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January 15, 2018 at 6:01 pm
Baltimore, MD – Jan. 15, 2018 – 6:01 PM - The water main on Seven Mile Lane between Park Heights and Reisterstown Road that broke last week, just broke again.
The conditions in that area are extremely slippery and caution is advised. If you can, avoid that area.
The city has been notified and is working on dispatching a salt truck to the area.
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January 15, 2018 at 5:01 pm
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is saying farewell to Republican Gov. Chris Christie and hello to Democrat Phil Murphy.
The wealthy former Obama administration diplomat and businessman is to take the oath of office Tuesday at a ceremony in Trenton.
Christie will then return to life as a private citizen after two terms as governor and nearly a decade as U.S. attorney in the state.
It's hard to imagine New Jersey getting a higher contrast in its 56th governor.
Christie is a friend and one-time adviser to Republican President Donald Trump and has conservative views on taxes, opposes marijuana legalization and fights bitterly with labor unions.
Murphy opposes Trump on health care, immigration and taxes. He promises to raise taxes on millionaires and legalize recreational mariju...
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January 15, 2018 at 4:07 pm
Defense minister says Israel plans to continue security coordination with PA noting, 'If they stop it, it would be their decision'; he also discusses Palestinian intransigence: 'The Palestinians have always found a reason why not. Abbas doesn't want an agreement with Israel.'
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has "lost his senses" after his acrimonious speech against Israel and US President Donald Trump the previous day.
"He's trying to bring down all of our homes—the home of the Palestinians, that of the Americans and that of the Jews," Lieberman told Ynet in an interview.
Lieberman noted Abbas' address symbolized his giving up on the prospect of peace negotiations and opting...
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January 15, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Depth of destroyed tunnel estimated to be dozens of meters underground, height and width large enough to allow passage of dozens of terrorists, equipment; tunnel discovered weeks ago, Egypt notified of its existence over weekend, said to be incensed with Hamas at breach of sovereignty; Kerem Shalom Crossing to reopen Tuesday.
The Hamas tunnel destroyed over the weekend underneath the Kerem Shalom Crossing was several dozen meters deep, according to estimates, and its height and width are said to be more considerable compared to previous tunnels, enabling the passage of a several-dozen-strong force, as well as armaments, through it.The tunnel was first discovered several weeks ago, while Egypt was notified of its existence this past weekend, and is incensed with Hamas due to the ...
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January 15, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - Jan. 15, 2018 - On a cold and wet Sunday evening, the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce (OJC) Israel Anglo Networking evening took place at the King David Hotel (KDH) in Jerusalem, Israel.
The OJC launched its Israel Division by hosting an Anglo Business Networking Event. The program was geared toward facilitating networking between business owners in all industries, and particularly those within the Anglo-Israeli business sector.
OJC's stated mission is to help people interact and make new connections, and to foster existing relationships. OJC founder and CEO, Duvi Honig, has held large networking events in the US, but this was the first one OJC held in Israel.
David Walles, head of the successful travel company, Eddie's Kosher Travel, flew from Israel t...
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January 15, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Just hours before the start of Agudath Israel of America’s 18th annual Yerushalayim Yarchei Kallah, hundreds of participants gathered in Bnei Brak on Sunday night for a pre-opening event held at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center. Torrential rains did nothing to dampen the spirits of those who came to the reception held in a magnificent tent outside the state of the art 300 bed hospital which prides itself on providing high level, halachically appropriate medical care.
With many travelers having just arrived in Eretz Yisroel for the Yarchei Kallah, orchestrated by the Agudah’s Torah Projects Commission, participants headed directly to the hospital which was founded in 1990 to serve the more than 100,000 residents of the Bnei Brak area.
The program began with Tehillim for passeng...
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January 15, 2018 at 12:22 pm
A small chance of flurries on Monday will be followed by a chance for more accumulation Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.
Two inches of snow could accumulate in Baltimore by Wednesday morning, making for some slippery roads. Higher amounts could be seen northwest of Baltimore.
Snow is not expected to start Tuesday evening until after 6 p.m. and it should taper off around noon Wednesday
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January 15, 2018 at 12:17 pm
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has called the new governor of Virginia, Democrat Ralph Northam, to congratulate him.
Northam was sworn in Saturday during ceremonies at the state Capitol in Richmond.
The White House says Trump called Northam on Sunday from his Florida estate and says the president and the governor agreed to work together closely on many issues, including support of the military.
Trump placed another call of congratulations on Sunday to New Jersey’s governor-elect, Democrat Phil Murphy. He’ll be sworn in on Tuesday.
The White House says...read more at WTOP
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January 15, 2018 at 12:10 pm
Israeli leaders slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Monday for a fiery, invective-filled speech against President Donald Trump, in which he proclaimed the U.S. role as arbiter of the Mideast conflict over, attacked the administration's envoys and described Israel as a colonial conspiracy.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Abbas had "lost his senses" and had given up on the prospect of peace negotiations in favor of open confrontation with both Israel and the United States. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the pro-settler Jewish Home Party, said the speech represented Abbas' swan song.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a trip to India, said Abbas had "tore off the mask" and exposed what he called the truth. "The root of the confli...
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January 15, 2018 at 10:50 am
The Israeli government announced Monday that it would no longer permit members of the Hamas terrorist group or their immediate family members in Gaza to enter Israel with entry permits issued out of humanitarian concerns, including to seek medical treatment in Israeli hospitals, as opposed to medical facilities in the Gaza Strip.
