ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida and 20 other states sued Tuesday to halt the federal government’s requirement that people wear masks on planes, trains, ferries and other public transportation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Tampa, Florida, contends that the mask mandate exceeds the authority of the U.S. Centers […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Sources close to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich confirmed Monday that he had suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border earlier this month. The sources say that the Jewish billionaire, who has close ties to Putin as well as to Ukrainian leaders, reportedly suffered sore eyes and […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — During Veronika Maidanova’s first two days attending school in Israel, the 8-year-old felt completely lost. “Everyone spoke Hebrew and I didn’t understand anything,” she recalled, weeks after fleeing her native Ukraine for the safety — but unfamiliarity — of Israel. Then her mother heard about a school focused on new immigrants where […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A day after the Hadera terror attack in which two Border Police officers were murdered, The Shin Bet arrested Monday night more than 12 Arab Israelis with ties to IS. Five people were arrested on the night after the attack and more arrests  are expected as Israel cracks down on jihadist elements. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators issued a negative review Monday of a closely watched experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after months of lobbying by patient advocates urging approval. The drug from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has become a rallying cause for patients with the deadly neurodegenerative disease ALS, their families […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a famous speech given in 2014 during a previous wave of terror in Israel, Naftali Bennett, who at the time headed the Jewish Home party and was Economic Affairs minister, said that “99.9% of Israeli Arabs are loyal to the state of Israel. A tiny minority is acting against the state […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police together with Shin Bet operatives raided a number of houses in Umm El-Fahm, arrested five suspects and detaining others for interrogation, including family members of the terrorists who were cousins and lived in the town. The detainees will be remanded in custody and a gag order has been placed on their […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two border policemen were murdered in the terror attack which occurred in Hadera Sunday night. The two were identified as Yazen Falah and Shiral Avocrat, both 19 years old. Yazen, a resident of the Druze village of Kasra Samia, joined the Border Police a year ago and served in Judea and Samaria. […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Holocaust memorial near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has been damaged in Russian bombardments, according to a report by Ukrainian government officials Saturday. Images posted on social media showed a wrecked menorah monument at the Drobytsky Yar site, a ravine where 15-20,000 Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. Ukraine’s Foreign […]

LONDON (VINnews) — British police are investigating a number of separate incidents in which eggs were thrown at Jews and at a synagogue in the London suburb of Edgeware. The incidents occurred on recent weekends, as passengers in a silver Ford Mondeo hurled eggs at Jews walking near local synagogues. Jewish watchdog, the Community Security […]