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June 4, 2020 at 4:25 pm
Traffic Alert Updated As Of 4:21 PM June 4 - 695 Inner Loop @Exit 25 Will Not Reopen Until At Least Midnight.Baltimore County [I-695 INNER LOOP AT EXIT 25 MD 139 CHARLES ST (NB)]###Baltimore, MD - June 4, 2020 - 11:49 AM - Overturned Tractor Trailer / Fuel Spill - Inner Loop After The Charles St Exit.All Lanes Closed. All Traffic Is Diverted Onto Charles Street.Once On The Charles Street Ramp, Stay Left, Go Straight Through The Traffic Signal At The End Of The Ramp To Rejoin The Inner Loop.Delays Begin After The Jfx All Outer Loop Lanes Open.Tractor Trailer Is On Its Side Across All Lanes Of The Inner Loop.
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June 4, 2020 at 4:16 pm
U.S. equity markets ended the session mixed as investors weighed the state of the U.S. job market as losses topped 42 million due to the coronavirus fallout.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, in a late-session comeback, posted fractional gains while the S&P 500 shed 0.34 percent.
The Nasdaq Composite, which touched an intra-day record, slipped 0.69 percent.
Initial jobless claims for the week ended May 30 totaled 1.88 million, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday morning. Continuing claims were 21.5 million, up from last week’s reading of 20.8 million.
Following the report, AutoNation confirmed to FOX Business it would be eliminating 3,500 employees, 50 percent of the initial 7,000...
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June 4, 2020 at 4:10 pm
The coronavirus vaccine may not grant full immunity after just one dose, according to a new report.
When a vaccine proves effective, there’s a good chance it will entail a two-dose series, USA Today reported. Shots may need to be administered one month apart, with a booster following several years later.
As of June 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed 10 vaccine candidates under clinical evaluation, with 123 candidates in preclinical evaluation.
Barry Bloom, immunologist and professor of public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, told USA Today that almost all of the vaccine developers are considering two shots in their regimens.
According to the outlet’s report, the first shot in...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:50 pm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield expressed concern Thursday that the mass protests that have been taking place in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death could exacerbate the coronavirus pandemic, as crowds of people gather in close proximity, often without masks.
Redfield appeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee to address the government’s response to COVID-19 when the protests were mentioned on more than one occasion.
“I do think there is a potential, unfortunately, for this to be a seeding event,” Redfield told Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla. Redfield suggested that protesters get tested to prevent spreading the virus.
Frankel asked what states can do if the numbers end up going up to the poin...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:46 pm
The beginning of Sefer Bamidbar is truly a magical time. Klal Yisroel has received the Torah. They have been given instructions for and built the Mishkan and its Keilim. They are then counted and have “heads” of all the Shevatim named. The Kohanim and Leviyim are separated out for counting, anointing and are prepared to do the Avodah. Leadership, roles, instructions are all in place. Indeed, Hashem is prepared to bless them when one more set of Halachos are offered – the option of becoming a Nazir. (Naso, 6:1)
The Torah makes it clear that Neziros is not the preferred way for a Jew to live. In fact, the very first verb used to describe the act is “Yafli” – to disassociate or separate. Moreover, at th...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:46 pm
Norway’s foreign minister on Thursday announced that funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority’s education sector would be withheld until changes were made to schoolbooks that promoted antisemitism and terrorist violence against Israelis.
The decision followed a vote last December in the Norwegian parliament to demand such changes after the publication of a report by IMPACT-se — an NGO that analyzes school textbooks around the world for signs of intolerance — that demonstrated systematic insertions of violence, martyrdom and jihad across all grades and subjects in the textbooks used by the PA.
Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide said that when she met with PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Ramallah in February, she had “communicate...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:41 pm
Some 15 students who had obtained permits to return to their institutions boarded their flight because they had not yet heard of the policy change.
Seven foreign yeshiva students are currently stuck in Ben-Gurion Airport after the Interior Ministry decided on Wednesday not to allow such students into the country due to the spike in COVID-19 cases over recent days.On May 21, the Interior Ministry decided to allow the entry of foreign yeshiva and seminary students into the country, after many left before Passover when educational institutions were shut down because of the pandemic.
But on Wednesday however, Interior Minister Arye Deri said that “with great pain” he was forced to halt the entry of foreign yeshiva students, and that any permits which have no...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:34 pm
A federal judge denied infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff’s request for early release.
Madoff’s attorneys had asked the court for compassionate release, saying he’s suffering from terminal kidney failure. They previously said he’s expected to live less than 18 months.
Second Circuit Appeals Court Judge Denny Chin on Thursday denied Madoff’s request and denied to hold a hearing about the request.
Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence for bilking investors out of billions of dollars. The victims of Madoff’s scheme included celebrities, wealthy investors and even the Wilpon family, owners of the New York Mets.
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June 4, 2020 at 3:32 pm
A coalition of Orthodox Jewish organizations has filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in the United States Supreme Court in a case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, that could have important ramifications for freedom of religion in the country.
