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Coronavirus takes toll on religious life as rabbis advise against ritual kissing

Chief rabbi urges keeping lips off hands touching mezuzahs; European rabbinical group bans those feeling unwell from synagogue, even to recite the Kaddish prayer for the dead

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WATCH LIVE: Health officials testify on NIH budget as coronavirus concerns grow

Top officials at the National Institutes of Health will appear before a House appropriations committee Wednesday to address President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, which suggests a $3 billion funding cut to the agency.

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The Ahi Challenge Got Everyone Shaking All Over

The most recent dance craze turned meme to come from TikTok so-called Ahi Challenge (don’t worry, despite the fishy name it’s safe for vegetarians), is a hip-shaking dance routine set to a reggaeton beat that is It all started on

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Iran says ‘no obligation’ to let UN nuclear watchdog into certain sites

Tehran’s UN ambassador accuses Israel, US of ‘pressuring’ IAEA, as some of the places where access was refused are said to be suspected nuclear sites flagged by Jerusalem

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58 is the new 60 (which is the new 61): Six things to know for March 4

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Pundits declare something based on incomplete data, and then are forced to eat their words, learning no lessons along the way

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VSCO’s new editing tool Montage lets you edit and layer both photos and video

VSCO, a popular photo editing app (and Gen Z meme), is continuing to shift its focus to video. Last month, the company finally gave its creators the ability to publish their video edits to the VSCO feed alongside their photos.

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Robinhood’s downtime as a stress test for the consumer fintech boom

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Earlier this week, the popular free stock trading service Robinhood suffered downtime over a two-day period. The company, a well-funded

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Wall Street still wants Donald Trump, but it could live with Joe Biden – CNN

Wall Street still wants Donald Trump, but it could live with Joe Biden  CNN Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary in California  KRCRTV.COM ‘It was a perfect storm’: Trump weighs in on Biden’s Super Tuesday rout  POLITICO Donald Trump Wins Colorado’s Republican Presidential

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Netanyahu wins big in Israel’s elections — but not enough to secure full control

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud party rally in Ramat Gan on February 29, 2020. | Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israel’s confusing election results, and why they matter, explained. The third Israeli election in less than a year has

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Italy shuts all schools and universities as coronavirus deaths rise

Italy is shutting schools and universities across the country in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus.

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