New York City will pay $10.5 million dollars to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a man who spent 24 years in prison on a murder conviction that
The Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe has put out a call for his chasidim to bring their guns to shul – on weekdays and on Shabbos. The Rebbe’s directive comes amid a spate
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the
Jeffri Dvila-Reyes says hes still mystified how he ended up serving hard time in a U.S. federal prison. His cocaine bust at sea was closer to his homeland of Costa Rica than the United States, and the few kilos of drugs he was carrying were bound for Jamaica rather than American shores. His plight is […]
John Roberts is heading a Supreme Court in crisis. The chief justice has already ordered an investigation of the leak this week of a draft opinion suggesting the court could be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case legalizing abortion nationwide. What comes next could further test Roberts leadership of a court where […]
A sharp sell-off left the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 1,000 points lower Thursday, wiping out the gains from Wall Streets biggest rally in two years, as worries grow that the higher interest rates the Federal Reserve is using in its fight against inflation will derail the economy. The benchmark S&P 500 fell 3.6%, […]
Soon after being elected to the U.S. Senate, Joe Biden was pulled aside by a Democratic colleague who wanted to know how he was going to vote on abortion. Biden explained that while he was personally opposed to abortion and would resist federal funding for the procedure, he didnt want to impose his view on […]
Belarus authoritarian leader said that he didnt expect Russias operation in Ukraine to drag on for so long and claimed he was doing everything to stop the war, in a sit-down interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. President Alexander Lukashenko defended Russias invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 24. However, he said he […]
Yonatan Chabakuk, h’yd, was the first victim of the Elad attack whose name was publicized. He left behind a wife and ten children. Friends and neighbors say that he was
In a call sent by telephone to all the residents of the city of Elad, the Rav of the City, HaRav Mordechai Malka, pleads with residents to stay in their
The invasion of Ukraine means that fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Moscows Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The patriotic fervor associated with the sacred holiday, however, could be as strong as ever. This years Victory Day wont just […]
Agudath Israel is horrified by the news of a terror attack in Elad, Israel. The terrorists – one wielding an ax – killed three and injured several others. Our hearts
A number of Elad residents who witnessed the terrible scene on Thursday night reported that a policeman nearby saw the scene unfold but didn’t shoot the terrorist. Mordechai, a 40-year-old
Just days before the deadly terror attack in Elad on Thursday night, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar called on Palestinians to attack Israelis with “cleavers, axes, and knives.” Eyewitnesses at the
Dovid of Elad survived the massacre on Thursday and told B’Chadrei Chareidim about the neis he experienced when his life was saved thanks to hot cholent. “I was sitting in
Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown beat former state Sen. Nina Turner for the second time since last summer, easily prevailing in an Ohio primary billed nationally as a key showdown between the partys more moderate establishment and its activist progressive wing. Brown, who had campaigned with South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the most senior Black […]
Complaining that the West is stuffing Ukraine with weapons, Russia bombarded railroad stations and other supply-line targets across the country, as the European Union moved to further punish Moscow for the war Wednesday by proposing a ban on oil imports. Heavy fighting also raged at the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol that represented the last […]
Two large swastikas were spray-painted on a bus stop in Boro Park, Thursday morning. Security camera footage captured the female suspect at around 10:30am committing the hate crime. One of
When the Supreme Court heard arguments in a major abortion case from Mississippi in December, it was clear to observers that there was substantial support among the courts conservative majority for overruling two landmark decisions that established and reaffirmed a womans right to an abortion. So when a draft of the opinion in the case […]
On the occasion of Israel’s 74th Independence Day, Belgian Jewish Member of Parliament Michael Freilich issued a warm message to Israel. “To my Israeli friends, today you celebrate the 74th
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