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[Watch Roy Neuberger on Signs of the Geulah]( [Watch Roy Neuberger on Signs of the Geulah]( [Read More »]( [Google Suspends Gemini AI Chatbot’s Ability to Generate Pictures of People]( [Google Suspends Gemini AI Chatbot’s Ability to Generate Pictures of People]( – Google said Thursday it is temporarily stopping its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot from generating images of people a day after apologizing for “inaccuracies” in historical depictions that it was creating. Gemini users this week posted screenshots on social media of historically white-dominated scenes with racially diverse characters that they say it generated, leading […] [Read More »]( [Home Sales Rose in January as Easing Mortgage Rates, More Homes for Sale Enticed Homebuyers]( [Home Sales Rose in January as Easing Mortgage Rates, More Homes for Sale Enticed Homebuyers]( ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in January as homebuyers were encouraged by easing mortgage rates and a modest pickup in properties on the market. Existing home sales rose 3.1% last month from December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. […] [Read More »]( [Orthodox NYPD Inspector Richie Taylor Being Promoted by Police Commissioner]( [Orthodox NYPD Inspector Richie Taylor Being Promoted by Police Commissioner]( (VINnews) — A high-ranking frum NYPD officer, who has become a powerful and successful security liaison for the Jewish community, is getting a promotion. NYPD inspector Richie (Yechiel) Taylor, the highest-ranked yarmulke-wearing officer in the Department, is being promoted to deputy chief. Taylor, who has an illustrious track record and many achievements, will be […] [Read More »]( [Florida Gets Closer to Banning Social Media for Kids Under 16]( [Florida Gets Closer to Banning Social Media for Kids Under 16]( Fla. (AP) — Florida is on the verge of passing one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media after the state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would keep children under the age of 16 off popular platforms regardless of parental approval. The measure now goes back to the […] [Read More »]( [New York Officials Tour Gaza Border Areas Devastated on Oct. 7]( [New York Officials Tour Gaza Border Areas Devastated on Oct. 7]( – A delegation of officials from New York State and City on Wednesday visited Israeli agricultural communities near the Gaza Strip that suffered the brunt of the Hamas onslaught on Oct. 7. The Americans underlined their strong support for Israel, saying it was shared by a majority of their countrymen.   The three-day solidarity […] [Read More »]( [Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny’s Mother Says She’s Resisting Pressure to Agree to a Secret Burial]( [Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny’s Mother Says She’s Resisting Pressure to Agree to a Secret Burial]( – The mother of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the public eye. Lyudmila Navalnaya said investigators allowed her to see her son’s body in the city morgue. She […] [Read More »]( [More Alabama IVF Providers Pause Treatment After Court Ruling on Frozen Embryo]( [More Alabama IVF Providers Pause Treatment After Court Ruling on Frozen Embryo]( Ala. (AP) — Two more in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama paused parts of their treatment Thursday, sending patients scrambling to make other plans after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility Services said in a statement that it has “made the impossibly difficult decision to hold […] [Read More »]( [AT&T Says Its Cellphone Network Restored After a Widespread Outage Hit Users Across the US]( [AT&T Says Its Cellphone Network Restored After a Widespread Outage Hit Users Across the US]( – AT&T said Thursday its wireless network was back after an outage knocked out cellphone service for its users across the U.S. for hours. “We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers,” the Dallas-based company said in a statement posted on its website Thursday afternoon. “We sincerely apologize to them.” Outage tracker […] [Read More »]( [‘Anti-israel Hypocrisy, Hate,’ Says Aipac, After AOC Calls It ‘Nra of Foreign Policy’]( [‘Anti-israel Hypocrisy, Hate,’ Says Aipac, After AOC Calls It ‘Nra of Foreign Policy’]( – In the latest Washington alphabet soup, AOC called AIPAC the “NRA of foreign policy.” The progressive “Squad” member, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has a long anti-Israel history, responded on social media to a post