The annual anti-abortion rally in the nations capital sounded more like a victory celebration as speakers expressed a growing sense of optimism that their long-sought goal, a sweeping rollback of abortion rights in America, was finally in reach. Thousands of protesters rallied in the bitter cold Friday and marched to the Supreme Court, which has […]
In the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and officials trying to negotiate their release took near simultaneous plans of action, with the hostages escaping as an FBI tactical team moved in, an official said Friday. I think we both kind of realized around the […]
A wind-driven wildfire broke out late Friday in the rugged mountains above Big Sur, forcing residents to evacuate from their homes and authorities to shut down a stretch of Pacific
Kurdish-led fighters advanced slowly Saturday under the cover of U.S.-led coalition air power in Syrias northeast. Intense clashes with Islamic State group militants took place around a prison where thousands of extremists were held, officials said. Fighting broke out Thursday night when IS unleashed its biggest attack in Syria since the fall of its caliphate […]
The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemens Houthi rebels has climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday. Internet access in the Arab worlds poorest country meanwhile remained largely down as the coalition continued airstrikes on the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, and […]
YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of HaRav Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Margulies zt”l, the founder and rosh yeshivaof Yeshiva Torah Temimah. Born in Europe, Rav Margulies survived the Holocaust and then rebuilt his life in America, creating an edifice of Torah and avodas hashem in Torah Temimah of Brooklyn, and is responsible […]
It didnt take long for abortion to re-emerge as a flashpoint in state legislatures. Less than a month into the 2022 legislative sessions, battles over the future of abortion already are setting up around the U.S. Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions modeled after laws in Texas and Mississippi that present a direct challenge to […]
Two more Roshei Yeshivos in Israel tested positive for COVID on Friday, Rosh Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael, HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, andRosh Yeshivas Kisei Rachamim HaGaon HaRav Meir Mazuz. It is the second time that HaRav Ezrachi has COVID. The 93-year-old Rosh Yeshivah contracted COVID for the first time in October 2020 and b’chasdei Hashem […]
Russia proposed an interim nuclear agreement to Iran involving limited sanctions relief in exchange for the reimposition of some restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear program, NBC News reported over the weekend.
The 22-year-old New York City police officer who was shot to death while responding to a call in a Harlem apartment came from an immigrant family and grew up in a community with strained police relations, but joined the force to make a difference in the chaotic city, he once wrote. I know that something […]
A New York City police officer was killed and another critically wounded Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son, officials said, making four officers shot in the city in as many days. Just three weeks into their jobs, Mayor Eric Adams a former police captain […]
The freezing cold weather didn’t stop Flatbush Shomrim volunteers from helping a victim of a crime, Friday morning. A local Flatbush resident had called Shomrim saying that his car was
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising statewide coordination as law enforcement and prosecutors go after thieves who have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains near downtown Los Angeles for months,
Intel will invest $20 billion in a new computer chip facility in Ohio amid a global shortage of microprocessors used in everything from phones and cars to video games. After
Short of an all-out invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin could take less dramatic action in Ukraine that would vastly complicate a U.S. and allied response. He might carry out what President Joe Biden called a minor incursion perhaps a cyberattack leaving the U.S. and Europe divided on the type and severity of economic […]
A vile antisemite is facing hate crime charges after making anti-Jewish remarks to a group of children before spitting on them on Avenue P in the Marine Park section of
The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a heated standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-level, high-stakes talks on Friday aimed at
Rep. Lauren Boebert (Republican), who has already been involved in a number of controversies since joining Congress last year, made an apparent anti-Semitic remark towards a group of Jews visiting
New York Citys new mayor, Eric Adams, plans to convert his first paycheck this week into two cryptocurrencies, which he has been hyping as a potential economic engine for the city. The Democrats office announced Thursday that Adams first salary payment will be deposited with Coinbase, an online platform used for buying cryptocurrency, and then […]
Former President Donald Trump pushed back against multiple reports of rising tensions between himself and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. According to the reports, Trump is furious that DeSantis won’t commit
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