ROME (AP) — The United Nations says the ranks of the world’s hungry grew by 10 million last year and warns that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 130 million more people into chronic hunger this year. The grim assessment was contained in the latest edition of the State of Food Security and […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Since the outset of COVID-19, scientists have suggested that blood types could play a part both in the susceptibility of certain people to contracting the virus and in the complications and mortality which ensue in some cases. A Chinese study issued in March compared nearly 2,200 hospitalized COVID-19 patients to a […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and has ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising in the nation’s most populated state. On July 1, Newsom ordered many counties to close bars and indoor operations at […]

OHIO (Newsmax) – Ohio’s Cuyahoga County has set up a hotline to report people who are violating Gov. Mike DeWine’s order that face masks must be worn, The Hill reported on Sunday. The county, which includes Cleveland, announced the hotline over the weekend after DeWine issued the order earlier in the week mandating masks in […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Chareidi factions of Shas and UTJ met independently with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and demanded a cessation of what they deemed biased and discriminatory enforcement of coronavirus public health regulations. The MKs met with Netanyahu as well as Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Public Security Minister Amir Ohana after numerous demonstrations […]

NEW YORK (Newsmax) – New York City reported no new coronavirus deaths on Saturday for the first time since early March, according to Sunday’s preliminary health data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Big Apple was the epicenter early on when the coronavirus first hit the United States. The city’s health […]

WORMS, GERMANY (VINnews) — Vandals desecrated dozens of graves in what is believed to be the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe in the city of Worms, Germany. The tomb of Maharam Rothenburg which is situated in the cemetery was also vandalized, according to a report by the European Jewish Association (EJA). Worms was a famous […]

DETROIT (AP) — The past five years have been rough for Hyundai in the U.S. as it scrambled to catch up with a massive shift in consumer preferences from cars to trucks and SUVs. The South Korean auto company ran through multiple leaders as it added utility vehicles to a car-heavy lineup, but sales fell […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise. According to state Department of Health statistics, 15,299 people tested positive, […]

WASHINGTON — Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday the Trump administration is “trying to correct” its guidance from earlier in the coronavirus epidemic that wearing face coverings was not necessary. With virus cases surging and many states and cities now issuing orders to wear masks in public, Adams said he and other administration officials were […]