A federal judge Monday blocked a major White House initiative on prescription drug costs, saying the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to require drugmakers to disclose their prices in TV ads. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Izmir Koch, 34, of Huber Heights, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for beating a man he believed to be Jewish outside of a Cincinnati restaurant.
Koch was convicted after a trial on Dec.
The Cleveland Clinic says it has delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a dead donor.
Uterine transplants have enabled more than a dozen women to give birth, usually with wombs donated from a living donor such as a friend or relative. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Amazon and Microsoft are battling it out over a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud” computing system. But Amazon’s early hopes of a shock-and-awe victory may be slipping away. Read more on Yeshiva World News
After local thugs were hired to lockdown the Isaac Shul in Krakow as part of a monetary dispute between a Chabad shaliach and Jewish community leaders, Minister of Religious Services (Shas) Yitzchak Vaknin sent a letter on the matter to Poland’s Minister of the Interior.
The designs are finished, the tenders have been issued and the work is about to begin. The Moriah Company is starting work this week to double Route 60.
In the first phase, the work will begin in the section between the Rosmarin Interchange and the entrance of the southern tunnel. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Rift develops over name of alliance after extreme-right Otzma Yehudit left out at this time from Union of Right-Wing Parties; it complains it was 'used and discarded'
Firefly Aerospace, Inc signs intellectual agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to build for-profit, rapid and affordable lunar missions based on the Israeli effort
In interview with UK's Jewish News, frontrunner to succeed Theresa May urges Iran to cease its nuclear 'madness,' says he'd keep doing 'everything' to constrain it
According to leaked transcript from graft probe, Netanyahu tells interrogator that billionaire benefactor gave gifts to many politicians, including Shimon Peres and Yair Lapid
Paris – France will introduce a new charge on plane tickets from next year, with revenue used to fund environment-friendly alternatives, the country’s transport minister said Tuesday. The “ecotax” costing between 1.50 euros ($1.7) and 18 euros ($20) will apply to most flights departing in France, Elisabeth Borne said. The only exceptions will be for [...]
Virginia Beach, Virginia – A popular teacher at a Norfolk yeshiva has gone missing in the waters off Virginia Beach after attempting to rescue a child who was struggling in the water. The incident took place at approximately 12:30 this afternoon at the 4000 block of Sandpiper Road at False Cape State Park. According to [...]
Jerusalem – Israel’s new education minister has likened intermarriage among North American Jews to the Holocaust in a recent Cabinet meeting. A spokesman for Education Minister Rafi Peretz confirmed Tuesday that Peretz said that “assimilation is like the Holocaust” in a July 1 session. Peretz is leader of a religious nationalist political party and former [...]
Emeryville, CA – Uma Valeti slices into a pan-fried chicken cutlet in the kitchen of his startup, Memphis Meats. He sniffs the tender morsel on his fork before taking a bite. He chews slowly, absorbing the taste. “Our chicken is chicken … you’ve got to taste it to believe it,” Valeti says. This is no [...]
Dallas, TX – An execution date has been set for a Jewish death row inmate in Texas who filed an appeal alleging that the judge in the case was anti-Semitic and racist. Dallas County Judge Lela Mays on Wednesday approved an Oct. 10 execution date for Randy Halprin. Halprin, 41, was part of the “Texas [...]
Jerusalem – Avigdor Liberman, the man who stopped Benjamin Netanyahu from forming an Israeli government this year, has a new campaign slogan: “Make Israel Normal Again.” The slogan showed up, in English, at the end of Liberman’s latest campaign ad. Liberman heads the Yisrael Beiteinu party, which has historically stood for the interests of Israel’s [...]
New York – CBS may have already cancelled its show “Million Dollar Mile” — in which contestants aim to get through a mile-long obstacle course while a group of professional athletes tries to stop them — but one of the final episodes will feature an athlete wearing a yarmulke. Michael Neuman, a 25-year-old psychologist from [...]
The Palestinian Authority is mulling reconciliation with the United States and “setting a new course” with President Donald Trump’s administration after breaking off official contacts, the Israel Hayom daily reported Tuesday.
A senior Palestinian official told the paper that back channel conciliatory messages have been sent between Ramallah and Washington in recent weeks in an effort to mend a rupture between the two administrations since the US recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2017.
According to the report, a delegation led by Majid Faraj, head of the PA security services, is expected to depart for Washington soon for discussions with senior US officials.
A federal judge Monday blocked a major White House initiative on prescription drug costs, saying the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to require drugmakers to disclose their prices in TV ads.
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