Israel observed a national day of mourning on Sunday for the 45 victims of the Meron disaster, who were killed overnight Thursday on Lag B’Omer in the deadliest civilian disaster
A chemical factory near the central city of Qom caught fire Sunday, Iranian media reported, a blaze that injured at least two firefighters. Videos showed heavy black smoke rising from Movaledan chemical factory in the vicinity of Qom, one of Iran’s prominent religious cities. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known. Twenty fire […]
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Over a thousand people attended the heartrending levaya of one of the youngest victims of the Meron disaster, 13-year-old Yedidya Moshe Chiyut, z’l, in Bnei Brak on Motzei Shabbos. The
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN MIRON!!! OVER 40 PEOPLE DIED IN THE WORST DISASTER ISRAEL HAS SEEN! CLICK HERE TO DONATE MOTHERS ARE CALLING THEIR CHILDREN….AND THERE’S NO ANSWER! WIVES ARE CALLING
New York City police were looking for a driver captured on video running over a bus driver and fleeing in an apparent road rage incident. The video released by police
A high school student shot outside a Brooklyn charter school has died, police said Friday. Devonte Lewis, 17, of Canarsie, was shot in the torso and hand Thursday afternoon at
Disneyland reopened on Friday and cruise lines welcomed the news that they could be sailing again in the U.S. by midsummer, as the number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The final phase of ending America’s “forever war” in Afghanistan after 20 years formally began Saturday, with the withdrawal of the last U.S. and NATO troops by the end of summer. President Joe Biden had set May 1 as the official start of the withdrawal of the remaining forces — about 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops and […]
Joe Biden’s presidency is entering a new and more perilous phase where he is almost certain to face stiffer Republican opposition and also have difficulty keeping Democrats united as he pushes for $4 trillion in additional spending on programs that have echoes of the New Deal and the Great Society. Past the 100-day mark, with […]
In hopes of taming a monstrous spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to all adults Saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country’s vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people. The world’s largest maker of vaccines was still short of […]
Top Democrats urged California activists to stay united behind Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall, during the state party’s annual convention Saturday. “I know we’re united and ready to work to ensure that he remains doing what he does best: Fighting for Californians every single day,” said Jaime Harrison, the chairman of the […]
When a group of Republican doctors in Congress released a video selling the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, their message wasn’t explicitly aimed at their conservative constituents, but nonetheless had a clear political bent. Getting the shot is the best way to “end the government’s restrictions on our freedoms,” Rep. Larry Bucshon, an Indiana Republican […]
The question of whether to serve a search warrant for Rudy Giuliani’s records simmered inside the Justice Department in the waning months of the Trump administration, dividing officials in New York and Washington and remaining unresolved for a new leadership team to sort out. The new crowd resolved it this week in dramatic fashion. On […]
World leaders offered condolences to the state of Israel on Friday in the wake of one of the worst civilian disasters in Israeli history when 45 people were killed in
Sixteen people injured in the Meron disaster are still hospitalized, with a number of them in serious or critical condition. However, the condition of a seriously injured 11-year-old boy from
Israelis of all sectors, Jews, Arabs, and Druze, religious and secular, mobilized to assist the victims and their families of one of the worst peacetime disasters in religious history, Ynet
The victims of the Meron disaster include at least 24 bochurim and boys, including at least six US citizens. “We can confirm that multiple U.S. citizens were among the casualties,” a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said over the weekend. “The U.S. Embassy is working with local authorities to verify whether any additional U.S. citizens were affected, […]
It has been an incredibly difficult two days for everyone, the tragedy in Meron taking place miles away geographically still striking close to all of our hearts. Like you, we
The Westchester County district attorney has asked federal authorities to investigate “pervasive and persistent” civil rights violations involving the Mount Vernon Police Department, including illegal strip searches and excessive use of force. District Attorney Mimi Rocah asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate whether the suburban New York City department is “systematically violating peoples’ civil […]
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