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In New York’s Subway Shutdown, an Unthinkable Departure

By JAKE COYLE (AP) It’s not the end of the line. But it once was. When the first New York subway line connected Lower Manhattan to Harlem in 1904, the stop at 145th Street was its terminus. Since that inaugural run, the subway has never ceased running. There were brief blips of interruption after 9/11 […]

Coronavirus Local New York News

Iconic Jersey Shore Boardwalk Reopens; Long Branch Gets Ready for Memorial Day Weekend

Edited by: JV Staff Good news for New Jersey residents who are just itching to get out of their homes and into the great outdoors. So, after almost two months of scrupulously adhering to the self-isolation and quarantine guidelines offered by Garden State Governor Phil Murphy, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]

Israel News News

Poll: Majority of Israelis Support Annexation of Judea & Samaria Among right-wing Israelis, 71 percent support declaring sovereignty.

By: David Isaac With the pieces falling into place for an Israeli declaration of sovereignty over some 30 percent of Judea and Samaria, a new poll shows the majority of Israelis are in favor of applying Israeli law over those territories. According to the Israeli Voice Index for April 2020, 52 percent of Jewish Israelis […]

Coronavirus

White House Virus Task Force Members Face Quarantine

By: Kevin Freking Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation’s most secure buildings is immune from the virus. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of […]

International News News

Hezbol-Law: Behind Germany’s Long-Awaited Ban of the Terrorist Organization

The move to ban the Iranian-backed Shi’ite terror group was more than a decade-long process in the famously bureaucratic Germany. By: Orit Arfa On April 30, Germany officially banned all Hezbollah activities in Germany. In a dramatic demonstration of its execution, authorities raided four mosques believed to have ties to the Lebanese terror group. Critics […]

Coronavirus International News News

Virus Cases Rise in China, South Korea; Obama Bashes Trump

By: Nicole Winfield, Vanessa Gera & Amy Forliti Both China and South Korea reported new spikes in coronavirus cases on Sunday, setting off fresh concerns in countries where local outbreaks had been in dramatic decline. Former President Barack Obama, meanwhile, harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster,” […]

Coronavirus

US virus Patients and Businesses Sue China over Outbreak

By CURT ANDERSON (AP) Before the coronavirus outbreak, Saundra Andringa-Meuer was a healthy 61-year-old mother of six who never smoked or drank alcohol. Then she became seriously ill with the disease after traveling from her Wisconsin home to help her son move from college in Connecticut. She was hospitalized in March, ending up in a […]

Coronavirus International News News

COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet If 80% Of Americans Just Wore Masks Says UC Berkeley Study

Vanity Fair notes: The day before yesterday, 21 people died of COVID-19 in Japan. In the United States, 2,129 died. Comparing overall death rates for the two countries offers an even starker point of comparison with total U.S. deaths now at a staggering 80,252 (as of 5/10/20) and Japan’s fatalities at 577. Japan’s population is […]

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