from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee stating that a “ceasefire now keeps these rapist monsters armed and […] [Read More »]( [Putin Takes a Flight in Nuclear-Capable Bomber in a Tough Message to the West Ahead of Election]( [Putin Takes a Flight in Nuclear-Capable Bomber in a Tough Message to the West Ahead of Election]( (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next month’s election he’s all but certain to win. Putin’s 30-minute flight in a Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber also seemed intended to send a reminder […] [Read More »]( [France Confirms 45 Israeli Hostages Received Vital Drugs]( [France Confirms 45 Israeli Hostages Received Vital Drugs]( (JNS) – France confirmed on Wednesday that 45 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have received urgent medications that entered the enclave over a month ago in a deal brokered by Paris and Doha. The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesperson expressed this to local media, and the government ministry also […] [Read More »]( [Virginia Senator: Don’t Send Israel Weapons ‘Likely to Be Used in Offensive Military Action’]( [Virginia Senator: Don’t Send Israel Weapons ‘Likely to Be Used in Offensive Military Action’](. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a former failed U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Virginia governor, is urging the White House to provide Israel only with “defensive” weapons and not those that could be used on what he called an “offensive” attack on Rafah. “I understand from public reports that your administration plans to submit to […] [Read More »]( [Container Ship Hits Bridge in South China, Killing 5 and Knocking Section of Roadway Into the Water]( [Container Ship Hits Bridge in South China, Killing 5 and Knocking Section of Roadway Into the Water]( (AP) — Five people died Thursday after a massive container ship hit support pillars for a bridge over a river in southern China early Thursday, sending a section of the roadway and five vehicles crashing down. Three small trucks, a minibus and a scooter fell off the bridge south of the city of Guangzhou […] [Read More »]( [Harvard Condemns Student and Faculty Groups for Posting Antisemitic Cartoon]( [Harvard Condemns Student and Faculty Groups for Posting Antisemitic Cartoon]( (AP) — Harvard University condemned what it called a “flagrantly antisemitic cartoon” that an undergraduate group posted on social media over the weekend. It also appeared on the Instagram account of Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine. Copied from a newsletter published by students in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the […] [Read More »]( [France Says Russian Forces Threatened to Shoot Down Surveillance Aircraft Patrolling the Black Sea]( [France Says Russian Forces Threatened to Shoot Down Surveillance Aircraft Patrolling the Black Sea]( (AP) — Russian forces threatened to shoot down French pilots patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea, signals of increasingly aggressive behavior from Moscow as its invasion of Ukraine struggles to make headway, France’s defense minister said Thursday. The minister, Sébastien Lecornu, didn’t give specific details about the French flights or aircraft involved […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Republican Congressman Tells Pro-Hamas Lunatics ‘Kill Them All’]( [WATCH: Republican Congressman Tells Pro-Hamas Lunatics ‘Kill Them All’]( (VINnews) — Republican Andy Ogles told a pro-Hamas activist, “We should kill them all. Does that make you feel better? Everybody in Hamas.” Ogles, a congressman from Tennessee, made the comments after being harassed and badgered by lunatic protesters as he walked through the Capitol. They peppered him with uninformed, sophomoric questions, exposing their […] [Read More »]( [Taliban Carry Out Double Public Execution at a Stadium in Afghanistan]( [Taliban Carry Out Double Public Execution at a Stadium in Afghanistan]( Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshot. The Taliban’s Supreme Court had ruled that the pair were responsible for the stabbing deaths of two victims in […] [Read More »]( [Robert Kraft hopes for ‘good return’ for ‘very expensive’ Super Bowl Ad]( [Robert Kraft hopes for ‘good return’ for ‘very expensive’ Super Bowl Ad]( — Buying a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl about combating hate was “very expensive,” Robert Kraft, the billionaire philanthropist and owner of the New England Patriots, told People magazine. “We hope it’s going to be a