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[Cuba Evacuates 180,000 As Tropical Storm Elsa Approaches]( HAVANA (AP) — Cuba evacuated 180,000 people amid fears Sunday that Tropical Storm Elsa could cause heavy flooding after battering several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people. The Cuban government opened shelters and moved to protect sugarcane and cocoa crops ahead of the storm. Most of those evacuated went to relatives’ homes, while some […] [Read More »]( [US Military Denies American Troops In Syria Were Attacked]( BEIRUT (AP) — A facility housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria came under attack late Sunday when rockets were fired from nearby areas, an opposition war monitor, state media and a spokesman for U.S.-backed fighters said, though the U.S. military denied there was any attack. “There is no truth to the reports that U.S. forces […] [Read More »]( [Governor: Heat Death Toll At Least 95 In Oregon Alone]( PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Pacific Northwest heat wave has killed at least 95 people in Oregon alone, a number that state’s governor called “absolutely unacceptable.” “Following events like this we always do reviews and see what we can do better next time,” Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said Sunday on “Face the Nation” on CBS. […] [Read More »]( [People Along The US-Canadian Border Await Word Of Reopening]( BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — In a normal, pre-COVID-19 summer, scores of pleasure boats are anchored in Lake Champlain off the Burlington waterfront by July 4, with most of them from Canada. But the anchorage is nearly empty this year because of the ongoing border closure. People who rely on those boaters directly and indirectly hope […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Oscar Finkel ז”ל Asher Zvi]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 am R’ Yankel FinkelFather Mrs. Debbie SugarSister Mrs. Renee BienenstockSister Rebbetzin Aviva YurowitzSister [Read More »]( [Mr. Chezkie Herman ז”ל יחזקאל שרגא בן × ×—×ž×Ÿ]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 6:45 amMincha: 8:20 pmMaariv: 8:40 pm Mr. Volvie HermanBrother Mrs. Debbie FriedmanSister [Read More »]( [WATCH: Fireworks Blast In Ocean City Causes Minor Injuries]( OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Fireworks were unintentionally detonated as they were being set up for an Independence Day show in Ocean City, Maryland, leaving employees of the fireworks company with minor injuries, authorities said Sunday. A few hours after the blast, the city announced that the day’s fireworks shows in multiple locations had been […] [Read More »]( [Florida Town Responds To Issue Of Delayed Building Repairs]( SURFSIDE (AP) — A Surfside, Florida, official pushed back Sunday on the idea that the town was responsible for slowing down a condo board’s plans to make needed structural repairs to a building that eventually collapsed, killing dozens. Following a Miami Herald report that it took more than a month for the town to respond […] [Read More »]( [R’ Yisroel Dovid Weinstock ז”ל ישראל דוד בן הלל]( Family getting up: Shacharis: Tue: 8:00 amMincha: 7:00 pmMaariv: 9:15 pm R’ Moshe Hillel WeinstockSon Can be reached at 347-423-1212 [Read More »]( [Allen West Will Challenge Texas Gov. Abbott In GOP Primary]( AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Allen West, the former Florida congressman and firebrand who rode into office on the tea party wave a decade ago, said Sunday that he will run for governor of Texas. His odds are far longer this time around: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is up for a third term and […] [Read More »]( [Crews Nearly Done Drilling For Florida Condo Demolition]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Demolition specialists carefully bored holes Sunday to insert explosive charges into the precarious, still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building that will come down to open up new areas for rescue teams to search. Eighty percent of the drilling work was complete, and the remaining structure could come down […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Moshe Shuvalsky ז”ל משה]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 amMincha: 8:20 pmMaariv: 8:20 pm Rabbi Yaakov ShuvalskySon Mrs. Tzivia DinovitzDaughter Mrs. Tzipora FragerDaughter [Read More »]( [Israel Sentences Palestinian Woman Over Hezbollah Contacts]( JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court on Sunday sentenced a Palestinian woman from east Jerusalem to 30 months in prison, probation and a fine after she acknowledged aiding Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group