Baltimore, MD - Dec. 15, 2019 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Devorah Meisler and Dovid Chaim Osofsky on their engagement. Mazel Tov to Mr. and Mrs. Marc and Sara Meisler and to Mr. and Mrs. Azriel and Sora Rochel Osofsky יה"ר שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל. אמן
NEW YORK (VINnews) – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the 1st proposal of his 2020 State of the State agenda: Preventing individuals from receiving New York State gun licenses if they commit a crime in another state that is similar to a crime that would disqualify them from owning a gun in New York State. New York law currently prohibits individuals from obtaining a gun license if they commit certain New York misdemeanors that are deemed “serious offenses.” However, the law does not prohibit individuals from obtaining a New York gun license after committing comparable misdemeanors in another state. Governor Cuomo proposes amending the New York Penal Law to prevent such individuals from obtaining a gun license in New York. “Gun violence in this country is a ...
BORO PARK (VINnews) — In a frightening incident this past Friday night, a man holding a knife entered a Boro Park home at approximately 12:30 AM. Security footage from the house shows the man walking through the kitchen while holding a knife with a blade several inches long. When the homeowner discovered the intruder, he fled the residence. The incident occured at 11th Ave and 54th Street. Thankfully nobody was hurt in the frightening episode.
A family from the predominantly haredi city of Bnei Brak in central Israel was hit by a double tragedy this week, when a young father died suddenly just days after the death of his infant son. Thirty-one-year-old Meir Weiss, a resident of Bnei Brak who had studied in the Mir Yeshiva’s Brachfeld campus in Modi’in Illit, was mourning the death of his half-year-old son on Sunday when he collapsed – and died. Weiss’ son died last Thursday in his crib, in an apparent case of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The child was rushed to Mayanei Hayeshua hospital in Bnei Brak, but doctors were forced to declare the child dead. While mourning the child’s death at the Weiss family home in Bnei Brak, Meir Weiss suddenly collapsed, for reasons which remain unclear. Rea...
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - There are questions over Baltimore Mayor Jack Young's homes after police were called to one he owns in East Baltimore this week. Someone threw a rock through the front door, according to a police report. FOX45's Shelley Orman questioned Young about the home, noting there are new questions about how the house is listed. Young owns two homes in the East Baltimore neighborhood, but does not live at the Madison Street one - although it's listed on property records as his primary residence.Read more at FOX Baltimore
The return flight to Israel was canceled, and El Al issued an apology for the incident and “the unpleasantness caused to our customers.” An El Al Boeing Dreamliner 787 hit a power pole at Las Vegas Airport on Saturday, causing severe damage to one of the wings, in addition to a power outage at the airport.The El Al plane flew Friday night from Ben-Gurion Airport, landing in Las Vegas. An investigation found that following the landing, airport employees allegedly refused to wait and guide the towing of the plane towards the jet bridge. This ultimately caused the plane to strike an electric pole. Due to the damage caused to the year-old airplane, it was grounded for repairs, leading to disruption to El Al’s flight schedule in the upcoming weeks.The plane was...
Nessah Synagogue, one of the largest Iranian Jewish shuls in Beverly Hills, was vandalized on Friday overnight. Windows and doors were broken, and nine Sifrei Torah were destroyed as well as siddurim
Former FBI Director James Comey admitted on "Fox News Sunday" that the recently released Justice Department Inspector General’s report on the launch of the FBI’s Russia investigation and their use of the surveillance process showed that he was "overconfident" when he defended his former agency's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This comes days after IG Michael Horowitz’s report and testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee detailed concerns that included 17 “significant errors and omissions” by the FBI’s investigative team when applying for a FISA warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. Horowitz referred “the entire chain of command” to the FBI and DOJ for “ho...
The FBI on Saturday arrested a pawnshop owner on a weapons charge after investigators said they found a note with his phone number and business address on one of the gunmen in the deadly shooting at a kosher grocery in Jersey City last week. Searches of Ahmed A-Hady’s home and store in Keyport, N.J., turned up a cache of ammunition and guns, including three “AR-15-style assault rifles” similar to one of the weapons used in the attack, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. Officials did not definitively link A-Hady to the shooting but said the searches were “connected to one of the perpetrators.” The 35-year-old was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and was slated to appear before a jud...
Senior Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar on Saturday night called on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to debate him. On the “Mahadurat Hashabbat” show, Sa’ar said, “I call on Netanyahu to hold a debate – like they do in the US.” “I think that Likud members deserve to hear content as well – what each of us is offering regarding Gaza, the health and social reforms. I think that this is appropriate, just like this happens in the entire Western world. I’ll accommodate Netanyahu’s schedule.” Read more at Arutz Sheva.
