The eight individuals who own as much as half of the rest of the planet are all men, and have largely made their fortunes in technology. Most are American, with

El Al pilots’ union has released a video message informing management that beginning next week, pilots will renew flight disruptions as the ones seen last month. The union report this is due to management announcing it was compelling one-third of the experienced senior pilots and pilot instructors, those over 65, to go on mandatory vacation […]

In his final weekly address to the nation, President Obama urged the American people to be engaged citizens in the years ahead. “We can’t take our democracy for granted,” Obama

His inauguration days away, President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to lash out at critics in the intelligence community and Democrats in Congress who are vowing to skip his swearing-in ceremony.

[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Rav Mordechai Avromovsky has never missed a levaya in Zichron Yaakov since becoming the city’s Chief Rabbi decades ago. When an elderly, barely-frum member of his shul passed away a few years ago, as usual Rav Avromovsky attended the levaya and then was menachem the aveilim at the family’s home. Rabbi Avromovsky led the minyan there […]

Researchers excavating the remains of one of the most notorious Nazi death camps have uncovered a pendant that appears identical to one belonging to Anne Frank, Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said Sunday. Yad Vashem says it has ascertained the pendant belonged to Karoline Cohn — a Jewish girl who perished at Sobibor and may […]

The MTA and the Transport Workers Union say they will continue their efforts to reach a new agreement after a midnight deadline passed with no deal on a new contract.

A motorcycle group led by a South Carolina chainsaw artist will ride into the nation’s capital on Inauguration Day in support of the 45th President of the United States. Bikers for Trump, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts, will likely be toeing the line with protesters, who are also expected to be at the event. “The […]

There were Eida Chareidis protests against the IDF on Nahar Yarden Street in Beit Shemesh and Kikar Shabbos in Yerushalayim on Sunday night the eve of 18 Teves with some

Two senior aides to Donald Trump denied a report that his advisers had told U.K. officials the incoming president’s first foreign trip will be a meeting with Russian President Vladimir

It’s a new year and time to put the last one to bed, which means filing your taxes. The Internal Revenue Service says to expect a few changes when the

The Israeli military struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip Sunday in response to a Palestinian attack on an Israeli military vehicle, the military said. No one was

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and world powers “will not be renegotiated” ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump taking office this week. In

Congressional Republicans are trying to change federal guns regulations to make buying a silencer, or suppressor, easier. But critics don’t agree with the argument that the proposed legislation is a safety measure to prevent hearing injuries. The Hearing Protection Act, introduced earlier this week in the GOP-controlled House and Senate, if passed, would still require […]

Republican Sen. Rand Paul said he’s drafting legislation for a health-care insurance plan that could replace Obamacare, including a provision to “legalize” the sale of inexpensive insurance policies that provide

Sending a forceful message to Israel’s prime minister and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries called Sunday on Israel and the Palestinians to revive work toward long-elusive peace — including an independent Palestinian state. The closing declaration at a Mideast peace conference in Paris urged both sides to “officially restate their commitment to the […]