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May 23, 2023 at 12:46 pm
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes jumped to a 13-month high in April, boosted by a persistent shortage of previously owned houses on the market, though sales for the prior month were not as strong as previously thought.
New home sales increased 4.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 683,000 units last month, the highest reading since March 2022, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. March's sales pace was revised lower to 656,000 units from the previously reported 683,000. The government revised the sales, inventory and months' supply data going back to January 2018.
New home sales are counted at the signing of a contract, making them a leading indicator of the housing market. They, however, can be volatile on a month-to-month basis.
Economists polled ...
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May 23, 2023 at 12:45 pm
Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s last legal challenge of her loss in the state’s 2022 governor’s race has been dismissed.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled that Lake did not prove that Maricopa County did not verify signatures on mail-in ballots as law requires. Lake, a Republican, refused to concede after Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) was declared the winner in their race by about 17,000 votes and launched multiple legal challenges that have already been mostly dismissed.
The Arizona Supreme Court had revived one challenge Lake made to the mail-in ballots in Maricopa — the largest county in the state, making up more than 60 percent of its voters.
During a three-day trial last week, Lake&rs...
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May 23, 2023 at 12:27 pm
Jerusalem, Israel - May 23, 2023 - President Isaac Herzog received the credentials of the new ambassadors of Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Uruguay, and Portugal, in a series of official ceremonies at Beit Hanasi in Jerusalem, Israel on Tuesday morning, May 23, 2023. The incoming ambassadors were welcomed by the IDF Orchestra playing their respective national anthems and they inspected an IDF honor guard before entering the Israeli President's Official Residence and presented their letters of credence to the President. During an audience with each ambassador, the President discussed various topics of history and economics. Each ambassador signed the guest book before leaving and walking the red carpet to the waiting limousine, At the end of each ceremony, th...
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May 23, 2023 at 12:00 pm
In Meseches Nida 30b it says a child in not born until he swears that he will keep the Torah. He will be a Tzaddik not a Rasha. The question arises why do we make the child swear a person already swore at mattan Torah on Shavuos that he will keep the Torah and therefore the Shvua one swears before he is born is not chal as he is mushba ve’omed me’har Sinai.
The Maharsha in Nedarim8a explains that despite a shvua is not chal on another shvua nevertheless he still swears to be mezarez the person to keep the shvua of shavuos. As we find a person can make a Shvua to be mekayem a mitzva in order to be mezarez himself.
The Sefer Emek Yehoshua vol 1 pg 7 and in Sefer Ohr Hoagada vol 3 both say that a neder is chal on the object and has no shaychis to the person making a ...
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May 23, 2023 at 11:49 am
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, long a proponent of mental health awareness, has issued a warning that social media use is a main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation's teenagers.
The report, released Tuesday, calls attention to growing concerns about the effects of social media use on children and adolescent's mental health. The advisory urges policymakers and the companies that make the social media platforms to share with parents the burden of managing children's and adolescents’ social media use.
Murthy calls youth mental health “the defining public health issue of our time,” urging policymakers to help ensure strong safety standards to help protect adolescents and teens from exposure to harmful content and exces...
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May 23, 2023 at 11:49 am
Need some motivation not to skip leg day? Look no further. Researchers working with the European Society of Cardiology report that patients with especially strong legs are less likely to develop heart failure following a heart attack.
Myocardial infarction (a heart attack) is actually the most common cause of heart failure, with roughly six to nine percent of heart attack patients going on to develop a form of heart failure. Prior studies, meanwhile, reveal that having strong quadriceps has an association with a lower risk of death among patients with coronary artery disease.
For this latest project, study authors tested their hypothesis that leg strength does indeed have a link to a lower risk of heart failure post-acute myocardial infarction. This study encompassed 932 patients hospita...
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May 23, 2023 at 11:33 am
More and more displays of hatred seem to be proliferating in the world. Not only between warring nations is this evident, but even within sovereign nations where political factions vying for control spew angry words of hatred. The rising of ugly expressions of those who despise Israel and Jews is becoming more prevalent and more blatant. Unfortunately, even within our very own ranks, intolerance of one another has led to spiteful and very caustic public demonstrations of animosity.
We are taught that the very location we received the Torah, הר סיני — Mount Sinai, is thus named because of the similarity of the word סיני and the term שׂנאה — hate, since it was from this moment and on that 'hate descended upon the nations of the world'.
Why did thi...
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May 23, 2023 at 11:28 am
Iran on Monday weighed in on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani condemned the visit and called on the Muslim world and international community to take "effective, immediate and deterrent" action in response to Israel's "presumptuous and provocative" activities.
The statement came after Ben Gvir visited the Temple Mount on Sunday morning under heavy police security, in honor of the beginning of the Jewish month of Sivan.
