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March 20, 2018 at 10:23 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a congratulatory letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin:
“Dear Mr. President,
Accept my sincere congratulations on your election victory yesterday.
I greatly value our personal dialogue and I look forward to continuing to work closely together in the spirit of trust and understanding to promote our countries’ vital interests.”
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March 20, 2018 at 10:20 am
Two retired FBI officials join Byron York to examine whether there is a ‘deep state’ pitted against the president.
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March 20, 2018 at 10:18 am
President Donald Trump is preparing to impose a package of $60 billion in annual tariffs against Chinese products following through on a long-time threat that he says will punish China for intellectual property theft and create more American jobs.
The tariff package, which Trump plans to unveil by Friday, was confirmed by four senior administration officials.
Senior aides had presented Trump with a $30 billion tariff package that would apply to a range of products, but Trump directed them to roughly double the scope of the new trade levies. The package could be applied to more than 100 products, which Trump argues were developed by using trade secrets the Chinese stole from U.S. companies or forced them to hand over in exchange for access to its massive market.
The situation remains flu...
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March 20, 2018 at 10:07 am
Authorities said there has been a shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Md., but it was not immediately clear whether anyone had been injured.
Cpl. Julie Yingling, a spokeswoman for the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, said at 8:15 a.m. that officials “have a shooting at Great Mills High School.”
“It is fluid,” she said of the situation.
On its website, St. Mary’s County Public Schools wrote, “There has been a shooting at Great Mills High School.” They also said “the school is on lockdown and the event is contained.”
When asked if anyone was hurt or if anyone was in custody, Yingling said, “we have no idea at this point.”
Officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
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March 20, 2018 at 9:25 am
March. 20, 2018 - Reposted upon requestApril 9, 2017 - Reposted upon request
Baltimore, MD - April 1, 2015 - The tragedy that, r’l, occurred to the Sassoon Family in Brooklyn devastated a family and all of Klal Yisrael. To that end, a few cities around the world held gatherings to better educate the various Jewish communities and to reinforce fire safety standards when dealing with those items most associated with fire danger, specifically as it relates to Shabbos and yom Tov.
Baltimore's event held this past Monday, March 30th - hosted by Betsy Gardner, Neighborhood Liaison/City-Wide Jewish Liaison from the office of Baltimore City Council President Jack Young (who was also in attendance) heard from the Baltimore City Police about their plans for our securit...
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March 20, 2018 at 9:04 am
One year ago, two young princes began to forge a friendship at a lunch meeting in the White House's regal State Dining Room.
A snowstorm had kept away President Donald Trump's scheduled guest that day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel - giving the president and his advisers, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, more time to spend with the visiting son of Saudi King Salman.
Kushner and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, both in their 30s, had met before, but this would be their first formal sit-down since Trump's inauguration, and a bond developed between the two men, according to people familiar with their relationship who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly.
As their countries' chief negotiators on Israeli-Palestinian peace, Kushner and the Saudi prince wer...
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March 20, 2018 at 9:00 am
STOCKHOLM—Sweden is moving to outlaw religious education.
The country’s Secondary Education Minister Anna Ekström and Public Administration Minister Ardalan Shekarabi said they supported banning faith schools.
“The important thing for us is that in school there are no confessional elements,” said Ekström, a member of the ruling Swedish Social Democratic Party.
It means that 71 Swedish schools — 59 Christian, eleven Muslim, and one Jewish — would have to either close entirely or be “reformed” and secularized in accordance with a proposed new law.
Shekarabi wrote in an op-ed for daily newspaper Aftonbladet that he supports banning faith schools, citing his experiences with gender segregation in his native Iran. Referencing p...
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March 20, 2018 at 8:48 am
GREAT MILLS, MD - A Maryland High School says they are on lockdown after a shooting Tuesday morning.
The shooting was reported at Great Mills High school in St. Mary's County. The school system posted on their website the incident is contained and the Sheriff's Office is on the scene.
The Sheriff's Office said for parents to not report to the school and to go to Leonardtown High School instead.
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March 20, 2018 at 7:22 am
A wintry mix will usher in the beginning of spring.
The rain and sleet begin during the Tuesday morning commute, then it starts mixing with some snow. Roads should just be wet during the day Tuesday.
Widespread moisture will bring a rain-snow mix along the I-95 corridor, snow to the north and west, and rain to the south on Tuesday morning.
Accumulations of a coating to 3 inches are possible by Tuesday evening, especially northwest of the city and mostly on the grass.
The second round of the storm will begin Tuesday night, leaning more toward snow and sleet.
Additional accumulation is expected, even on the roads, especially by sunrise Wednesday. Snow will continue on Wednesday, but it’ll have a hard time adding up on the roads during the daytime. Roads could turn slick or cover...
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March 20, 2018 at 7:14 am
A device that exploded early Tuesday at a FedEx ground distribution facility in Texas, injuring one person, is likely linked to a string of bombings that have rocked the state's capital this month, federal officials said.
Schertz Police Lt. Manny Casas told Fox News a medium-sized box was on the conveyor belt when the explosion occurred. Casas said a woman was treated for a “possible sound injury” and was released. He said the blast happened shortly after midnight.
Schertz police couldn’t immediately confirm what was in the package, but law enforcement officials told KSAT the medium-sized package contained metal shrapnel and nails and was headed to Austin when it exploded on a conveyor track.
