A man is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to execute three Chabad rabbis. Christopher Stephen Brown of Amarillo, Texas, was charged via criminal
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Spurred by conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, activists around the country are using laws that allow people to challenge a voter’s right to cast a ballot to contest the registrations of thousands of voters at a time. In Iowa, Linn County Auditor Joel Miller had handled three voter challenges over the previous 15 […]
A woman allegedly harassed, cursed at, and knocked off the shtreimel of an Orthodox Jew walking to shul on Shabbos afternoon. Boro Park Shomrim tell YWN that the victim was
When 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students during a before-school prayer meeting in 1997, school shootings were not yet a part of the national consciousness. The carnage
In 1954, large crowds turned out for a historic visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Aden. At the time, this city on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula was a colony of the British Empire and was one of the busiest and most important ports in the world. Now the queen’s death after a […]
Rosh Hashanah is fast approaching. Please, hear the cry of your brothers and sisters in Israel and send financial help! The money raised will be distributed before Yom Tov. Rav
Yeshiva University has put a freeze on all undergraduate club activities until it can hammer out a legal strategy following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to lift a stay on
The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services were operational following what security professionals are calling a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Gershon Ribner shlita is an outstanding Torah scholar who has authored brilliant seforim on Shas. The seforim are Talmudic masterpieces that reflect great depth and originality. Rav Ribner is also a prestigious member of the faculty of Beis Midrash Gavoha in Lakewood. “Consequential Choices” (295 pp) is an […]
Donald Trump went after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday, accusing him of supporting a bill that McConnell does not, in fact, support. “Mitch McConnell is giving the Democrats
Tropical Storm Fiona headed for Puerto Rico on Saturday, with forecasters warning it likely would grow into a hurricane before hitting on Sunday with extremely heavy rains with the potential
The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital currency, known as the digital dollar, saying it would help reinforce the U.S. role as a
Around 50 more migrants got off a bus outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, D.C., Saturday. Six more buses also arrived in New York City, as Texas continued
Residents on Alaska’s vast and sparsely populated western coast braced Friday for a powerful storm that forecasters said could be one of the worst in recent history, threatening hurricane-force winds and high surf that could knock out power and cause flooding. The storm is the remnants of what was Typhoon Merbok, which University of Alaska […]
FedEx said Thursday it is shuttering storefronts and corporate offices while putting off new hires in a belt-tightening drive brought on by drop-off in its global package delivery business. The company based in Memphis, Tennessee, warned it will likely miss Wall Street’s profit target for its fiscal first quarter that ended Aug. 31. And it […]
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed over 6% this week for the first time since the housing crash of 2008, threatening to sideline even more homebuyers from a rapidly cooling
HaGaon HaRav Ben Tzion Mutzafi, a leading Sephardi posek, was asked last week about the minhag of eating apple in honey on Rosh Hashanah. “Are Sephardim noheig to eat apple
A decision that could potentially have far-reaching consequences and aid former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s return to power occurred on Thursday when the Arab Joint List, which is comprised of three parties split up into two factions, Hadash-Ta’al and Balad. According to the nationalist Balad party, the split occurred due to a dispute over the […]
An Israeli strike on the Damascus International Airport and nearby military posts south of the Syrian capital killed five soldiers, state media reported Saturday. State news agency SANA, quoting an unnamed military official, said the strikes happened after midnight Friday, causing “material losses” as well. It added that some of the Israeli missiles were shot […]
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