Baltimore, MD – Aug. 4, 2024 - 11:38AM – A police car and fire truck are blocking the entrance to Menlo Drive from Park Heights
Jerusalem, Israel - Aug. 4, 2024 - Following are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks [translated from Hebrew], today (Sunday, 4 August 2024), at the start of the Government meeting:
"This morning there was a murderous terrorist attack in Holon. I send condolences to the families of those who were murdered and best wishes for a recovery to the wounded. I commend the police officers who engaged and eliminated the terrorist. We will settle accounts with whoever cooperated with him.
Our fight against terrorism is relentless. I commend the IDF and the ISA for their cooperation yesterday in Tulkarm. Our forces eliminated terrorists who had organized to murder many Israelis, and they saved many lives thereby.
The State of Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran's ax...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 4, 2024 - 10:48AM - The traffic light at Clarks and Reisterstown near the Reisterstown Road Plaza is flashing red & yellow.
Flashing red and yellow lights on a traffic control signal do not mean the light is ‘non-functioning’. Drivers approaching a red flashing light must stop and can only proceed when the intersection is clear, and drivers approaching a yellow flashing light should slow down and use caution but can proceed through the intersection without stopping.
Tisha B’Av 5784
This year’s Tisha B’Av will be different from past years. Our mourning usually begins slowly with the Three Weeks and culminates with Tisha B’Av. This year, it began with full intensity ten months ago and has continued unabated.
Our mourning is also of a different type. We generally associate the mourning of Tisha B’Av with the Churban (destruction) of the Beit HaMikdash. This year, we have been mourning the terrible loss of life and crying for Jews suffering both in Israel and around the world.
We have been mourning for the over 1000 victims of the brutal and dehumanizing massacre of October 7 and the hundreds of soldiers killed since then. We have been crying for the over 100 still held hostage, for the hundreds wounded, for the families t...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 4, 2024 - 7:49AM - Due to a power outage, the JCC PH is currently closed.
Two people were killed, and two others were wounded on Sunday morning in a terrorist stabbing attack on Moshe Dayan Street in Holon, Israel's emergency medical service, Magen David Adom (MDA) reported.
A policeman who happened to be in the area shot and killed the terrorist.
One of the murdered victims was Rina Daniv, a 66-year-old woman, and the other murdered victim was a man in his 80s. Daniv's husband, Shimon, 69, is seriously injured. Additionally, a 26-year-old man is in moderate condition in the attack, according to the MDA. The paramedics took the three wounded to the Wolfson Medical Center.
The terrorist was from the West Bank
The terrorist, 34-year-old Amar Razak Kamel Odeh, was a resident of the Palestinian city Salfit in the West Bank, and was in Is...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 3, 2024 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Tzvi Chaim and Aliza Nadoff on the birth of a son.
Mazel Tov to the grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Reuven Klein
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 3, 2024 - 11:20PM - Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott issued the following update regarding the severe storm that has caused significant power outages, downed trees, and property damage across the City of Baltimore.
311 Service Requests
As of 10:23pm, crews from various city agencies are responding to a total of 731 service requests, including more than 400 downed trees and more than 60 traffic light outages.
If you need to report a downed tree, traffic light outage, or any other storm-related service request, please call 311 or use the 311 app to submit them.
Ongoing Road Clearing Efforts
Crews from Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP), Baltimore City Department of Transportation, and the Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) are r...
General Michael Kurilla, commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM) who is in charge of American forces in the Middle East, arrived in the region on Saturday as preparations continue for a possible attack against Israel from Iran in retaliation for the eliminations of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, two US officials told Axios.
Kurilla's trip to the region was planned before the recent escalation between Israel, Iran and Hezbollah but he is expected to use the trip to try to mobilize the same international and regional coalition that defended Israel against an attack from Iran on Apr. 13, a US official said.
Three US and Israeli officials said Iran could attack Israel as early as Monday.
According to a US official who spoke to Axios, Kurilla is expected to v...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 3, 2024 - Prince George’s County Executive and Maryland U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks dodged local immigration enforcement questions Wednesday while talking to reporters after a campaign stop.
Alsobrooks joined Western Maryland's Democratic congressional nominee April Delaney to explain why the pair should be sent to Washington, D.C. in November.
Although the event was aimed at young voter engagement, Alsobrooks spoke to about 30 mainly older attendees gathered in the parking lot of Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick. The Prince George's County executive said that this might be the most important election in American history.
