A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week. “We would expect to see a handful of cases every year,” said Dr. Dana […]
X is teaming up with Visa to soon offer a system for real-time payments on the social media platform — signaling some progress in a yearslong vision from billionaire owner Elon Musk to create an “everything app.” Visa is the first partner for the platform’s “X Money Account” service, which is set to launch later […]
Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary. In a letter to Senators, Ms. Kennedy, who previously served as a U.S. ambassador to Australia and Japan and […]
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri has issued a stark ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatening to bring down the government if a conscription law exempting yeshiva bochurim from military service is not passed within two months. Speaking on Charedi radio station Kol Baramah, Deri declared, “If the status of lomdei torah isn’t regulated, we’ll go […]
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to 10 years. The renovation project, branded “Louvre New Renaissance,” will include a new entrance near the River Seine, to be […]
Channel 13 journalist Guy Lerer shared on Monday that he decided to recite Mizmor L’Todah every morning. He wrote that he made the decision “after conversations with the mother of a hostage who is close to my heart” and despite the fact that he’s “a complete atheist.” He added: “I’ll close my eyes tightly and act […]
U.S. Capitol Police arrested a Massachusetts man near the Capitol on Monday, alleging he planned to assassinate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Treasury Secretary Scott
Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, blocked a Republican-led bill on Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting Israeli officials, including Prime Minister
President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the military’s top weapons buyer is an official who directed the Pentagon to withhold aid from Ukraine in 2019 as Trump sought a commitment from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate the Biden family — a key component of the impeachment of Trump in his first term. That relationship is […]
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek ’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek’s AI assistant was the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple’s iPhone store on Tuesday afternoon and its launch made Wall Street tech […]
Mr. Ralph Herzka, along with many prominent real estate executives, are currently in Las Vegas for the largest multifamily conference of the year. Today also marks the yahrzeit of Harav Hagaon R’ Shmuel Berenbaum zt”l, Ralph’s revered rebbi. To honor his memory, Ralph visited local Torah institutions to deliver divrei zikaron, reflecting on his rebbi’s […]
Ministers from the Charedi Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) parties are urging Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to honor and advance all phases of the ongoing hostage-ceasefire agreement with Hamas, pledging full political support amid calls from other government ministers to halt the deal after its first phase. “Go for the next deal, move on […]
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, who led the Democrats’ Senate campaign efforts the past two election cycles, has announced he will not seek a third term in 2026, creating a highly contested battleground seat expected to be coveted by both major political parties. The 66-year-old’s unexpected decision Tuesday to step aside after just two terms comes […]
Shas MK Yossi Taieb, the chairman of the Knesset’s Education Committee, said on Tuesday morning that his son received a draft order but he won’t be reporting to the recruitment
President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder. For the two-year budget ending in 2025, the U.S. is projected to be WHO’s largest single contributor by far. It is expected to donate $958 million, or nearly 15%, of the agency’s roughly $6.5 billion budget. Most of […]
A tragic case of “friendly fire” in the central Gaza Strip today claimed the life of 39-year-old Yaakov (Kobi) Avitan z”l, a civilian contractor working on behalf of the Defense
Earth is moving closer to destruction, a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its famous “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds till midnight, the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists made the annual announcement — which rates how close humanity is from ending — citing threats that include climate […]
The dedicated avreich Rabbi Chaim Noach Lisitzin zt”l went to sleep as a healthy person but did not get up in the morning* Utter shock and deep mourning in Bnei
A report published on Monday reveals the peril of the 230 dangerous terrorists who are being deported to Turkey, Qatar and Egypt as part of the ceasefire/hostage release deal. Thwarting
President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that he had spoken with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regarding the relocation of Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt. However, a senior Egyptian official
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