Hong Kong – Hong Kong’s leader says she has met with a group of young people including some who have taken part in political protests, but she showed no sign of budging on any of the protesters’ demands. The semi-autonomous Chinese city has seen more than two months of pro-democracy protests that have often ended [...]

Crown Heights – An elderly Jewsih man was walking in Rochester Park in Crown Heights, when he was savagely attacked with a brick. According to reports, the man suffered severe facial trauma, including having teeth knocked out. Hatzalah transferred the man to the hospital, after treating him on scene. Follow VIN News on WhatsApp Status [...]

Washington – Iran threatened a leading Washington think tank with sanctions and other unspecified measures. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which counsels hawkish policies toward Iran, said it has contacted law enforcement. “Law enforcement is taking a close look at the Islamic Republic’s threat against our think tank,” a foundation official told the Jewish [...]

Memphis, TN – A Mississippi hotelier who had sought to open new hotels in partnership with President Donald Trump’s family has been arrested on charges of stealing luggage from a Tennessee airport. Dinesh Chawla of Cleveland, Mississippi, was arrested Thursday at the Memphis airport and charged with two counts of felony theft. A sworn statement [...]

Jerusalem – In a rare occurrence, the head of the main opposition party in Israel was briefed on recent violence that has Israel and the security establishment on edge. In the past, such courtesy briefings were a signal that Israel could be contemplating military action. Benny Gantz, who leads the Blue and White party, received [...]

New York – Up to 30 women were expected to take a judge up on his invitation to speak at a hearing after financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself before facing sex trafficking charges. The hearing Tuesday morning was scheduled last week by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman. Berman presided over the case prosecutors brought against [...]

Cleveland – A former medical resident at the Cleveland Clinic who lost her position after scores of anti-Semitic social media that she wrote were exposed, has requested a hearing before the State Medical Board of Ohio. She was informed last month that following an investigation, including a deposition in which she admitted to authoring the [...]

Hollywood, FL – Police will discuss the manslaughter charges they filed against a Florida nursing home administrator and employees for the 2017 heat-related deaths of 12 patients after Hurricane Irma knocked out the facility’s air conditioning. Hollywood police on Tuesday will announce their evidence for the manslaughter charges filed against administrator Jorge Carballo, nursing supervisor [...]

Washington – “Never Trump” Republicans are eager to see the president confront a credible primary adversary. But the party will likely erect structural barriers that make that kind of challenge exceedingly difficult. And for good reason: Every incumbent president for four-plus decades who has faced a serious primary opponent was weakened enough to ultimately lose [...]

Anderson, SC – Vice President Mike Pence told South Carolina conservatives Monday night that another four years for the Trump administration is a far better choice than anything the Democratic Party might offer from its nomination race. “Have faith in the American people,” Pence told about 3,000 people attending a fundraising barbecue in the town [...]