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[Capitol Rioter Who Shocked Police Officer With Stun Gun Is Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison]( [Capitol Rioter Who Shocked Police Officer With Stun Gun Is Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison]( (AP) — A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison. Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez yelled, “Trump won!” as he was led out of the courtroom where U.S. […] [Read More »]( [Florida Mayors Celebrate Completion of Higher-Speed Rail Line Connecting State]( [Florida Mayors Celebrate Completion of Higher-Speed Rail Line Connecting State]( (AP) – The last segment of a higher-speed rail line stretching from South Florida to the central part of the state has been completed, a milestone that was celebrated Wednesday by mayors from across the Sunshine State. A 170-mile stretch of rail now connects Miami to Orlando as Brightline is gearing up to run […] [Read More »]( [Watch: In Rowdy Scene, House Censures Rep. Adam Schiff Over Trump-Russia Investigations]( [Watch: In Rowdy Scene, House Censures Rep. Adam Schiff Over Trump-Russia Investigations]( (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff for comments he made several years ago about investigations into Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, rebuking the Democrat and frequent critic of the former president along party lines. Schiff becomes the 25th House lawmaker to be censured. He was defiant ahead of […] [Read More »]( [Television Veteran Geraldo Rivera Says He’s Quitting Fox News’ Political Combat Show ‘The Five’]( [Television Veteran Geraldo Rivera Says He’s Quitting Fox News’ Political Combat Show ‘The Five’]( YORK (AP) — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News’ popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him. The last scheduled appearance on “The Five” for the television veteran, whose […] [Read More »]( [Court Temporarily Allows Part of New Jersey’s Handgun Carry Law to Remain in Effect]( [Court Temporarily Allows Part of New Jersey’s Handgun Carry Law to Remain in Effect]( N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily agreed to keep part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law in effect as court proceedings play out. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted the state attorney general’s request to keep part of the law that bars people from carrying handguns in “sensitive […] [Read More »]( [IRS Reduces Tax Return Backlog by 80% And Is Doing Better Job Answering the Phone]( [IRS Reduces Tax Return Backlog by 80% And Is Doing Better Job Answering the Phone]( (AP) — The IRS has processed tens of millions of tax returns faster this year compared with past years while getting through to customer service on the phone is slowly improving, according to a report to Congress released Wednesday. But there is a huge need to update the agency’s information technology services and have […] [Read More »]( [House Poised To Censure Rep. Adam Schiff Over Trump-russia Investigations]( [House Poised To Censure Rep. Adam Schiff Over Trump-russia Investigations]( (AP) — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff was defiant Wednesday as the Republican-led House prepared to censure him over his comments made several years ago during investigations into President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. He said he will wear the formal disapproval as a “badge of honor” and charged his GOP colleagues of doing the […] [Read More »]( [Fed’s Powell: More Rate Hikes Are Likely This Year To Fight Still-high Inflation]( [Fed’s Powell: More Rate Hikes Are Likely This Year To Fight Still-high Inflation]( (AP) — With inflation in the United States still excessive, most Federal Reserve officials expect to raise interest rates further this year, Chair Jerome Powell told a House committee Wednesday. “Inflation pressures continue to run high, and the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go,” Powell said […] [Read More »]( [AI Is a ‘Moment of Revolution,’ Top Democrat Says in Urging Swift Action on Regulations]( [AI Is a ‘Moment of Revolution,’ Top Democrat Says in Urging Swift Action on Regulations]( (AP) — Calling the rapid growth of artificial intelligence tools a “moment of revolution,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the government must act quickly to regulate companies that are developing it. The New York Democrat said he is working on what he calls “exceedingly ambitious” bipartisan legislation to maximize the technology’s […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Surveillance Footage Of Deadly Attack At Eli Gas Station As Terrorist Opens Fire Until Eliminated]( [WATCH: Surveillance Footage Of Deadly Attack At Eli Gas Station As Terrorist Opens Fire Until Eliminated]( (VINnews) — A new clip of the brutal terrorist attack which occurred at the Eli gas station Tuesday afternoon was released by the Kan news outlet. Based on documentation by surveillance cameras, the clip shows the terrorist firing his weapon indiscriminately at customers in the restaurant and nearby until he was neutralized by a […] [Read More »]( [US Approves Chicken Made From Cultivated Cells, the Nation’s First “Lab-Grown” Meat]( [US Approves Chicken Made From Cultivated Cells, the Nation’s First “Lab-Grown” Meat]( (AP) – For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves. The