The Federal Reserve’s move Wednesday to raise its key rate by a half-point brought it to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, the highest level in 14 years. The Fed’s latest increase — its seventh rate hike this year — will make it even costlier for consumers and businesses to borrow for homes, autos and […]
Thousands of nurses walked off their jobs in England on Thursday, escalating a wave of industrial unrest in the U.K. this month as ambulance and postal workers, bus drivers and
U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI […]
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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com There are many messages in Chanukah, of course. There is the message that the lights of Chanukah, representing both the Mitzvos and Torah can bring us back to Hashem even throughout the night, which represents galus or distance from Hashem. But there is another message which the Chashmonaim teach […]
Peru’s new government declared a national emergency Wednesday as it struggled to calm violent protests over President Pedro Castillo’s ouster, suspending the rights of “personal security and freedom” across the Andean nation for 30 days. Acts of vandalism, violence and highway blockades as thousands of Peruvians are in the streets “require a forceful and authoritative […]
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is considering running for president, on Tuesday called a third Donald Trump White House bid the “worst scenario” for Republicans and said his call for terminating parts of the Constitution hurts the country. In an interview with The Associated Press, Hutchinson said he planned to make a decision early next […]
The worst may be yet to come for the stock market. Wall Street’s mini-rebound since mid-October has recovered some of the index’s sharp losses from the first 10 months of the year. It closed Monday a shade below 4,000, up more than 10% since its bottom two months earlier. Many analysts expect stocks to end […]
A KFC employee in St. Louis has been hospitalized after a customer shot him because he was upset that the restaurant had run out of corn, police said. The shooting happened Monday evening in the city’s Central West End neighborhood. Investigators said the man tried to place an order in the restaurant’s drive-thru lane. He […]
NASA and Russia’s space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts just as they were preparing to exit the International Space Station late Wednesday because of an apparent coolant leak from an attached space capsule. NASA’s Johnson Space Center said Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were not in danger, nor were other astronauts on […]
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said it has submitted to state prosecutors the findings of its voter fraud probe into Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of
Former President Donald Trump will meet with Orthodox education officials and address the crowd at the Torah U’Mesorah President’s Conference this Friday at his National Doral Club in Miami. The
Fervent tefillos are taking place in Yeshivas Beis Matisyahu and other yeshivos and heichelai Torah following a serious deterioration in the condition of Rosh Yeshivas Beis Matisyahu, HaGaon HaRav Baruch
A hard-line newspaper close to Iran’s ruling clerics on Wednesday suggested authorities close the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global energy supplies, in response to alleged foreign support for the nationwide protests gripping the country. The suggestion came from the editor-in-chief of the hardline Kayhan newspaper, who is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah […]
Batya’s Kitchen has your food covered! Be a guest at your own party! Enjoy your loved ones by spending less time in the kitchen this Chanukah! Fill your chafers with
TikTok’s algorithms are promoting videos about self-harm and eating disorders to vulnerable teens, according to a report published Wednesday that highlights concerns about social media and its impact on youth mental health. Researchers at the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate created TikTok accounts for fictional teen personas in the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and […]
The Knesset on Tuesday evening approved a preliminary reading of a bill amending a law that will allow the transfer of power from the police to the newly formed National
The man accused of attacking the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there was “evil in Washington” and he was looking to harm Pelosi because she is second in line for the presidency, a San Francisco police investigator testified Wednesday. The suspect, David DePape, broke into the couple’s San Francisco home Oct. 28, […]
Whether increased regulation would have prevented the spectacular collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX was fiercely debated at a hearing of the Senate’s banking committee Wednesday. However, new legislation is potentially on the way. Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced at the hearing bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on cryptocurrencies being used in money laundering. The legislation, […]
In a rare statement of admission of IDF strikes on Iranian targets, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi on Wednesday publicly spoke about Israel’s attack on an Iranian weapons convoy
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