The blast drew a large response from state, local and federal ...
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March 19, 2018 at 11:01 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory and winter storm watch for parts of Baltimore County.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — The chance of getting multiple inches of snow in Baltimore County by Wednesday night has markedly increased. State highway crews have been out pre-treating highways and bridges in the northern Maryland counties for snow, high winds and flooding.
A winter weather advisory has been issued for northern Baltimore County from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, calling for up to an inch of snow, sleet or ice. A winter weather advisory means there could be slippery conditions and limited visibility from winter weather.
Next, the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area is under a winter storm watch Wednesday from midnight unt...
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March 19, 2018 at 10:58 pm
UPDATES: Police are searching for a truck driver who caused an 18-vehicle pileup on I-270 in Germantown Monday morning.
GERMANTOWN, MD — An unidentified white tractor-trailer that made a quick lane change caused an 18-vehicle crash that left four people injured on Interstate 270 south in Germantown Monday morning, officials said. EMS declared the crash a Mass Casualty Incident and are searching for the truck driver who caused the accident and sped away from the scene.
Police were called to the scene between Middlebrook Road and Montgomery Village Avenue at about 5:20 a.m.
Officials said the crash was caused by an unknown white tractor-trailer that abruptly moved into the far right lane of the four-lane highway.
The unsafe lane change caused other vehicles to rapidly brake i...
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March 19, 2018 at 10:42 pm
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - In the hunt for whoever is responsible for four bombings in Texas, investigators hope to crack the case by finding a sliver of forensic evidence or a telling video clip linking the attacker to the scene of at least one of the attacks, in which two people died and four were wounded.
Experts who have looked at previous bombings believe the same person or people was responsible for three parcel bombings in Austin this month as well as a trip-wire bomb that went off in the Texas capital on Sunday. Police have not released details but have said the bombs were similar, powerful and related.
"In a weird sense, this latest bomb helps law enforcement because there is tremendous trace evidence that exists after an explosion. Everything from lint to fiber to...
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March 19, 2018 at 10:12 pm
Abbas also accused Hamas of carrying out the roadside bombing that struck PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah's motorcade in Gaza last week.
alestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman “a son of a dog” while criticizing him for supporting settlement building in the West Bank.Abbas made the comment in a speech he delivered to a meeting of the Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership at the PA presidential headquarters.“[The US administration] has said that settlement building is legitimate. That’s what several American officials have said including, first and foremost, their ambassador in Tel Aviv David Friedman. He said [settlers] are building in their land. Son of a dog, they are building in their land? He is...
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March 19, 2018 at 10:04 pm
On ‘Fox & Friends,’ HHS Secretary Alex Azar says the president is laying out historic goals to stop the opioid crisis.
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March 19, 2018 at 10:01 pm
A majority of Americans believes a faction of unelected officials is orchestrating policy in Washington, D.C., according to a new poll.
The poll notes that more than 7 in 10 Americans polled in each political group, Republican, Democrat and independent, believe in a deep state. Thirty-one percent of Republicans and 33 percent of independents say they believe a deep state “definitely exists,” while 19 percent of Democrats believe this.
Read more at The Hill.
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March 19, 2018 at 10:01 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday congratulated Russia’s Vladimir Putin on his “decisive victory” in a presidential election and vowed to boost ties between Tehran and Moscow.
“I am sure that during your new term, relations between our two countries will develop further,” he said in a message on the presidential website.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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March 19, 2018 at 9:58 pm
It is with great sadness that we report the petirah of Rabbi Ozer Glickman, z”l, a rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon in New York, where he taught Gemara and halacha to semicha talmidim for the last two decades.
Rabbi Glickman also taught halacha and American legal theory at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Rabbi Glickman was a former senior vice president of strategic risk management and global head of corporate treasury for Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and was an expert in investment risk management.
Rabbi Glickman’s talmidim remained extremely devoted to him and to spreading his words of Torah long after leaving his shiur. These talmidim publish a weekly sicha ...
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March 19, 2018 at 9:55 pm
Continuing a years-long tradition of making the multi-hour trek to Albany to advocate for the needs of the Jewish community, members of Agudath Israel of America's executive staff, community leaders and concerned citizens spent a full day meeting with high level officials, hoping to bring about positive changes that will benefit parents, students and yeshivos throughout New York State.
The annual Albany mission has become a productive vehicle that has historically yielded tremendous results, with legislators acknowledging that meeting face to face with the Agudah's many constituents gives them a fresh perspective on the importance of agenda items. Issues addressed by this year's mission included tuition relief, equitable reimbursements for mandated services, providing...
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March 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm
The Israel Defense Forces is developing new sophisticated techniques, including extensive psychological profiling, in an effort to prevent “lone wolf” terror attacks, the Hebrew language daily Makor Rishon reported on Sunday.
According to the report, intelligence services in IDF Central Command have adopted a process of “mapping” potential terrorists. This allows the IDF to preempt possible attacks as well as capture terrorists who have already committed them.
A senior officer involved in the program told Makor Rishon, “In this work we search for direct connections to terror or attempts to create connections like this. An index system classifies who is likely to get involved in terror. Bottom line, we thwart dozens of attacks before they are carried out than...
