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Mossad Gave Germany Intel on Hezbollah Before Ban

The Israeli spy agency reportedly provided Berlin with information about Hezbollah’s warehouses of explosive material in southern Germany, among other intelligence. By: WIN Staff Israel’s Mossad agency furnished German intelligence counterparts with information on Hezbollah’s activities that contributed to the German government’s decision to ban the terror group, Israel’s Channel 12 reported on Saturday. According […]

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NYC COVID-19 Community and Ethnic Media Update – A Round Table Discussion with Bitta Mostofi,  Dr. Oxiris Barbot & Dr. Andrew Wallach

Edited by: JV Staff Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Bitta Mostofi, Department of Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot, and NYC Health and Hospitals Ambulatory Care Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Wallach hosted a Community and Ethnic Media virtual round table on Friday, May 1st on COVID-19 testing updates. We’re committed to providing information, resources and […]

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12% OF Americans say Another Month of Social Distancing May Lead to Not Affording Food

By HANNAH BLEAU (Breitbart News) Twelve percent of Americans say they may not be able to afford food if stringent social distancing measures remain in place another month, preventing many “nonessential” workers from returning to work, according to results from Morning Consult’s weekly coronavirus survey tracker released Friday. The Morning Consult survey, based on 2,200 […]

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Trump Praise of ‘Tormented’ Flynn Raises Pardon Speculation

By ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN President Donald Trump voiced strong support Thursday for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, raising speculation that a pardon may be coming after Flynn’s lawyers disclosed internal FBI documents they claim show the FBI tried to “intentionally frame” him. Trump said he believes Flynn should now be cleared […]

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Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus

By DAVID CRARY, CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOHN LEICESTER (AP) Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits has climbed past a staggering 30 million, while Europe’s economies have gone into an epic slide. And as bad as the numbers are, some are […]

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Backlash After de Blasio Threatens to Arrest Jews Who Gather in Large Groups

Supporters of Rabbi Chaim Mertz, who reportedly died from the coronavirus, gathered Tuesday evening to mourn the passing of the religious leader, flouting the social distancing guidelines put forth by both state and city municipalities. A social media figure posted the images to twitter, resulting in Mayor de Blasio responding Tipster says this is the […]

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NY Pandemic Update; Cuomo “To let homeless people stay on the trains with no mask, no equipment — you’re not helping the homeless,”

Another 330 New Yorkers died of coronavirus yesterday, governor Andrew Cuomo announced during his daily briefing on the state’s response to the pandemic. Tuesday’s daily death toll was almost identical to Monday’s, meaning the rate of fatalities in the state is remaining high, even though it has come down significantly from a few weeks ago. […]

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NYC subway halting overnight service for Virus Cleaning, Watch Cuomo Presser

MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ (A.P) New York City’s subway system will shut down each day from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. to increase cleaning of trains and stations during the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday, two days after he called conditions in the subway “disgusting.” The closures, slated to start next […]

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