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[Trump Slams Politicians Who Won’t Say They Got Booster Shots]( NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is slamming politicians who refuse to say whether they have received COVID-19 booster shots as “gutless.” “You gotta say it. Whether you had it or not, say it,” Trump said in an interview that aired Tuesday night on the conservative One America News Network. Trump, who was […] [Read More »]( [New Jersey Yeshiva Principal Resigns Abruptly Amid Allegations Of Past Sexual Abuse]( NEW KERSEY (JTA) – Rabbi Shlomo Adelman returned to his position leading a Modern Orthodox yeshiva in New Jersey in October, just weeks being placed on leave following an allegation that he had molested a camper decades earlier. So it came as a surprise on Wednesday morning when parents at Torah Academy of Bergen County […] [Read More »]( [US Army Ups Bonuses For Recruits To $50K, As COVID Takes Toll]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army, for the first time, is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who join for six years, The Associated Press has learned, as the service struggles to lure soldiers into certain critical jobs amid the continuing pandemic. Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, head of Army Recruiting […] [Read More »]( [Soaring COVID-19 Cases Renew US Debate Over Mask Mandates]( Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows ever wearier of pandemic-related restrictions. Much of the debate centers around the nation’s schools, some of which have closed due to infection-related staffing issues. In a variety of places, mask mandates are […] [Read More »]( [US To Lease Nearly 500K Acres For Wind Power Development]( TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The federal government will lease an area larger than half the size of Rhode Island off New Jersey’s and New York’s coasts for wind power development, the first offshore lease in the Biden Administration, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Wednesday. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management auction of nearly 500,000 acres […] [Read More »]( [NYC Mayor Seeking Waiver To Hire Brother For Security Job]( NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is seeking approval from city ethics officers to hire his brother as the head of his security detail. The new mayor has brought on his brother Bernard Adams, a former New York Police Department officer who was most recently serving as the assistant director for […] [Read More »]( [Monkey Business: Antwerp Zoo Put Kids At Ease For Virus Jab]( ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — The Belgian city of Antwerp has put its faith in monkey business to put kids at ease for their first COVID-19 jab. With the expansion of the country’s vaccination campaign to include children as young as 5, Belgian authorities are getting creative as they try to prevent kids getting spooked by […] [Read More »]( [Old Florida Keys Bridge Reopens To Pedestrians, Bicyclists]( MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A segment of a 110-year-old Florida Keys bridge reopened to pedestrians and bicyclists on Wednesday following a $44 million restoration project. Rehabilitation construction on the oft-photographed 2.2-mile (3.5-km) span of the Old Seven Mile Bridge began in late 2017. “What made the project challenging was that it is a historic bridge, […] [Read More »]( [Jewish Businessman Offers To Buy And Blow Up 800-Pound Eagle And Swastika Crest From Nazi Ship]( PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (JTA) — A Jewish businessman has offered to buy an 800-pound eagle and swastika crest from a former Nazi ship that is sitting in a Uruguay warehouse and explode it into “a thousand pieces.” A private expedition recovered the 6-foot-tall Nazi swastika and eagle crest in 2006. It had been affixed […] [Read More »]( [Edmunds: Shopping For A Car This Year Will Not Be The Same]( 2021 was an unusual year for the automotive industry. While customer demand for new cars rebounded from the economic uncertainty of 2020, automakers found themselves unable to meet that demand because of semiconductor chip shortages and supply chain problems. So what should car shoppers expect for 2022? Much of the same, unfortunately. “Competition for new […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Man Arrested After Entering American Airlines Cockpit, Damaging Airline Plane]( HONDURAS (AP) – A passenger arrested in Honduras for damaging the cockpit of an American Airlines jet during boarding was released by authorities hours later. The flight scheduled to depart for Miami on Tuesday afternoon was delayed for hours until a replacement plane could be arranged. The flight arrived in Florida early Wednesday, about eight […] [Read More »]( [Car Bomb