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Coronavirus

NINE NEIGHBORHOODS FACE SHUTDOWNS THIS WEDNESDAY! NYC Seeks To Reinstate Virus Restrictions In Some Spots

(AP) New York City’s mayor said Sunday that he has asked the state for permission to close schools and reinstate restrictions on nonessential businesses in several neighborhoods because of a resurgence of the coronavirus. The action, if approved, would mark a disheartening retreat for a city that enjoyed a summer with less spread of the […]

International News News

Germany: Attack On Jewish Man Investigated As Anti-semitic

(AP) — Germany’s leading Jewish group said Monday an attack on a Jewish student outside a synagogue “can only be classified as anti-Semitic” — an assessment that was later confirmed by the authorities. “The situation that Jews increasingly become a target of hatred must not leave anybody cold in a state of law like Germany,” […]

Local New York News

NJ Recreational Marijuana? Voters Will Decide in November

Jared Evan Marijuana was once scapegoated for every problem in America, which has resulted in decades of arrests, and what some view as wasted police manpower. Perceptions have changed in recent years, with many doctors finding medical uses for cannabis, including the plant and extracts useful for: reducing pain and inflammation, controlling epileptic seizures, and […]

Sports

NBA Ratings Collapse To All Time Low; 68% Drop From Last Year’s Finals

Game 2 of the NBA Finals saw a major collapse in viewers, with just 4.5 million people tuning in. This is down 68% from last year’s game two. It’s the least-watched NBA Finals game on record. Dropping even below Game 1’s 7.41, the lowest-viewed Finals opener in history. Even more interesting, the finals feature the […]

Israel News News

‘Cautious optimism’ as Israeli coronavirus rates begin downward trend

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News More than two weeks into a second nationwide lockdown, Israeli public health officials have announced trends that may indicate the lockdown is working. Over the last five days, the percentage of positive tests has declined. On Saturday, the Health Ministry reported 2,557 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest number […]

National News News

California wildfires on the brink of burning 4 million acres

(AP) Red flag warnings of extreme fire danger subsided, but warm and dry weather continued to challenge firefighters battling more than two dozen blazes across California on Saturday as the state approaches an astonishing milestone: 4 million acres burned by wildfires this year. The state is about 20,000 acres from reaching the unprecedented figure, fire […]

Israel News News

Israelis Persist in Rallies Against PM Despite Lockdown

(AP)Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in hundreds of locations across Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pressing ahead with their campaign against the Israeli leader on Saturday night after the government banned large, centralized demonstrations as part of a new coronavirus lockdown. The protesters have been gathering outside Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem each […]

Election 2020

Zogby: Trump in Dead Heat With Biden After Hospitalization

By Tauren Dyson (NEWSMAX) President Donald Trump is in a dead heat with Democrat nominee Joe Biden, according to the latest John Zogby Strategies poll. Biden currently leads President Donald Trump 49%-47%, which is within the poll’s margin of error, and 4% of likely voters unsure. The previous Zogby poll released Aug. 29 showed Biden […]

International News News

France: More Terrorism, More Silence

Giulio Meotti(GATESTONE INSTITUTE) On September 25, in Paris, two people were stabbed and seriously wounded outside the former offices of Charlie Hebdo, where 12 of the satirical magazine’s editors and cartoonists were murdered by extremist Muslims in 2015. The suspect, in police custody, is being investigated for terrorism. The accused murderers in the 2015 attacks […]

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