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[Iranian General Acknowledges Over 300 Dead In Unrest]( DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian general on Monday acknowledged that more than 300 people have been killed in the unrest surrounding nationwide protests, giving the first official word on casualties in two months. That estimate is considerably lower than the toll reported by Human Rights Activists in Iran, a U.S.-based group that […] [Read More »]( [Supreme Court Sympathetic To Group Convicted In NY Scandal]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed ready Monday to side with a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others convicted of corruption related to an upstate economic development project dubbed the Buffalo Billion. Both liberal and conservative justices seemed sympathetic to the group over approximately two and a half hours […] [Read More »]( [Shutterfly CEO Sees ‘Choppy’ Times Through Her Economic Lens]( SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — While other technology companies lay off workers and try to cut other costs amid a post-pandemic comedown, Shutterfly CEO Hilary Schneider is gearing up for a busy holiday season. Orders are pouring in for the digital photo and printing company’s photo books, which capture moments from all the postponed vacations, weddings […] [Read More »]( [Pence Calls On Trump To Apologize For Dinner With Antisemite]( NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday said Donald Trump “demonstrated profoundly poor judgment” and called on him to apologize after the former president had dinner last week with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West days after launching his third campaign for the White House. […] [Read More »]( [BlockFi Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection]( Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX spreads outward. In a Monday filing for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey, where it is based, BlockFi claimed more than 100,000 creditors, with BlockFi’s liabilities ranging from $1 billion to $10 billion. BlockFi Inc. said […] [Read More »]( [Jared, Ivanka, and Kids Attend World Cup Soccer Tournament (PICTURES)]( QATAR (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were spotted mingling with powerful Qataris at the World Cup soccer tournament in Doha on Friday. The distinguished couple posted numerous pictures of their family enjoying the event and posing with players on social media. Brazil 🇧🇷 v. Serbia 🇷🇸#FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/Q8wy73imkd — Ivanka Trump […] [Read More »]( [First-of-its-kind Program Graduates Kosher Ritual Slaughterers In Ethiopia]( GONDAR (JNS) – Twelve Ethiopian Jews in the city of Gondar graduated last week from a first-of-its-kind course to train them as shochtim, or ritual slaughterers. The program was part of a joint initiative between local community Rabbi Menachem Waldman and Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum, director of both the Straus-Amiel Rabbinical Emissary Program of Ohr Torah […] [Read More »]( [US Says Russia Abruptly Postpones Arms Control Talks]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that Russia has abruptly and without explanation postponed the scheduled resumption of arms control talks this week. The State Department said Russia had “unilaterally postponed” a meeting of the Bilateral Consultative Commission that was scheduled to begin Tuesday in Egypt and last through next week. It said […] [Read More »]( [Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Starts To Erupt, Sending Ash Nearby]( HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt for the first time in nearly four decades, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said Monday. The eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island, the U.S. Geological Survey […] [Read More »]( [Why Elon Musk Could Be Forced To Build A Smartphone]( SAN FRANCISCO (Via AP) – Rumors of Apple and Google banning Twitter from their App store could trigger Musk to develop a smartphone – and the controversial tech genius says he’s ready. Reinstating Twitter Accounts The most controversial move by Musk since his acquisition of Twitter has been the reinstatement of former President Trump’s Twitter […] [Read More »]( [Australia Reduces National Terrorism Threat To ‘Possible’]( CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “probable” to “possible” for the first time since 2014, the head of the main domestic spy agency said Monday. The defeat of the Islamic State group in battle in the Middle East and an ineffective al-Qaida propaganda machine failing to connect with Western […] [Read More »]( [Surgeons Work By Flashlight As Ukraine Power Grid Battered]( KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Dr. Oleh Duda, a cancer surgeon at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, was in the middle of a complicated, dangerous surgery when he heard explosions nearby. Moments later, the lights went out. Duda had no choice but to keep working with only a headlamp for light. The lights came back when […] [Read More »]( [5 Officers Charged After Black Man Paralyzed In Police Van]( NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Five Connecticut police officers were charged with misdemeanors Monday over their treatment of a Black man after he was paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police van. Randy Cox, 36, was being driven to a New Haven police station June 19 for processing on a weapons […] [Read More »]( [China’s Xi Faces Threat From Public Anger Over ‘Zero Covid’]( SHANGHAI (AP) — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year. Demonstrators poured into the streets over the weekend in […] [Read More »]( [Israel’s Likud Signs Coalition Deal With Anti-LGBTQ Radical]( JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the prospective government’s hardline makeup. Netanyahu’s Likud party announced Sunday that the agreement names Noam faction leader Avi Maoz as a deputy […] [Read More »]( [Democrats Kept The Senate