As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public that�s broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. Congress in the coming months will debate whether to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. […]
A young child was honored by Rockland Hatzolah after his quick and decisive thinking saved his friend from potentially being gravely injured as an accident unfolded. Nuta Markowitz, the son
An attacker with a knife stabbed several children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a town in the Alps on Thursday before he was arrested,
The mashgiach of Emunas Yisroel, Rav Moshe Wolfson, along with the administrators of Boro Park and Williamsburg mosdos, warmly hosted NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday night for a productive
After Iran on Tuesday unveiled its new Fattah, a hypersonic missile that it claims is capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound and breaching Israel’s Iron Dome
Agudath Israel of America held a productive meeting with New York Attorney General Letitia James to address pressing concerns on important issues affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in New York.
Most transplanted hearts are from donors who are brain dead, but new research shows a different approach can be just as successful and boost the number of available organs. It�s called donation after circulatory death, a method long used to recover kidneys and other organs but not more fragile hearts. Duke Health researchers said Wednesday […]
On air quality maps, purple signifies the worst of it. In reality, it�s a thick, hazardous haze that�s disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada, blotting out skylines and turning skies orange. And with weather systems expected to hardly budge, the smoky blanket billowing from wildfires in Quebec and Nova […]
In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt,
The yearslong feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of
House conservatives staged a mini-revolt Tuesday in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy�s leadership on last week�s vote to raise the debt ceiling, the right wing banding together to block progress on a mixture of bills and vent their frustration. Led by outspoken members of the House Freedom Caucus, a group of 11 Republicans broke with […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday with a firm denunciation of former President Donald Trump, accusing his two-time running mate of
Hatzolah rushed a critically injured patient to Maimonides Medical Center after a devastating car accident on Ocean Parkway and Ave. M in Flatbush on Wednesday night. Sadly, the man’s life
Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports,
A gunman who opened fire minutes after a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, targeted an 18-year-old graduate he had a long-running dispute with, police said Wednesday. Shawn Jackson, 18, and his father, Lorenzo Smith, 36, were both killed Tuesday in the gunfire, which sent hundreds fleeing in panic outside the state capital�s Altria Theater […]
Two years after Operation Guardian of the Walls, when widespread riots and violence by Israeli-Arabs took place in Israeli cities, Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai warned that the lack of
The fallout from the breach of a dam in southern Ukraine is wreaking havoc on lives, livelihoods and the environment amid the war. When the Kakhovka dam ruptured on Tuesday, it sent a torrent of water from Ukraine�s largest reservoir into cities, towns and lowlands downstream on the Dnieper River, where fighting is raging. It�s […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a three-day visit aimed at strengthening strained ties between the Kingdom and the US. Blinken met with
Germany is preparing to host the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO�s history, a show of force intended to impress allies and potential adversaries such as Russia, German and American officials said Wednesday. The Air Defender 23 exercise starting next week will see 10,000 participants and 250 aircraft from 25 nations respond to a simulated […]
Don�t call it a �pause.� When the Federal Reserve meets next week, it is widely expected to leave interest rates alone � after 10 straight meetings in which it has jacked up its key rate to fight inflation. But what might otherwise be seen as a �pause� will likely be characterized instead as a �skip.� […]
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