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[Biden, Manchin And Schumer Huddle, But Still No Budget Deal]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline driven, President Joe Biden brought two pivotal senators — Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer — to his Delaware home Sunday for talks aimed at resolving the disputes that have stymied the Democrats’ wide-ranging social safety net and environmental measure. The White House said the breakfast meeting with New York’s Schumer, the […] [Read More »]( [New Law In New York Lets Workers Propose Hours Cut Instead Of Layoffs]( ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Workers facing layoffs in New York state now have a right to ask their employers instead to trim all workers’ hours and have unemployment insurance help offset the losses for everyone, under a law that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Saturday. The measure is meant to increase awareness of what is known […] [Read More »]( [Plane From NY To LA Makes Emergency Landing In Wisconsin]( MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An American Airlines plane traveling from New York to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday afternoon in Wisconsin, according to officials with the airline and the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison. An airport official said the plane landed without incident around 2:19 p.m. Central time after […] [Read More »]( [Forecasters: California Storm Could Bring ‘Historic’ Rain]( SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm roared ashore Sunday in Northern California, flooding highways, toppling trees and causing mud flows in areas burned bare by recent fires as forecasters predict record-breaking rainfall. Drenching rain and strong winds accompanied the arrival of an atmospheric river — a long and wide plume of moisture pulled in […] [Read More »]( [Florida’s Top Doctor Refuses Mask, Is Told To Leave Meeting]( MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s top health official was asked to leave a meeting after refusing to wear a mask at the office of a state senator who told him she had a serious medical condition, officials have confirmed. Florida Senate leader Wilton Simpson, a Republican, sent a memo to senators Saturday regarding the incident at […] [Read More »]( [Picasso Artworks Auctioned For Combined $109M In Las Vegas]( LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eleven Pablo Picasso artworks have been sold for a combined $109 million in a Las Vegas auction coinciding with the artist’s 140th birthday. The nine paintings and two ceramic pieces had been displayed inside the Picasso restaurant at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art for more than two decades until owner […] [Read More »]( [Israel To Allocate $3.1 Billion To Combat Future COVID-19 Waves]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel will allocate 10 billion shekels ($3.1 billion) to combat future waves of the coronavirus pandemic as an “economic and medical safety blanket,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday. Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Bennett said that he and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman had agreed on an “outline […] [Read More »]( [Film Crew Voiced Complaints Before Fatal On-Set Shooting]( SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Hours before actor Alec {NAME} fired a fatal gunshot from a prop gun that he had been told was safe, a camera crew for the movie he was filming walked off the job to protest conditions and production issues that included safety concerns. Disputes in the production of the Western […] [Read More »]( [US Urges NKorea To Stop Missile Tests And Return To Talks]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and resume nuclear diplomacy, days after the North fired off its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years. Sung Kim, the U.S. envoy on North Korea, spoke after meeting with South Korean officials to discuss […] [Read More »]( [Miss Chana Leah Wise ע”ה ×—× ×” לאה בת ישראל משה]( Family getting up: R’ Yisroel Moshe WiseFather Mrs. Sara WiseMother Ms. Chaya Tova WiseSister [Read More »]( [Fire Burns Aboard Container Ship Off British Columbia]( VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — A fire is burning in several containers aboard a cargo ship off Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia. The Canadian Coast Guard said it received word late Saturday morning that a fire had broken out in 10 damaged containers aboard the MV Zim Kingston, which is now anchored about […] [Read More »]( [Watch: The Ultimate Guide To Boycotting Israel]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Yosef Haddad and Emily Schrader continue their excellent pro-Israel clips by demonstrating what a person who wants to boycott Israel will have to give up in his daily life. The two also show the dangers of J-Street, an American lobbyist group which seeks to influence US policy on Israel in negative […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: The “Palestinian Issue” Discredited by the Abraham Accords and Historical Facts; With Peter Baum]( Interview with Peter Baum, Member on the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Chairman of Southend Friends of Israel. Peter Baum has written numerous columns about the falseness of the “Palestinian people” and mythical history, and is frequently interviewed by The Weekly Blitz, a Bangladesh-based news outlet. His recent column was titled, “The Palestinian […] [Read More »]( [After Brief War Wedding And 77 Years Marriage, Iowa Couple Repeat Ceremony In Style- With Wedding Gown]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — Royce and Frankie King got married in 1944 without any fanfare. Royce was on a two-day leave before serving overseas. There was no time to prepare a major affair. Frankie wore a tailored suit instead of a gown. There was no photographer to snap shots of the loving couple. The couple […] [Read More »]( [Watch: Thieves Steal ATM In Sderot Using Car Hook]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite all precautions taken at ATM’s to prevent theft from taking place, thieves in the town of Sderot found a simple low-tech method to remove the contents of the ATM. Attaching a car hook to the ATM, the thieves simply drove their car and puled the ATM out of its socket and […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Ester Prizant ע”ה אסתר בת אליעזר]( Family getting up: Mrs. Chaya Jeremias Daughter Mrs. Miriam Wiesner Daughter [Read More »]( [New Jersey Governor Race Tests Murphy’s Progressive Politics]( TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Paid sick leave. Taxpayer-funded community college. A phased-in $15 minimum wage. New Jersey has taken a decidedly liberal shift under first-term Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, increasing income taxes on the wealthy, expanding voting rights and tightening the state’s already restrictive gun laws. It’s a notable change from his predecessor, Republican Chris […] [Read More »]( [Secrecy Shrouds Afghan Refugees Sent By US To Base In Kosovo]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is welcoming tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted out of Kabul but has disclosed little publicly about a small group who remain overseas: dozens who triggered potential security issues during security vetting and have been sent to an American base in the Balkan nation of Kosovo. Human rights advocates have […] [Read More »]( [Katie Couric Reveals That Her Mother Was Jewish In New Autobiography]( NEW YORK (JTA) – Katie Couric reveals in her new autobiography that her mother was Jewish, contrasting her mother’s upbringing with that of her father, who was apparently proud of his Confederate ancestors. Couric delves into the revelation in “Going There,” published this week, which she also discussed Thursday in a long interview with Rebecca […] [Read More »]( [Oklahoma Lawmaker Criticized For Asian American Comment]( OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican Oklahoma state senator is drawing criticism for referring to Asian Americans as “yellow families” during a legislative committee meeting on racial inequity. Sen. Dave Rader of Tulsa made the comment Wednesday to Oklahoma Policy Institute analyst Damion Shade following Shade’s comments during an interim study on racial inequality in […] [Read More »]( [A Moving ‘Reunion’ For Descendants Of Holocaust Survivors]( WESTLAKE, Texas (AP) — Anna Salton Eisen found the old pictures of Jewish prisoners who survived the Holocaust in a folder her late father, George Lucius Salton, kept most of his life. The Texas woman recognized the names of some of the teens and young men from stories her father told. 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