Top minds at the world’s largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could vastly improve research into the remaining enigmas of physics. The plans for the Future Circular Collider — a nearly 91-kilometer (56.5-mile) loop along the French-Swiss border and below Lake Geneva — published late Monday put the […]
A widening political scandal involving alleged secret ties to Qatar has ensnared two close aides of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, as Israeli police continue their investigation into what is now being dubbed “Qatargate.” Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, both former senior advisers to the prime minister, were arrested yesterday morning for questioning and subsequently taken […]
A driver faces manslaughter charges after allegedly speeding through a red light and fatally striking a 35-year-old mother and her two daughters on Ocean Parkway. The horrific crash occurred Shabbos
Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) issued a travel warning ahead of Pesach, warning that Hamas is likely to escalate efforts to target Jewish and Israeli individuals and institutions overseas amid mounting pressure in Gaza and renewed fighting with Israel. “The group’s deteriorating situation in Gaza and the resumption of fighting are expected to further increase […]
In a joint statement, the Israeli military, Shin Bet, and Mossad announced that an overnight airstrike in Beirut targeted and killed a key operative of both Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force. The IDF identified the terrorist as Hassan Bdair, a member of Hezbollah’s Unit 3900 and the IRGC Quds Force, […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has reversed his decision to appoint Vice Adm. (res.) Eli Sharvit as the next head of the Shin Bet, just one day after announcing the move.
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He was still on the floor more than 12 hours later. “These are not […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday. In an email to staff, FDA tobacco director Brian King said: “It is with a heavy heart and profound disappointment that I share I have been placed […]
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year in operating costs. Zeldin, who has vowed to slash
Rebbetzin Hendel Kaplan, a”h, a daughter of HaGaon HaRav Meshulam Dovid Halevi Soloveitchik, zt”l, and wife of HaRav Nechemia Kaplan, shlit”a, one of the gedolei marbitzei Torah in Eretz Yisroel was niftar on Monday night at the age of 68 following a prolonged illness. The levaya took place at her home on Rechov Yosef Ziv […]
The Trump administration said Monday that it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to countries other than their own despite criticism over lack of transparency and human rights issues. The State […]
Markets around the world continue to sink on fears about President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies, and investors keep plowing money into gold, with futures hitting another record high Monday. Trump’s latest round of tariffs roll out Wednesday, which Trump has been calling “Liberation Day.” Interest in buying gold can rise sharply in times of […]
In a deeply emotional levaya that extended past midnight, Sara Natasha Saada, a”h, and her two young daughters, Dina Bracha, a”h, and Devorah Mazal, a”h, were laid to rest side by side on Har HaMenuchos in Yerushalayim. The grief-stricken father, Sidney Saada arrived in Israel carrying the unimaginable burden of his loss, while simultaneously concerned […]
Israel is set to begin the long-promised construction of a new border fence along its frontier with Jordan this June, a project expected to take three years to complete. The
I saw in the YWN Live Blog that a man whose daughter was getting married tonight was spotted wearing a sweatshirt that, instead of saying “Father of the Bride,” read “American Express of the Bride – Expires 3/31/25.” Cute? Sure. Funny? Absolutely. But behind the humor lies a serious problem that’s spiraling out of control. […]
Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country’s second-largest city. The mission was to capture images that, combined with artificial intelligence technology, could help relief organizations quickly assess how […]
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is turning his attention to the mystery of Congressional wealth, vowing to investigate how lawmakers have accumulated millions of dollars despite their relatively modest public salaries.
NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong on their space sprint-turned-marathon and would fly on Boeing’s Starliner again. SpaceX recently ferried the duo home after more than nine months at the International Space Station, filling in for Boeing that returned to Earth […]
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, accompanied by his gabbai Rabbi Mordechai Tzion, made a special visit on Monday to Israeli reservists stationed at Tel Kudna in Syria to give them chizzuk. “The
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