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August 11, 2020 at 4:27 pm
A former rival for the Democratic nomination, she will be the first Black woman to be nominated for national office by a major political party.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his vice-presidential running mate on Tuesday, embracing a former rival who sharply criticized him in the Democratic primaries but emerged after ending her campaign as a vocal supporter of Mr. Biden and a prominent advocate of racial-justice legislation after the death of George Floyd in late May.
Ms. Harris, 55, is the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party, and only the fourth woman in history to be chosen for one of their presidential tickets. She brings to the race a far more vig...
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August 11, 2020 at 4:20 pm
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has selected Kamala Harris as his running mate
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August 11, 2020 at 3:38 pm
BALTIMORE — A man and woman are dead and seven people are seriously injured after three houses exploded Monday morning in northwest Baltimore, fire officials said.
Baltimore City fire officials said Tuesday that crews combing the rubble at 1 a.m. found a man's body. One woman was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning.
"Just before one o'clock, they did locate the body of an adult male that brings our total fatality to two," Baltimore fire spokeswoman Blair Adams said.
According to Morgan State University, Joseph Graham, a rising sophomore, was the man recovered from the rubble.
The university said in a statement on Tuesday, "It is with a heavy heart that we regretfully share the unfortunate news of the untimely passing a valued member of our Morgan family. MS...
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August 11, 2020 at 3:37 pm
Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz is expected to arrive at Sheba Medical Center in the coming hours and begin a series of tests accompanied by the medical staff of the orthopedic department at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.
The minister is expected to undergo back surgery in order to fix an injury that has persisted since his service in the IDF and has worsened in recent months.
Gantz's office clarified that this is a surgical procedure that is expected to take several hours. Read more at Arutz-7
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August 11, 2020 at 3:30 pm
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit responded to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's letter claiming that the Attorney General was ignoring the threats against him.
"There is no basis for your claim that anyone is ignoring complaints about you or about any of your family members," Mandelblit wrote to Netanyahu.
The Attorney General writes that "all elements of the law enforcement system, including the Israel Police, the State Attorney's Office, and I personally take very seriously and resolutely any complaint of incitement or threat directed at you or your family members that raises criminal suspicion, in accordance with the provisions of state law.
"Thus, with regard to the tweet quoted in your letter from the evening, which is offensive to your wife, I would like to inform y...
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August 11, 2020 at 3:20 pm
New York City Councilman Paul Vallone says COVID-19 almost killed him in March but the controversial anti-viral drug hydroxychloroquine saved his life.
“I couldn’t breathe, very weak, couldn’t get out of bed,” Vallone, a Democrat who represents northeast Queens, told the New York Post. “My doctor prescribed it. My pharmacy had it. Took it that day and within two to three days I was able to breathe. Within a week I was back on my feet.”
Vallone said he took the drug along with a standard Z-Pak, a medical course of the antibiotic azithromycin, which is commonly given for bacterial infections.
Read more at NEWSMAX.
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August 11, 2020 at 3:19 pm
President Donald Trump took a direct shot at his former national security adviser John Bolton and ex-U.S. intelligence community leaders in a pair of tweets Tuesday morning, calling several former officials “sleazebags.”
“John Bolton, one of the dumbest people I’ve met in government and sadly, I’ve met plenty, states often that I respected, and even trusted, Vladimir Putin of Russia more than those in our Intelligence Agencies,” Trump wrote.
“While of course that is not true, if the first people you met from … so called American Intelligence were Dirty Cops who have now proven to be sleazebags at the highest level like James Comey, proven liar James Clapper, & perhaps the lowest of them all, Wacko John Brennan who headed the CIA, ...
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August 11, 2020 at 3:14 pm
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A Chasidic synagogue in Borough Park has become the recipient of what is believed to be the single largest philanthropic donation to a religious group after being gifted 3 million shares of Eastman Kodak on the day that the company stock peaked.
The Wall Street Journal (https://on.wsj.com/3as53TX) reported that billionaire investor George Karfunkel and his wife Renee donated nearly half of their 6.3 million shares of Eastman Kodak to Congregation Chemdas Yisroel on July 29th. Karfunkel, a member of Kodak’s board of directors since 2013, is listed as president of the synagogue on its charity registration filings.
Kodak stock ranged from $17.50 to $60 per share on the day that the Karfunkels gifted their shares to the synagogue according to Moth...
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August 11, 2020 at 2:01 pm
BALTIMORE (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Members of Baltimore’s Jewish community extended a helping hand to first responders searching for survivors of a major gas explosion that leveled three homes, showing up at the scene with cold drinks, food and other emergency supplies. As previously reported on VIN News (https://bit.ly/3kBIcKi), one woman was confirmed dead and four people were injured in the explosion that was reported to the fire department shortly before 10 AM Monday morning.
After hearing about the explosion located not far from Baltimore’s Jewish community, Frank Storch, founder of The Chesed Fund and Project Ezra, pulled dozens of bottles of cold water out of the refrigerator used by the synagogue located at the back of his home and loaded them into a giant cooler ...
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August 11, 2020 at 1:58 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that the country has become the first in the world to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, according to multiple reports.
The Russian leader claimed that the vaccine underwent clinical testing and has proven to offer immunity from the coronavirus. However, the approval was granted by Russian health officials after just two months of human testing, Reuters noted.
