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February 23, 2021 at 9:25 am
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said a preliminary assessment has revealed that damage to a fan blade in the engine that failed on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 is consistent with metal fatigue.
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The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine failed with a “loud bang” four minutes after takeoff off Saturday from Denver, causing minor damage to the fuselage, NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt told reporters Monday after an initial analysis of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
Read more at NY Post.
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February 23, 2021 at 9:22 am
Health Min. Edelstein warns of 'mass infection parties' on Purim, urges, 'guidelines were written with blood - keep them!'
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (Likud) on Tuesday morning said that 70% of Israelis over age 16 have been vaccinated.
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"The good news: Over 70% of Israeli citizens over age 16 have been vaccinated - 4,456,000 people, of whom 3,076,000 have received the second dose as well," Edelstein said.
"The less good news: Mass infection parties have been planned for us. Therefore, we will act to impose a night curfew and drastic...
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February 23, 2021 at 9:22 am
The poll coincides with the 15th anniversary of Ilan Halimi's brutal killing in Paris.
At least 74 percent of French citizens believe that anti-Semitism is a widespread phenomenon in France, according to a new poll published on Tuesday.
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Commissioned by the umbrella organization CRIF (Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France), which claims to represent the interest of the Jewish community in France, the polls also found 56% also believe that anti-Semitism is more severe today than a decade ago. Read more at i24
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February 23, 2021 at 9:16 am
Children, however, may be excluded from the plan as they have largely been exempt from vaccinations
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Jerusalem is considering reopening restaurants and reception halls for members of the public immune from the coronavirus (excluding children) as it continues to rollback lockdown restrictions imposed since December 2020.
A contingent of restaurant owners, however, have opposed the proposal, arguing it was not "economically viable" for dining establishments to reopen if families cannot eat together.
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February 23, 2021 at 9:16 am
Tehran has been pressuring Seoul to unblock the assets held in two South Korean banks due to US sanctions
Iranian assets worth an estimated $7 billion locked in South Korea will shortly be released following consultations with the United States, after Tehran announced Monday that it has reached a deal with Seoul over how to transfer the funds, reported the Korea Times.
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The agreement was reportedly reached during a meeting between Iran's Central Bank Gov. Abdolnaser Hemmati and South Korean Ambassador to Iran Ryu Jeong-hyun.
For months Tehran has ...
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February 23, 2021 at 9:15 am
Jerusalem, - Ahead of the Purim holiday, United Hatzalah of Israel is once again publishing a list of health tips and safety regulations to ensure that everyone has a happy and safe Purim. Each year, the organization receives nearly three times the number of emergency calls on Purim as opposed to a regular day. In order to prevent catastrophes from happening, here is a list of dos and don’ts for the upcoming celebration.
Costumes:
It is best to refrain from making or purchasing costumes that are made from easily combustible materials. In the case of an emergency in which a costume has caught on fire, try to get the person wearing it to lie down and roll the person on the ground in order to put out the flames. You can also use a thick blanket or carpet to suffocate the f...
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February 23, 2021 at 9:15 am
Netanyahu called the episode one of the most 'painful' in Israel's history
Israel will compensate the families of children, most originating from Yemen, who disappeared in the years following the creation of the Jewish state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday, calling the affair one of the most "painful" in Israel's history.
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Human rights activists and immigrant Jewish families, many of whom migrated from Yemen, have claimed for decades that thousands of newborns were taken from their birth parents after 1948.
Ac...
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February 23, 2021 at 8:53 am
Tel Aviv - United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yagel Bar Kama, makes his living as a dog-walker in northern Tel Aviv. Whenever he receives an emergency alert, he drops what he is doing and rushes out to provide emergency medical care to those in need of help.
On Monday, Yagel was presented with a special gift from the family of two young boys whom he helped rescue in separate incidents two weeks apart.
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The first incident took place more than a month ago, when Yagel received an alert that a young boy had sustained a light injury. Yagel rushed to the scen...
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February 23, 2021 at 8:45 am
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 23, 2021 - Covid Testing Schedule week of Purim:
Testing Thursday (Taanis Esther 9:30AM-1:00PM) at Chizuk Amuno Congregation 8100 Stevenson Road, Baltimore, MD 21208.
There will not be testing on Purim; Thu night or Friday.
Testing resumes Motzaei Shabbos at 8:30PM at STAR-K.
Wishing the community a safe, healthy and happy Purim!