Agriculture Department gave the green light to Upside Foods and Good Meat, firms that had been racing […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Airstrike Targets Car in Northern West Bank, Escalating Crackdown on Palestinian Terrorists]( [Israeli Airstrike Targets Car in Northern West Bank, Escalating Crackdown on Palestinian Terrorists]( AYYA, West Bank (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has hit a car in the northern West Bank in an escalation of Israel’s ongoing battle against Palestinian militants in the area. The airstrike on Wednesday hit near the militant stronghold of Jenin and set the car on fire, according to video circulated on social media. […] [Read More »]( [FTC Accuses Amazon of Enrolling Consumers Into Prime Without Consent and Making It Hard to Cancel]( [FTC Accuses Amazon of Enrolling Consumers Into Prime Without Consent and Making It Hard to Cancel]( YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, the agency […] [Read More »]( [Lawsuit: Insufficient Prototype Testing Could Put Titanic Sub Passengers In ‘Extreme Danger’]( [Lawsuit: Insufficient Prototype Testing Could Put Titanic Sub Passengers In ‘Extreme Danger’]( (AP) — The company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be catastrophic safety problems posed by the way it was developed, documents show. With five people aboard a vessel that if still functioning would have a dwindling […] [Read More »]( [Op-Ed in Washington Examiner Slams Biased NYT Reporting About Yeshivas: ‘Deep Flaws’]( [Op-Ed in Washington Examiner Slams Biased NYT Reporting About Yeshivas: ‘Deep Flaws’]( YORK (VINnews) — A scathing op-ed in the Washington Examiner blasts the New York Times’ egregious bias and false reporting about the orthodox Jewish community. Tuesday’s article by Melissa Langsam Braunstein, entitled “The New York Times’s bias against Jews is showing”, observes that the newspaper’s reporting contains “deep flaws” and “leans into” antisemitic tropes. […] [Read More »]( [China Says Biden Comments Likening Leader Xi to a Dictator Are ‘Extremely Absurd and Irresponsible’]( [China Says Biden Comments Likening Leader Xi to a Dictator Are ‘Extremely Absurd and Irresponsible’]( (AP) — China on Wednesday called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a dictator “extremely absurd and irresponsible.” The clash of words comes just over a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that sought to break the ice in a relationship […] [Read More »]( [Morocco Cancels Plans to Host Negev Forum]( [Morocco Cancels Plans to Host Negev Forum]( (JNS) – The Moroccan government has canceled plans to host the Negev Forum next month over recent Israeli announcements regarding the expansion of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed Rabat’s decision to the Times of Israel on Tuesday. It would have been the second gathering of foreign ministers from […] [Read More »]( [Explosion Hits a Building in Paris, Injuring Four People. Police Are Trying to Determine the Cause]( [Explosion Hits a Building in Paris, Injuring Four People. Police Are Trying to Determine the Cause]( (AP) — PARIS (AP) — A strong explosion hit a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, leaving four people injured and igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the domed Pantheon monument and prompted the evacuation of buildings, police said. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. The facade of […] [Read More »]( [A New Kosher Restaurant in Midtown Will Sell a $175 Gold-Plated Burger]( [A New Kosher Restaurant in Midtown Will Sell a $175 Gold-Plated Burger]( YORK (JTA) – Dining out in New York City is expensive — especially at a kosher restaurant. But Mocha Burger Lux, a forthcoming Midtown restaurant, is upping the ante with its “24K Gold Plated Golden-Burger,” which has an eye-popping price: $175. The 12-ounce short-rib burger is wrapped in leaves of real, 24-karat gold. It’s […] [Read More »]( [Harav Amihud Yitzchok Meir HaLevi Levin ז”ל עמיהוד יצחק מאיר הלוי בן משה]( [Harav Amihud Yitzchok Meir HaLevi Levin ז”ל עמיהוד יצחק מאיר הלוי בן משה]( getting up: Shacharis: 7:30 amMincha: 3:05 pmMaariv: 9:30 pm [Read More »]( [Ben-Gurion Airport Expected to Break Records This Summer]( [Ben-Gurion Airport Expected to Break Records This Summer]( (JNS) – Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport is preparing for record traffic this summer. Israel’s Transportation and Road Safety Ministry reported that it expects more than 5.5 million passengers will pass through Israel in July-August 2023. Israel’s Airports Authority is preparing for the busiest summer season in Israel, which is expected to exceed the records […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Police Clash With Druze Protesters in the Golan Heights. The Rare Violence Leaves 20 Injured]( [Israeli Police Clash With Druze Protesters in the Golan Heights. The Rare Violence Leaves 20 Injured]( (AP) — Israeli police on Wednesday fired tear gas, sponge-tipped bullets and a water canon during mass demonstrations by Druze Arabs in the Golan Heights — a rare burst of violence in the normally quiet area. At least 20 people were reported injured. Thousands of Druze residents of the Golan took part in the […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Researchers Convert Human Skin Cells Into Placenta Cells]( [Israeli Researchers Convert Human Skin Cells Into Placenta