A teenage fast-food cashier shot to death in Manhattan. A woman pushed to her death in front of a subway train in Times Square. An 11-month-old girl wounded by a
Donald Trump�s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress � and in both parties � for changing the Electoral Count Act to ensure no one can undo a future presidential election. Lawmakers are working furiously to update the 135-year-old law that was put in place in the aftermath […]
“Our country is going to hell and we’re going to make American great again, again, I sort of say,” Trump continued. “And I smile, but there’s nothing to smile about,
The passing of legendary Kashrus authority, Rav Osher Yaakov Westheim, zt�l, has left a gaping void in the world of Rabbonus, which has lost a venerated figure�but his groundbreaking work in the field of kashrus has been continued by his son-in-law, Rav Shulem Landau, who has spent decades working alongside his illustrious father-in-law. This week, […]
President Joe Biden stretched out for Republican support for his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday, inviting the GOP�s top Judiciary Committee senator to the White House along with the panel�s Democratic chairman and phoning Republican leader Mitch McConnell for a one-on-one discussion. Biden and fellow Democrats are working for significant Republican backing for the still-to-be-named nominee […]
An 11-year-old Chareidi boy was killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment in the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Firefighters who arrived at the scene
Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving
New York City police officers are attending a wake Tuesday at St. Patrick�s Cathedral to honor one of the two officers killed in an ambush at a Harlem apartment. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, was taken off life support a week ago, four days after he and Officer Jason Rivera, 22, were shot while responding to […]
Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz of Eretz Hakodesh announced on Wednesday, Rosh Chodesh Adar, that anyone with valid student visas can now enter Israel even if they’re not vaccinated or recovered. Students
Tefillos are needed for HaRav Osher David, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Emek Halacha in Lakewood, who suffered a stroke on Tuesday. Besides for being a renowned Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Dovid
Two more state senators would represent New York City in the Legislature under crucial new maps released Tuesday that would set political boundaries for the next decade. Legislative leaders plan to fast-track passage of the redistricting task force�s maps for Assembly and Senate districts as the March 1 start of the political season approaches. Lawmakers […]
A man is facing hate crime charges in connection with several acts of vandalism against Jewish institutions and Jewish businesses in West Rogers Park, Chicago over the weekend. Chicago Police
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In a scene at odds with Canadians� reputation for niceness and rule-following, thousands of protesters railing against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital over the weekend, deliberately blocking traffic around Parliament Hill. Some urinated and parked on the National War Memorial. One danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A […]
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luj�n of New Mexico is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke and being hospitalized last week, when he began to experience dizziness and fatigue, according to his chief of staff. The 49-year-old Democrat checked himself into a hospital in Santa Fe on Thursday. His chief of staff, […]
An off-duty officer was shot in Queens on Tuesday night. Sources tell YWN that the officer was possibly the victim of an attempted armed car jacking at the intersection of
Airlines canceled hundreds of flights Tuesday, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses as a huge swath of the U.S. braced for a major winter storm
The actress Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended “effective immediately” for saying the Holocaust was not about race, ABC News President Kim Godwin announced Tuesday night. “While Whoopi has apologized, I’ve
A British Airways jet’s tail struck the runway at Heathrow Airport in London as it attempted to land as Storm Corrie lashed the region with winds up to 92 mph.
The World Health Organization says overuse of gloves, �moon suits� and the use of billions of masks and vaccination syringes to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus have spurred a huge glut of health care waste worldwide. The U.N. health agency reported Tuesday that tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste has […]
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