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February 23, 2021 at 8:36 am
Maryland will launch a statewide pre-registration system online next month for people to register for COVID-19 vaccine appointments at mass vaccination sites, the state’s acting health secretary said Monday.
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The pre-registration system will enable the state to manage the flow of appointments, Dennis Schrader told a panel of lawmakers during a meeting online about the system. He also said it would help better coordinate with county health departments to manage appointments.
Schrader said it’s expected to improve the user experience and better prepa...
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February 22, 2021 at 9:24 pm
Former senior defense officials express support for Biden's position not to lift Iran sanctions unless it returns to 2015 deal
A group of former top officials from Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, the IDF and the Mossad sent a letter on Monday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing support for a US return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
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Led by former IDF deputy chief of staff Matan Vilnai, Commanders for Israel’s Security said in the letter that it “welcomes the American initiative to get Iran ...
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February 22, 2021 at 9:20 pm
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said Sunday “the money is there” already to reopen schools to in-person instruction.
In an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Scalise said President Joe Biden’s plan to get children back in school after another coronavirus relief package is unnecessary.
“So much science out here that says that this is hurting kids, millions of kids in America right now, that are not getting in-classroom learning every day,” he said. “You can look at CDC guidance, they lay out safely how to reopen, places where the virus is not as serious.
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February 22, 2021 at 9:19 pm
Meghan McCain on Monday called for Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, to be fired, blaming him for “inconsistent messaging” in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
“The fact that Dr. Fauci is going on CNN and he can’t tell me if I get the vaccine, I’ll be able to have dinner with my family,” McCain, the co-host o f “The View,” said Monday, as reported by Mediaite. ”It’s terribly inconsistent messaging.”
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The co-host went on to unf...
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February 22, 2021 at 9:16 pm
Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland called the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol “the most heinous attack” on American democracy he has seen, pledging an increased role for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in fighting domestic terrorism.
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“I think this was the most heinous attack on the democratic process that I’ve ever seen, and one that I never expected to see in my lifetime,” he said.
Garland said he would immediately request a briefing on the progress of the investigation, a move that would be “my first priority...
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February 22, 2021 at 9:11 pm
The Kansas Department of Labor sent letters late last year to Laura Kelly about the unemployment benefits she had claimed.
The only problems were that Kelly had not filed a claim, and that she is employed — as the state’s governor.
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A tsunami of fraudulent unemployment claims sweeping the nation has cost states and the federal government tens of billions of dollars in payments, many to overseas crime syndicates and nefarious hackers who have gained access to Americans’ Social Security numbers and other identifying information.
The scope of t...
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February 22, 2021 at 9:05 pm
The Additional Protocol allows IAEA to carry out snap-inspections at sites not declared to the agency.
Iran on Monday ended the implementation of the Additional Protocol of the 2015 nuclear deal that allows the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to carry out snap-inspections at sites not declared to the agency.
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“As of midnight tonight (2030 GMT), we will not have… commitments beyond safeguards. Necessary orders have been issued to the nuclear facilities,” Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s envoy at the IAEA, was quoted by Reuters...
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February 22, 2021 at 9:00 pm
Ziloni arrived to Israel from Poland at age five and served as an engineer in the Royal Air Force during WWII
Alex Ziloni, one of the founding members of the Israeli Air Force (IAF), was promoted on Friday to the rank of colonel in honor of his "many decades of dedication to the State of Israel," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
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February 22, 2021 at 8:57 pm
'This is the first time we've ever been able to capture an event like the landing on Mars'
The US space agency NASA on Monday released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of wind captured by the Perseverance rover.
NASA also released the first video of the landing of the rover on the Red Planet.
A microphone did not work during the rover's descent to the surface but it was able to capture audio once it landed on Mars.
"What you hear there 10 seconds in is an actual wind gust on the surface of Mars picked up by the microphone and sent back to us here on Earth," said Dave Gruel, lead engineer for the camera and microphone system on Perseverance.
The high-definition video clip, lasting three minutes and 25 seconds, shows the heat shield prot...
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February 22, 2021 at 8:47 pm
Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it plans to have enough doses of its vaccine for more than 20 million Americans by the end of March if its vaccine is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration.
The vaccine is being eagerly awaited as the next in line to join the COVID-19 vaccines already in use from Pfizer and Moderna. An FDA advisory committee is meeting Friday to consider the application, and emergency authorization could come soon after.
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The company for the first time on Monday gave some specificity regarding the number of doses it wil...
