Lockdown

Tokyo drift: Black bear that sent Japanese city into lockdown, sparked multi-day search, captured

The adult bear, which was estimated to weigh about 100 kg, was eventually shot with a tranquilizer gun, loaded onto a cage on a truck, and driven away. It is unclear what the city will do with it.

Black bear at Yellowstone Park, photographed May 22, 2026. (Illustrative)
 A US B-2 Spirit bomber, part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, stops for refueling at the US military base on Diego Garcia in this file photo taken October 8, 2001, following an air strike mission over Afghanistan.

Lockdown lifted following reported active shooter situation at New Jersey air force base

Incoming freshmen march to their living quarters after the Oath of Office ceremony during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 26, 2025 in Annapolis, Maryland.

US naval academy on lockdown following report of armed intruder - report

 Illustrative image of people in an office.

An end to remote work? Even Zoom employees are asked to return to office


Flight of Israelis approved to land in Ben-Gurion from NY

This is the second instance where a flight with Israelis was approved to land at Ben-Gurion Airport.

The departure hall at the almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on January 25, 2021.

COVID lockdown violations plague ultra-Orthodox community over Tu Bishvat

Infection rates in the ultra-Orthodox community remain more than double that of the general population.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX men – one masked, one not – are seen in the haredi enclave of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York, on October 6.

Coronavirus: Gov't fails to meet on restrictions amid political squabbles

Almost 1.5 million people have received both vaccines • Deaths continues to spike as toll reaches 4,609 • Israel borders completely seal

Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in the rain amid the coronavirus lockdown, on January 19, 2021.

COVID-19: What have we learned about human behavior in 2020? - opinion

Were the expectations regarding compliance realistic? If we look at the science, the answer is an unequivocal “no.”

POLICE OFFICERS try to convince passersby to abide by pandemic-related restrictions, in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square on Monday.

Gay couple fined after helping mother during COVID lockdown

"The officer said 'No way. There's no such thing. It doesn't make sense that there's such a thing.'"

Police are seen checking drivers at a coronavirus checkpoint near Jerusalem's Gan Sacher amid lockdown, on January 12, 2021.

Security forces clash with protesters in locked-down Lebanon

The government imposed a 24-hour curfew earlier this month in a bid to curb a raging COVID-19 outbreak that has killed more than 2,500 people.

DEMONSTRATORS TAKE part in protests that followed widespread frustration in Lebanon, capped by a deadly blast in Beirut Port last Tuesday.

Coronavirus: Health Ministry asks to extend lockdown by a week

The most problematic data concern the number of patients in serious conditions and ventilated, respectively around 1,150 and 300.

Jerusalem's usually busy Old City is seen virtually empty during Israel's third coronavirus lockdown.

Head officer of lockdown enforcement suspected of breaking lockdown

According to lockdown restrictions, Israelis are restricted to an 1,000 meter radius from their homes.

Israel Police officers enforce lockdown restrictions, January 8, 2020.

When will the Diamond Industry Recover from the Impact of Covid-19?


Will 'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic receive a presidential pardon?

Rumors swirled earlier in the day of a possible presidential pardon for the former zookeeper currently serving a 22-year federal prison sentence for attempting to murder Carole Baskin.

Mugshot of Joe Exotic from Santa Rose County Jail, 2018.