Hits Outside Mogadishu Airport In Somalia; 8 Killed]( MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, killing at least eight people and wounding nine others, a local doctor said. The al-Shabab extremist group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was targeting “white officials” passing by. Dr. Abdulkadir Adam with the Medina hospital told […] [Read More »]( [UK’s Johnson Apologizes For Attending Lockdown Party]( LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized Wednesday for attending a garden party during Britain’s coronavirus lockdown in 2020, but brushed aside opposition demands that he resign for breaching the rules his own government had imposed. Johnson is facing a tide of anger from public and politicians over claims he and his staff flouted […] [Read More »]( [US Consumer Prices Soared 7% In Past Year, Most Since 1982]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices paid by U.S. consumers jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982 and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, rent and other necessities are heightening the financial pressures on America’s households. Inflation has spiked during the recovery from the pandemic recession as Americans […] [Read More »]( [Israel Says It Took Down Iranian Spy Ring Targeting Women]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it had broken up an Iranian spy ring that recruited Israeli women via social media. The women agreed to photograph sensitive sites, gather intelligence and in at least two cases, to encourage their sons to join Israeli military intelligence. Israel views Iran as its greatest threat, and the […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Expert Urges Better Disaster Readiness Following Cyprus Quake]( JERUSALEM (JNS) – The magnitude 6.6 earthquake that shook Cyprus early on Tuesday morning, and which was felt throughout Israel, again raised the question of the Jewish state’s preparedness for major tremor. This was the second tremor to reverberate across the Mediterranean in three weeks, with the previous one, magnitude 5.7, hitting Crete on Dec. […] [Read More »]( [All Victims Of Deadly Bronx Fire ID’d, Including 2-Year-Old]( NEW YORK (AP) — A two-year-old boy was among the 17 people killed in a Bronx high-rise apartment building fire, police confirmed Wednesday. New York City police released the names and ages of final three victims identified after the deadly blaze Sunday: a 31-year-old woman, a 47-year-old man and two-year-old Ousmane Konteh, who is the […] [Read More »]( [JNF Negev Tree Planting Threaten’s Israel’s Fragile Coalition As Bedouin Spark Violent Protests]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Tree plantings by the JNF in the south of Israel threatened the government’s shaky coalition, after the leader of the Ra’am party, Mansour Abbas, threatened to stop voting with the government in protest of the forestation work. The planting program, which was halted in 2020 after protests against the Netanyahu government, has […] [Read More »]( [Supreme Court Defers Lieberman’s Cancellation Of Kolel Subsidies For Daycare Until Next School Year]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s intended cancellation of subsidies for daycare of children of avreichim would not be valid in the current year. The ruling represents a victory for the chareidim who petitioned the court to delay the cancellation until the coming year. The lawyers representing the petitioners […] [Read More »]( [SICKENING: Judge Blasted for Releasing Violent Antisemitic Suspect on $1,000 Bail (VIDEO)]( BROOKLYN (VINnews) — The disgraceful New York City justice system has allowed another suspect to go free, an alleged anti-semite who is accused of a vicious hate crime. Suleiman Othman was arrested Monday for attacking two men in Brooklyn in December, after he saw one of them wearing an IDF shirt. On Tuesday Othman was […] [Read More »]( [US Airlines Say China Is Forcing Them To Cancel Some Flights]( U.S. airlines say China has blocked more than a dozen recent and future flights from entering the country, which has been tightening already-strict COVID-19 travel restrictions. China ordered the cancellations after some passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on flights that arrived in China in late December, according to industry officials. American Airlines said Tuesday that […] [Read More »]( [Quebec To Force Unvaccinated To Pay Financial Penalty]( MONTREAL (AP) — The premier of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec announced Tuesday that adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be charged a financial penalty. Premier Francois Legault said not getting vaccinated leads to consequences for the health care system and not all Quebecers should pay for that. 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