YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yakov Halevi Lipschutz ZATZAL, a long time Rov in Monsey at Khal Bais Yosef. He was 87. As a Bochur,
At least 8 family members were taken to the hospital after a suspected gas leak left them all not feeling well. It happened on Motzei Shabbos at a home on
The Siyum is nearly sold out. Did you reserve your seat yet? In just 63 days, more than a quarter of a million Lomdei Daf Yomi around the world, 30,000+
More than 50,000 runners are expected to take part in the world’s largest marathon — the TCS New York City Marathon — on Sunday, Nov. 3, with runners gathering in the Fort Wadsworth staging area in the early morning. The Verrazano bridge will be completely closed to all traffic on Sunday, from 7 a.m. to […]
Some 6,000 Palestinians rioted along the Gaza border on Friday throwing molotov cocktails, improvised explosive devices, and stones at Israeli security forces. One rioter who posed a clear and present
The words from one president to another, somewhat casual in tone, were not casual at all in meaning: “I would like you to do us a favor, though.” Those words have now prompted deployment of the ultimate political weapon, an impeachment process enshrined in the Constitution as a means other than the ballot to remove […]
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the rule from going into effect Sunday. It’s not clear […]
President Donald Trump said Chad Wolf, a longtime Homeland Security official, would be the new acting head of the department, the fifth person in the job for this administration. But Trump’s casual announcement, made Friday in response to a reporter’s question outside the White House, temporarily created more uncertainty about who was in charge of […]
Au revoir to daylight saving time, but not goodbye. At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, standard time returns across most of the United States, accompanied by the welcome one-night extra hour of sleep. With the time shift, it’ll be lighter earlier in the morning and darker earlier in the evening. Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto […]
Newly released documents show a Trump campaign official told the FBI that during the 2016 presidential race the campaign’s chairman, Paul Manafort, pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s servers. That unsubstantiated theory was advanced by President Donald Trump even after he took office, and it […]
Authorities lifted evacuation orders for a farm community Saturday as firefighters make progress on a large wildfire in Southern California that continues to threaten about 2,500 homes and buildings. Ventura
Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman, announced Friday that he was ending his Democratic presidential campaign, which failed to recapture the enthusiasm, interest and fundraising prowess of his 2018 Senate bid. Addressing supporters in Iowa, O’Rourke said he made the decision “reluctantly” and vowed to stay active in the fight to defeat President Donald Trump. […]
His revolutionary fervor diminished by the years that have also turned his dark brown hair white, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover says he now regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed. Speaking to The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s 40th anniversary […]
A supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday with sports car parts, an oven for baking cookies and a vest to protect against radiation. Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus capsule for NASA from Wallops Island, Virginia. The 8,200-pound shipment (3,700 kilograms) should reach the orbiting lab Monday. “Good launch all the way […]
Google is buying Fitbit for about $2.1 billion, enabling the internet company to step back into the hotly contested market for smartwatches and health trackers. Fitbit is a pioneer in wearable fitness technology, but it’s been shredded by that competition. Google, meanwhile, has been developing Wear OS software for other manufacturers to build wearable devices, […]
U.S. health officials disclosed another food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, but they said it appears to be over. The disclosure late Thursday comes after the produce industry said
It was a difficult Shabbos for many residents of Southern Israel as Gaza-based terrorists fired 10 rockets into Israel in the hope of killing Israeli civilians. It began on Friday
Of the world’s more than 6.9 billion people, around 5.8 billion adults and children practice a religion. With thousands of religions or segments of individual religions to choose from, how they choose to worship and practice varies widely. But one trait that many share is the decision to pray. Keep reading to learn the types of prayer […]
Just two weeks before the event and phones keep ringing off the hook with people begging and pleading, but alas, there are no beds remaining. Excitement is building for Project
Capital One is working to resolve a service outage affecting direct deposits and account access, officials announced Friday. The service outage was announced on Capital One’s Customer Service Twitter account shortly after 9 a.m. Friday, likely impacting many customers on payday. “Capital One is experiencing a technical issue impacting customer money movement, including direct deposits, […]
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