Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late next year. The United
Just days before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, President Joe Biden quietly dispatched a team to European Union headquarters in Belgium. These were not spy chiefs or generals, but
Ukraine’s president on Sunday called on Israel to take a stronger stand against Russia, delivering an emotional appeal that compared Russia’s invasion of his country to the actions of Nazi Germany. In a speech to Israeli lawmakers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was time for Israel, which has emerged as a key mediator between Ukraine […]
The following is an unedited article published by the Associated Press on thousands of news websites around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral Sunday of a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi in a city in central Israel. Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, 94, one of the most influential scholars in the country’s religious community, died […]
When a Channel 12 News reporter spotted a “secular” man among the hundreds of thousands of participants at the levaya of the Gadol HaDor, z’tl, on Sunday, he approached him
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly clear. Committee
“Oy, nebach.” “I feel so bad for him.” “That poor boy.” “What’s next?” The neighbors were used to discussing Avraham Tzvi. First, his mother passed away and everyone felt horrible
When HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman was informed of the death of the Gadol HaDor, z’tl, on erev Shabbos he covered his face with both hands and sighed deeply as
Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other shipments to and from
Rockland Chaveirim members conducted a heroic rescue on Sunday afternoon in the mountains near Sloatsburg after a hiker went missing. Chaveirim received a call about a hiker missing in the
The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren has not meant a return to work for many of their parents who, with workdays that outlast school days, are finding crucial after-school programs in short supply. School-based providers list difficulties hiring and retaining staff as the biggest reasons they have not fully rebounded from pandemic shutdowns […]
Two young boys were held up by a gunman on Friday night on E. 34th Street between Avenues K and L. The boys, who were conversing in front of their
Until about five years ago, when HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, z’tl, became the address for all political decisions, he almost never involved himself in any political events or issues. In
A four-year-old Jewish child went missing early Sunday afternoon from Greenbriar Street in Bergenfield, New Jersey, prompting a massive response from numerous agencies. Bergen Hatzolah and Chaveirim from various cities,
Authorities on Sunday were investigating the crash of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter in Southern California mountains that left six people injured. The department’s Air Rescue 5 helicopter crashed shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday while responding to a vehicle that rolled over on a winding road in Angeles National Forest, the county’s […]
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion spoke with Arutz Sheva on Sunday about his impressions of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, whom he consulted with many times over the years. “I knew a
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo Bay detainees. Some Republicans say Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has a record of “defending terrorists” and they plan to raise questions about it at Senate hearings on […]
HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch was informed of the death of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky during his Purim seudah on Friday at his home in Har Nof. HaRav Shternbuch tearfully spoke
The heat on the train was as thick as the anxiety. Ukrainian survivors of one of the most brutal sieges in modern history were in the final minutes of their
Thousands of people who made their way into Bnei Brak early Sunday to attend the levaya of Sar Hatorah Maran HaRav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l were met by an incredible outpouring
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