over several years. As part of a plea bargain, Yasmine Jaber was convicted after she admitted to charges of association with a foreign […] [Read More »]( [Counselors Work To Ease Grief Over Florida Building Collapse]( SURFSIDE (AP) – After Lauren Miller lost her father in January to COVID-19, her longtime friend Jay Kleiman advised her not to wallow in grief and to seek counseling to ease her pain. Now she finds herself grieving again — only this time for Kleiman, one of scores of people believed to be underneath the […] [Read More »]( [Philippine Military Plane Crashes, 31 Dead, 50 Rescued]( MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops crashed in a southern province while landing Sunday, killing at least 29 army soldiers on board and two civilians on the ground, while at least 50 were rescued from the burning wreckage, officials said. Some soldiers were seen jumping off the aircraft […] [Read More »]( [Arab Leader To Jordanian Media: ‘At Present We Can’t Take Weapons For Jihad, We Adopt Civilian Jihad’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During one of the long filibusters organized by the opposition in an attempt to thwart government legislators this week, MK Orit Struk (Religious Zionism) decided to expose the real colors of deputy speaker of the Knesset Mansour Abbas. Abbas, the leader of the Arab Ra’am party which for the first time is […] [Read More »]( [75th Anniversary Of Kielce Massacre Marked – But Not By The Polish Government]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Despite the tensions between Israel and the Polish government over the new law barring Jews from appealing seizure of property by the government after 30 years, effectively ending claims for restitution by survivors, Polish Jews will still mark the 75th anniversary Kielce massacre, which falls on Sunday, July 4th. The ceremony […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Harriet Mehlman ע”ה האדל בת מרדכי ×–×™×¡×§×™× ×“]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 8:00 amMincha: 8:15 pmMaariv: 8:45 pm Mr. Mordy MehlmanSon Mr. Josh MehlmanSon Mr. Moshe MehlmanSon Rabbi Aaron MehlmanSon [Read More »]( [Surfside: The Halachic Lessons – UPDATED]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Everyone is deeply saddened by the events that have taken place at Champlain Towers. And at the same time, everyone is inspired by the giving nature of the first responders, the search and rescue teams, and the tens of thousands of donors too. Both emotions, the sadness and the […] [Read More »]( [Sand Sculptor Hopes Beach Creation Honors Building Victims]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Sweat poured from Isaac Meek early Friday as he finished his tribute to the lives lost in the Florida building collapse — a 10-foot-long sand sculpture of a heart that he engraved into the beach almost in the shadow of the tragedy. Using only a rake and the tip of its […] [Read More »]( [2 Dead, 20 Missing After Mudslide Rips Through Japan Town]( TOKYO (AP) — A gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo left at least two people dead and about 20 missing, officials said Sunday. Ten people were rescued and as many as 80 homes buried in Atami, where hundreds of firefighters, military troops and three coast […] [Read More »]( [11 People In Custody After Hourslong Armed Standoff On I-95]( WAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An hourslong standoff with a group of heavily armed men that partially shut down Interstate 95 ended Saturday with 11 suspects in custody, Massachusetts state police said. The standoff shut down a portion of I-95 for much of the morning, causing major traffic problems during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. […] [Read More »]( [Crews On Lookout For Pets In Florida Condo Building Collapse]( MIAMI (AP) — It was a small moment of hope amid all the pain and devastation: a cat on Saturday was seen wandering a lower floor of the remaining flank of a 12-story condominium complex that partly collapsed near Miami. Crews hoped to place a trap on the balcony so that the feline can be […] [Read More »]( [Death Toll Rise to 24, Demolition Preparations Begin At Condo With Storm Looming]( SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers suspended their search for the living and the dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building Saturday to allow crews to start preparing the unstable remainder of the structure for demolition ahead of a tropical storm. The search and rescue mission was halted in the afternoon as […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2021 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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