A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.” Andre McKechnie, 54, serving a life sentence for murder, took his battle for the salty, sticky, brown byproduct of brewing beer to the […]

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NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will remain New York City’s top cop under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a move aimed at easing concerns from business leaders and moderate Democrats about the incoming progressive administration. Tisch, 44, accepted Mamdani’s offer following weeks of speculation and behind-the-scenes lobbying from political and business power brokers. The decision fulfills Mamdani’s campaign […]

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns. The bill proposes funding salaries, operating expenses and other Federal Aviation Administration programs by tapping into a […]

A profound tragedy has struck the Monsey community, leaving a young family shattered and a mother widowed at just 28 years old. R’ Yisroel Meir Freeman z”l, a beloved avreich

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Prime Minister Netanyahu paid a visit Wednesday to the buffer zone in Syria, receiving an operational overview of the tense northern sector and meeting with IDF forces stationed in the area. According to an official press release, Netanyahu arrived together with Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, […]

Ayman Abu Khalil, who was released in the Shalit deal, is now serving as Hamas’s terror architect in Yehudah and Shomron, Kan News reported. Abu Khalil, originally a resident of

Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, has seen 70.1 million passengers already pass through its terminals this year, officials announced Wednesday. The rapid growth of passengers at

New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, hasn’t taken office yet. But he’s already the new avatar of evil for conservative media figures. He’s been called “downright sinister” and “incompatible with America.” His labels include commie, Marxist, jihadist sympathizer and “seething leftist.” Fox News’ Laura Ingraham warned her viewers not to be fooled by “smiling socialists who […]

After decades of conflict in the Ponovezh Yeshivah, retired judge Dovid Cheshin, who was appointed as arbitrator between the parties four years ago, published a final ruling on Wednesday at

Former FBI Director James Comey will make another run Wednesday at getting his criminal case dismissed, with his lawyers looking to convince a judge that the prosecution is vindictive and

In a dramatic ruling issued on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the state must formulate a full enforcement plan against Chareidi “draft-dodgers” within 45 days. In response to petitions

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s in New York, where the flashiest item of the night was a solid […]

US envoy Steve Witkoff’s scheduled meeting with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul has been called off, American sources told Yisrael Hayom on Wednesday. According to the report, Washington is

Batsheva Sadan, the daughter of the kedoshim Rabbi Eli and Dina Horowitz, H’yd, who were murdered in their home in Kiryat Arba in 2003, shared a heartbreaking post about the building where her late parents lived—following the murder of another resident of the building, Aharon Cohen, H’yd, in the Gush Etzion terror attack on Tuesday. […]

After two weeks of discussions among Gedolei Yisrael, the Degel HaTorah party announced on Wednesday morning that the Roshei Yeshivos of Slabodka gave their final approval for the advancement of

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that Saudi Arabia will be formally recognized as a major non-NATO ally of the United States. “Tonight, I’m pleased to announce that we’re taking our military cooperation to even greater heights by formally designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, which is something that is very important […]

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef after it’s sunk off Florida’s Gulf Coast early next year. Okaloosa County officials announced Tuesday that they expect to sink the SS United States in early 2026 about 22 nautical miles (41 kilometers) southwest of Destin and 32 nautical miles (59 kilometers) southeast of Pensacola. The […]

A Washington state resident has been hospitalized in critical condition with a dangerous and “unpredictable” strain of bird flu never before detected in a human being — a development infectious-disease experts are calling deeply alarming. Health officials confirmed that the unidentified older man, who lives in rural Grays Harbor County on Washington’s Pacific coast, tested […]

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