City leaders will gather in Brooklyn to outline traffic safety measures before NYC public schools kick off a new year. Officials from the NYPD and Department of Transportation will be
The gunman in a West Texas rampage “was on a long spiral of going down” and had been fired from his oil services job the morning he killed seven people, calling 911 both before and after the shooting began, authorities said. Officers killed 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator on Saturday outside a busy Odessa movie theater […]
Police on Sunday evening arrived in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem to remove a police-like doll hanging in the community. Police say: “The Israel Police will continue operating in
Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising “from day one” to reject campaign cash from lobbyists. “I work for you — not any industry,” he tweeted. Yet hours after his April campaign kickoff, the former vice president went to a fundraiser at the home of a lobbying executive. And in the months since, he’s done […]
Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The
A Chareidi toddler was climbing a slide in a park in Beitar Illit on Tuesday afternoon when he fell almost 3 meters (10+ feet) landing on his head. Worried witnesses
Due to failures in negotiations with the Transportation Ministry, which is accused of refusing to permit equal travel conditions for residents of East Jerusalem, including in regard to the state
Some central New York residents reported hearing a loud, explosive-like sound that experts say may have been a sonic boom from a meteor. The Post-Standard reports 911 centers in both
In an interview conducted with the president of Lakewood’s BMG, Rabbi Aharon Kotler, a myth and legend that has been well-entrenched in the chareidi world about famous Jewish composer and
The Trump administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on Iran’s space agency for the first time, accusing it of developing ballistic missiles under the cover of a civilian program to launch satellites into orbit. The sanctions announced by the State and Treasury departments targeting the agency and two of its affiliates follow the explosion Thursday of a […]
One of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa, and now one of the safest too, Rwanda has of late become a popular tourist destination. Chabad’s opening in Kigali, the country’s capital city, following the recent opening of the Israeli embassy there, makes it even more attractive to visiting Israelis, and Jewish travelers. Rabbi Chaim […]
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri remained loyal to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu despite pressure from Likud members to support another candidate for prime minister prior to the dissolution of the previous
An Iranian oil tanker blacklisted and pursued by the U.S. turned off its tracking beacon off the coast of Syria, leading to renewed speculation Tuesday that its oil will end up there, despite earlier assurances it wouldn’t. The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, follows a pattern of Iranian […]
Border police making a routine traffic stop arrested a 40-year-old Shomron resident after finding weapons and ammunition in his vehicle, including 15 long weapons, thousands of rounds of bullets, silencers and scopes. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem / Photo Credit: Israel Police Spokesman Unit)
Congressional Republicans are waiting for the White House to chart a path forward on gun violence legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, effectively putting the burden on President Donald Trump to decide the GOP’s legislative response to the spate of mass shootings that included another deadly attack in Texas over the weekend. Asked […]
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, approximately 304,600 tourist entries were recorded in August 2019, 9% more than August 2018 and 20% more than August 2017. In the period January – August 2019, 2.892 million tourist entries were recorded, as opposed to 2.634 million in the same period last year, an increase of 10%. […]
The last of four young men who authorities say planned to use homemade explosives against an upstate New York Muslim community has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Twenty-year-old
As the U.S. tries a new way to protect shipping across the Persian Gulf amid tensions with Iran, it finds itself sailing into uncertain waters. For decades, the U.S. has considered the waters of the Persian Gulf as critical to its national security. Through the gulf’s narrow mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, 20% of all […]
Every so often the public requires gentle reminders about important aspects of halacha. One such area concerns respecting the laws of the United States of America. Chazak were well aware
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