In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted to increase fares and tolls for subway and bus rides across New York City. The changes are
North Korea stayed silent Wednesday about the detention of an American soldier who sprinted across the Koreas heavily fortified border as other members of his tour group looked on in shock. Some observers said the North was unlikely to send him back any time soon amid heightened tensions between the rivals. Pvt. Travis King bolted […]
An emergency evacuation slide detached from a United Airlines flight and descended into the backyard of a suburban home near O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, on Monday. The FAA reported
Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks overnight Wednesday, damaging critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine, including grain and oil terminals, and wounding at least 12 people, officials said. The bombardment crippled significant parts of export facilities in Odesa and nearby Chornomorsk and destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, according to Ukraines Agriculture Ministry. It came […]
A petition against IDF refusal initiated by journalist Yinon Magal was signed by over 80,000 past soldiers [current soldiers are banned from signing petitions]and reservists, with 75,000 signing the petition in about 24 hours. The petition states:”We, soldiers in the past or in the reserves – oppose the refusals and are loyal to the State […]
Popular messaging app WhatsApp suffered a massive outage on Wednesday afternoon. Users across the world reported having issues establishing any connection, thus they were unable to send or receive messages.
Yossi Yehoshua, the military correspondent for Yediot Achranot, revealed on Wednesday morning that at least two reservists who signed a letter on Tuesday saying they are terminating their service in
Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from other countries headed to Greece on Thursday to help battle wildfires that have intensified as a heat wave baked much of southern Europe in
HaRav Rafi Altman, the head of Chief Rabbi HaRav Dovid Lau’s office, described the feeling of the dayanim in the Rabbinical Court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as anarchists stormed
A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new guidelines for corporate mergers, took steps to disclose the junk fees charged by landlords and launched a crackdown on price-gouging in the food
A Western Wall Heritage Foundation employee requested that a German Christian Abbott cover his cross on a visit to the Kosel. A video of the incident was posted online by Germany’s Der Spiegel, causing an uproar. The employee told Nikodemus Schnabel, the Abbott of the Old Citys Dormition Abbey, who was accompanying the German educational […]
Channel 14 News journalist Yinon Magal posted a video on Wednesday of an 81-year-old “atheist” putting on tefillin for the first time in his life. The power of a mitzvah
The In-N-Out burger chain will bar employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor’s note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media. In the memo announcing new guidelines for Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah workers, the fast food chain pointed to the importance of customer service and the […]
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined the Met Council on Jewish Poverty and CEO David Greenfield on Sunday in Brooklyn to distribute food to those in need. They were accompanied
Sarah Leslie thought she was witnessing a stunt when she saw an American soldier start sprinting toward North Korea. Leslie and her father, tourists from New Zealand, were part of
A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on him after more than a
Israel’s President Herzog spoke to Congress on Wednesday in an appearance aimed at demonstrating what he calls the “unbreakable bond” between Israel and the United States. Isaac Herzog became the second Israeli president, after his father, Chaim Herzog, to address Congress. The speech is meant to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Israels statehood, and to […]
Protest leader Shikma Bressler on Tuesday announced a protest march against the elected government from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, a distance of about 54 kilometers (33 miles), beginning on Tuesday
Dozens of Afghan women protested a beauty salon ban on Wednesday after the Taliban ordered their closure nationwide. Security forces used fire hoses, tasers and shot their guns into the
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