WASHINGTON (AP) — Watching as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets celebrated their graduation standing 8 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence choked up briefly at that slice of life in a nation transformed. It was a rare outward display of emotion for a man who stands stoically behind President Donald Trump during his often-rambling […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says his comments suggesting people can ingest or inject disinfectant to fight COVID-19 was an attempt at sarcasm. Trump noted Thursday that researchers were looking at the effects of disinfectants on the virus and wondered aloud if they could be injected into people, saying the virus “does a tremendous number […]

NEW YORK (AP) – New York reported its lowest number of daily COVID-19 deaths in weeks on Friday. The state reported 422 deaths as of Thursday. That’s the fewest since March 31, when it recorded 391 deaths. More than 16,000 people have died in the state from the outbreak. “Again, this is at an unimaginable […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) During the 1970s when I was growing up in Southern California, the air was so polluted that I was regularly sent home from high school to “shelter in place.” There might not seem to be much in common between staying home due to air pollution and staying home to fight the […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat, has been released from federal prison over coronavirus concerns after serving just over two years of a five-year sentence for fraud and other crimes related to a purported charity for poor students that she used as a personal slush fund. Brown, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — US deaths surpass 50,000, according to JHU count.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors against prescribing a malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus outside of hospitals or research settings. In an alert Friday, regulators warned of reports of serious side effects and death among patients taking hydroxychloroquine and the related […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — After the Israeli health ministry refused to allow yeshivos to open in any format, the leaders of the Lithuanian community published a letter for all yeshiva and kollel students announcing the opening of the summer zman from Sunday from home. The letter stresses that all Chareidi yeshiva students should continue to […]

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is reminding people to only use disinfectant on surfaces. The EPA issued the update after President Donald Trump suggested it might be helpful to inject disinfectant to combat the coronavirus. The EPA says, “Never apply the product to yourself or others. Do not ingest disinfectant products.” William Bryan of […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has caught the Chareidi public in Israel unawares. Until this point a large proportion of the public shunned the internet and found other sources for their information. The Chareidi print media and telephone news services were suitable replacements for the internet. However as the epidemic continues […]