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April 28, 2017 at 9:52 am
British police said Friday they had disrupted an active terror plot with raids in London and southeastern England. One woman was shot and seriously wounded as heavily armed counterterrorism officers stormed a house in a residential London street.
Six suspects were arrested on terrorism-related charges, police said. The injured woman, who is in her 20s, was in serious but stable condition in a hospital.
The woman, whose name hasn’t been released, was under police guard but had not been arrested because of her condition, police said.
Armed officers fired CS gas into the house in the Willesden area of northwest London, which had been under observation as part of an anti-terrorism investigation, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said. He didn’t give det...
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April 28, 2017 at 9:50 am
Today the New York City Police Department began the rollout of its police officer body-worn camera (BWC) pilot program in the 34 Precinct, covering the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The Vievu cameras will initially be worn by each of the approximately 50 officers on patrol assigned to the 4 P.M. to midnight shift. The rollout will continue to additional precincts through the end of 2017, with a total of 5,000 cameras deployed through 2018, and approximately 22,000 by the end of 2019.
The NYPD body-worn camera program is the culmination of exhaustive research that began in 2014 with a best-practices visit to the Los Angeles Police Department and review of roughly 50 other law enforcement agencies’ programs. Since then, the NYPD has sought the input of more than 30 key...
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April 28, 2017 at 9:49 am
A driver who transports small children to daycare was questioned by Tel Aviv police on Wednesday, 30 Nissan, after forgetting a 4-year-old onboard. The driver told police “Certainly I forgot him because he fell asleep”.
The child’s mother, who lives in a community in the Gezer Council, is accustomed to receiving a notification from the kindergarten teacher regarding her son being picked up for the trip back home. She received such an alert last Friday, which happened to be accompanied by sharav heat-wave conditions.
About 50 minutes after being notified her son is heading home, the mom phoned her mom to tell her that her son has yet to arrive. She told Channel 2 News “I was nervous and immediately phoned the driver to ask where he is”.
According to mom, the...
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April 28, 2017 at 9:49 am
Were it not for Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, zt"l, who passed away this past Tuesday morning, neither the English Yated Ne'eman nor the host of other weekly magazines aimed at the Torah community might have ever come into existence.
When the late Rabbi Moshe Sherer took over running Agudath Israel of America, the first concrete goal he set for himself was the creation of a Torah magazine of ideas in English through which the gedolei Yisrael could address the masses. The Jewish Observer, whose first issue appeared in 1963, was that vehicle. It was central to Rabbi Sherer's conception of an independent Orthodoxy, that would speak forcefully and proudly for itself, and no longer allow others to speak about it without fear of rebuttal.
Rabbi Wolpin was not the founding editor of the Jewish...
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April 28, 2017 at 5:56 am
Baltimore, MD - Apr. 28, 2017 - Due to heightened infestation issues, the availability of STAR-K certified iceberg from Dole is going to decrease for at least the next few weeks. Many bags will not bear the STAR-K symbol and they are NOT certified. Please check each and every bag for the STAR-K symbol.
Cabbage/cole slaw mixes seem to be fine, at least for the time being, but we are monitoring them closely as well and the status may also be subject to sudden change.
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April 27, 2017 at 9:22 pm
Southwest Airlines plans to stop overbooking flights — an industry practice implicated in an ugly incident on a United Airlines flight that has damaged United’s reputation with the flying public.
Last year Southwest bumped 15,000 passengers off flights, more than any other U.S. airline. Carriers say they sometimes sell more tickets than there are seats because often a few passengers don’t show up.
The practice of overbooking flights has come under intense scrutiny since April 9, when a passenger was dragged off an overbooked United Express plane after refusing to give up his seat for a crew member.
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said Thursday that the airline had been thinking about ending overbooking for “a long time” because of fewer and fewer no-shows. But the...
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April 27, 2017 at 9:06 pm
As seen in the accompanying video, enforcers walk the streets of PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Beit Lechem, compelling businesses not complying with the general strike ordered by Ramallah to do so.
PA leaders in Ramallah called for a general strike to show solidarity with the hunger strike being held by some terrorists imprisoned in Israel, an effort headed by Fatah Tanzim faction leader Marwan Barghouti. Barghouti himself is serving five life sentences for his acts of terror.
