Michael Safyan

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Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Hamas
New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Etc. Blame Israel for Hamas War Crimes
honestreporting.com - Gidon Ben-Zvi
Palestinian terror groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have made good on their threat to turn southern Israel, in particular, “into hell,” by firing …
13 hours ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Middle East
Reports: 1 killed, another seriously hurt in Ashkelon by rocket from Gaza
timesofisrael.com - TOI staff
One person has been killed and several others wounded by a direct rocket hit on a home in Ashkelon. Preliminary reports indicate one of those wounded …
15 hours ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
California
California governor declares drought emergency in most counties
Axios - Rebecca Falconer
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) extended a drought emergency declaration to cover 41 of the state's 58 counties on Monday. Why it matters: Most of …
1 day ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Middle East
Terror-Balloon Attacks Resume Against Communities, Fields in Southern Israel
jewishpress.com - JNS News Service
Incendiary devices launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli communities along the border resumed on Thursday with firefighters currently battling …
3 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Health News & Policy
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Hopes Fade for Global Herd Immunity
The New York Times - Andrés R. Martínez
Early in the pandemic, there was hope that the world would one day achieve herd immunity, the point when the coronavirus lacks enough hosts to spread easily. But over a year later, the virus is crushing...
2 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into Health News & Policy
Public Health
India's Covid Patients Suffer a Fungal Threat: Mucormycosis
The New York Times - Mujib Mashal
NEW DELHI — Doctors in India are concerned about an increasing number of potentially fatal fungal infections affecting either people who have Covid-19 or those who have recently recovered from the disease....
1 day ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
U-Haul
Two women rented a U-Haul for a move. Then the LAPD swarmed: ‘We both thought we were going to get shot.’
The Washington Post - By Andrea Salcedo
Shibani Balsaver parked the rented U-Haul in front of her new Hollywood apartment. It was moving day in February 2020, and Balsaver was preparing to unload all of her belongings into her first solo apartment....
1 day ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Israel
Arab rioters attack Jewish man’s car near Old City; he crashes into one of them
timesofisrael.com - Judah Ari Gross
A group of Palestinian rioters attacked a Jewish man’s car outside the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday morning, resulting in him driving the vehicle …
1 day ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
U.S. Politics
Sheriff Goes Ballistic After Arizona Recounters Demand Access To County Passwords
HuffPost - Mary Papenfuss
Giving computer network router and password information to a firm run by a conspiracy theorist is "mind-numbingly reckless," the Maricopa County sheriff said. The private company conducting the GOP 2020...
1 day ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Religion
Pope Francis calls for an end to Jerusalem violence
timesofisrael.com - TOI staff
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen. GENEVA — A COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared …
2 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into World News & Politics
Israel
Border Police Foiled Mega Terror Attack in Jerusalem on Friday
jewishpress.com - Jewish Press News Desk
The terror attack on Saalam Border Police station in the Shomron last week was not supposed to happen. In the attack, three terrorists opened fire on …
2 days ago
Michael Safyan
flipped into US News & Politics
Times Square
Video shows ‘hero’ NYPD cop running with wounded child after Times Square shooting
New York Post - By Kate Sheehy
Stunning surveillance footage captures a “hero” female cop frantically running through Times Square with the youngest victim of Saturday’s shooting …
2 days ago