This Year, But 2024 May Be Harder]( NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging. The party enters the next cycle defending 23 seats, including two held by independents who caucus with Democrats. That’s compared with just 10 seats that Republicans […] [Read More »]( [WHO Renames Monkeypox As Mpox, Citing Racism Concerns]( LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday that mpox was its new preferred name for monkeypox, saying that both monkeypox and mpox would be […] [Read More »]( [World Cup Frenzy Puts Strain On Qatar’s Camels]( MESAIEED, Qatar (AP) — Shaheen stretched out on the sand and closed his eyes, but there was little time to rest for the camel. World Cup fans coming in droves to the desert outside Doha were ready for their perfect Instagram moment: riding a camel on the rolling dunes. As Qatar welcomes more than a […] [Read More »]( [Niece Of Supreme Leader Asks World To Cut Ties With Iran, Compares Uncle to Hitler]( BAGHDAD (AP) — The niece of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling on people to pressure their governments to cut ties with Tehran over it’s violent suppression of anti-government protests. In a video posted online by her France-based brother, Farideh Moradkhani, urged “conscientious people of the world” to support Iranian protesters. The video […] [Read More »]( [China Eases COVID Rules After Protests, Keeps Wider Strategy]( BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe “zero COVID” strategy Monday after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades. The government made no comment on the protests or the criticism of Xi, but the decision to ease […] [Read More »]( [Buffalo Gunman Pleads Guilty In Racist Supermarket Massacre]( BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing that he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Payton Gendron, 19, entered the plea Monday in a courthouse roughly two miles from the grocery […] [Read More »]( [Crews Rescue 2 From Plane Caught In Power Lines In Maryland]( GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Two people were rescued early Monday more than six hours after their small plane crashed into live power lines, causing widespread outages in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said the plane got stuck in the lines about 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground at around 5:40 […] [Read More »]( [At 40 Weeks Pregnant, EMT Delivers Someone Else’s Baby: ‘Still Waiting For My Own Miracle’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A week ago Thursday, Rachel Feld, who has been a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah for just over a year, received a GPS proximity alert from the organization’s Dispatch and Command Center notifying her that she was in close proximity to a medical emergency. Rachel, who has three young children at home, […] [Read More »]( [Road Rage Murder Of Yuri Volkov, Caught Live On Camera, Stuns Israel]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The senseless murder of Yuri Volkov, a 52-year-old healthcare aide at Ichilov hospital, during a road rage incident caught live on camera Wednesday evening, has shocked Israel to the core. Volkov’s murderer, 22-year-old Adi Mizrachi, was apprehended by police Friday and confessed to the murder, which he said he “would be sorry […] [Read More »]( [UTJ Demands Subway Through Bnei Brak As Part Of Coalition Agreement]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) —The United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party is demanding that as part of its coalition agreements, a subway be installed which will pass through Bnei Brak and not just on the city’s outskirts, as is already planned. Currently the more than 200,000 residents of Bnei Brak suffer from huge traffic congestion and less access […] [Read More »]( [BDE The levaya for Reb Yisrael Shlomo ben Reb Yosef Nechemia Orange Z”L will take place at Shomrei Hadas Chapels Monday morning 4 Kislev at 9AM]( Reb Yisrael was a resident of Borough Park for many years. He was ossek in Gemilas Chessed Shel Emmes until he was unable to continue conferring his acts of kindness due to a faltering health condition. [Read More »]( [BDE: Monsey Woman Found Dead On Street, Apparently Victim Of Hit-And-Run Accident]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — BDE: A 52-year-old chareidi resident of Monsey has tragically been found dead on Carlton Road after disappearing hours before. According to a report by the Monsey Scoop, Mrs. Miriam Zussman disappeared at about 4:45 PM on Sunday evening and was found by Chaveirim of Rockland County at 1 AM Monday morning. […] [Read More »]( [Netanyahu Signs Coalition Agreements With Noam, Jewish Force, Left-Wing Decries ‘Dark Age’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel’s Prime Minister-Elect Binyamin Netanyahu has yet to secure coalition agreements with the chareidi factions or with Religious Zionism, but he has succeeded in negotiating agreements with the most right-wing elements of his putative coalition – Itamar Ben-Gvir (Jewish Force) and Avi Maoz (Noam). Jewish Force signed an agreement which will give […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Biden Covid Czar Downplays Drug Shortage: ‘The good news is, plenty of vaccines for Covid’]( WASHINGTON (Yaakov M / VINnews) — On Sunday, the White House Covid Czar downplayed the disturbing shortage of antibiotics and painkillers, while touting the Covid and flu vaccines. "What about this shortage of amoxicillin and even ibuprofen in some places?" ASHISH JHA: "We have got to continue making sure that these medicines are available. I […] [Read More »]( [ADAMS’ NYC: Woke City Council Set to Prohibit Criminal Background Checks for Tenants]( NEW YORK (VINnews) — The New York City Council is preparing to vote on a bill which would make it illegal for landlords to conduct criminal background checks on prospective tenants – even convicted murderers. According to the NY Post, the woke council is likely to pass the radical piece of legislation. 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