Sudan on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the cash-strapped African nation to normalize relations with Israel and clear some
A British judge on Wednesday denied bail to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, ordering him to remain in a high-security prison while U.K. courts decide whether he will be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Assange must remain in prison while the courts consider an appeal by U.S. […]
The FBI investigation into whether the Nashville bombing was a terrorist act has sparked criticism about a possible racial double standard and drawn questions from downtown business owners whose insurance coverage could be affected by the bureau’s assessment. More than a week after an explosion that struck at the heart of a major American city, […]
Sefer Torah for Hayeled Yoshi Balaban A”H Yoshi Balaban, (age 4), will forever be remembered for his love for learning Torah, his smile and his beautiful caring Middos. His father,
New York’s governor is threatening to fine hospitals that don’t use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart says health care workers have until Jan. 15 to get a shot or move to the back of the line. California’s governor wants to use dentists to vaccinate people. With frustration rising over […]
A self-described American nationalist suspected of leaving a hoax explosive device in a car at a New York City mall is facing criminal charges after turning himself in to police,
Am Yisrael, A talmid chochom of great stature needs help paying for his son’s wedding. He is a goan who sat and learned for many years until being able to become a dayan and answer shailos
The life of Andre Hill was commemorated Tuesday morning as family and lawmakers called for justice to be brought against the Columbus police officer who fatally shot the 47-year-old days before Christmas. “We don’t want your sympathy. We want justice,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in delivering Hill’s eulogy. Dozens gathered at the First Church […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered competing strategies Tuesday for ramping up New York’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, with de Blasio saying vaccine eligibility should be widened and Cuomo countering that hospitals need to do a better job of vaccinating the health care workers who are eligible now. “Move it quickly. We’re serious,” […]
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said he would refuse President Donald Trump’s request that he try to block the confirmation of Joe Biden’s election as the next president of the United State by Congress. Pence’s statement breaking with Trump came minutes before the vice president was due to preside over a joint session of […]
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said he was caught off guard by the negative response after he ended his opening prayer on the first day of the new Congress by saying, “Amen and A-woman.” Cleaver, a United Methodist minister and former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, is in his ninth term in Congress. He told the […]
YERUSHALAYIM • BNEI BRAK • BEIT SHEMESH • BEITAR • LONDON SHAS YIDEN HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE TORAH WORLDVIEWS MASTERING SHAS & KNOWING IT B’AL PEH THE UNIQUE SHAS YIDEN SYSTEM SHOWS RESULTS 160 DAYS MORE LEARNING per year than the average kollel! Learning 7 DAYS/WEEK incl. erev Shabbos & Shabbos, erev Yom Tov & Yom Tov Each […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for the legalization and regulation of marijuana for recreational use by adults, his third attempt in as many years to get the drug
Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, Politico is reporting. Biden selected Garland over former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and former deputy attorney general
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay. The order goes into effect in 45 days, at which point
The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that he is “disappointed” Chinese officials haven’t finalized the permissions to allow a team of experts into China to examine the origins of COVID-19. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a rare critique of Beijing, said members of the international scientific team began departing from their […]
President Trump is expected to deliver remarks at a “Save America March” outside of the White House. The rally was organized by Trump supporters who believe the election was stolen. President Trump’s supporters have descended on the nation’s capital to cheer his claims of election fraud ahead of a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden’s […]
Chesa Boudin took office as district attorney in San Francisco a year ago, part of a politically progressive wave of prosecutors committed to seeking restorative justice over mass incarceration. But now the former deputy public defender and son of one-time Weathermen radicals is under fire for the deaths of two pedestrians on New Year’s Eve […]
Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his turbulent final days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that his economic development plans have failed as he opened the nation’s first full ruling party congress in five years, state media reported Wednesday. In an opening speech at the congress that began Tuesday, Kim said that “almost all sectors fell a long way short of the set […]
Popular Posts
