Authorities are investigating interference with police radio communications, websites and networks used by law enforcement and other officials during recent U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Although the efforts to disrupt police radios and take down websites in Minnesota, Illinois and Texas aren’t considered technically difficult hacks, federal intelligence officials warned that law enforcement should be ready for such tactics as protests continue. Authorities have not yet identified anyone responsible or provided details about how the disruptions were carried out.

President Donald Trump lobbed a broadside attack Thursday against the International Criminal Court by authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials and those of allied nations, including Israel, for possible war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Trump’s executive order marked his administration’s latest attack against international organizations, treaties and agreements that don’t hew to its policies. It would block the financial assets of court employees and bar those employees and their immediate relatives from entering the United States.

By Phreddy Wischusen/Chabad.org Rabbi Motti Kopman dedicated his life to two things—spreading joy and helping others, say his family and many friends. In fact, the young rabbi’s reputation for being ready to serve anyone at a moment’s notice was so widespread that he would often receive phone calls at his home in Buffalo, N.Y., in the middle of the night from strangers in need of help. “He would go to them right away,” said his brother-in-law, Shimon Kaduri, “helping people with no limitation or reason.” Kopman passed away on April 12 at the age of 34 from complications due to cancer and COVID-19, leaving behind his wife, Chana, and five young children. Kopman was born in 1985 in Jerusalem, the fourth of nine children to Moshe and Gila Kopman.

German airline Lufthansa says 22,000 full-time jobs may need to be cut worldwide due to the drop in demand for flights caused by the coronavirus pandemic. That’s more than twice the number of jobs that the airline, which says it has over 135,000 employees, previously said might need to be axed. Lufthansa, which also owns Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, said it expects to have about 100 planes fewer in operation after the pandemic. Shares in Lufthansa were down almost 8% on the Frankfurt exchange Thursday. In a statement late Wednesday, a union representing cabin crew, UFO, said its members were prepared to make concessions but expected job guarantees from the airline.

The first experimental COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. is on track to begin a huge study next month to prove if it really can fend off the coronavirus, its manufacturer announced Thursday — a long-awaited step in the global vaccine race. The vaccine, developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will be tested in 30,000 volunteers — some given the real shot and some a dummy shot. Moderna said it already has made enough doses for the pivotal late-stage testing. Still needed before those injections begin: results of how the shot has fared in smaller, earlier-stage studies. But Moderna’s announcement suggests those studies are making enough progress for the company and the NIH to get ready to move ahead.

The New York State Police says it will crack down on reckless driving for one week beginning June 11. The traffic-enforcement initiative is called “Speed Week” and ends on June 17. During this time, state police say troopers actively patrol highway work zones and target driver’s violating the “Move Over” law. New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett said, “Speeding is a significant safety hazard on our highways, which often results in tragic consequences. We urge all motorists to obey posted speed limits and eliminate distractions while behind the wheel.

We are living in unprecedented times. Never in modern history has there been a global epidemic that has affected so many facets of our lives. My deepest and sincere sympathy to all those affected by this terrible epidemic.   As a facility that is committed to providing optimal service for our residents, the onset of COVID-19 was a new challenge for myself and my entire dedicated staff. With S’yata D’shmaya we made the difficult but necessary decisions for the safety and well-being of our residents, shutting the doors to new patients and discharging those residents who had family members who were able to care for them at home. This decision was made in the early stages of the epidemic when we still did not know the extent of its impact.

Protesters pulled down a more than century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of rebel monuments damaged as demonstrations continued following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. The bronze statue, which stood before a colonnade along Richmond’s fame Monument Avenue, lay on its back with dark paint on its face and an arm outstretched after demonstrators pulled it down late Wednesday. Police were on the scene and videos on social media showed a crowd cheering as the statue, installed by a Confederate heritage group during the days of legalized segregation in the South, was towed away. The Davis likeness, located a few blocks away from a monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E.

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President Donald Trump is resuming in-person fundraising events after a three-month hiatus as his campaign works to maintain a cash advantage over Democrat Joe Biden that it believes is vital to victory in November. Trump is traveling to Dallas on Thursday to raise more than $10 million for his campaign and the Republican Party, according to a GOP official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plan. He’ll hold another event Saturday at his private golf course in New Jersey. The moves come at a critical moment in the campaign. Trump’s reelection plans have been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic, a severe economic recession and weeks of nationwide protests over racial injustice.