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April 27, 2017 at 8:59 pm
According to a report appearing in dati leumi BaSheva weekly last week, IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim and his predecessor Rabbi Rafi Peretz were both partners in the formulation of the plan to integrate combat units to permit women and men to serve side-by-side. The new plan has led to widespread condemnation among the overwhelming number of rabbonim including the dati leumi community. A number of prominent poskim in the dati leumi community have already announced religious soldiers may not serve in or command such units, even if they are compelled to resign their command and lose the source of their parnasa.
In response, Rabbi Karim instructed a member of his staff to pen a letter, which was sent to military rabbis clarifying his position.
“The work of the IDF staff in relation to th...
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April 27, 2017 at 8:40 pm
Some 400 demonstrators came out to protest Israeli Ambassador to the UK Mark Regev’s appearance at a prominent London university on Thursday, with one protester recorded saying that the Jews murdered in the Holocaust were “cowards.”
According to footage posted on social media, the demonstrators filled the campus of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), waving Palestinian flags and “bloodied” Israeli flags, blaring music and chanting the popular call for the destruction of the Jewish state, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free.”
There were about 100 pro-Israel counter-demonstrators, according to eyewitnesses, some of whom attempted to converse with the other side, but rep...
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April 27, 2017 at 8:38 pm
President Donald Trump is once again taking aim at a federal appeals court district that covers Western states, saying he is considering breaking up a circuit that is a longtime target of Republicans and is where his first travel ban was halted.
Yet it would take congressional action to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Republicans have introduced bills this year to do just that.
Asked Wednesday during a White House interview by the Washington Examiner if he’d thought about proposals to break up the court, Trump replied, “Absolutely, I have.”
“There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit. It’s outrageous,” he told the Examiner. He accused critics of appealing to the 9th “because they know that’s like, semi-auto...
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April 27, 2017 at 8:37 pm
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an enforcement and public education campaign aimed at motorists who pass stopped school buses. State and local law enforcement agencies from across the state will participate in “Operation Safe Stop” on Thursday, April 27, 2017, and drivers passing school buses that are stopped and flashing their red lights will be ticketed. The Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee and the New York Association for Pupil Transportation have collaborated on the enforcement and education initiative since October 2003.
“Operation Safe Stop has played a critical role in raising awareness and urging motorists to pay attention to the road and abide by the law,” Governor Cuomo said. “With this campaign, we can help protect the safety of o...
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April 27, 2017 at 7:47 pm
MK (Machane Tzioni) Shelly Yacimovich is running for the leadership of the Histadrut National Labor Federation. Yacimovich enjoys the backing of the Shas party in her bid for the top labor spot, and this allegedly is resulting in the labor union retaliating against Shas.
During her address before the Chareidi Institute for Policy Studies, Yacimovich spoke of the “Attempts to de-legitimize my candidacy for the chairmanship of the Histadrut are surprising me every time, and there is a perception that the Histadrut chairman’s role goes from man to man and that a woman can only deal with the leadership of Na’amat. For 97 years, there has not been a woman heading by the Histadrut, which suffers from extreme under-representation of women in senior positions.
“97...
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April 27, 2017 at 7:40 pm
This week’s parsha discusses tzaraas, a spiritually-caused physical affliction that was primarily the result of Loshon Hara, gossiping or speaking negatively about another (Arachin 15b). When one was afflicted with tzaraas, he was required to go to the Kohen who would verify the tzaraas and pronounce him impure. Interestingly, the severe status of impurity did not begin at the time that tzaraas appeared on the body. Rather, even if many kohanim and experts verified that one had tzaraas for a long period of time, the impurity only began once the Kohen VERBALIZED that he is impure (Negaim 3:1). His impurity relied so greatly on the Kohen’s verbalization, in fact, that if the Kohen recognized tzaraas but delayed his verbal declaration, out of respect for a sheva brachos (one'...
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April 27, 2017 at 6:59 pm
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Alex Acosta as secretary of labor, filling out President Donald Trump's cabinet as he approaches his 100th day in office.
The 60-38 vote confirms Acosta to the post. Once sworn as the nation's 27th secretary of labor, the son of Cuban immigrants will lead an a sprawling agency that enforces more than 180 federal laws covering about 10 million employers and 125 million workers.
