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[FBI Searched Biden Home, Found Documents Marked Classified]( WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday and located six additional documents containing classification markings and also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday. Bob Bauer, the president’s personal lawyer, said the search of the entire premises lasted nearly 13 hours. The […] [Read More »]( [100,000 Israelis Protest Against Govt’s Judicial Reform]( TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system, measures that opponents say imperil the country’s democratic fundamentals. Israeli media, citing police, said some 100,000 people were out protesting. Huge protests in […] [Read More »]( [Wall Street Journal Explains Need For Judicial Reform In Israel: Supreme Court Is ‘Threat To Democracy’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman called Tuesday for President Biden to intervene in Israel’s judicial reforms, claiming that they will negatively impact US regional security concerns, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial supporting exactly those reforms. The article explained that “Israel’s Supreme Court has more power than America’s but […] [Read More »]( [Right-Wing Leaders Criticize Netanyahu For Hurrying To Dismantle Outpost ‘Like Previous Government’]( JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Right-wing leaders criticized Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant for hurrying to dismantle an outpost erected early Friday morning in memory of Rabbi Chaim Druckman near the community of Migdalim. Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich charged that Galant had gone beyond his jurisdiction in demolishing the outpost, since the Civil […] [Read More »]( [Rare Attack In Alaska Renews Interest In Polar Bear Patrols]( ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For isolated communities at the top of the world, keeping the planet’s largest land predators — polar bears — out of town is key to coexistence. That can mean patrolling for the animals by snowmobile or four-wheeler, shooing them away with spotlights or a revved engine, or hazing them with beanbag […] [Read More »]( [Thailand Holds Suspect In $100 Million NJ Deli Case]( BANGKOK (AP) — A suspect wanted in in connection with an alleged stock manipulation scheme that led a small New Jersey delicatessen to be listed as a public company worth $100 million has agreed to his voluntary extradition to the United States after being arrested last week on the resort island of Phuket, a Thai […] [Read More »]( [Rabbi Zvi And Chayale Hershcovich, Chabad Of Stavropol, Russia/Notre-Dame-De-GrȃCe, Canada – Hashem Runs The World]( By: Chaya Chazan   As a bochur and a newly married couple, I’d been to Russia and Ukraine on multiple occasions. I was a head counselor at a Ukrainian kids’ camp, and led Pesach sedarim in Russia. I felt drawn there. These simple people’s neshamos shone so brightly.   It took some convincing, but my […] [Read More »]( [China Keeping 1 Hour Daily Limit On Kids’ Online Games]( HONG KONG (AP) — As the week-long Lunar New Year holidays in China draw near with promises of feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash, children have another thing to look forward to –- one extra hour of online games each day. Only one hour. For years, Chinese authorities have sought to control how much […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Esther Geldwerth ע”ה]( Family getting up: Wednesday (1/25/23)AM Mrs. Mati Sprecher Daughter Mrs. Michelle ZoltanDaughter [Read More »]( [ShotSpotter Document Reveals Key Human Role In Gunshot Tech]( CHICAGO (AP) — In more than 140 cities across the United States, ShotSpotter’s artificial intelligence algorithm and intricate network of microphones evaluate hundreds of thousands of sounds a year to determine if they are gunfire, generating data now being used in criminal cases nationwide. But a confidential ShotSpotter document obtained by The Associated Press outlines […] [Read More »]( [Are Guns Muktzah on Shabbos?]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, at a wedding in Lakewood, New Jersey, the gentleman seated next to me had asked whether guns are Muktzah on Shabbos or not. He claimed that the general trend among Rabbis of shuls in current times is to forbid it on account of Muktzah and their feeling that […] [Read More »]( [Fire Burns Makeshift Homes In Shadow Of Seoul’s Skyscrapers]( SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire destroyed about 60 makeshift homes in a densely packed neighborhood surrounded by some of the wealthiest streets of South Korea’s ultramodern capital Friday. Firefighters extinguished the flames in Seoul’s Guryong village within about five hours, and no injuries or deaths were reported. Some 500 people have been evacuated […] [Read More »]( [Cleveland Plane Crash Victims Remembered as Exemplars of Kindness and Generosity]( NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Less than a day after the tragic plane crash that took their lives, two Cleveland residents are being recalled as role models of the local Jewish community who lived to help others. The Jewish community at large was stunned by the news that a small plane had gone missing on […] [Read More »]( [Polar Bear Emerged Unseen From Snowstorm To Kill Mom, Son]( ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Summer Myomick bundled her baby against the freezing winds whipping off the Bering Sea and stepped outside into a blur of blowing snow. It was a short walk from the school where she had visited relatives to the health clinic about 150 yards (137 meters) away, but the young mother could […] [Read More »]( [Google Axes 12,000 Jobs, Layoffs Spread Across Tech Sector]( LONDON (AP) — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, the parent company of Google, informed staff Friday at the Silicon Valley giant about the […] [Read More »]( [Protests Move Into Peru’s Capital, Met By Tear Gas And Smoke]( LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of protesters demanding the ouster of President Dina Boluarte poured into Peru’s capital, clashing with police who fired tear gas. Many came from remote regions, where dozens have died in unrest that has gripped the country since Peru’s first leader from a rural Andean background was removed from office last […] [Read More »]( [Florida Judge Fines Trump, Lawyer For ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuit]( NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida Judge sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys Thursday, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing what he said was a bogus lawsuit against Trump’s 2016 rival Hillary Clinton and others. In a blistering filing, U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks accused Trump of […] [Read More »]( [Moving Day and Halacha]( By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com “Really? There are actual halachos about moving? You cannot be serious, Rabbi.” Well, we are serious and during Moving Day there is a little-known halacha that, very often, does apply – at least peripherally. But first, a short introduction. There are, generally speaking, always two options in which one […] [Read More »]( [To Neighbors’ Dismay, Smoke and Marijuana Shop Set to Open on Main St. in Queens]( QUEENS (VINnews) — In a few days, a new smoke shop is set to open in the heart of Kew Gardens Hills, and the large Orthodox community is not happy. According to local residents, the shop, which will be located on the same Main Street block as the iconic Shimon’s Pizza, Sandwich Bar, and Max […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Dov Hikind Holds Press Conference Against Antisemitism, Blasts Radical DA Alvin Bragg]( NASSAU (VINnews) — Activist Dov Hikind held a press conference Thursday in Nassau County along with County Executive Bruce Blakeman, and other Jewish and non-Jewish community leaders, to protest against woke Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lenient treatment of antisemites. They were there specifically to demand justice for Joey Borgen, a 29 year old Orthodox Jewish […] [Read More »]( [T-Mobile Says Data On 37 Million Customers Stolen]( BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. T-Mobile said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the breach was discovered Jan. 5. […] [Read More »]( [US Will Resume Border Wall Construction At San Diego Park]( SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration agreed to lower part of a border wall planned in the southwest corner of the continental United States, advocates said Thursday, dismissing the concession as a token gesture. Opposition prompted a construction pause in August at Friendship Park, which was inaugurated in 1971 by then-first lady Pat Nixon […] [Read More »]( [TRAGIC UPDATE: Two Orthodox Jewish Men Killed In Plane Crash Near Westchester]( WESTCHESTER (VINnews) — In a most tragic incident, two Orthodox Jewish men were killed after their plane went down in Armonk, NY. The plane was occupied by Boruch Taub and Binyamin Chafetz, both residents of Cleveland. They were both tragically killed when their plane crashed into trees not far from Westchester airport. 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