Two purported Russian mobsters were each sentenced to 25 years behind bars Wednesday for hiring a hitman to kill Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home three years ago on behalf of the Iranian government. “I crossed an ocean to come to America and have a normal life and I don’t have a […]
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making a bold play for New York City’s Muslim vote — promising to open the city’s first Arabic language charter school if elected mayor. The independent candidate, trailing Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani by double digits in recent polls, made the pledge during a visit to the Ansarudeen Islamic Center in […]
Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing on Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push to carve out funding to continue food aid for more than 40 million Americans who stand to lose it as part of the government shutdown. Democrats have repeatedly voted against reopening the government as they demand that Republicans negotiate […]
In the tumultuous political climate marked by this year’s assassinations of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah and a Democratic legislator in Minnesota, younger adults are less worried about political violence than older adults, according to a new AP-NORC poll. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are concerned about political violence directed at conservatives or liberals, the poll from The […]
Harav Elya Brudny shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Brooklyn and a leading member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, visited a local polling site on Wednesday to cast his ballot in the New York City mayoral election. Describing the race as “tremendously crucial,” Rav Elya emphasized the responsibility of every eligible voter to […]
Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday. A landslide blocked the main roads of Santa Cruz in Jamaica’s St. Elizabeth parish, where the streets were reduced to mud pits. Residents swept water from homes as they tried […]
HaRav Tzvi Thau, a leading Dati Leumi Rav and Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Har Hamor, published a letter on Wednesday instructing his talmidim to attend the mass Chareidi protest against the arrests and imprisonment of bnei yeshivos in Jerusalem on Thursday. The letter states: “?? ??? ????? ????. The work of peace—true and encompassing peace […]
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Iran does not appear to be actively enriching uranium but that the agency has recently detected renewed movement at the country’s nuclear sites. Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that despite being unable to access […]
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring even as inflation stays elevated. “Job gains have slowed this year, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remained low through August,” the Fed said in a statement issued […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea at a time when a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been threatened by new strikes in Gaza. The U.S. is set to be in the fairly unusual […]
Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ruler — Augustus Caesar instead of his predecessor, Julius Caesar. The students in Queensland ended up being exempt from the statewide exam on Wednesday while Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek […]
A sweeping new survey finds that a record 70% of Americans now believe the Democratic Party is “out of touch” with the issues that matter most to voters — a stunning double-digit increase from a decade ago that underscores deepening disillusionment across nearly every demographic group. The findings, released by Welcome, a center-left organization, paint […]
In his first interview since being freed, former hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana offered a chilling, firsthand account of his 738 days in Hamas captivity — a nightmare of arbitrary beatings, psychological torment, and near-execution. Ohana, abducted from the Supernova music festival on October 7, 2023, described moments when his life hung by a thread. “Suddenly an […]
The United States and South Korea advanced trade talks on Wednesday, addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy, after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Donald Trump. Both were gifts from the country’s president, Lee Jae Myung, who dialed up […]
Sudan’s paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the U.N., displaced residents and aid workers, who described harrowing details of atrocities. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, said in a statement the 460 patients and […]
In a rare and strongly worded letter, Boro Park, Crown Heights, Flatbush, and Mill Basin Hatzolah Coordinators voiced grave concern over the potential NYC Health + Hospitals takeover of Maimonides Hospital. The organizations said they “strongly oppose this potential takeover” and warned it is “not in the best interest of our community.” They praised Maimonides’ […]
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast. The Brown family found the Schweppes-brand bottle just above the waterline at Wharton Beach near Esperance in Western Australia state […]
A month after the State Prosecutor’s Office announced it would not investigate the leak of the video from Sde Teiman, the IDF announced on Wednesday afternoon that it is launching a criminal investigation into the affair, including an examination of the possible involvement of officials within the Military Advocate General’s Office. The IDF stated, “At […]
Nvidia has become the first $5 trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the $4 trillion barrier. Hitting the new benchmark puts more emphasis on the upheaval being unleashed by an artificial intelligence craze that’s widely viewed as the biggest tectonic shift in technology since Apple co—founder […]
Russia has conducted a successful test of a new atomic-powered and nuclear-capable underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, declaring that the new weapon can’t be intercepted. Putin’s statement, which
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