases
- IDF Strikes Gaza in Response to Incendiary Balloons
- U.S. Aid Begins Flowing to Lebanon in Wake of Deadly Explosion
- Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Z”l, 83
- Stocks Hit as Sino-U.S. Tensions Spike
- U.S. Job Growth Forecast to Slow Sharply in July as COVID-19 Cases Soar
- IDF: Rocket Sirens in North Israel a False Alarm
- India Hits Two Million Cases as Health Volunteers Strike
- Power Outages in Rockland County Expected to Last Until Next Week
- Hostage-Taking at French Bank Ends Peacefully After 6 Hours
- Cuomo and De Blasio Differ on Recruiting Wealthy to Return to NYC
Thursday, August 6, 2020 | ט"ז אב תש"פ
- Days After Isaias, Many Around Lakewood Area Still Without Power
- De Blasio to New Yorkers: ‘Do Not Buy a Car’
- U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 1.19 Million, a Pandemic Low
- China Sentences Canadian to Death After Drug Trial; Ottawa ‘Profoundly Concerned’
- U.S. Iran Envoy Brian Hook Stepping Down as Key U.N. Arms Embargo Vote Looms
- Airlines Reopening Faces Uncertainties
- FOCUS: China’s Assertiveness Is Becoming a Problem for Its Friends
- Postal Service’s Election Role Becomes Flashpoint in Stimulus Talks
- Polls Show Likud Losing Ground to Opposition
- Capitol Negotiators Trade Broadsides on Stalled Virus Aid
- Armed Hostage-Taker in France Makes Demands for Palestinians
- McConnell Won’t Force Senators to Stick Around Until There’s a Coronavirus Relief Deal
- U.S. Health Agency Relaxes Travel Advice for Several Countries
- NYC Begins Registering Travelers at COVID-19 Checkpoints
- Florida Rescinds Quarantine Mandate for New York Travelers
- Nobel Scientist Says Beirut Can’t Happen in Haifa
- Gaza Incendiary Balloons Start Fires in Southern Israel
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Tests Positive for COVID-19 Ahead of Trump Visit
- Hurricane Alpha? Amped Up Season Forecast, Names May Run Out
- Don’t Stand So Close: Singapore Trials Drones for COVID Tracking
- NY Attorney General Seeks to Dissolve NRA
- Biden Launches New National Ad Aimed at Black Americans
- Trump: Coronavirus Vaccine Possible Before Nov. 3
- 1.2 Million Seek Jobless Aid After $600 Federal Checks End
- Capitol Negotiators Still Stuck, Still Trying on Virus Aid
- Heads of Chareidi Parties Meet, Appeal to Gov’t Leaders Not to Call for New Elections
- Israel to Test COVID-19 Vaccine on Humans After Sukkos
- Report: Committee to Recommend Cutting Quarantine to 12 Days
- Tel Aviv Lighting Up With Lebanese Flag Sets Off Controversy, in Israel and in Lebanon
- Report: U.K. to Slap Quarantine on Travelers From Belgium
- Pompeo: U.N. Security Council to Vote Next Week on Extending Iran Arms Embargo
- 1,689 New Coronavirus Cases; Infection Rate Falls
- Israel, India Complete Rapid Coronavirus Testing Technologies Evaluation
- Survivors Mark 75th Anniversary of World’s First Atomic Attack
- FOCUS: Is It Safe to Reopen Schools During the Pandemic?
