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[Taliban Takeover Prompts Fears Of A Resurgent Al-Qaida]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The lightning-fast changes in Afghanistan are forcing the Biden administration to confront the prospect of a resurgent al-Qaida, the group that attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, at the same time the U.S. is trying to stanch violent extremism at home and cyberattacks from Russia and China. With the rapid withdrawal of […] [Read More »]( [Arizona Senate GOP’s 2020 Election Report Delayed Again]( PHOENIX (AP) — The delivery of a report on the 2020 vote count to Arizona state Senate Republicans was delayed yet again Monday after the person hired to lead the effort and several others involved contracted COVID-19 “and are quite sick,” the Senate GOP leader said. Republican Senate President Karen Fann said she still expects […] [Read More »]( [US Troops Surge Evacuations Out Of Kabul But Threats Persist]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military reported its biggest day of evacuation flights out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul’s airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the evacuation. Twenty-eight U.S. military flights ferried about 10,400 people […] [Read More »]( [Diner Leaves $10,000 Tip For Workers At Florida Restaurant]( GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A diner at a north Florida restaurant gathered the staff of 10 together to thank them for their hard work before leaving them a $10,000 tip to share. It happened last Tuesday night as the man, his wife and son finished their dinner at the Wahoo Seafood Grill, the Gainesville Sun […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox Jewish Woman Mayim Bialik To Guest Host ‘Jeopardy!’ After Richards’ Exit]( LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” is back to guest hosts after the resignation of Mike Richards, and actor Mayim Bialik will return as the first one up. Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Bialik will take the podium long occupied by the late Alex Trebek for three weeks of episodes. The 45-year-old “Big Bang Theory” […] [Read More »]( [Igor Vovkovinskiy, Tallest Man In US, Dies In Minnesota]( ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family said the Ukrainian-born Vovkovinskiy died of heart disease on Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska, an ICU nurse at Mayo, initially posted about his death on Facebook. Vovkovinskiy […] [Read More »]( [Pfizer To Pay $2.26B For Cancer Treatment Developer Trillium]( NEW YORK (AP) – Pfizer is spending more than $2 billion in cash to buy a drugmaker focused on cancer treatments. Pfizer will pay $18.50 for each share of Trillium Therapeutics Inc., or more than double the stock’s 60-day weighted average price. Trillium has no products on the market. Its potential treatments include biologics that […] [Read More »]( [Why The Feds Are Investigating Tesla’s Autopilot And What That Means For The Future Of Self-Driving Cars]( NEW YORK (AP/THE CONVERSATION/Hayder Radha, Michigan State University) – It’s hard to miss the flashing lights of fire engines, ambulances and police cars ahead of you as you’re driving down the road. But in at least 11 cases in the past three and a half years, Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system did just that. This […] [Read More »]( [Watch: New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo Gives His Farewell Address]( ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Andrew Cuomo defended his record over a decade as New York’s governor and portrayed himself as the victim of a “media frenzy” Monday as he prepared for a midnight power transfer that will make Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul the state’s first female governor. Cuomo, a Democrat, was set to end his […] [Read More »]( [U.S. Regulators Give Full Approval To Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, […] [Read More »]( [Leaked Footage Shows Grim Conditions In Iran’s Evin Prison]( TEHRAN (AP) – The guard in a control room at Iran’s notorious Evin prison springs to attention as one by one, monitors in front of him suddenly blink off and display something very different from the surveillance footage he had been watching. “Cyberattack,” the monitors flash. Other guards gather around, holding up their mobile phones […] [Read More »]( [Ukraine’s Leader Vows To Do All He Can To Bring Back Crimea]( KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Monday vowed to do all he can to bring back the peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia seven years ago, and urged international allies to support the effort. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at the Crimean Platform summit, called by Ukraine to build up pressure on Russia over the […] [Read More »]( [Gunfire At Kabul Airport Kills 1 Amid Chaotic Evacuations]( KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A firefight just outside Kabul’s international airport killed at least one Afghan soldier early Monday, German officials said, the latest chaos to engulf Western efforts to evacuate those fleeing the Taliban takeover of the country. The airport shooting came as the Taliban sent fighters north of the capital to eliminate pockets […] [Read More »]( [R’ Avraham Binyamin Parnes ז”ל אברהם ×‘× ×™×ž×™×Ÿ בן אריה לייבוש]( Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:45 amMincha: 8:15 pmMaariv: 8:50 am Mrs. Zlaty ParnesWife Rabbi Yehoshua ParnesSon Mrs. Feige GottesmanDaughter Mrs. Temmie SilbigerDaughter Mrs. Esther Malky WeissDaughter [Read More »]( [NYC Mandates Vaccinations For Public School Teachers, Staff]( NEW YORK (AP) — All New York City public school teachers and other staffers will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, officials said Monday as the nation’s largest school system prepares for classes to start next month. The city previously said teachers, like other city employees, would have to get the shots or get […] [Read More »]( [Officials: Egypt Closes Gaza Border Amid Tensions With Hamas]( CAIRO (AP) — Egypt closed its main border crossing point with the Gaza Strip on Monday amid tensions with the territory’s militant Hamas rulers, officials said. It was the first time the Rafah crossing was shuttered during a workday since early this year. Egyptian authorities had kept it open during the 11-day war between Israel […] [Read More »]( [Henri Hurls Rain As System Settles Atop Swamped Northeast]( WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — The slow-rolling storm system named Henri was expected to continue drenching the Northeast with rain Monday with a slated turn to the east from upstate New York back through New England. The National Weather Service in Boston said torrential downpours and renewed flooding were possible, and there was a chance for […] [Read More »]( [WHO Head Calls For Two-Month Vaccine Booster Moratorium]( BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Hungary’s capital, Budapest, that he was […] [Read More »]( [In The Village Of Beita, Anti-Zionism Mixes With Anti-Semitism For A Noxious Cocktail]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — 40 minutes from Tel Aviv, in the heart of Samaria, a new Jewish settlement was recently established. Originally an IDF outpost named Tapuchit due to its proximity to the Tapuach junction, the barren hilltop recently saw the addition of caravans, electricity and water. In the wake of the murder of Yehuda Gueta […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Cabinet Approves Lowering Exemption Age For IDF Service From 24 To 21]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli cabinet approved Sunday a proposal to lower the exemption age for IDF service for yeshiva students from 24 to 21. At present a student studying in yeshiva cannot join the workforce or study academic disciplines while deferring army service for his studies until the age of 24. The cabinet bill, […] [Read More »]( [Prominent QAnon Antisemite Outed As Florida Evangelical Who Once Gave A One-Star Review To A Synagogue]( FLORIDA (JTA) — A popular, vociferously antisemitic promoter of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory was identified as an evangelical Christian man from Florida. The man, who goes by GhostEzra on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has more than 300,000 followers and posts “explicit Nazi propaganda, including outright Holocaust denial and a slew of conspiracy theories […] [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. Our mailing address is: Vos Is Neias 7939 West Ridgewood Rd.New York, NY 10028 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.