In the fraught weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. flew an upside-down American flag at their home following a dispute with a neighbor over anti-Trump yard signs, according to a statement from the justice and interviews with neighbors.
The upside-down flag has long been used as a sign of distress as well as protest by liberals and conservatives. At the time, it had been embraced by supporters of the “Stop the Steal” movement who falsely claimed the 2020 election had been stolen from Donald Trump. Some rioters displayed it when they stormed the Capitol to disrupt the formal certification of Joe Biden’s victory.

The Atlanta zoo will return its four pandas to China late this year, the facility announced Friday, in the latest chapter of a program often labeled “panda diplomacy.”
The parents and their twins have been the only giant pandas in the United States since November, when the National Zoo in Washington returned three of the bears to China in a move that some saw as an ominous sign of deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Chinese governments. China owns and leases all giant pandas in U.S. zoos.
Lun Lun, 26, and Yang Yang, 26, have been in Atlanta since 1999, when they came as part of a 25-year loan agreement. They’ve had seven children since then, including twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun, 7, the last of the offspring still in the country.

The Toronto police hate crimes unit is investigating after a local shul was vandalized for the second time in four weeks. Kehillat Shaarei Torah in the city’s north end was targeted in the early hours of Friday morning, with windows and glass doors smashed. Rabbi Yosef Kanofsky, who leads the shul, condemned the attack, noting […]

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The IDF cleared

On Sunday morning, a terrorist attempted to stab Border Police officers at a checkpoint near the Palestinian village of Abu Dis, near Maale Adumim. The terrorist pulled out a sharp object and ran toward the officers while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The officers responded quickly, opening fire and neutralizing him. B’Chasdei Hashem, there were no injuries […]

Iranian Jew Arvin Netanel Ghahremani, 20, was slated to be executed by the Islamic Republic on Monday but Baruch Hashem, his execution has been delayed for a month. The postponement was announced by Rabbi Moshe Margaretten of the Tzedek Association. “Excellent news!” he wrote. “The court system in Kermansha Iran, has granted a temporary reprieve […]

Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 am

TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Dr. Phil recorded a message that was played at a rally in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square on Motzaei Shabbos. “It’s been seven months since October 7 and Hamas still holds 132 hostages from 20 different countries. Hostages being subjected to physical…and psychological torture. This is not an Israeli issue; this is […]