- Brooklyn Man Charged With Sabotage of NYPD Vehicle
- Lebanon Mourns Victims of Devastating Blast, Searches for Missing
- Asian Shares Mixed as Investors Watch Talks on U.S. Stimulus
- Georgia Governor Signs New Law to Protect Police
- Over 80,000 Mail-In Ballots Disqualified in NYC Primary Mess
- Court Reverses Order to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | ט"ו אב תש"פ
- Hair Loss After COVID Recovery
- State Department Watchdog Resigns After Predecessor’s Ouster
- REPORT: El Al Appears to Be Cancelling All Flights Until October
- NJ’s High Court Weighs Law Authorizing $10B in Debt
- U.N. Report Calls for Hezbollah to Disarm
- Report: Skies to Reopen August 16
- Biden Won’t Go to Milwaukee to Accept Democratic Nomination
- Military Finds Human Remains, Sunken Tank off California
- Haifa Mayor Warns Beirut Could Happen Here
- NYC Checkpoint Plan Announced, Unions Question School Plans
- Judge Issues Tight Schedule in District Redrawing Case
- Ex-Trump Adviser Fiona Hill Plans Book on Future of Polarized America
- Netanyahu Tells Off Leftist Critics
- Cuomo Takes Over Governors Group as Virus Batters States
- Israel in Contact With Lebanon Via U.N. on Aid Offer
- FM Ashkenazi: We’re Too Busy for Annexations
- Lebanon to Put Some Beirut Port Officials Under House Arrest
- Minister Rebuffs Swedish Snipe Over Lebanon Aid Offer
- Netanyahu Offers Assistance to Disaster-Struck Lebanon
- Knesset Rejects Proposal to Form Commission of Inquiry Into ‘Submarines Affair’
- Tefillos Requested as Harav Dovid Feinstein to Undergo Medical Procedure
- Trump Says He Will ‘Probably’ Give Republican Nomination Speech From White House
- U.S. Trade Deficit Drops in June on Record Rise in Exports
- Gamzu Considers Deploying IDF to Communities Without Lockdowns
- Fireworks, Ammonium Nitrate Likely Fueled Beirut Explosion
- Progress Slow as Urgency Grows on Virus Relief Legislation
- California Virus Cases Underreported, Health Official Says
- Tropical Storm Isaias Death Toll Rises to 8, Mass Power Outages Continue
- Chief Rabbi, MKs: Find a Solution to Allow Shuls to Hold More People
- Virgin Atlantic Airline Files for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
- 1,692 New Cases of Coronavirus
- Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Found Safe in Early-Stage Human Trial
- Travelers From D.C. and Delaware No Longer Need to Quarantine in NY, NJ and CT; Rhode Island Added
- Global Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 700,000, One Person Dies Every 15 Seconds
- Australia Suffers Record Coronavirus Deaths, Triggering Tighter Curbs
- Asia Shares Mixed Amid Jitters Over U.S. Stimulus, China Trade
- Lebanese Confront Devastation After Massive Beirut Explosion
- Washington Lawsuit Says Protective Gear Costs Impede Protest
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 | י"ד אב תש"פ
- Police Preparing for Unknowns at Democratic Convention
- MTA Chairman Foye Announces Service Outages
- Facebook to Lease Farley Post Office Building in Manhattan
- Trump Encourages Mail Voting in Key Battleground Florida
- Isaias Soaks New Jersey, Halting Trains and Leaving Outages
- Man Killed by Falling Tree as Tropical Storm Isaias Lashes New York City
- Husband of DA Charged With Pulling Gun on Protesters in LA
- COVID-19 Reshapes Back-to-School Spending
- Incitement Talk Grows Louder
- Massive Beirut Blast Kills At Least 60 People, Injures Thousands
- Israel Offers Lebanon Humanitarian Aid After Devastating Blast
- Honda Recalls 1.6M Vans and SUVs in 4 Different U.S. Recalls
- Virus Takes Toll on New Jersey Highway Revenues
- Convalescent Plasma Campaign at the Raleigh Hotel
- Edelstein Opens Shops, Says Partial Closures Didn’t Help
- Would-Be El Al Buyer Granted Permit
- Kapparos Faces New Legal Challenge in NY
- 3 Men Rescued From Pacific Island After Writing SOS in Sand
- Likud Financial Woes Could Foreclose Election
- Storm Photos from Hamodia Readers
- Rabbi Steinsaltz Hospitalized in Serious Condition
- Blue and White Minister for Eventual Sovereignty in Yehudah and Shomron
- Tropical Storm Isaias Brings Rain, Wind, Tornadoes to East Coast
- New York City Commissioner Resigns; Tensions Brewed Duringn Pandemic
- No Masks, No Distance: Pandemic Wedding Horrors for Vendors
- Netanyahu Warns Hezbollah During Northern Tour
- Massive Blast in Beirut Kills at Least 10 People, Injures Hundreds
- Judge Rules Disputed Ballots Must Be Counted in NY Primary
- Coronavirus Cabinet: ‘Must Find Way to Open Skies for All’
- Hundreds of Koreans Flee as Floods Trigger Landslides, Sweep Away Cars
- Harav Yitzchak Yosef: One Who Endangers Others May Bear Sin of Murder
- China Vows Retaliation If Any U.S. Action Against Journalists
- Netanyahu Hints at More Corona Grants Before Chagim
- Lobbying for Russian Pipeline Spikes in Washington
- Crisis-Weary Lebanon Braces for Hariri Tribunal Verdict
- WHO Says China Team Interviewed Wuhan Scientists Over Virus Origins
- MTA Opens Rebuilt Elevators at 181 St. A Station
- Isaias Downgraded to Tropical Storm Over Eastern N. Carolina
- Fire Breaks Out at Iranian Industrial Area, No Casualties
- EasyJet Expands Limited Schedule as Summer Bookings Rise
- U.N.: N. Korea Has ‘Probably’ Developed Nuclear Devices to Fit Ballistic Missiles
- Gamzu: I Will Adjust Limitations on Shuls
- 1,801 New Confirmed Coronavirus Cases; Death Toll Up to 554
- India on Guard in Kashmir Ahead of Anniversary of Lost Autonomy
- Tefillos Requested as Shomrei Emunim Rebbe in Serious Condition
- Asian Shares Extend Rally After S&P 500 Nears Record
- Virgin Orbit Determines Cause of Rocket Launch Failure
- Aide of Woman Hospitalized With Covid-19 Is Long-Lost Sister
Monday, August 3, 2020 | י"ג אב תש"פ
- Coronavirus Burns Hole in Hospital Budgets
- Next Big COVID-19 Treatment May Be Manufactured Antibodies
- USDA Tested Those Mysterious Seeds From China. Guess What it Found?
