Walter Frankenstein, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Berlin with his wife and infant children and spent his later years educating young people to keep the events alive in
Adelynn Campbell’s last plane trip ended with a panic attack that she got through largely with the help of a kind flight attendant. That was last year — before 67 people died in January when an American Airlines jet collided with a helicopter over Washington, D.C., in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in almost a quarter century. […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul and other areas Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the Turkish city of 16 million people, though there were no immediate reports of serious damage. More than 150 people were hospitalized with injuries sustained while trying to jump from buildings, said the governor’s office in Istanbul, […]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday slammed the Hamas terror organization for providing Israel with an “excuse” to destroy Gaza by holding on to the hostages. Speaking at a
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Novavax’s closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full approval after additional discussions with the Food and Drug Administration, the company said Wednesday. The news sent company shares soaring
The olam haTorah v’haChassidus mourns the petirah of R’ Avrohom Shmuel Spalter z”l, a beloved Chossid, yerei Shomayim, and anav, who was niftar on Tuesday, 24 Nissan, at the age of 93. R’ Shmuel was born in Lancut, Poland, into a family of Bluzhover Chassidim. His early life was marked by unimaginable yesurim during the […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic petirah of Rabbi Menachem (Mendy) Raitport z”l, who was niftar on Tuesday in a devastating car accident while traveling on I-95 in Georgia. He was just 57 years old. Rabbi Raitport, a longtime resident of Crown Heights, was returning home from Florida with one of his sons […]
As economic uncertainty deepens worldwide, gold prices have notched more and more record highs. That’s because gold sales can rise sharply when anxious investors seek “safe havens” for parking their money. Gold’s current rally arrives as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to announce new tariffs on economic allies and foes alike, roiling financial markets into volatility and threatening to reignite inflation for families […]
Israel Police announced Wednesday afternoon that the remains found in the sea on Tuesday off the coast of Hadera belonged to Barak Tzach, z’l, who was killed by sharks on
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday afternoon traveled to the command center near Beit Shemesh where Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services are leading the efforts against the wildfires near Beit
A federal judge agreed Tuesday to block the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the 83-year-old international news service created by Congress. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that
Two young children—whose father left the derech—are left with a struggling mother, unable to care for them alone. Rabbi Eliezer Turk shlit”a calls them “orphans in their father’s lifetime”, warning
Elkana Federman, the chief of security at the Nova music festival, who was wounded in the October 7 massacre, filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Moriah District Police in
The H-1B visa has long been a highly coveted employment visa for foreign citizens with specialized skills to live and work in the U.S., and recent requests from the Trump administration have put greater attention on the program. The requests for more information from people applying for or renewing H-1B visas come amid heightened tensions over immigration as President […]
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotich on Wednesday morning made comments threatening to bring down the government over the resumption of unsupervised humanitarian aid into Gaza and the lack of progress in
A Houthi missile fired from Yemen in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning sent millions of Israelis in Haifa and the western Galil running to bomb shelters. It was the
Elon Musk says he’ll be spending less time in Washington slashing government costs and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits. Musk said on a conference call with analysts Tuesday that “now that the major work of establishing Department of Government Efficiency is done,” that he will […]
A federal review of helicopter safety around some of the busiest U.S. airports, prompted by the deadly midair collision in January between a passenger jet and Army helicopter in Washington,
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