WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential loyalists skirmished with anti-Donald Trump demonstrators over the weekend in Washington, leading to dozens of arrests, several stabbings and injuries to police officers, in disturbances hours after rallies in support of his baseless claims that he won a second term. Police in the District of Columbia said they arrested nearly 30 […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown. It was the highest and most elaborate flight yet for the rocketship that Elon Musk says […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As Israel grapples with coronavirus and tries to prevent a third lockdown, the first batch of 4,000 Pfizer coronavirus vaccines arrived in Israel Wednesday morning. The vaccines came directly from the “hub” of the DHL company in Brussels, where they were placed under the intensely cold conditions required during the entire supply […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The latest single by Nissim Black, a pathbreaking Orthodox hip-hop artist, reimagines what may be the mostly widely known Jewish song. “The Hava Song,” released on Black’s 34th birthday Wednesday, is a modern and bass-forward reimagining of the traditional “Hava Nagila.” It features Black rapping about gratitude, his place in Jewish society […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was “doing very well” after being hospitalized with the coronavirus as lawmakers in battleground states that Giuliani visited last week scrambled to make sure they did not contract the virus. The 76-year-old former New York mayor, hospitalized in Washington, had traveled extensively […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his Monday press briefing, that indoor dining in New York City will be shut down, unless the regional hospitalization rate stabilizes within five days. Additionally, the rest of New York State will see indoor dining restricted to 25% capacity if there is no improvement. “If after […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s chief infectious disease expert, says there was never a question that he would accept Joe Biden’s offer to serve as his chief medical officer and adviser on the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci told NBC’s “Today” show on Friday, “I said yes right on the spot” after Biden asked […]

Two Drunks fall down an elevator shaft and are unhurt.  Listen to Rabbi Yair Hoffman’s Torah Take on the subject.  The author can be contacted at yairhoffman2@gmail.com

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that made an emergency landing on a Minnesota interstate Wednesday has been identified as an award-winning member of the U.S. aerobatics flying team. The single-engine Bellanca Viking plane landed and hit a vehicle, temporarily closing part of the highway Wednesday night in the St. Paul suburb […]