Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday that she took her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union to court, arguing that his call for officers to ignore the order to report their COVID-19 vaccination status was illegal. The mayor said in a statement that the city’s law department filed a complaint in […]
The Democrat who will likely become New York City’s next mayor says he does not intend to get rid of the city’s program for gifted and talented students, nipping plans that outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio just announced. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said in an interview on CNN on Friday that de Blasio can’t […]
The name alone — “the surgery” — evokes a place where help is sought and given. British lawmaker David Amess, like others, hosted his all-are-welcome surgeries regularly, meeting the voters he represented with a smile and a ready ear for whatever concerns, problems, gripes and hopes they might have. Shockingly for a country proud of […]
A man with an AR-15-style rifle ambushed three constable deputies outside a Houston bar early Saturday, killing one and leaving two others wounded, authorities in Texas said. Authorities detained one
U.S. health advisers endorsed a booster of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine Friday, citing concern that Americans who got the single-dose shot aren’t as protected as those given two-dose brands. J&J told the Food and Drug Administration that an extra dose adds important protection as early as two months after initial vaccination — but that […]
Russia’s Defense Ministry said a Russian warship on Friday prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from what it described as an attempt to intrude into Russia’s territorial waters in the Sea of Japan. Hours later, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command called the Russian statement false and said the ships’ interaction was “safe and professional.” The incident came as […]
David Amess was a man of the people, a hard-working British lawmaker who had no grand political ambitions beyond serving those who had elected him for nigh-on 40 years. His
A Syrian intelligence offical who sat in Israeli prison for 12 years was assassinated by Israel last week, Syrian media reported over the weekend. Madhat al-Saleh’s death, which occurred in
Leaders from across the political spectrum came together Saturday to pay their respects to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police say was a terrorist-related
A historic event was held in Yeshivas Mir on Motzei Shabbos in honor of the tenth yahrzeit of the late Mirrer Rosh Yeshivah, HaGaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, z’tl. The
Bill Clinton will spend one more night at a Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection, a spokesman said Saturday. “President Clinton has continued to make excellent progress over the past 24 hours,” spokesman Angel Ureña said in a statement. Clinton will remain overnight at University of California Irvine Medical Center “to […]
Learning a new instrument couldn’t be more fun, more enjoyable, more convenient…and more affordable. Sign up and get 10% off your subscription of online or USB lessons at www.BasslinePro.com! Use code yw21 by 10-31-21. By Victoria Dwek Shmuel Bassman, one of the top keyboardists in the Jewish music world, has been teaching boys to learn […]
Syria’s defense ministry said on Thursday that one of its soldiers has been killed and three injured in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a telecommunication tower in the central province of Homs. A military official said the strike shortly before midnight in the Palmyra region hit the tower and some posts around it. The official […]
If all you ask is for a simple thanks in return for not littering, this is the trash can for you. A bin installed next to a bus stop in Jerusalem this week applauds those who use it. Drop a piece of trash in, and a recording of a child’s voice says “Thank you very […]
An Israeli businessman in his 40s was shot to death on Friday morning in Rechovot as he left shul after davening Shacharis. The niftar, a well-known entrepreneur in the real
Manhattan’s new federal prosecutor is making a splash with Wednesday’s appointment of his second-in-command, choosing the city’s Department of Investigation commissioner just days after she released a report accusing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of misusing city resources. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced in a release that Margaret Garnett will serve as deputy […]
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of his lawsuit arising from his firing during the Trump administration more than three years ago, his lawyers announced Thursday. McCabe, a frequent target of then-President Donald Trump’s ire, was fired in March 2018 after the Justice Department’s […]
A former Boeing pilot was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators about the 737 Max jetliner, which was later involved in two deadly
Journalist Yitzchak Tessler revealed on Friday, the full statistics of the morbidity rate of the Coronavirus among the Chareidi community broken down by the city of residence of the patient.
Miami city commissioners unanimously voted Thursday to fire Police Chief Art Acevedo after a short and stormy tenure in which he clashed with city officials and members of his own
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