DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The world’s longest-surviving conjoined twins died July 4 at the age of 68. Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, of Beavercreek, Ohio, were born joined at the abdomen Oct. 28, 1951. In 2014, the brothers earned the distinction of being the world’s oldest set of conjoined twins shortly before their 63rd birthday. WHIO […]

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has turned down a White House invitation to celebrate the new regional free trade agreement in Washington with U.S President Donald Trump and and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Trump and López Obrador are due to meet Wednesday Washington, but Trudeau spokesperson Chantal Gagnon said Monday that […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Israeli government on Monday approved a series of measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, following a heated emergency session of the “coronavirus Cabinet,” the Knesset committee tasked with overseeing the country’s response to the pandemic. Israel is currently experiencing a “second wave” of coronavirus infections, with the total number […]

WASHINGTON — The White House is again rejecting calls for a national mask-wearing mandate. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says in an appearance on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning that the president sees the issue as a “state-to-state” matter. He says that, “certainly a national mandate is not in order” and that “we’re […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Riots broke out in Meah Shearim Saturday night after a woman was detained by police for refusing to identify herself after police found her without a mask. Rioters threw bottles and stones at police and burned garbage bins as well as blocking traffic. One policeman was lightly injured in the head and […]

WASHINGTON (Newsmax) – Hundreds of scientists say the World Health Organization should revise its recommendations for the coronavirus due to evidence that smaller particles of the virus can travel through the air and infect people, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The group, numbering 239 scientists from 32 nations, is expected to publish its […]

NEW YORK (Newsmax) – The global coronavirus pandemic killed more people than those inflicted with COVID-19, because those sick of other ailments were “so scared” they avoided healthcare and ultimately died without treatment, according to Dr. Mehmet Oz. “For March, April and May we have 122,000 more deaths then typical [in the United States],” Dr. […]

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The United States has dipped under 50,000 new daily infections for the first time in four days, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, but experts fear celebrations for the July 4th weekend will act like rocket fuel for the nation’s surging coronavirus outbreak. Johns Hopkins on Sunday […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tzahi Hanegbi, a minister without portfolio in the Netanyahu-Gantz government, infuriated many people Friday when he claimed that “the nonsense about people having nothing to eat is crap.’ In the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis and with nearly a million people unemployed, Hanegbi’s statement caused sharp reactions and the minister was […]

LOS ANGELES (VINnews) — Tommy Macias, a 51-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore, California, had been very careful over the past few months. Macias, a truck driver, knew that due to his diabetes he was at high risk if he contracted COVID-19, so he stayed at home and wore a mask when going out, maintaining social […]