All of the presidential candidates who qualified for next week’s Democratic debate are threatening to skip the event in response to a labor dispute taking place at the debate venue, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; businessman Andrew Yang; former vice president Joe Biden; billionaire activist Tom Steyer; Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Friday they would refuse to cross picket lines in solidarity with Unite Here Local 11, which represents food service workers at the university who have been negotiating for a collective bargaining agreement. “UniteHere11 is fighting for better wages and benefits – and I stand with them,” Warren tweeted Fr...
A cardiac catheterization using sound waves was successfully performed for the first time in Israel on Sunday by the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. The procedure was done to treat a complex case of severe arterial congestion, reported the Tazpit News Agency. The 66-year-old patient had calcium build-up, and doctors used special equipment developed by SHOCKWAVE after a previously performed catheterization failed to help the issue. The treatment consists of “the deployment of a tiny balloon filled with fluid and tiny balls at the point where there is a build-up of calcium within the artery,” according to Tazpit. “After the balloon is in place, sound waves are triggered to create a rapid movement of the balls which create cracks in the calcium inside the artery...
A man faces federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill a Republican congressman after he says he was enraged by a political ad and accused the Republican representative of “backing the Russians over our own intelligence.” Randall E. Tarr, 64, is accused of threatening Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., in a profane voice mail in which he says he just saw Davis on TV, according to a criminal complaint. Identifying himself as an eight-year military veteran and “sharpshooter,” the Rochester, Illinois, resident said he would like to shoot Davis’ “head off,” the complaint states. The 64-year-old could receive up to 15 years in prison if convicted of communicating a threat to injure a person and making a threat to a federal official. FBI officials inter...
MARYLAND — The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for parts of Maryland. Forecasters say in the Baltimore-Washington area, a wintry mix is likely to affect the Monday morning commute. The wintry mix will arrive late Sunday and continue Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Snow and ice may accumulate. By Monday afternoon, the mix will transition to pure rain, and scattered showers with freezing rain may persist until the evening near the Mason-Dixon Line. Here's the time frame when the wintry mix is expected: A chance of snow after 1 a.m. Snow plus sleet after 4 a.m. Rain and snow, possibly mixed with sleet before 7 a.m. Rain and snow from 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. Rain after 1 p.m. The hazardous weather outlook is...
LONDON (VINnews) – A man has been arrested by police investigating a hate crime attack after a bus passenger was subjected to antisemitic abuse, The Guardian reports. The 36-year-old victim was reading a prayer book while travelling on the 254 bus towards Aldgate on 6 December when another man boarded near Stamford Hill in Hackney, north-east London. The suspect made a number of antisemitic comments to the victim before also verbally abusing a group of teenage girls also on the bus, according to police. When the first victim tried to intervene, he was punched in the arm. Police were called and the victim got off in the Stamford Lodge area but the suspect could not be found. After analysis of CCTV footage, a 48-year-old man was identified and arrested on Friday on suspicion of a ...
The number of people running for mayor of Baltimore continues to grow. Democrat Sheila Dixon on Saturday officially entered the race for the job she once held but gave up in 2010 as part of a plea deal for misappropriating about $500 in gift cards meant for needy families. Dixon is the latest to declare the intent to unseat Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young. She made the announcement during a community event to gather winter clothing for families in need. Young automatically became mayor when Catherine Pugh resigned from that job in May amid investigations into the lucrative sales of her self-published children’s books. She pleaded guilty last month to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in a case centered on sales of her “Healthy Holly” books to nonprofits...
There is no evidence a University of Maryland Medical System executive read a "Healthy Holly" book before paying former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh $500,000 for the books, a forensic audit finds. The medical system commissioned the internal forensic audit in September. The audit looked into the backgrounds and financial interests of 40 board members and system leadership from 2016 through June 2019. “There is no question the past conduct undertaken by certain former corporate officers and board members was extremely problematic and damaged the reputation of the System," the audit committee's chair, Jason Frankl, said in a statement. "This investigation was executed to ensure full accountability and transparency as the System moves forward from the troubling events that were...
Baltimore police seek public comment on a new staffing plan. WBAL-TV 11 reports the draft of the plan was posted online in accordance with the federal consent decree. The plan would institute new staffing levels at all nine patrol districts and the use of a civilian stance. “When completed, the staffing plan will give us a much better idea than we have ever had of how best to utilize our most important resource -- our people," Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said. "In doing so, it will make us a significantly more effective and efficient police department, which will be good for everyone: individual officers, the department as a whole and the city." This is the first of two public comment periods. The department will consider feedback before sending its plan to...
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