Acosta has been a federal prosecutor, a civil rights chief at the Justice Department and a member of the National Labor Relations Board. He will arrive at the top post with relatively little clear record on some of the top issues facing the administration over key pocketbook issues, such as whether to expand the pool of American workers eligible for overtime pay....
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April 27, 2017 at 6:56 pm
Washington - A congressional committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to consider criminally prosecuting a technology services company that was involved in maintaining a private email server for Hillary Clinton.
The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee accused Colorado-based Platte River Networks and its chief executive, Treve Suazo, of withholding documents demanded under subpoena and obstructing the committee’s investigation “at every turn.”
The allegations were made in a referral to Attorney General Jeff Sessions that was obtained by The Associated Press. A lawyer for the company did not immediately comment.
A referral for prosecution from Congress has no practical impact on the Justice Department, which decides on its own whether evidence exists...
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April 27, 2017 at 6:52 pm
Milwaukee - A Wisconsin man was removed from a Delta Air Lines flight after using the bathroom against crew instructions shortly before takeoff.
Kima Hamilton says he urgently needed to use the bathroom April 18 while on a Milwaukee-bound plane in Atlanta. He says takeoff was delayed and the flight wasn’t moving, so he decided to go.
Cellphone video shows Delta agents asked Hamilton to de-board after he got back to his seat, but he refused. The crew emptied the aircraft and allowed everyone but Hamilton back on.
Delta says it’s imperative passengers comply with crew instructions, especially at critical points of takeoff and landing.
Hamilton says FBI agents met him at the gate but didn’t arrest him. He got a partial refund but says it wasn’t enough to cover anot...
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April 27, 2017 at 6:48 pm
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Thursday said revenue from its cloud business, advertising and subscription services rose in the first quarter, helping it beat profit expectations and sending its shares to an all-time high in extended trading.
The world's largest online retailer said net income rose 41 percent to $724 million, or $1.48 per share, marking the eighth straight quarter that Amazon - known among investors for heavy spending and roller-coaster results - posted a net profit. Analysts on average were expecting $1.12 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Amazon's revenue has soared in recent years, as shopping has shifted online and businesses have moved their IT to the cloud where Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the biggest player.
Some investors had questioned if ...
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April 27, 2017 at 6:43 pm
West Bank - Palestinians across the West Bank are observing a general strike in support of hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners held by Israel.
Palestinians say between 1,300 and 1,500 prisoners have been on a hunger strike for 11 days, demanding better conditions and more contact with relatives. Israel puts the number at about 1,100.
The widely observed strike in the West Bank and east Jerusalem reflects the Palestinian consensus on prisoners. In 50 years of Israeli rule, hundreds of thousands have been jailed by Israel at some point, affecting virtually all Palestinian families.
Qadoura Fares, who runs the Prisoners’ Club advocacy group, said Thursday’s strike “reflects the large public concern” for the prisoners.
In Ramallah, shops closed and public transpor...
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April 27, 2017 at 6:41 pm
Washington - President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a tweetstorm of criticism of Democrats involved in tense negotiations on a spending bill to keep the government open, accusing them of trying to close national parks and jeopardize the safety of U.S. troops over demands to provide Americans with health care.
The talks involving congressional Republicans and Democrats had progressed relatively smoothly after the White House had backed off a threat to withhold payments that help lower-income Americans pay their medical bills and Trump dropped a demand for money for the border wall.
A temporary funding bill expires Friday at midnight, and GOP leaders late Wednesday came out with a short-term spending bill through May 5 to prevent a government shutdown this weekend.
The House and Sen...
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April 27, 2017 at 6:36 pm
Toms River, NJ - A badly decomposed whale has been hauled off a New Jersey beach.
The Brigantine-based Marine Mammal Stranding Center says the 43-foot whale may have been a Sei whale, but the poor condition of the carcass makes a firm identification difficult.
The condition also makes it difficult to determine how the whale died.
The carcass had been floating offshore for at least three days before washing ashore Wednesday morning in the beach town of Toms River.
Authorities roped the animal off with crime scene tape to keep a crowd of onlookers at a distance.
Technicians from the stranding center used giant knives atop 6-foot-long wooden poles to slice the whale into smaller pieces. Public works crews then used front-end loaders to drag and carry the pieces away.
