New York City’s police department placed the embattled former head of its sergeants union on modified assignment Wednesday, stripping him of his gun and shield, a day after federal agents raided the union’s office and his home. Ed Mullins resigned Tuesday night as the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association at the urging of its […]
Hashem refers to Shabbos as a matana tovah, which He keeps in His house of treasures. Does that mean Hashem still holds on to Shabbos? Rabbi Pinches Friedman shares the
A Gate City police officer’s quick action likely prevented anyone from being seriously hurt in a crash Sunday. Dashcam footage showed Officer Matthew Stewart pulling Officer Jessica McGraw out of
A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the Tokyo area on Thursday night, injuring at least 17 people and halting trains and subways. Officials said there was no major damage or
Union Berlin has identified a person it says was one of the perpetrators of antisemitic abuse against Maccabi Haifa fans and banned him from the club’s grounds and premises indefinitely. Union said Wednesday that it has also contacted the German soccer federation to register a nationwide stadium ban against the individual, who allegedly took part […]
Senate leaders announced an agreement Thursday to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented federal default that experts say would have devastated the economy. “Our hope is to get this done as soon as today,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declared as he opened the Senate. In their agreement, Republican and […]
A report by the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Democratic majority details Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost, with the Justice Department brought to the brink of chaos and top officials there and at the White House threatening to resign. The report released Thursday offers new insight into how the […]
The number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans, a new
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com THE COPEPODS A number of years ago, copepods that were visible to the naked eye were discovered in New York City’s drinking water. The discovery sparked great halachic debate. The problem, of course, is still an issue and many observant homeowners have installed house or sink filters in their […]
Following the devastating Meron disaster, many witnesses said that the police had placed a barrier by the exit to Gesher Dov, the narrow passageway where the tragedy occurred, which may
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation” of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state since September. The order by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman is the first legal blow to the Texas law […]
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Hundreds of Belarusian citizens protesting against the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko were detained in recent days after KGB officers killed a Jewish dissident last week, JTA reported. Andrei
Hoping to avoid a bitter and lengthy battle over money by victims, a judge on Wednesday said a mediator will be named to sort through claims arising from the collapse
Important info regarding HaRav Ovadia Yosef’s upcoming Hilula. Yad L’Achim has arranged (no minimum donation) for a special tefillah at the resting place of HaRav Ovadia Yosef zt”l this Friday and
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “misused” NYPD resources for personal benefit when he ordered members of his security detail to move his daughter, Chiara de Blasio, from her
Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Many parents and pediatricians are clamoring for protection for children younger than 12, today’s age cutoff for the vaccine made by Pfizer and […]
Determined to keep track of their guns, some U.S. military units have turned to a technology that could let enemies detect troops on the battlefield, The Associated Press has found. The rollout on Army and Air Force bases continues even though the Department of Defense itself describes putting the technology in firearms as a “significant” […]
Reform Rabbi MK Gilad Kariv (Labor) took cynical advantage of his parliamentary immunity to smuggle a Sefer Torah into the women’s section at the Kosel during Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan tefillos
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations that could lead to new ways of
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