Harassment allegations cost New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his job. Now, many want to see him answer for a scandal that cut to the heart of his reputation as a pandemic hero and may have had life-and-death consequences — his administration’s handling of outbreaks in nursing homes. Months before a blistering investigation found Cuomo harassed […]
The visit by the Gerer Rebbe to America in these weeks is laced with history in so many ways, and chassidim are lapping up every precious and holy moment in his presence—all before the two historic Shabbosim, and the first-ever simcha in the Gerer court to take place on American shores. The visit—designed to strengthen […]
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The Senate Judiciary Committee met privately Wednesday with a former U.S. attorney in Georgia who resigned in January as then-President Donald Trump waged a pressure campaign on state and federal officials to overturn his presidential defeat — part of a larger probe into Trump’s actions after the November election. The interview was with Byung J. […]
Following a series of critiques and allegations against Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s handling of the current fourth wave of the Coronavirus in Israel, the Prime Minister announced on Wednesday that
A 19-month-old boy was killed after being mauled by a dog inside a Brooklyn apartment, police said. The New York Police Department said officers responded to a 911 call of
The threat of impeachment helped push New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. But with Tuesday’s announcement that he would step down in two weeks, it remained an open question whether state lawmakers could nevertheless push ahead with impeachment proceedings and try to bar him from future statewide office. Just as questions swirled over the […]
About 150 Rabbanim, including municipal Rabbanim and dayanim, gathered on Wednesday with the Moetzet HaRabbanut and Chief Rabbanim HaRav Yitzchak Yosef and HaRav Dovid Lau for an emergency meeting about
Officers of the Texas House of Representatives delivered civil arrest warrants for more than 50 absent Democrats on Wednesday as frustrated Republicans ratcheted up efforts to end a standoff over a sweeping elections bill that stretched into its 31st day. But after sergeants-at-arms finished making the rounds inside the Texas Capitol — dropping off copies […]
Suddenly propelled to lead New York, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Wednesday to set a better tone in state government after the harassment scandal that spurred Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation. “Nobody will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment,” Hochul said in her first news briefing after the Democratic governor announced his resignation. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Rav Nosson Meir Wachtfogel zt”l was known as the Lakewood Mashgiach, and a talmid of Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. He had learned in the famed Kelm yeshiva, and was a mentor to thousands of talmidim. Q: What is the main power of the Yetzer HaRah to knock us out? […]
House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president’s financial records, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington empowering Congress to have the records is the latest development in years-long legal and political skirmishes over access to Trump’s closely-held […]
California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow Wednesday after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities. The dangerous fires were among some 100 large blazes burning across 15 states, mostly in the West, where […]
Afghan government forces are collapsing even faster than U.S. military leaders thought possible just a few months ago when President Joe Biden ordered a full withdrawal. But there’s little appetite at the White House, the Pentagon or among the American public for trying to stop the rout and it probably is too late to do […]
Two New Jersey congressmen fired the latest volley Wednesday in the brewing battle over New York City’s plan to charge a fee to enter the city’s center, announcing legislation that seeks to cut off some federal grants to the city if New Jersey motorists wind up on the hook. The legislation announced by Democratic Rep. […]
An eight-year-old boy was moderately injured by a bus on Rav Kahaneman Street in Bnei Brak on Wednesday afternoon. The boy was riding his bicycle on the street when he
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The outpouring of volunteerism that we have just observed is remarkably inspiring. There is so much to do as the summer is almost over. And thousands of people just dropped everything to look for a missing child. There is a fascinating halachah in the laws of treating a sick […]
An off-the-grid New Hampshire man’s days living as a hermit appear to be over. “River Dave,” whose cabin in the woods burned down after nearly three decades on property that he was ordered to leave, says he doesn’t think he can return to his lifestyle. “I don’t see how I can go back to being […]
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