good return on investment.” Kraft, 82, talked to the magazine as his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism nears […] [Read More »]( [INSANE VIDEO: Driver goes wrong way on highway in chase…confirmed to be ILLEGAL MIGRANT]( [INSANE VIDEO: Driver goes wrong way on highway in chase…confirmed to be ILLEGAL MIGRANT]( (VINnews) — A driver caught in a wild, surreal police chase, which looked more like a movie scene than real life, has been confirmed to be in the U.S. illegally. What a shock. Cesar Flavio Lanuza is accused of stealing a Maryland Highway Administration tow truck in College Park, Maryland and leading police on […] [Read More »]( [Japan’s Nikkei Stock Index Breaks 1989 Record, Surges to All-Time High]( [Japan’s Nikkei Stock Index Breaks 1989 Record, Surges to All-Time High]( benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged Thursday past the record it set in 1989 before its financial bubble burst, ushering in an era of faltering growth. The index closed Thursday at 39,098.68, up 2.2%. Its previous record was 38,915.87, set on Dec. 29, 1989. So now it is back to where it was 34 years […] [Read More »]( [Mrs. Chaya Rivka Kornfeld ע”ה Chaya Rivka bas Shea Dovid]( [Mrs. Chaya Rivka Kornfeld ע”ה Chaya Rivka bas Shea Dovid]( getting up: Shacharis: 9:00 amMincha: 6:20 pm R’ Nussen KornfeldSon Mrs. Esther ZelikovitsDaughter Mrs. Chavi RosenbergDaughter Mrs. Gitty RubinDaughter [Read More »]( [Prince William Slammed By Royal Biographer For Calling For End To War: ‘Very Poorly Advised’]( [Prince William Slammed By Royal Biographer For Calling For End To War: ‘Very Poorly Advised’]( YORK (VINnews) — In the wake of Prince William of Britain’s call to “End the war and free the hostages”, he has been sharply criticized for making a ‘political statement’ unbecoming to a future monarch. Royal biographer Tom Bower didn’t mince words when discussing the prince’s conduct, calling it a “distaster” and declaring “What […] [Read More »]( [United Airlines Says After a ‘Safety Analysis’ It Will Restart Flights to Israel]( [United Airlines Says After a ‘Safety Analysis’ It Will Restart Flights to Israel]( (AP) — United Airlines says it plans to resume flights to Israel next month, reviving a route that was suspended in October at the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The airline said Wednesday that it will start flights from Newark, New Jersey, to Tel Aviv with a stop in Munich on March 2 and […] [Read More »]( [Americans Reporting Nationwide Cellular Outages]( [Americans Reporting Nationwide Cellular Outages]( number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T had more than 64,000 outages this morning, in locations including Houston, Atlanta and Chicago. The outages began at approximately 3:30 a.m. ET. The carrier has more than 240 million subscribers, […] [Read More »]( [SHAMEFUL: NYT Reporter Awarded Photojournalism Prize Was Present At Hamas Massacres]( [SHAMEFUL: NYT Reporter Awarded Photojournalism Prize Was Present At Hamas Massacres]( (VINnews) — Last November, Israeli media outlets made a joint request that international media organizations such as CNN and the New York Times should refrain from using pictures from AP and Reuters freelance journalists in Gaza because they had actively accompanied and participated in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th. The request […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: State Dept Spokesman Reaffirms Administration’s Focus on Palestinian Statehood]( [WATCH: State Dept Spokesman Reaffirms Administration’s Focus on Palestinian Statehood]( (VINnews) — US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller reiterated the Biden administration’s goal of establishing a Palestinian state, during a press briefing Wednesday. In response to a question about where they want the conflict in Gaza to be headed, he replied: “In the short term, we want to see, as I said in response […] [Read More »]( [1 Murdered, 8 Injured As Terrorists Shoot At Cars On Maale-Adumim-Jerusalem Highway]( [1 Murdered, 8 Injured As Terrorists Shoot At Cars On Maale-Adumim-Jerusalem Highway]( (VINnews) — BDE: In a fatal terrorist attack which occurred Thursday morning at the A-Zaim checkpoint between Maale Adumim and Jerusalem, a youth in his 20’s was murdered and 8 others injured, three of them seriously, including a pregnant 23-year-old woman, [currently there is no danger to her fetus] a 30-year-old woman and a […] [Read More »]( [The Handicapped Parking Sign and Extending its Use]( [The Handicapped Parking Sign and Extending its Use]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman QUESTION:  Recently, while playing basketball, I tore my Achilles Heel tendon.  