- Murders in New York City Up 59%, Shootings Soar 177%
- FAA Spells Out Design Changes Needed in Grounded Boeing Jet
- Trump Wants Broader Role for Telehealth Services in Medicare
- Congressional Democrats, White House Cite Progress in Talks on Coronavirus Bill
- Former King Juan Carlos Leaves Spain Amid Corruption Allegations
- Israeli Air Force Retaliates in Syria
- Nearly 40 People Shot in Chicago Over the Weekend
- White House Explores Trump Acting on His Own on Coronavirus Relief
- Descendants of Austrian Holocaust Survivors Will be Eligible for Citizenship Starting September 1
- U.S. Marines ID All 9 People Killed in Sea-Tank Sinking
- Report Details Eye-Popping Amount of Undeclared Cash Seized at Airports
- EU Eyes Softening Key State Aid Demand in Brexit Talks
- Papers Leaked Before U.K. Election in Suspected Russian Operation Were Hacked From Ex-Trade Minister
- Federal Judge Pleads for Better Protection of Personal Data
- Young Couples Having Hard Time Paying Mortgages
- With Loan Money Gone, Restaurants Once Again in Deep Trouble
- Prosecutor Seeking Trump’s Taxes Cites Probe of his Business
- Cuomo Official Grilled On Virus Nursing Home Deaths, Secrecy
- Netanyahu Pushing for Lockdown Mid-August
- Trump Fires Tennessee Valley Authority Chair, Cites Hiring Foreign Workers and High Pay
- NJ Indoor Gathering Limit Reduced; Virus Expenses Nearly Triple
- Stocks Rally Worldwide, S&P 500 Back to Within 3% of Record
- Virus Relief Bill Remains Up in Air as Negotiations Resume
- Afghan Forces Retake Prison After Deadly Attack by IS Group
- Manufacturing Improves in July, Future Clouded by Virus
- Likud Minister Makes Election Threat Explicit
- NY Gives Child Abuse Survivors More Time to File Suits
- IDF Finds More Bombs Near Syrian Border
- Judge Starts New Injunction Barring Removal of Lee Statue in Richmond
- Captain, Owners of NY Illegal Party Cruise Arrested
- World’s Largest Plane Lands at Ben Gurion
- PM: Annexation Option Alive and Well
- Outbreak Hits Norway Cruise Ship, Could Spread Along Coast
- Felder-Paulin Bill Creates Crohn’s and Colitis ID Card
- Agudath Israel Partners to Host One of the Largest Plasma Drives Yet, This Tuesday
- Corona Cabinet to Decide on New Restrictions on Wednesday
- U.K. to Roll Out Millions of Rapid COVID Tests After Criticism
- There May Never Be a ‘Silver Bullet’ for COVID-19, WHO Warns
- NJ Judge Decries Shooting That Killed Son, Injured Husband
- Netanyahu: Infection Rate in Israel Among Highest in the World
- Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Quits Over Lack of ‘Will to Reform’
- Israeli Airlines Will Be Required to Refund Passengers by October
- Israel Bombs Gaza Targets in Response to Rocket Attack
- Report: As Tension Builds, Likud Preparing for New Elections
- Asian Shares Mixed on U.S.-China Tensions, Wall Street Gains
- Australia’s Melbourne to Close Retail, Scale Back Other Industries for Six Weeks
- Isaias Near Hurricane Strength as It Crawls Toward Carolinas
- Islamic State Attack on Afghan Prison, Killing 21
- Gamzu Approves Entry of 17,000 Students Into Israel