A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state’s transit authority. Known as “congestion pricing,” the first-in-the-nation program launched on Jan. 5, collecting $9 from most passenger […]
When the 2020 census results were released, they showed a boom in the number of people classified as multiracial in the United States since 2010. Two Princeton sociologists now say
The Israeli National Security Council (NSC) issued a public warning on Tuesday, cautioning citizens about increased efforts by Iranian operatives to target Israelis abroad through deceptive schemes. In a recent case, Iranian agents posed as representatives of the Saudi Al Arabiya news agency’s Farsi division, using the Telegram messaging app to contact an Israeli businessman. […]
More than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes released an open letter Tuesday calling for a dramatic increase in research and a commitment to new food distribution
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal. The files about royal art historian Anthony Blunt are among a trove from the intelligence agency MI5 released Tuesday by Britain’s National Archives. They […]
The last time Joe Biden packed up and left office, he took with him thousands of papers from his decades in public service — including some classified documents that should have gone to the National Archives for safekeeping. That move spawned a federal investigation into whether Biden had knowingly broken the law and a damaging Justice Department report that […]
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and
Lev Tahor cult leader Eliezer Rompler who fled Guatemala after the authorities raided the cult’s compound last month was arrested a few days ago and is likely to be extradited
Two kosher establishments in the Toronto area were broken into and vandalized this week, with one defaced with antisemitic graffiti, law enforcement and Jewish advocacy groups reported. On Friday, two suspects broke into La Briut’s Markham location before dawn, causing significant damage and spray-painting hateful messages, the York Regional Police Hate Crime Prevention Unit confirmed. […]
The Group of Seven democracies has sought to crimp Russia’s oil export earnings that help fund the war against Ukraine. But Western governments and sanctions experts say Moscow has resorted to using a so-called shadow fleet of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue coming. […]
Azerbaijan’s security service announced on Tuesday that officers arrested two suspects for allegedly plotting to assassinate a senior “religious figure” in the country. According to the statement, the suspects acted
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate vowed Tuesday to work on building a modern state in the crisis-hit country, saying his priorities will be to rebuild the destruction caused by a yearlong war with Israel and work on pulling the small nation out of its historic economic meltdown. Nawaf Salam spoke after meeting with Lebanon’s new President Joseph […]
“It’s hard for me to talk, it’s hard for me to eat.” Reb Avraham groaned, his words coming out with great difficulty, almost choking. “What am I going to do
Donald Trump’s return to the White House – hailed by so many pro-Israel voters – now looks like it could spell immediate disaster for Israel. His “art of the deal” has quickly devolved into “art of surrender,” as he forces Israel into a shocking and humiliating agreement with Hamas. While President Joe Biden may not […]
NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in
A Maariv report by Eyal Ofer sheds light on the details of the hostage release/ceasefire deal, which will allow Hamas to rehabilitate itself in Gaza and encourages further abductions in
As fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, several utilities have declared their drinking water unsafe until extensive testing can prove otherwise. A warmer, drier climate means wildfires are getting worse, and encroaching on cities — with devastating impact. Toxic chemicals from those burns can get into damaged drinking water systems, and even filtering or boiling won’t help, experts […]
“Telling your wife your needs and wants” is a complete waste of time for married men who want happiness and I’ll tell you why. So many marriage experts claim they
U.S. wholesale inflation rose last month on higher energy prices. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.2% last month from November, down from a 0.4% gain the month before. Compared to a year earlier, producer prices rose 3.3%, biggest jump since […]
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