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Los Angeles County is reporting that 2,439 people are hospitalized on Wednesday, the highest level of the entire pandemic. By Nicole Charky, Patch Staff Dec 2, 2020 1:59 pm                   Updated Dec 2, 2020 2:30 pm PT   VENICE, CA — There are 2,439...

Group was previously chaired by Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has launched investigations into several groups, including one founded by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, for seeking to “aggressively” register “ineligible, out-of-state, or deceased voters” before the state’s...

The elimination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, “the father of the Iranian nuclear bomb,” was a “service to mankind,” say Saudi writers. Following the assassination on Friday on the outskirts of Tehran of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, numerous articles appeared in Saudi media justifying the...

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) backed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, a show of support for an ally of the governor as he weighs his appointment options amidst a slew of candidates from which to choose. Padilla, 47,...

Kuehl is one of several Democratic leaders who have been caught disobeying their own health restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. A Democratic Los Angeles County official dined outdoors at a Santa Monica restaurant just hours after she voted to ban outdoor dining, Fox 11 Los...

President-elect tells New York Times: If Iran gets a nuclear bomb, other countries in the region would be pressured to get one too. US President-elect Joe Biden reiterated his intention to return to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, provided that the Islamic Republic returns...

“The organization that claimed responsibility for this hack could be a cover for a foreign intelligence agency, maybe even the Iranians,” says a cyber-security expert from the Holon Institute of Technology. The personal information of thousands of Israelis was compromised on Tuesday, following a massive...

Antony Blinken is among the cadre of leaders of a little-known advocacy group in Washington, D.C. which has a very disturbing perspective on Israel. President-elect Joe Biden’s first major foreign policy appointments are being hailed as "centrists" and "experts". None of them are known as...

Rabbi Sacks zt’’l had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book Lessons in Leadership. The Office of Rabbi Sacks will carry on distributing these essays each week, so people around the world can continue to learn and be inspired by...

By RONG-GONG LIN II, LUKE MONEY, MAURA DOLAN DEC. 2, 2020 California hit reached another troubling COVID-19 milestone Tuesday, averaging 14,120 cases per day with more than 8,200 hospitalized — both new records. The continuing surge is putting more pressure on state and local officials to take more aggressive action to...

Opposition motion passes 61-54 after support from Blue and White, but must still pass three more readings before new national vote called. By MICHAEL BACHNER The Knesset on Wednesday passed a bill to dissolve, setting the stage for the fourth round of national elections in two years...

By Aryeh Savir/TPS • 2 December, 2020 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Al-Zayani, met on Wednesday in Jerusalem in wake of the Abraham Accords, the peace agreements signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington...

“We enjoy looking at the green part of the map, but the orange and red part is starting to rise,” Sharon Alroy-Preis warned. Israel’s coronavirus commissioner said the country is in a state of emergency on Tuesday, as new daily cases topped 1,200. “There is an increase...

A folding car and restructured sugar are among Israeli innovations cited by TIME Magazine for their originality, creativity, effectiveness, ambition and impact. Six Israeli products on the magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2020: 100 Innovations Changing How We Live” were cited as inventions “making the world...

U.S. equity markets climbed into record territory Tuesday after a bipartisan coalition floated a plan for a $908 billion COVID-19 aid package. Ticker Security Last Change Change % I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 29823.92 +185.28 +0.63% SP500 S&P 500 3662.45 +40.82 +1.13% I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 12355.105992 +156.37 +1.28% The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 184 points, or 0.62%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were higher by 1.13%...

Barr appointed Durham as special counsel on October 19 - before Election Day. Attorney General Bill Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as special counsel to continue investigating the origins of the Russia probe in the next administration, Fox News has confirmed. The Associated Press first...

The FBI is using voter fraud information collected by the Amistad Project, the project's director, Phillip Kline, said on Newsmax TV. Kline, who is the former attorney general of Kansas, tweeted the news on Sunday. Appearing on "Stinchfield," Kline said the group's investigations show "what we...

Officials in New York and California are adding themselves to the growing list of leaders who are acting against their own policies when it comes to restrictions put in place as coronavirus cases increase across the country. San Jose, Calif., Mayor Sam Liccardo's press team...