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[Crypto Meltdown Prompts Yellen To Call For New Regulation]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, responding to the recent sharp decline in the value of cryptocurrencies, said Thursday that additional federal regulation was needed to respond to the wave of speculative investment in the currency whose secrecy is an essential part of its appeal. “We really need a regulatory framework to guard against […] [Read More »]( [Surfside Families Still Want Answers Despite Settlement]( MIAMI (AP) – Gathered at a ceremony Thursday to honor the 98 people who died in a Florida condominium collapse last summer, some of the victims’ family members said they are too deep in mourning to contemplate the nearly $1 billion settlement their attorneys negotiated on their behalf. Families and local officials gathered at the […] [Read More »]( [Managers Fired From Twitter Amid Musk Buyout Turmoil]( In the latest sign of turmoil inside Twitter amid Elon Musk’s planned buyout of the company, a Twitter general manager, Kayvon Beykpour, is leaving after 7 years. In a series of tweets Thursday, Beykpour said CEO Parag Agrawal “asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a […] [Read More »]( [Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rates Edge Up To 5.3%]( WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged up again this week, with interest on the key 30-year loan at its highest level since 2009. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate ticked up to 5.3% from 5.27% last week. By contrast, the average rate stood at 2.94% a year ago. […] [Read More »]( [Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Mccarthy, Four Other GOP Lawmakers]( WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers in its Jan. 6 probe, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further inflame partisan tensions over the 2021 attack. The panel is investigating McCarthy’s conversations with then-President Donald Trump the […] [Read More »]( [North Macedonia: US Leads Exercise In NATO’s Newest Member]( KRIVOLAK, North Macedonia (AP) — U.S. troops joined forces from Britain, France, Italy and allied countries in the region Thursday in a military exercise held in NATO’s newest member, North Macedonia, aimed at displaying deployment readiness along the alliance’s eastern borders. Nearly 10,000 soldiers from 19 nations are taking part in NATO’s planned “Swift Response” […] [Read More »]( [Army Poised To Revamp Alaska Forces To Prep For Arctic Fight]( JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Army is poised to revamp its forces in Alaska to better prepare for future cold-weather conflicts, and it is expected to replace the larger, heavily equipped Stryker Brigade in the state with a more mobile infantry unit better suited for the frigid fight, Army leaders say. Army […] [Read More »]( [Travel Is Back: Dubai Airport Logs Busiest Quarter In Years]( DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, reported on Thursday it handled over 13.6 million passengers in the first three months of 2022 — more than double last year’s number in a clear sign that a long-awaited travel revival has reached the global aviation hub. This quarter’s […] [Read More »]( [Rights Group Says Israel Approves 4,427 New Settler Homes]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday approved the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the West Bank, an Israeli rights group said. It’s the biggest advancement of settlement projects since the Biden administration took office. Hagit Ofran, an expert on the settlements at the anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now, says a military planning body […] [Read More »]( [Plane Veers Off Runway In China And Catches Fire; 36 Injured]( BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese passenger jet veered off the runway during takeoff and caught fire on Thursday, sending black smoke billowing into the air and injuring more than 30 people. The Tibet Airlines flight with 122 people on board was departing from the southwestern city of Chongqing for a flight to Nyingchi in China’s […] [Read More »]( [Mr. Moshe Aharon Schneider ז”ל משה אהרן בן יעקב]( Family getting up: Mr. Betzalel SchneiderBrother Betzalel Schneider will be sitting shiva at 1812 East 12th Street through Motzei Shabbos. Sunday he will be sitting at 1332 Trist Place. He will be getting up from Shiva Monday am. Please do not come between 7:30-8:30 pm. Mr. Chaim Boruch SchneiderSon Chaim Boruch Schneider will be sitting […] [Read More »]( [US Producer Prices Surge 11% In April On Higher Food Costs]( WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices soared 11% in April from a year earlier, a hefty gain that indicates high inflation will remain a burden for consumers and businesses in the months ahead. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — climbed 0.5% in […] [Read More »]( [Bennett Angers Chabad After Comparing 5th Rebbe’s ‘Passive’ Approach To Herzl’s Activism]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During a special Knesset session marking Herzl day, the day that Herzl was born, (10th Iyar 5620) Prime Minister Bennett spoke in the Knesset and quoted chareidi rabbis including the 5th rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Sholom Ber Schneersohn, who opposed Herzl’s initiatives. Bennett said that a “prominent chareidi rabbi” wrote in 1900: […] [Read More »]( [Rav Chaim zt”l on Broken Engagements]( by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Reb Naftali Weinberg in his, “Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Shidduchim” had posed a question to Maran Sar HaTorah about whether one may ask a Shadchan to return the shadchanus if the engagement was broken. Rav Chaim zatzal ruled that one may not. Broken engagements are never a pleasant item […] [Read More »]( [Watch: Haredi Protester Brutally Beaten By Policeman In Meron, Arrested For ‘Damaging Loudspeaker’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — During clashes which broke out at the tomb of Rashbi at Meron Wednesday evening, a number of demonstrators from the Toldos Avraham Yitzchak chasidic group were arrested. Clips of the arrest released to social media have caused an uproar, as they show a policeman brutally hitting and injuring a demonstrator, using unrestrained […] [Read More »]( [Widow Of Elad Terror Victim Lambasts Bennett: ‘You Only Care About Your Seats. May You Fall Very Soon’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke Tuesday with the widows of the Elad terror victims from Thursday’s terror attack. The widows rebuked Bennett for maintaining his left-leaning government despite the flurry of terror attacks and criticized the dependence on Arabs in the government. The family of Yonatan Chabakuk HyD sharply criticized the government […] [Read More »]( [Trump Sells Washington Hotel To Miami-Based Investor Group]( NEW YORK (AP) — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to GOP politicians who gathered there and of corruption to his critics, has been sold by his family company to a Miami-based investor fund. The Trump Organization said Wednesday […] [Read More »]( [Lawyers: Nearly $1B Tentative Settlement In Surfside Condo Collapse]( MIAMI (AP) — A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, an attorney said Wednesday. Harley S. Tropin announced the $997 million settlement during a hearing before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman. 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