Temperatures plunged far and fast Thursday as a winter storm began forming ahead of Christmas weekend, promising heavy snow, ice, flooding and powerful winds across a broad swath of the
The U.S. population grew by 1.2 million people this year, with growth largely driven by international migration, and the nation now has 333.2 million residents, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Net international migration — the number of people moving into the U.S. minus the number of people leaving — was […]
By Chaim Gold The Teddy Hall at the Binyanei Haumah Convention Center in Yerushalayim will look like a beis medrash in the middle of Simchas Torah this coming motzoei Shabbos Parshas Vayigash. Yes, Simchas Torah on Motzoei Shabbos! The simcha is a massive siyum for Dirshu’s five and a half year long Kinyan Halacha machzor. […]
The Israeli Health Ministry issued a statement responding to the deaths of two Israelis this Chanukah after choking on sufganiyot. A third Israeli man who choked on a sufganiya is
Hakeem Jeffries, the new leader of the House Democratic caucus, poked fun at Republicans over their inability to get along. “And look at what is happening right now. Look at what’s happening right now. House Republicans are attacking Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans are calling House Republicans silly and immature,” Jeffries told reporters. “The leadership situation […]
The FBI on Wednesday took a defensive position after being exposed in the Twitter Files which show that the agency worked hand-in-hand with Twitter executives to promote accounts that propagated
The UTJ party signed a coalition deal with the Likud party in the early morning hours of Thursday morning following Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu’s call to President Herzog before midnight
The housing market slump deepened in November as sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the tenth consecutive month — the longest such stretch on records going back to 1999. Existing home sales fell 7.7% last month from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million, the National Association of Realtors said […]
A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on food labels is having unintended consequences — increasing the number of products with the ingredient. Food industry experts said the requirements are so stringent that many manufacturers, especially bakers, find it simpler and less expensive to add sesame to a product — […]
Small communities that bore the brunt of a strong earthquake on the coast of far Northern California remained without power and under boil-water advisories Wednesday. Most of the 72,000 Humboldt County customers who lost electricity when the quake struck before dawn Tuesday had power restored by evening, but Pacific Gas & Electric’s website showed about […]
Jalil George was checking on his Baltimore investment property earlier this month when a gunman mistook him for someone else and opened fire. The young real estate investor and recent
The confidence of American consumers rebounded this month to end the year on a high note despite high inflation, rising interest rates that have made credit cards and mortgages more
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering U.S. legislators during a defiant wartime visit to the nation’s capital on Wednesday that against all odds his country still stands, thanking Americans for helping to fund the war effort with money that is “not charity,” but an “investment” in global security and democracy. The whirlwind stop in Washington — […]
Russia on Wednesday announced an ambitious plan to beef up its military from 1 million to 1.5 million and create multiple new units, an attempt to bolster the forces that have lost momentum and many soldiers in the war in Ukraine. Russia’s military chief cited NATO’s plans to incorporate Finland and Sweden as a factor […]
Investors found few, if any, places to safely put their money in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised interest rates for the first time
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm the new U.S. ambassador to Russia. Hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was expected to arrive in Washington for a historic visit, senators
A tragedy occurred in Israel on Wednesday morning when a 67-year-old Bnei Brak resident choked to death while eating a doughnut. Paramedics who arrived at the scene carried out resuscitation
The Biden administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Iran’s chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that supports the country’s security forces for their roles in an ongoing violent crackdown on antigovernment protests. The Treasury Department announced it is targeting the Prosecutor-General of Iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, two senior commanders in Iran’s Revolutionary […]
The secular lady from Ramat Gan who was videoed calling Chareidi children “termites” refuses to retract her harsh statements. In an interview with Channel 13 News on Tuesday, she said:
Concerns about illness or inflation aren’t stopping Americans from hitting the roads and airports this holiday season. But a massive winter storm might. Forecasters predict an onslaught of heavy snow, ice, flooding and powerful winds from Thursday to Saturday in a broad swath of the country, from the Plains and Midwest to the East Coast. […]
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