A new blast of Arctic air is barreling toward the central and northeastern United States, and it could bring the region’s first bona fide snowstorm of the winter, setting up a volatile weekend across one of the country’s most densely populated corridors. Meteorologists say a weakening Polar Vortex — the high-altitude cold-air system that typically […]
Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the U.K’s top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states.” Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the U.K. was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel Rybar, the Foundation for the Support and Protection of […]
Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to back a Republican-led drive, supported by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president. A day after the justices indicated they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the […]
Last year, around the end of the school year, one of my children asked what I thought was an appropriate way to show hakaras hatov to a child’s rebbi or morah. That question turned into a letter. So, as we approach Chanukah, I want to follow up. Chanukah is a time of light — ner […]
President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside
The endless stream of AI-generated sludge — the jump-cut memes, the flashing edits, the weaponized dopamine loops — has become the default soundtrack of childhood. Now, scientists say the digital noise flooding kids’ phones, laptops, and TVs may be doing far worse than shortening attention spans: it may be contributing to a measurable rise in […]
President Donald Trump issued his most direct threat yet against Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, declaring in a newly released Politico interview that the dictator’s “days are numbered” and pointedly refusing to rule out deploying American ground forces to remove him. The hard-edged warning comes as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against South American drug […]
A U.S.-based Palestinian activist says Hamas deliberately hid tons of infant formula and children’s nutritional shakes in secret warehouses, even as Gazans faced some of the worst hunger conditions in years. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a longtime critic of Hamas and an advocate for a two-state solution, posted footage on social media showing floor-to-ceiling stacks of […]
Amid a steady decline in K-12 enrollment, nearly 2,000 apartments were created from former school buildings across the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report by RentCafe. The report
Amid a national housing crisis, the Biden administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development produced guidelines encouraging property owners to forgo some fair housing practices to favor Afghan refugees, the Trump administration argues in a new directive terminating previous guidelines. The Center Square obtained a HUD directive from the Office of Fair Housing and Equal […]
Marvelous insights on the Torah, written in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Moshe Sofer, Av Beis Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Pressburg, the holy Chasam Sofer.
One by one, the soldiers squeezed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. Inside a dark hallway, some bowed their heads to avoid hitting the low ceiling, while watching their step as they walked over or around jagged concrete, crushed plastic bottles and tattered mattresses. On Monday, Israel’s military took journalists into Rafah […]
Almost four years into Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, European Union leaders have committed to funding Kyiv’s economic and military needs for the next two years, one way or another. Ukraine is desperate and needs the money by early 2026. At a summit next week, the 27 EU leaders will weigh whether to use tens of billions of dollars in frozen Russian […]
For months, a beloved kosher wine simply vanished from store shelves. Confused customers kept asking for it. Retailers had no answers. What looked like a supply chain problem turned out
Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its airspace in recent weeks, while the Belarusian leader called for negotiations on border tensions and said his country “does not need war.” The balloons forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport, stranding thousands of people, […]
When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of the disease, never mind the rare and costly treatment that likely saved the newborn’s life. Now, however, Tony Barbera is deeply grateful for BabyBIG, the sole antidote to the paralyzing and potentially deadly illnesses linked […]
Israeli PM Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday rejected a Saudi media report alleging that Bibi refused to sign a U.S.-brokered security agreement with Syria, dismissing the story as “fake news” and insisting no such deal was ever on the table. The report, published Monday by the Saudi outlet Asharq al-Awsat, claimed unnamed sources said U.S. mediation […]
It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society. The meteors
A remarkable archaeological discovery in Yerushalayim is offering clarity on an ancient episode described by Chazal and recorded by Josephus. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced that a massive section of a Chashmonaim-era fortification wall—larger and wider than the current Old City walls—has been uncovered beneath the Migdal Dovid complex. The newly revealed section, over […]
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