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, […]
President Donald Trump has again broached the idea of freeing former Illinois governor and one-time “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant Rod Blagojevich from a Colorado federal prison, where he is in his seventh year of a 14-year prison term for political corruption. Trump asked for a show of hands at a fundraiser at Chicago’s Trump International Hotel […]
The apartment in which Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L lived before moving to Har Nof, located at 8 Elkana Street in Jerusalem, is up for sale for a cool NIS 4.5 million. The rav lived there with his family during the period he served on the Jerusalem Rabbinate Beis Din. This was before Rav […]
President Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special envoy for North Korea, to serve as the State Department’s second-in-command. Biegun would replace John Sullivan, who was nominated to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to Russia. Both positions require Senate confirmation. Biegun had a prominent role in the delicate negotiations that led to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a solid 128,000 jobs in October, a figure that was held down by a now-settled strike against General Motors that caused tens of thousands of workers to be temporarily counted as unemployed. The unemployment rate ticked up from 3.5% to 3.6%, still near a five-decade low. And for a […]
The lawyer for John Bolton is signaling that the former national security adviser will not testify anytime soon in the House impeachment inquiry. Democratic lawmakers want to hear next week from Bolton over the administration’s approach to Ukraine that is central to House proceedings that could lead to the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Bolton […]
A miraculous story took place recently in Jerusalem, which highlights the power of kavana during davening. An avreich, Yair ben Sara, was completely healed from a fatal illness. The details
Turkish military forces captured 18 Syrian government soldiers in northeastern Syria, Turkey’s defense minister said Thursday, in one of the most dramatic examples of an increasingly muddled battleground following the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the area. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said the soldiers were captured during Turkish reconnaissance operations southeast of Ras al-Ayn […]
A Jerusalem Arab resident who works as a taxi driver showed a 17-year-old yeshiva bochur illicit videos as the young man was trying to return home to Beit Shemesh on
When visiting Boro Park Center within the past month, you would never dream that you were in a rehab center. The joy, the spirituality and uplifting aura of this month touched the heart of each resident – for many, an even greater experience than they ever felt in previous years at home. Center staff spent […]
Exxon Mobil’s profits fell dramatically in the third quarter as the company was hurt by lower prices for crude oil and natural gas. The Texas oil giant reported $3.17 billion in profits in the third quarter Friday, down 49% from the same time last year. Total revenue was $65.05 billion, down 15% from the same […]
Oxford – Yesterday evening around 8:51 P.M. at 609 North Dan Patch Drive in Oxford, IN a 911 call was received by the Benton County Dispatch of a woman found
Teveria Mayor Ron Kobi has adopted an aggressive attitude towards religious observance in Israel in general and towards one of the leading Rabbonim of the city of Teveria Mekubal HaRav
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