The recovery time, I am told is six months.  The doctor gave me a form for handicapped parking which is valid for three years.  I am wondering if I could still use the handicapped parking sign after the six month […] [Read More »]( [Rooted in Their ‘Deepest Jewish Values,’ Five NYC, State Officials Accuse Israel of ‘Mass Destruction’]( [Rooted in Their ‘Deepest Jewish Values,’ Five NYC, State Officials Accuse Israel of ‘Mass Destruction’]( – Two New York state senators and three city officials—an assembly member, a comptroller and a council member—penned an open letter claiming that their “deep” Jewish faith compels them to denounce Israel for “indiscriminate” bombing, among other war crimes. “As New Yorkers, many of us have deep connections to Israel and are committed to […] [Read More »]( [Is Parking at a Meter and Not Paying Gezel?]( [Is Parking at a Meter and Not Paying Gezel?]( Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is something that perhaps every resident of New York City and the surrounding area has experienced. You park on a public street and you do not have your wallet or credit card to put in those new meters. Or you are parking next to an old meter and do not […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: R’ Eli Stefansky Illustrates ‘Shomer Chinam’ by Using Animated Member of ‘Shomrim’]( [WATCH: R’ Eli Stefansky Illustrates ‘Shomer Chinam’ by Using Animated Member of ‘Shomrim’]( — During a lighthearted moment delivering a Daf Yomi shiur on Bava Kamma, renowned Maggid Shiur R’ Eli Stefansky used Brooklyn’s ‘Shomrim’ group to illustrate the concept of ‘Shomer Chinam’ [Read More »]( [Tribute To Rabbi Zevulun Charlop zt”l]( [Tribute To Rabbi Zevulun Charlop zt”l]( Elchanan Poupko) — There are rabbis who will teach you a great deal of Torah through their lectures and books, and there are rabbis who will teach you even more Torah through their stories, behavior, friendship, kindness, and conversation. Such was my relationship with Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, the Dean Emeritus of the Rabbi Isaac […] [Read More »]( [Republican Prosecutor in Arizona Takes Swipe at Woke New York District Attorney]( [Republican Prosecutor in Arizona Takes Swipe at Woke New York District Attorney]( (AP) — The Republican prosecutor of Arizona’s most populous county took a thinly veiled swipe at a Democratic counterpart in the East on Wednesday, saying she would not agree to extradition of a suspect in the death of a woman who was fatally bludgeoned in a New York City hotel room, and that he […] [Read More »]( [WATCH: Jewish Baltimore Delegate Seeks to Remove Muslim Bigot from Hate Crimes Commission]( [WATCH: Jewish Baltimore Delegate Seeks to Remove Muslim Bigot from Hate Crimes Commission]( (VINnews) — A group of legislators have proposed a bill that would remove the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) from the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention, and replace it with two members from the Muslim community. Sponsors of Maryland House Bill 763 point to systemic antisemitism exhibited repeatedly by CAIR’s leadership. […] [Read More »]( [Alabama Hospital Pauses IVF After Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children]( [Alabama Hospital Pauses IVF After Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are Children]( Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s largest hospital paused in vitro fertilization treatments Wednesday as providers and patients across the state scrambled to assess the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said in a statement that it must evaluate […] [Read More »]( [Biden Calls Putin a ‘Crazy Sob’ and Takes Aim at Trump During Fundraiser for 2024 Election]( [Biden Calls Putin a ‘Crazy Sob’ and Takes Aim at Trump During Fundraiser for 2024 Election]( FRANCISCO (AP) — During a fundraiser for his reelection campaign Wednesday night, President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” and took aim at former President Donald Trump’s comments comparing himself to the Russian opposition leader who died last week in an Arctic prison. Biden was talking about climate change when […] [Read More »]( Get More VINnews Join our [WhatsApp group]( for breaking updates. Not on our email list yet? [Join here](. [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2024 Vos Is Neias, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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