Facebook Inc's shares fell more than 4 percent in premarket trading after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump's campaign gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users. The move would knock $23.8 billion off the social network's market value of $538 billion as of Friday's close and shares in other social media companies including Twitter Inc and Snap Inc also dipped in early deals in New York. One Wall Street analyst said the reports raised 'systemic problems' with Facebook's business model and a number said it could spur far deeper regulatory scrutiny of the platform. The head of European Parliament said on Monday that EU lawmakers will investigate whether the data misuse has taken place, ...
Sen. John McCain on Sunday praised special counsel Robert Mueller amid speculation that President Trump may be preparing to fire Mueller. “Special Counsel Mueller has served our country with honesty and integrity. It’s critical he be allowed to complete a thorough investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election — unimpeded,” McCain tweeted. Read more at The Hill.
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit. But that's exactly what the company then run by Jared Kushner did, and with remarkable speed. Two years later, it sold all three buildings for $60 million, nearly 50 percent more than it paid. Now a clue has emerged as to how President Donald Trump's son-in-law's firm was able to move so fast: The Kushner Cos. routinely filed false paperwork with the city declaring it had zero rent-regulated tenants in dozens of buildings it owned across the city when, in fact, it had hundreds. While none of the documents durin...
Baltimore, MD – Mar. 18, 2018 - It is with sadness that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petirah of. Devorah Taitlebaum z’l, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Taitelbaum, (Pittsburgh) sister of R' Shlomo Taitelbaum, R' Shmuel Taitelbaum, R' Mordechai Taitelbaum, Mrs. Esther Lejtman, (Baltimore) and Mrs. Rivka EmanuelShiva is being observed at the home of theTaitelbaums, 6347 Waldron St., Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (The family requests no visits between 12-1 5:30-6:30 and not after 9:30 PM)Shacharis 7:15 AMMincha/Maariv: 7:20 PM Bila HaMaves LaNetzach...
(This article originally appeared in Times of Israel.) I was dismayed to read Deborah Klapper’s blog post, Yeshiva College’s policies about women matter to us all, in which the author reprimands Yeshiva University for not permitting a woman to deliver the dvar Torah or derasha at the end of a Shabbos morning minyan. Ms. Klapper accuses YU and its roshei yeshiva of depriving women a role in the teaching of Torah, as she conflates women teaching Torah in general with women delivering the dvar Torah or derasha at a minyan, with women serving as rebbeim for male students, and with women having a dominant role in a traditional yeshiva setting: “Yeshiva College must make clear to our young adults that Torah and Halachah value the voices of women teaching Torah. &nb...
The Trump administration is putting pressure on Senate Republicans to crack down on Democratic efforts to delay its agenda, fueling talk about the need for rules reform among Republicans on Capitol Hill. White House patience with the Senate’s backlog of nominees is wearing out, as Vice President Pence made clear during a private meeting with the Senate Republican Conference on Tuesday, according to lawmakers who attended the discussion. White House legislative affairs director Marc Short on Friday accused Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer of “weaponizing” the rules to keep executive and judicial branch positions vacant. Read more at The Hill.
Former IDF soldier convicted of killing wounded terrorist to be freed on May 10th after IDF judge drops one third of 14-month sentence. An IDF parole board ruled Monday that former IDF soldier Elor Azariya will be freed after serving two-thirds of his 14-month prison sentence, enabling him to leave the army’s Prison 4 facility on the 10th of May. While Azariya had requested that he be freed after completing half of his 14-month sentence, which would have enabled him to walk free in a matter of days, prosecutors requested that the former IDF sergeant be held until he had completed two-thirds of his term.
A helicopter carrying Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner had to return to the airport Thursday after experiencing engine failure. President Trump's daughter and son-in-law were flying to New York from Washington Thursday on board a two-engine helicopter when one engine failed, CNN reported Sunday. According to CNN, the helicopter safely made it back to Ronald Reagan National Airport and the couple boarded a commercial flight. It is unknown whose helicopter the White House advisers were on or why they were traveling.
An Israeli man murdered in a terror attack in Jerusalem Sunday afternoon was brought to the Kochav Hashahar cemetery Monday morning, as mourners gathered to pay their last respects to the slain father of four. Adiel Kolman, Z'L, H'yd, was stabbed to death in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday by an Arab terrorist. The terrorist, later identified as 28-year-old Abed al-Rahman Bani Fa’adal, a resident of the Palestinian Authority-controlled town of Aqraba, near Shechem [Nabulus] in Samaria, fled the scene, but was shot and killed by security forces shortly thereafter. Hundreds gathered at the Kochav Hashahar cemetery Monday morning, including Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home), who eulogized Kolman and promised that Israel would ‘avenge’ his ...
Jerusalem, Israel - Mar. 19, 2018 - The Jerusalem Great Synagogue marked the dedication ceremony of the Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Prayer for The State of Israel Wall and the Malcolm and Frayde Hoenlein Prayer for The Security and Emergency Services Wall on Monday morning, 3 Nissan 5788. Among those greeting the honorees as they arrived and entered the synagogue were former Great Synagogue president Ascher Schapiro, current president Zalli Jaffe, and MK Avi Dichter.  The choir led by Chazan Chaim Adler under conductor Elli Jaffee began the ceremony singing "Halleluyah."  The Great Synagogue is popular with tourists from around the world. As President Jaffee said in his opening remarks, it is fulfillment of dreams and vision of founders of Is...