After Alsobrooks finished her brief stump speech, her campaign staff quickly led reporters to join her ...
At around 00:24 a.m., multiple alerts sounded across northern Israel. Some cities and towns where the sirens were heard included Kiryat Shmona, Metualla, Beit Hillel, HaGoshrim, and Kfar Yuval.
Social media footage showed a barrage of rockets crossing into the Upper Galilee from Lebanon in the early hours of Sunday as dozens of rockets were launched at the area, Israeli media reported.
The footage circulating on social media appeared to show some of the rockets being intercepted. There were no reports of casualties from the barrage. However, KAN news reported that a fire broke out in the moshav of Beit Hillel due to the launch.
On Saturday evening before the barrage, The Kiryat Shmona municipality told its residents to stay near safe rooms due to IDF military operations in the are...
The IRGC claimed Saturday afternoon that the elimination of Ismail Haniyeh was not carried out using an explosive device, but by a missile fired at short range outside his room, with seven kilograms of explosives.
According to the Revolutionary Guards, "This terrorist act was planned and executed by the Zionist regime, with the support of the United States government. The arrogant and terrorist Zionist regime will pay decisively for this crime."
Earlier, it was also claimed by the Iranian state news agency, Tasnim, that Haniyeh was not eliminated by an explosive device, and that the reports in the New York Times and the Telegraph were "false."
The IRGC has also made dozens of arrests following the elimination of Haniyeh, including senior offi...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Saturday night responded to reports that US President Joe Biden expressed deep frustration at Netanyahu's management of the ceasefire-prisoner swap deal.
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not discuss what was said in closed conversations with the President of the US," the statement said. "He does not interfere in American politics, and will work with whoever is elected president - just as he expects from the Americans not to interfere in Israeli politics."
According to the Keshet News report, the conversation between the two leaders involved raised voices, and Biden even told Netanyahu, "Stop bullshitting me!"
When Netanyahu responded, "We are progressing with the negotiations" and promised that "a delegatio...
Baltimore, MD - Aug. 3, 2024 - Roughly 14% of customers have had power restored following outages caused by severe storms across central Maryland today, BGE said in a statement.
The company said that while almost 44,000 customers remained without service as of 9:00 p.m., just over 7,000 had already had service restored.
The customers remaining without power represent just over 1,000 restoration jobs across central Maryland.
The hardest hit areas were Baltimore City and Baltimore County, though BGE noted that damage is present throughout its coverage area.
The latest outage information is available on BGE's website.
BGE is asking customers who wish to report an outage to visit their website, use the free BGE mobile app, text 69423, or call 877-778-2222.
Baltimore, MD - July 29, 2024 - The Baltimore City Department of Transportation would like to advise motorists of the road closures and parking restrictions that will be in effect for Artscape which will take place from Friday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 4, 2024, in Mount Vernon, Bolton Hill, and Charles North and Station North Arts District.
In preparation for Artscape, roadway closures and operational changes will be implemented in phases beginning on Monday, July 29th at 7:00 a.m. Once the road closures are implemented, motorists will be rerouted to alternate routes as directed by the Baltimore City Police (BPD), Transportation Enforcement Officers (TEOs), signs and electronic message boards.
Residents, students, and visitors are encouraged to plan ahead for the roa...
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 3, 2024 – 10:26PM - Beware of the downed tree on Fallstaff @ Terry Drive in Pickwick Apartment complex
Baltimore, MD – Aug. 3, 2024 – 9:35PM - Be aware of a downed tree blocking Szold Street between Bonnie Road and Shelburne Road.
The Defense Department stunningly backtracked Friday on a plea deal that Pentagon prosecutors agreed to with three of the terrorists behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, who await trial in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
The deal that stirred national outrage and took the death penalty off of the table has been revoked by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III in a terse memo.
Secretary Austin III is now taking the lead on the case for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.
In his order, Austin relieved the official in charge of the military commission who had signed off on the original plea deals.
"Effective immediately, in the exercise of my authority, I hereby withdraw from the three pre...
Former President Trump announced Friday night that he has agreed to Fox News' proposal for a debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump said the debate would be held on Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania, although the location of the event has not yet been determined.
The former president also noted that an ABC News debate previously scheduled against President Biden before he suspended his re-election campaign had been canceled, citing his lawsuit against that network and one of its hosts, George Stephanopoulos.
"I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a part...
