Two Myanmar citizens were arrested on charges alleging that they conspired to oust Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations, who opposes the military junta that seized power earlier this year, by injuring — or even killing — him. Phyo Hein Htut and Ye Hein Zaw plotted to seriously injure or kill Myanmar’s ambassador in an […]

Eighteen frum girls from New York were forced to spend Shabbos in Europe after they were kicked off flights twice from Amsterdam to New York for unclear reasons. Hamodia reported

IDF fighter jets struck Hamas terror targets over the weekend in response to the launching of terror balloons from the Gaza Strip on Friday. Four fires broke out in the

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Motzei Shabbos that any further IDF strikes on Lebanon would be responded to “appropriately and proportionately.” In a televised speech, Nasrallah said that

The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in the South. Health officials fear that cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to soar if more Americans don’t embrace the […]

A New Jersey gym owner and a Washington state man on Friday became the first people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to plead guilty to

Michael Musto can’t bring himself to ask his regulars at his Staten Island restaurant, Cargo Cafe, to prove they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus. So if New York City presses on with its plans to require eateries, bars, gyms and many other public gathering places to require patrons to show proof of vaccination before coming […]

A woman who accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior at the governor’s state residence filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff’s office said Friday. The complaint, filed Thursday with the sheriff’s office, is the first known instance where a woman has made an official report with a law enforcement agency over […]

Staff members and students from kindergarten to 12th grade will be required to wear masks in New Jersey schools when the new year begins in a few weeks, Gov. Phil

A Northern California wildfire that is now the third-largest in state history had burned for weeks, mostly in remote wildland areas with few people, before it roared through the little

As Tussahaw Elementary opened this week for a new school year, teary-eyed mothers led in kindergartners dwarfed by backpacks and buses dropped off fifth graders looking forward to ruling their school. The biggest clue to the lingering COVID-19 crisis was the masks worn by students and teachers — but not all of them. Georgia, like […]

U.S employers added 943,000 jobs in July and drove the unemployment rate down to 5.4% in another sign the economy is bouncing back with surprising vigor from COVID-19. But there

As YWN reported on Wednesday, a serious crash on Route 17 left two people dead. Today, the NY State Police has provided YWN with details of the crash. Following is

Americans are paying more to live in apartments, as demand for housing increases and many would-be homebuyers are forced to rent because prices for houses have gotten too steep. It’s a boon for owners of big apartment communities more than a year after the economy fell into a recession that left millions of Americans unemployed […]

On Wednesday a photo was published on social media and made waves throughout the Chassidic community in Israel. The photo depicted a group of police officers, both male, and female,

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected the Fixsler family’s appeal to save Alta’s life. The ECHR sent a letter to the Fixlers on Monday evening stating that it

Agudath Israel of America yesterday submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in New Jersey Supreme Court in a case about whether a religious institution has the constitutional right, free from judicial interference, to fire an employee who violated the institution’s religious beliefs. As explained by Mordechai Biser, Esq., Special Counsel to Agudath […]

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Israel still has no plan to let vaccinated tourists into Israel. In response to a question from The Jerusalem Post during a

At 1:30AM Friday morning, Hatzolah Air was making their third emergency transport in just six hours. Sources tell YWN that a flight crew with Hatzolah Paramedics departed from Westchester Airport

Unvaccinated Israelis will not be allowed to enter the city of Hadera, the municipality announced on Thursday. The announcement stated that in order to decrease the number of daily coronavirus

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