The announcement was made Monday after the government acknowledged to the Supreme Court that it had hitherto not fully implemented a security cabinet decision which included sanctions targeting Hamas leadership.
Last November, a legal team assembled by the Goldin family accused the government of not implementing the cabinet decision, and filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to intervene.
In August 2014, IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul were killed dur...
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January 15, 2018 at 10:48 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A mezzanine floor inside the Jakarta Stock Exchange tower collapsed on Monday, injuring nearly 80 people and forcing a chaotic evacuation.
Security camera footage circulated online showed the collapse, with a group of people plunging several meters (feet) to the ground as the structure gave way beneath them.
People fled the building through a lobby strewn with debris. Emergency personnel tended to the injured on the grass and pavement outside the tower.
National police spokesman Setyo Wasisto said most of the injured were college students from Palembang in Sumatra who were visiting the stock exchange as part of a study tour.
Wasisto ruled out terrorism as a cause of the collapse.
“There is no bomb element in the incident,” he said.
Figures rel...
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January 15, 2018 at 10:44 am
HONOLULU (AP) — It was a beautiful Hawaii morning: nice breeze, blue skies, birds chirping. Then terror struck.
We were up early, my daughter and I, because this Saturday morning was her first day of ice skating lessons, a day we had been talking about and looking forward to for months.
We were also having construction done in our Honolulu apartment, which sits atop a hill overlooking the Nuuanu Valley and, in the distance, Pearl Harbor. So, I had been frantically clearing out the living room and covering our things with sheets so they wouldn't be smothered in sawdust.
We got her skating clothes on and tacked up the living room, and I was just about to hop in the shower when, around 8:07 a.m., my phone started the aggressive, long pulsating tone that normally accompanies a fl...
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January 15, 2018 at 10:05 am
HONOLULU — The missile threat mistakenly sent Saturday by Hawaii officials came just a few minutes after a shift change at state Emergency Operations Center in Diamond Head Crater. Here's a timeline of what happened:
8:05 a.m. — Workers initiate routine test of the emergency alert system.
8:07 a.m. — A worker mistakenly hits the button to send the emergency warning reading: "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
8:10 a.m. — The head of the Emergency Management Agency, state adjutant general Maj. Gen. Joe Logan, confirms with U.S. Pacific Command that there was no missile launch. Honolulu police are notified of the false alarm.
8:13 a.m. — The state issues a cancellation that prevents the message from...
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January 15, 2018 at 9:30 am
Police in northern Virginia are investigating after some residents received fliers claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan.
WTOP reported Saturday that the fliers were found outside houses Friday night in Leesburg and made reference to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader whose holiday is observed Monday. Read more at NY POST.
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January 15, 2018 at 9:30 am
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has described US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace efforts as the “slap of the century”.
Speaking to Palestinian faction leaders in Ramallah on Sunday, he said: “The deal of the century is the slap of the century and we will not accept it.”
He also accused Israel itself of putting an end to the Oslo Accords, which began the peace process in 1995. Read more at BBC.
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January 15, 2018 at 9:30 am
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Mrs. Mira (Hager) Cohen Wein a”h.
Mrs. Wein was the wife of Rabbi Berel Wein (Jerusalem), former wife of Rabbi Dr Samuel Cohen zt”l and mother of Baruch Cohen (Los Angeles), Michael Cohen (Brooklyn), and Miriam Silberberg (Monsey).
A proud descendant of the Vizhnitz Kosov Ontinia Zalishchik Rizhin Chassidic dynasties, she was a Holocaust survivor of the Transnistria concentration camp.
Kevurah will be at Har Hamenuchos, Har Tamir, Gush Taf-Daled, Chelka Aleph, Chelkas HaRabbonim, Jerusalem Israel, on Monday.
Shivah in Israel will be at Rabbi Berel Wein’s house, Ben Maimon 15, Rechaviah, Jerusalem.
NY Shiva will be at 7 Arcadian, Monsey NY 10977, Tuesday January 16, 2018 – Friday January 1...
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January 15, 2018 at 9:24 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Monday, 15 January 2018), met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and issued the following statement:
"Thank you my friend, Prime Minister Modi, Narendra. Thank you for your exceptional friendship and hospitality that you showed me, my wife, and our delegation. I was deeply moved today in the celebration at the ceremony. It was an expression not only of the honor you showed me but the honor you showed the people of Israel and the State of Israel. You are a revolutionary leader in the best sense of the word 'revolution'. You are revolutionizing India. You are catapulting this magnificent state into the future and you have revolutionized the relationship between Israel and India.
I'm the son of a historian. Our peoples have had t...
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January 15, 2018 at 9:22 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, today (Monday, 15 January 2018), were welcomed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the presidential palace in an official ceremony that included an honor guard of more than 100 soldiers. Prime Minister Netanyahu's vehicle received a mounted escort; the two countries' national anthems were played.
Prime Minister Netanyahu:
“This is the dawn of a new era in the great friendship between India and Israel that began with Prime Minister Modi’s historic visit to Israel, which created tremendous enthusiasm. It continues with my visit here, which I must say is deeply moving for my wife and me, and for the entire people of Israel. And I think it heralds a flourishing of our partnership to bring prosperity and peace an...