As explained by Rabbi Mordechai Biser, Esq., special counsel to Agudath Israel of America – one of the organization on whose behalf the brief was filed – the issue in the case is whether the City of Philadelphia acted unconstitutionally when it conditioned a religious agency’s ability to participate in the City’s foster care system on the agency’s conforming to City policies that contradicted its religious beliefs regarding the placement of children in foster homes.
However, Rabbi Bise...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:30 pm
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge set bail at $750,000 apiece Thursday for three fired Minneapolis police officers who have been charged with aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd.
Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng were making their first appearances in Hennepin County District Court since their arrests Wednesday.
The Minneapolis Police Department fired them last week, along with Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s May 25 death. Widely seen bystander video shows the white police officer pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck, ignoring the African American man’s pleas that he can’t breathe, until he stopped moving.
Defendants don’t normally enter pleas during their first appear...
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June 4, 2020 at 3:21 pm
The idea of keeping schools closed in the fall because of safety concerns for children might be “a bit of a reach,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
In a phone interview with CNN Wednesday, Fauci noted that children tend to have milder symptoms or even no symptoms when they are infected with Covid-19.
What’s not yet clear is whether children get infected as frequently as adults, and whether they often pass the infection on to others. Ultimately, he said, the decision to reopen schools needs to be predicated on the level of infection in each community.
Read more at CNN.
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June 4, 2020 at 3:17 pm
BALTIMORE — There is a potential for severe storms Thursday afternoon that could last through the Friday evening.
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the WBAL-TV viewing area until 10 p.m.
By the evening, a band of showers will reach the area and last through the evening and into Friday morning, meteorologist Lowell Melser said. Some of these showers could come with lightning.
There is a possibility of damaging wind, large hail and heavy rainfall.
Another band of strong showers could arrive around midnight and continue into Friday morning.
Storms will dissipate until around 5 p.m. Friday, which could be stronger than Thursday's storms. The weather should be out of the area in the late evening. Read more at WBALTV
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June 4, 2020 at 1:37 pm
Baltimore, MD - June 4, 2020 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Mitchell & Elisheva Trestman on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov grandparents Gregg & Rena Trestman and Reuven and Susan Epstein (New Hempstead, NY)
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן
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June 4, 2020 at 1:34 pm
Attorney General Bill Barr announced Thursday that investigations of recent violence spinning out of protests yielded evidence that not only are various "extremists" taking advantage of the unrest for their own ends, but that “foreign actors” are also getting involved.
After expressing deep sympathies over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody, Barr said at a press briefing that “three different sets of actors” are involved in the demonstrations, namely peaceful protesters, looters, and “extremist agitators that hijack protests” to pursue various agendas.
Barr said that there is evidence that those extremists include Antifa and other groups of different political persuasions, as well as “foreign actors playing al...
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June 4, 2020 at 1:26 pm
President Donald Trump called New York a disaster. and he has threatened to intervene if Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo don’t respond to the riots, he told Newsmax TV in an interview with “Spicer & Co.”
“It’s a disaster what’s going on in New York, and we can help them out, a lot. They have to ask. If they don’t get it straightened out soon, I’ll take care of it,” Trump told former Press Secretary Sean Spicer in a sitdown at the White House.
Trump pointed to the National Guard presence in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., aimed at restoring calm to those cities after protests on the death of George Floyd gave rise to spasms of violence and looting.
“We need safety in our cities, and when they didn’t take c...
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June 4, 2020 at 12:58 pm
Temple Mount activist and former Likud MK Yehuda Glick has been hospitalized, after he was attacked by an Arabs in eastern Jerusalem.
Glick, 54, was attacked by a group of Arab men outside of the home of Iyad al-Halak, after Glick had paid a condolence call to al-Halak’s family.
On Saturday, al-Halak, a 32-year-old autistic man, was shot and killed by police near the Old City of Jerusalem after police suspected him of carrying a firearm.
Glick was injured in the attack, and has been listed in light condition. Read more at Arutz-7
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June 4, 2020 at 12:16 pm
TOWSON, MD — Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski today announced that, effective Friday, June 5, at 5 p.m., Baltimore County will repeal all local orders to align with state actions to begin moving into Stage Two, which will allow additional non-essential businesses to reopen. The full list of businesses that may reopen under Governor Hogan’s Executive order is available here. County Executive Olszewski issued the following statement: “Baltimore County has taken significant steps to stand up the infrastructure necessary to combat the COVID-19 pandemic while gradually and safely reopening our economy. Thanks to our efforts to expand access to PPE, increase availability of testing, and ramp-up our contact-tracing program, we’ve seen continued progress ...
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June 4, 2020 at 12:12 pm
United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest all-volunteer emergency medical service organization, always responds as quickly as possible to any call for medical assistance. The various EMTs are spread across the country, each living and responding in their own neighborhood. When they receive an emergency alert, they get in their private car or emergency vehicle if they have one, and rush to provide assistance.
In some neighborhoods, navigating the streets can be difficult and traffic can be bad. This is one of the reasons why UH implemented the use of ambucycles. These bright orange hybrids of a motorcycle and an ambulance weave through narrow streets or heavy traffic and allow volunteer EMT’s and paramedics to respond faster. Another positive benefit is that they identify a...
