Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at a press conference Tuesday, 1 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, announced the appointment of Prof. Amir Yaron to the post of Governor of the Bank of Israel.
Hurricane Michael quickly intensified into a Category 2 over warm Gulf of Mexico waters Tuesday amid fears it would strike Florida on Wednesday as an even stronger hurricane. Mandatory evacuations
Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). In an Instagram post Saturday, Banksy claimed the dramatic artistic payoff had been years in the making. The spray-painted canvas “Girl With Balloon” went […]
Despite a previously released report and multiple meetings held with the New York City Department of Health over the past three months about problems with its soon to be rolled
President Trump’s former communications chief Hope Hicks is taking on a similar role at the new Fox company, meaning she’ll supervise messaging at her former boss’ favorite television network. The
Bnei Brak’s Shomrim received a call on Sunday, 28 Tishrei for a stolen electric bicycle, an expensive bike used by an EMT to respond to emergency calls. The bicycle was locked downstairs from the victim’s apartment. The victim reported to the Shomrim that the bike is equipped with GPS. The Shomrim dispatcher who took the […]
(PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) President Reuven Rivlin and his wife Nechama on Sunday evening opened the work year of the Israel Cancer Association (ICA) at an event at the President’s Residence. The speakers at the event were President Rivlin and Professor Eliezer Robinson, chairman of the ICA and a past president of the Union for […]
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in —again, for the cameras, this time — Monday night at a White House ceremony, but not before President Donald Trump slammed Kavanaugh’s opponents for a “campaign of personal destruction.” In a ceremony that could have been a unifying moment for the nation, Trump instead delivered remarks that […]
President Donald Trump drew an enthusiastic response from a law-and-order crowd Monday, advocating the use of “stop and frisk” policing and saying he has directed the Justice Department to work with local officials in Chicago to stem violence in the nation’s third-largest city. “The crime spree is a terrible blight on that city,” he said […]
Russia on Monday challenged the U.S. claim that it has fulfilled its obligations under a pivotal nuclear arms deal, a new argument that could further fuel tensions between Moscow and
Alaska Republican party leaders plan to consider whether to reprimand U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for opposing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. The party has asked Murkowski to provide any
A new election poll, released on Sunday evening by Chadashot News, shows the Likud party headed by Binyamin Netanyahu continues its upward momentum. The Yesh Atid party headed by Yair
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) The yahrzeit of Shimon HaTzaddik is on 29 Tishrei, Monday. Thousands of mispallalim visited the tziyun beginning on Sunday night, located in the eastern portion of the capital. A large police presence as visible, ensuring mispallalim coming to and from the site did so in safety. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
American Airlines is telling employees to think twice before rebooking stranded customers on rival airlines, and regular economy-class passengers are the most likely to suffer when there are long delays or canceled flights. A new policy at American directs airport agents not to rebook economy passengers on competing airlines — with no stated limit on […]
Officials say no one was injured when an aircraft engine fire forced an aborted takeoff in Las Vegas of a JetBlue flight to Boston. McCarran International Airport spokesman Chris Jones
A Jerusalem police spokesman on Monday, 29 Tishrei, reported an incendiary balloon was detected in a yard of a home in Givat Ze’ev, which is close to Jerusalem. These balloon devices have become commonplace in communities in southern Israel in proximity to the Gaza border. Police and bomb squad technicians arrived on the scene and […]
Google is shutting down its long-shunned Plus social network for consumers, following its disclosure of a flaw discovered in March that could have exposed some personal information of up to
New Yorkers are so far turning up their noses at the city’s ambitious organics collection program, which has stalled because not enough people are participating in the often-smelly chore of separating out all those table scraps, spoiled meat, rotten vegetables and cut grass. Mayor Bill de Blasio introduced his pilot program five years ago, hoping […]
The supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people outside a country store failed a safety inspection last month and shouldn’t have been on the road, and the driver wasn’t
VIDEO: Leading Jerusalem Mayoral Candidates Elkin, Berkowitz, Deutsch & Leon On Israel’s Meet The Press The leading mayoral candidates in the Jerusalem race, Ze’ev Elkin, Ofer Berkowitz, Yossi Deutsch and Moshe Leon were guests on Israel’s Meet the Press. They were each given the same amount of time to present their program as well as […]
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