NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus death toll in New York dropped again, a sign that Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday means the state is “on the other side of the plateau” and that ongoing social distancing practices are working to stem the spread of the virus. Cuomo said 507 people died on Saturday, down […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement as early as Sunday on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and COVID-19 testing. With small-business owners reeling during a coronavirus outbreak that has […]

NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans stockpile everything from canned soup to toilet paper, food and consumer products makers are scrambling to meet demand. Companies like Clorox Co. and J.M. Smucker Co. are running their manufacturing plants 24/7 while reducing their product lines so they can get the products into stores faster. They’re also under […]

COLUMBUS, OHIO (VINnews) — The coronavirus has hit hard both economically and physically and has not spared any community. However during a protest Saturday in Columbus,Ohio against health restrictions instituted by the state, an anti-Semitic sign was displayed depicting Jews as demonic blue beings and using a crudely anti-Semitic picture of a Jew reminiscent of […]

FORT LAUDERDALE (VINnews) — JNS) A Chabad center in Florida conducted a free drive-through mask distribution and handed out more than 50,000 masks to help people stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., began operating the giveaway at about noon on Friday. The masks were sponsored by […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Dr. Abed Zahalka, an Arab ICU doctor at the Maayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak, Israel, was conscripted for an unusual mission this week: Bringing a Torah scroll wrapped in a tallis into the coronavirus ward for the use of Orthodox Jewish patients. Zahalka has served for many years in the […]

WASHINGTON (VINnews) — President Trump claimed on Saturday that states have been unfairly targeting Christians over other faiths, like Islam. Trump’s complaint stemmed from some states not allowing religious gatherings due to COVID-19 restrictions, but the president isn’t convinced that Muslims will be subjected to the same rules during Ramadan. “You know I just spoke […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Former Brooklyn City Councilman and New York Supreme Court judge Noach Dear has passed away from coronavirus at the age of 67. In 1975, Dear received both a B.S. from Brooklyn College and a M.S.W. from the Yu Wurzweiler School of Social Work. He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School […]

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence says 150,000 coronavirus tests are now being conducted daily in the U.S. but suggested that governors and not the federal government were to blame for numbers not being higher. Pence tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that, “if states around the country will activate all of the laboratories that are […]

BERLIN (AP) — Pressures mounted Sunday on governments to ease the economic pain of coronavirus lockdowns after protests from those fearing for their livelihoods, and authorities responded with a wide range of possible dates and solutions and a few emphatic “not yets.” Shutdowns that began in China in late January and spread to Europe, the […]