During the visit, Ben Gvir stated, "I am happy to visit the Temple Mount, the most important place to the people of Israel. I must say that the police are doing an amazing job and, again, prove who the boss is in Jerusalem...
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May 23, 2023 at 11:24 am
Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two of his daughters in a terror attack, has announced that he will sue CNN for comments claiming they were "killed in a shootout."
Speaking to i24NEWS, Dee said, "The fact that they said they were killed, and not brutally murdered by evil Palestinian terrorists funded by Iran is the typical CNN-ism, where they basically try like this comparison between the victim and the terrorist."
"Christiane Amanpour wrote me a brief email apologizing for any misunderstanding that might've been caused by the fact that she called it 'killing by a shootout,'" he added. "Of course, it's not worth the paper it's printed on, because when you make a statement in front of a hundred million people on prime time television and then yo...
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May 23, 2023 at 11:15 am
A man is facing several charges after he reportedly drove a U-Haul truck into security barriers near the White House in D.C., the United States Park Police (USPP) said.
Shortly after 10 p.m., Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri, crashed the truck into security barriers on the north side of Lafayette Square at 16th Street, Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi said.
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May 23, 2023 at 10:30 am
Baltimore, MD - May 23, 2023 - There has been an unfortunate uptick in fire-related fatalities in Maryland this year. Please take a moment today to think about your family's Fire Safety Plan. Are you ready in the event of a fire?
Learn more tips from the Red Cross here
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May 23, 2023 at 10:11 am
Turkish intelligence has uncovered a cell of 15 people allegedly working for Israel’s Mossad against Iranian targets in the country, local media reports.
According to the Daily Sabah website, Turkey’s national intelligence agency, MIT, uncovered the 15-person cell after an 18-month operation. It includes at least one person who had received training in Israel, the report says.
The report says at least 11 people have been detained and searches are ongoing for other members.
The report identified the leader of the cell as Selçuk Küçükkaya, a local businessman, and released pictures of him.
Last year Turkey also claimed to have broken up a Mossad ring and put 15 people on trial for espionage.
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May 22, 2023 at 10:02 pm
Shooting attack with no injuries: Terrorists opened fire on Monday evening at an Israeli vehicle that was traveling between the communities of Tapuah and Migdalim in Samaria.
Two bullets hit the vehicle. The terrorists fled the scene.IDF soldiers have started searches for them.
A mother and her four daughters were in the vehicle at the time of the attack. The mother continued driving after the attack and stopped when she spotted the security forces.
In footage from the attack, shots can be heard fired at the vehicle, and the woman shouting to her daughters, "Get down, get down. Girls, are you all right?"
The head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, who was nearby, heard the shooting and rushed to the scene. "Again and again and again we encounter an ever-growin...
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May 22, 2023 at 10:01 pm
New York City Mayor Eric Adams believes his city is unfairly carrying the weight of caring for asylum seekers who cross the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that the responsibility should fall on more cities throughout the U.S.
"When you look at the price tag, $30 million comes nowhere near what the city is paying for a national problem," he told "Face the Nation" on Sunday, referring to federal aid New York City is receiving for costs associated with shelters, food and health care for migrants. The city had asked for $350 million in federal aid.
"We've spent over a billion dollars," he added. "We're projected to spend close to $4.3 billion, if not more."
More than 70,000 migrants have come to New York City in recent months and 42,000 are still ...
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May 22, 2023 at 10:01 pm
Hillary Clinton weighed in on concerns surrounding President Biden's age, saying it's a legitimate issue and "people have every right to consider it."
Clinton made the under-the-radar comments on Saturday at the Financial Times Weekend Festival in Washington, D.C., when questioned about Biden stumbling at the G7 Summit in Japan.
"There was that heart-stopping moment when he almost fell over coming down the stairs a day or two ago," Financial Times editor Edward Luce said. "He didn't use a railing, and Jill wasn't there with him.
"Every time that happens, your heart is in your mouth because these things could be consequential. Is that a concern?" he asked.
Hillary Clinton on Saturday said President Biden's age is an issue. ((Photo by Cind...
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May 22, 2023 at 10:01 pm
TSA is prepared to screen high volumes of passengers at airport security checkpoints nationwide this summer travel season, which begins Memorial Day weekend and runs through Labor Day.
The agency announced a new benefit to TSA PreCheck membership and continues to deploy checkpoint technology to improve security effectiveness, efficiency, and the passenger experience
TSA forecasts Friday, May 26, to be the busiest day of the long weekend, projecting to screen approximately 2.6 million passengers.
The agency says teenagers aged 13-17 may now accompany TSA PreCheck enrolled parents or guardians through TSA PreCheck screening when traveling on the same reservation and when the TSA PreCheck indicator appears on the teen’s boarding pass. Children 12 and under may still accompany an enro...
