The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose for the sixth straight week, returning to its highest level since early July. The rate ticked up to 6.79% from 6.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s still down from a year ago, when the rate averaged 7.5%. Borrowing costs on […]
Israeli government officials are concerned that the Biden administration will “take revenge” on Israel in the remaining two months of its term following former President Trump’s win, Ynet reported According
In a tight Pennsylvania Senate race, Republican David McCormick has emerged victorious over incumbent Democratic Senator Bob Casey, flipping a crucial seat for the GOP. The Associated Press called the
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts
Women of Valor, Who Can Find Them? Their husbands r”l fell in battle in battle defending Israel. Now they struggle with basic needs for their children. How will they survive?
President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to ever hold the influential role. Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign, and was seen as the […]
Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in about two hours of flying than the average person does in about a year, a new study finds. About a quarter million of the super wealthy — worth a total of […]
A spokesperson for President-elect Donald Trump stressed on Wednesday that Trump wants to see Israel secure “decisive victories” in its current conflicts. Speaking to Israel’s Channel 12, Elizabeth Pipko, a representative for Trump, addressed concerns following Trump’s victory speech, in which he said, “I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars.” Pipko […]
A pro-Palestinian protest is set to take place tonight, November 7, at 6:30 p.m., in front of a Bergenfield, NJ home. Social media posts indicate that the protest is directed
After Germany’s government coalition collapsed in a dramatic fashion when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats, Scholz said he would lead the country with a minority government, despite calls from opposition leaders on Thursday for early elections. The chancellor said the minority government would be made up of […]
An accident occurred on 59th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues in Boro Park, where a nearly two-year-old child was struck by a vehicle, Boro Park Scoop reports. Boro Park Hatzolah paramedics responded swiftly, transporting the child to Maimonides Medical Center. Sources tell YWN that the child is in critical condition. The NYPD’s Collision Investigation […]
The escalating battle between former President Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken a sharp, contentious turn, with Trump’s legal team now openly threatening James over what they label as a “lawfare” campaign against him. Trump attorney Mike Davis, in an interview on the Benny Johnson Show, warned James of potential […]
California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session later this year to safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency. The move — a day after the former president resoundingly defeated […]
A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping — because of antisemitic bias by the judge who presided over his case. Lawyers for Randy Halprin have contended that […]
HaGaon HaRav Yehudah [Yudel] Bauer, Z’tl, one of the last talmidim of the Chazon Ish, a Rosh Yeshivah in Yeshivas Beis Shmaya and a leading posek, was niftar on Thursday
A man charged with fraud for claiming to own a storied Manhattan hotel where he had been living rent-free for years has been found unfit to stand trial, prosecutors said
An Iranian soldier serving at one of the locations attacked by the IDF was unwittingly recorded by a source for Israel’s Channel 14 News speaking about the strategic importance of
A new poll reveals a slight decline in support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition, following his decision to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The survey, conducted by Israel’s Channel 12, also indicates widespread opposition to Gallant’s firing. If elections were held today, Netanyahu’s Likud party would secure 25 seats, a drop of […]
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter-point in response to the steady decline in the once-high inflation that had angered Americans and helped drive Donald Trump’s presidential election victory this week. The rate cut follows a larger half-point reduction in September, and it reflects the Fed’s renewed focus on supporting […]
Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid. The magnitude of the impact remained unclear through the early hours of the day, but forecasters warned that Hurricane Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods to Cuba after ravaging […]
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