The UAE intercepted two ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi.
At around 4:15 a.m. on Monday, witnesses in Abu Dhabi stated they heard the sounds of explosions and noticed what they described as fireballs in the sky. In an announcement, the UAE Ministry of Protection stated, "its air protection has intercepted and destroyed two...
Fauci said the Omicron variant appears to be returning to its “proper course.”
New Zealand Imposes Its Highest Stage of Covid Restrictions
The restrictions had been put in place after a number of circumstances of the Omicron variant had been reported in a single household that had attended a big wedding ceremony and different occasions in Auckland, New...
Big Sur, California wildfire causes evacuations.
People who live on the California coast were still being evacuated from their homes on Sunday as a wildfire broke out in a canyon near Huge Sur, shutting down a part of the state's historic Pacific Coast Freeway in each direction.
On Sunday morning, Cecile...
Putin stands up to the mud of Ukraine.
Are NATO and the US prepared for any further Russian incursion into Ukraine, where it has already captured land and backed an uprising in the country's eastern region? President Joe Biden cautioned Putin against an invasion, vowing a harsh reaction from the US and...
The Bat Mitzvah Query I Wasn’t Anticipating
At congregations like my very own, we don't use our telephones on Shabbat, so we have been unaware that at the time Orli started to recite from the Torah, 1,300 miles away, at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, a person had taken the...
How the 60-vote Senate came to be
However, the 60-vote threshold is comparatively new. It was established after an epic struggle in the Seventies, a period that at the moment looks as if it came from an alternate universe:
Democrat vs. Democratic
In the Seventies, it was a Southern Democrat, Sen. James Allen...
Packers Lead 49ers at Frigid Lambeau Subject
Nashville, Tennessee (November 7) The Cincinnati Bengals last week broke their 31-year playoff drought, and with a younger, explosive offense, they appeared like this year’s dark horse contenders.
And now they formally are. The No. 4-seeded Bengals overcame 9 sacks and 6 penalties to shock...
One NYPD officer was killed and the other was severely injured.
A New York City police officer was killed and another was seriously injured when they opened fire while responding to a home incident.
"Police Officer Jason Rivera was killed in the line of duty when he was just 22 years old," the NYPD said.
Police named...
Thich Nhat Hanh, monk, Zen Grasp, and Activist Die at 95.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and one of the world's most prominent Zen teachers, died on Saturday at the Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam. 95.
Plum Village, his monastic community, introduced the loss of life. He experienced a severe brain hemorrhage in...
Winter ice storm blasts Carolinas, Southeast with snow, sleet, rain.
A winter ice storm batters the Carolinas and the Southeast, dumping snow, sleet and rain. After a winter storm on Friday brought a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to parts of the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, authorities are still telling people to stay...
For the first time, a Pacific nation falls into lockdown
A country in the Pacific Ocean goes into lockdown for the first time. It was the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic started two years ago that Kiribati went into lockdown. Dozens of passengers on a plane from the U.S. to Kiribati tested positive...
Eire Plans Largest St. Patrick’s Day Since Pandemic
This is the first full public celebration of St. Patrick's Day in two years, and it was a big step forward. Michael Martin, the prime minister, said on Friday that most of the COVID restrictions would be lifted starting on Saturday.
He said, "Spring is...
