Flu activity in New York City is beginning to show signs of declining, but transmission remains at very high levels, city health officials said Thursday, cautioning residents that the season
A road rage-related crash in Manhattan’s West Village late Thursday ended with a driver fatally shot by police, marking the second fatal police-involved shooting in New York City within five hours, authorities said. The incident occurred just before 10:55 p.m. near Bedford Street and Sixth Avenue. Police said a 37-year-old man driving a BMW had […]
Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it
Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed Trump as having hands “stained with the blood of Iranians” as supporters shouted “Death to America!” in footage aired by Iranian state television. State […]
An 11-month-old infant with no underlying medical conditions died Thursday evening in Jerusalem from complications related to measles, according to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital. The hospital said the infant, who
CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family’s wants and needs. As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put it, “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is […]
This story goes back 15 years. My parents took my siblings and me on a trip to South Africa for vacation. It started out fun and enjoyable, but quickly
Iran’s government cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls Thursday night as a nighttime demonstration called by the country’s exiled crown prince drew a mass of protesters to shout from their windows and storm the streets. The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince […]
In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as 17 renegade GOP lawmakers joined every Democrat in support. The tally, 230-196, signified growing political concern over Americans’ health care costs. Forcing the issue to a vote […]
The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a vote next week on final passage. It has virtually no […]
Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security described the vehicle’s passenger as “a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring” who […]
The Emes L’Yaakov organization sent an urgent warning letter on Wednesday to the head of the IDF Manpower Directorate, Maj. Gen. Dado Bar-Kalifa, demanding an immediate freeze on all recruitment,
This morning, I walked into shul and counted a minyan of 20 people. What I also counted—painfully—were five people using their cell phones during davening. Let that sink in. Twenty-five percent of the shul was on their phones while standing before the Ribbono Shel Olam. This is not a minor issue or a personal chumra. […]
The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regretted President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from 31 […]
During a discussion on Thursday on the draft law in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Rabbi Chaim Wolfson, the Rosh Yeshivah of the Yerucham Yeshiva, brought up the story of his talmid, Cpt. Eitan Fisch, H’yd, a combat soldier and armored corps officer from the yishuv of Peduel, who fell in battle in […]
Venezuela released a number of citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges in New York. Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez and head of the National […]
A 15-year-old from northern Israel has been indicted for planning an ISIS–inspired terrorist attack, Israeli police announced Thursday, in a case that security officials say underscores the growing reach of global jihadist ideology into Israel itself. According to police, the minor pledged allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS) and was arrested several weeks ago following a […]
More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information
President Donald Trump is now on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package meant to economically cripple Moscow as his administration continues to negotiate a deal to end the war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he met with Trump at the White House on Wednesday, during which the president […]
This story goes back 15 years. My parents took my siblings and me on a trip to South Africa for vacation. It started out fun and enjoyable, but quickly
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