A Washington D.C. council member apologized Sunday evening after he blamed a snow squall on a well-known Jewish banking dynasty. In an Instagram post, Democrat Trayon White apologized to "the Jewish Community and anyone I have offended." White made the comments on a Facebook video which was shot Friday morning through the windshield of a car driving through downtown Washington during snowfall. "Man, it just started snowing out of nowhere this morning, man," White said, according to The Washington Post. "Y'all better pay attention to this climate control, man, this climate manipulation."  
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AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) Two male patients have been identified and are being transported to a hospital in Austin after an explosion was reported Sunday night. Austin-Travis County EMS reports the explosion was reported at a residence on the 4800 block of Dawn Song Drive. Authorities are responding to the area in southwest Austin and are investigating. EMS confirms two males in their 20s were injured and transported to South Austin Medical Clinic with serious but not life-threatening injuries and referred all inquiries to Austin police. Police are instructing residents in the immediate area to remain indoors and follow officers' instructions when and if they are given. These reports come nearly a week after three other explosions this month, leaving two dead and three injured.
“Adiel was a dedicated and loyal worker, a beloved staff member and a model family man,” the City of David museum said.Adiel Kolman, 32, a father of four, was killed in a terror attack on Sunday evening as he left his job at the City of David museum in the Old City and headed in the direction of Jerusalem’s light rail. It was a route he took every day to return to his home in the Kokhav HaShahar settlement, just outside of the capital. A terrorist stabbed him in the upper part of his body as he neared the area of the Lion’s Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. He was rushed to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in serious condition and died just before midnight. Kolman grew up in Moshav Keshet in...read more at JPost...read more at JPost
THE FOLLOWING IS VIA YWN Once again, a chareidi IDF soldier came under attack in Meah Shearim. The latest attack occurred on Sunday, 2 Nissan, in Meah Shearim. The soldier was safely extricated from the area by an avreich. The soldier was passing through the community and suddenly the shouts began. It took a brief few minutes until items began flying in his direction, including bags filled with leftover cholent from Shabbos. The soldier tried to duck into the shuk and fortunately,...read more at YWN
The pregnant wife of a man killed by a boulder that crashed through the window of their car near Los Angeles is pleading for information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible for pushing the rock off an overpass. The California Highway Patrol says someone pushed the 35-pound (16-kilogram), basketball-sized rock off a freeway overpass in Pasadena late Tuesday, sending it smashing through the windshield. Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Lopez, who was in the passenger seat of the Toyota driven by his wife, was killed. Guadalupe Gutierrez was unhurt, as was their 4-year-old daughter in the back seat. Gutierrez fought back tears Thursday as she asked for potential witnesses to come forward. The highway patrol says investigators believe someone purposefully pushed the b...
As crews began removing bodies from beneath a collapsed pedestrian bridge Saturday, a victim’s uncle raged against what he called the “complete incompetence” and “colossal failure” that allowed people to drive beneath the unfinished concrete span. “Why they had to build this monstrosity in the first place to get children across the street?” said an anguished Joe Smitha, whose niece, Alexa Duran, was crushed in Thursday’s collapse at Florida International University. “Then they decided to stress test this bridge while traffic was running underneath it?” Authorities say six people were killed when the structure fell onto a busy six-lane road connecting the campus to the community of Sweetwater. Crews removed two cars Saturda...
THE FOLLOWING IS VIA YWN Beginning Sunday morning 2 Nissan, there are changes in traffic patterns at an entrance to the capital which will remain for the coming years. After 12 days of work at a number of major intersections in the center of the capital, beginning at 4:00AM Sunday morning, 2 Nissan, for the coming four years, the roadway from Shazar Blvd. between Nordau and Aggripas Streets will be closed in both directions. Traffic will be diverted to adjoining roads which have been widened to accommodate the increased flow of vehicles. Included are the streets heading to Heichal HaMishpat Street, Weisman, Herzl, Derech Rabin, and Nasi 6. For those entering Jerusalem...read more at YWN
Jerusalem - A tunnel Israel took out in the Gaza border region on Sunday morning was “disused”, Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Izzadin Kassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, said on Sunday. Earlier that day, a spokesperson confirmed in a phone call that the IDF had destroyed a tunnel in the Gaza border region which Hamas militants had attempted to rebuild since it was cut it off from the network of tunnels in the 2014 Gaza war. “The tunnel that the enemy is talking about is an old and disused tunnel that was previously targeted after the Qassam Brigades used it…during the battle in 2014,” Abu Obeida said in a tweet. The IDF and the Kassam Brigades spokespersons’ statements appeared to contradict each other, as the former seemed to insinuate the t...
Snowfall estimates have been released for the first day of spring in Maryland. BALTIMORE, MD — While Sunday gave us a taste of spring, the work week is another round of winter, with some snow and cool temperatures for the first two days of spring. Bundle up for a snowy start to the season with overnight lows below freezing. We likely won't see nearly as much precipitation or the damaging winds that the nor'easter brought to kick off March, but it certainly won't feel like spring. A total of 1-3 inches of snow is expected to fall on the first day of spring Tuesday in parts of Maryland. We're talking about a nor'easter flirtation, with chances of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service and other weather outlets. Snow estimate...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director, and the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election (all times local): 8:30 p.m. The White House says President Donald Trump isn't thinking about or talking about firing special counsel Robert Mueller. That's the late word from White House lawyer Ty Cobb, who released a statement late Sunday after a series of Trump tweets led members of Congress and others to speculate that the president may be considering orchestrating Mueller's firing. Mueller has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election - a probe Trump believes is politically motivated. Mueller is also looking at Trump for possible obstruction of justice related to his decis...
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