Read more at The Hill.
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August 11, 2020 at 1:58 pm
At a campaign fundraising event in New Jersey on Sunday, US President Donald Trump claimed there would be a new deal with Iran “within four weeks” if he was re-elected in November.
The gathering took place at the home of the late Stanley Chera, who passed away in April at the age of 77 after contracting COVID-19.
In May 2018, Trump pulled the US out of the nuclear agreement Iran reached with six world powers three years earlier, when Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, was in office.
The withdrawal was part of a “maximum pressure” strategy adopted by the Trump administration against the Tehran regime.
Any new agreement with Iran could address matters not covered by the 2015 deal — such as Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its supp...
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August 11, 2020 at 1:55 pm
The number of new COVID-19 cases among children in the United States jumped by 90% during a recent 4-week period, according to a report that confirms children are not immune to the coronavirus.
“In areas with rapid community spread, it’s likely that more children will also be infected, and these data show that,” Sally Goza, MD, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in a written statement. “I urge people to wear cloth face coverings and be diligent in social distancing and hand-washing. It is up to us to make the difference, community by community.”
The joint report from the AAP and the Children’s Hospital Association draws on data from state and local health departments in 49 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, Puert...
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August 11, 2020 at 1:51 pm
Asserting that Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish state amounts to “dissemination of incorrect information,” an Italian court has ruled, Middle East Monitor reported Monday.
The lawsuit in question was sparked by L’Eradità, a popular Italian quiz TV show, which saw one of the participants asked to name Israel’s capital in May.
The host, Flavio Insinna, did not accept “Tel Aviv” as an answer, saying the correct response was “Jerusalem.”
This drew the ire of two pro-Palestinian groups: the Palestinian Association in Italy and the Association of Solidarity with the Palestinian People filed lawsuits against the company airing the show.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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August 11, 2020 at 1:49 pm
Iranian authorities shut Jahane Sanat newspaper after it cited an expert as saying that Iran’s official coronavirus figures could be only the tip of the iceberg, Associated Press reported Monday.
Sunday’s edition of the newspaper reportedly featured an interview with Dr. Mohammad Reza Mahboobfar, an epidemiologist who, as per Jahane Sanat, had been involved in Iran’s national COVID-19 response.
The expert said that the authorities had spotted the virus four weeks before the first cases were officially announced in mid-February as the government braced for parliamentary elections and the celebrations of the Islamic Revolution’s anniversary.
On an even more worrying note, the expert said that the authorities had been doctoring the stat...
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August 11, 2020 at 1:46 pm
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday called for the dissolution of the Department of Homeland Security, calling it a “fail[ed] experiment” that has become a “badge of shame” under President Trump.
“Nearly 20 years of abuse, waste, and corruption demonstrate the failure of the DHS experiment. Many knew DHS to be an ineffective superagency, but President Trump has converted DHS into our government’s most notable badge of shame,” the organization said in a series of tweets Monday.
“Dismantling DHS, breaking it apart into various federal agencies, and shrinking its federal budget will allow for more effective oversight, accountability and public transparency,” it added.
Read more at The Hill.
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August 11, 2020 at 1:45 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he had agreed to support legislation that would delay the collapse of the government by putting off the deadline for passing the state budget.
The bill, proposed by the Derech Eretz faction comprising Knesset members Yoaz Hendel and Zvi Hauser, seeks to extend the Aug. 25 deadline for passing a state budget, buying more time for Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to work out their differences over it.
The bill will be brought to the Knesset for a vote on Wednesday, Hendel wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
According to a statement from his office, Netanyahu was contacted by Hauser about the bill, and agreed to support it in the interest of stabilizing the political system amid the coronavirus crisis.
“I am consta...
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August 11, 2020 at 1:44 pm
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) pulled back some of the reinforcements deployed in Israel’s north amid tensions with Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, the army said Monday.
Some of the roadblocks in the border area have reportedly been removed after a “situational assessment” conducted by the Israeli military.
While some of the additional forces deployed on the border with Lebanon and Syria are withdrawing, those remaining are still on high alert.
The withdrawal appears to hint that the IDF estimates the probability of a Hezbollah attack to be decreased in the near future as Lebanon is being rocked by economic and political crises.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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August 11, 2020 at 1:42 pm
UK national air carrier British Airways resumed flights between Israel and the United Kingdom, Globes reported Monday.
As per the company’s website, the earliest flight connecting London with Tel Aviv will take off on August 13.
From there and on, British Airways airliners will circulate between Ben Gurion airport and Heathrow every Sunday, Monday and Thursday.
The airline suspended its flights to the Jewish state back in March and had to postpone their resumption on several occasions over COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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August 11, 2020 at 1:40 pm
A Lebanese man and his daughter with possible connections to the Hezbollah terrorist organization were shot dead in their car in northern Tehran, Iranian news agencies reported on Saturday.
Dr. Habib Dawoud, 58, and his daughter Maryam, 27, were shot in their car on Friday night by a man on a motorbike.
The murder occurred near the house of Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, the former Deputy Commander of Iraq’s Popular Recruiting Forces (IPRF), who was killed on January 3 in a US drone strike targeting former Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
Read more at i24NEWS.
