The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge struck down a $192 million oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico over
A sudden rainstorm in western China triggered a landslide that diverted a river and caused flash flooding in populated areas, killing at least 16 people and leaving 18 others missing,
Anne Frank’s diary has been removed from the shelves of a school district in Fort Worth, Texas, at the behest of conservative parents and members of the Keller School District
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is no longer the 50s and 60s. Much like other things in Jewish consumerism (such as $180 Mezuzah cases, $6000 wedding gowns, and $800 Tallis bags and $250 makeup sessions) – the shul candymans inventory, in many shuls, has, well, evolved. In the fifties and sixties the shul […]
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to put forward proposed redactions as he committed to making public at least part of the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trumps estate in Florida. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said that under the law, it is the governments burden to show […]
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the sixth consecutive month in July, deepening the housing markets slide under the weight of sharply higher mortgage rates, surging inflation and slower, but still solidly rising home prices. The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from June to […]
New York City is looking to rent out a staggering 5,000 hotel rooms to house immigrants who illegally entered the United States and were then bused to the Big Apple.
David Schoen, the frum lawyer who successfully defended President Trump during his second impeachment trial turned down the former president’s request to represent him amid the FBI’s investigation into him.
A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33 others, eyewitnesses
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has formally appealed a judges order requiring him to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. The South Carolina Republicans appeal had been expected following a judges Monday ruling that he comply with prosecutors […]
Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton says that Attorney General Merrick Garland is a “lamb” about to be “slaughtered” by Donald Trump, at least in a political sense, following the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. “I think weve got to distinguish between the legal battle thats going on and the political battle. I think the […]
Attorneys for many of the nations largest media companies will try to persuade a federal magistrate judge on Thursday afternoon to make public the affidavit supporting the warrant that allowed FBI agents to search former President Donald Trumps Florida estate last week. The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street […]
On Wednesday night, a year and three months after the terrible Meron disaster, Malky Diskind, the almanah of Reb Simcha Bunim Diskind, z’l, got engaged to habachur Moishe Bruner. Reb
A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading rumors and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at Leeds University in Britain, shocking […]
CNN has canceled its weekly Reliable Sources show on the media, and said Thursday that its host, Brian Stelter, is leaving the network. The show will have its last broadcast this Sunday. CNN has been looking to cut costs but also to put forth a less opinionated product. Stelter has written a book about Fox […]
By: Rabbi Elly Merenstein Anti-hypocrisy charged, craving authentic connection. A penchant for all matters deep and meaningful. The above description can aptly express the teens of our particular day and
Alex Jones, a powerful right-wing media personality and former ardent Trump supporter, said Wednesday that he’s getting off the Trump Train and throwing his support behind an expected 2024 presidential
A top executive at former President Donald Trumps family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes on a free apartment and other perks, striking a deal with prosecutors that could make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall. Allen Weisselberg, a senior Trump Organization adviser and formerly the companys longtime […]
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Tu BAv is a special day in the Jewish calendar, involving Shidduchim, the kings daughter, and the Kohen Gadols daughter. Other than that, not too many people know much about it aside from the fact that Tachanun is also not said. Yet, if we examine the sources carefully, a new […]
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