Cells]( (JNS) – In a breakthrough for understanding fertility and pregnancy issues, Israeli scientists have converted human skin cells into functional human placenta cells. Professor Yossi Buganim and his research team at the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem published their study in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications. The placenta is an organ that […] [Read More »]( [Underwater Noises Heard in Desperate Search for Submersible Missing With 5 Aboard Near Titanic]( [Underwater Noises Heard in Desperate Search for Submersible Missing With 5 Aboard Near Titanic]( – A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive operation searched early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard did not elaborate on what rescuers believed […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Ukraine First Lady Visits Yad Vashem]( [WATCH: Ukraine First Lady Visits Yad Vashem]( (JNS) – Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Zelenska visited the Book of Names installation and the Hall of Names, where she listened to an excerpt from the newly launched audio guide in Ukrainian. The first lady also attended […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian Homes, Cars to Avenge Deadly Shooting]( [Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian Homes, Cars to Avenge Deadly Shooting]( (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed into a Palestinian town in the West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, residents said. The settler attack came as the Israeli military deployed additional forces across the […] [Read More »]( [Funerals Held for Victims of Eli Terror Attack]( [Funerals Held for Victims of Eli Terror Attack]( (JNS) – Hundreds of Israelis paid their last respects on Tuesday to Elisha Anteman and Harel Masoud, two victims of the day’s Palestinian terrorist attack near Eli in the Binyamin region of Samaria. The funerals of Ofer Fairman of Eli and Nachman Shmuel Mordoff of Ahiya took place on Wednesday. Anteman, 17, a 12th-grade student at a […] [Read More »]( [IDF Druze And Bedouin Soldiers Arrested After Stating ‘G-d Loves Jenin, Down With Israel’ On Viral Clip]( [IDF Druze And Bedouin Soldiers Arrested After Stating ‘G-d Loves Jenin, Down With Israel’ On Viral Clip]( (VINnews) — Several IDF soldiers from the Druze and Bedouin communities took a clip of themselves supporting the residents of Jenin during the recent operation which took place in the city. The soldiers said things like “G-d loves Jenin, damn Israel” while wearing their IDF uniforms. The IDF said that it had arrested the […] [Read More »]( [15-Year-Old Nachman Shmuel Mordoff HyD Laid To Rest In Shilo:’Loved The Land And Loved His People’]( [15-Year-Old Nachman Shmuel Mordoff HyD Laid To Rest In Shilo:’Loved The Land And Loved His People’]( (VINnews) — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday morning for the levaya of Nachman Shmuel Mordoff HyD, aged just 15, who was murdered Tuesday in a shooting attack near the town of Eli. Mordoff was a resident of the Ahiya community east of Shilo and the burial is taking place in the town of Shiloh. […] [Read More »]( [Detroit-Area Officer Charged With Assault After Video Shows Him Punching Man]( [Detroit-Area Officer Charged With Assault After Video Shows Him Punching Man]( Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer was charged with assault after video showed him punching a young man in the face and slamming his head to the ground at the jail, authorities said Tuesday. “This is not what we do. This is not who we are,” said William Dwyer, police commissioner in […] [Read More »]( [In San Francisco, Biden Talks With Tech Leaders About Risks and Promises of Artificial Intelligence]( [In San Francisco, Biden Talks With Tech Leaders About Risks and Promises of Artificial Intelligence]( FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the “risks and enormous promises” of artificial intelligence. The Biden administration is seeking to figure out how to regulate the emergent field of AI, looking for ways to nurture its potential for economic growth and […] [Read More »]( [Governor: I-95 Traffic to Resume This Weekend With Interim Fix; Permanent Repair to Follow]( [Governor: I-95 Traffic to Resume This Weekend With Interim Fix; Permanent Repair to Follow]( (AP) — Temporary lanes on Interstate 95 will be open sometime this weekend, with permanent repairs to follow, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday, more than a week after a section of the interstate collapsed in Philadelphia. “Traffic will be flowing here on I-95 this weekend,” Shapiro said, lauding the around-the-clock work of crews on […] [Read More »]( [The Vessel Missing Near the Titanic Wreck Is a Submersible, Not a Submarine: Here’s the Difference]( [The Vessel Missing Near the Titanic Wreck Is a Submersible, Not a Submarine: Here’s the Difference]( – The vessel that went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic’s wreckage is a submersible not a submarine, and there is a key difference. The Titan, with five people on board, remained missing Tuesday even as an international search and rescue effort was underway. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […] [Read More »]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2023 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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