Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nations addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. The data, released this week by a federal court in Ohio as part of a far-reaching opioids case, shows that companies distributed 8.4 billion hydrocodone and oxycodone pills […]
A new election poll shows that if Ayelet Shaked heads a United Right-Wing Party (URWP), it will receive 12 seats – Likud is down to 28 seats A poll taken
One person was injured in a boating accident on Sackett Lake, Wednesday afternoon. It happened just after 12:30PM, when two boats collided on the lake. The Monticello Fire Department along
Irans foreign minister said Wednesday that his country has no choice but to manufacture missiles for defense purposes comments that reflect more backtracking after a remark by the top diplomat suggesting the missiles could be up for negotiations. Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interview with NBC News that aired earlier this week that […]
A fire ripped through a Jewish-owned home in the Forshay section of Monsey, Wednesday afternoon. The fire started just after 12:21PM, at the home located at 46 Forshay Road. Multiple
The International Siyum HaShas that will take place in about a half year in Yerushalayim under the auspices of Agudas Yisrael and Degel Hatorah, is likely going to be in
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Israel in 1977, opening the door to the normalization of the relationship between Israel and its greatest rival, Egypt. The visit led to efforts for
A stun grenade was hurled on Jerusalem’s Ben-Yehuda Street, also known as the ‘Midrachov’/pedestrian mall. Police report that the incident was ‘criminal’ and not ‘terrorist’ in nature. There were no injuries. (YWN Israel Desk Jerusalem)
Following the recent petira of five people from the same street in Bnei Brak’s Kiryat Herzog neighborhood, an atzeres hisorarus was held in the community. Rav Avraham Edri Z”L lived
The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord once notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble. A federal judge in Brooklyn handed down the sentence Wednesday, five months after Guzmans […]
ICE Agents were in the Five Towns, Wednesday morning. They were seen in front of 733 West Broadway (between Cedarhurst and Woodmere) at around 8:00AM. It is unknown if anyone was arrested. The raids are part of President Trumps announced plan to serve papers on an estimated 2,000 families living in the country illegally. The […]
A row of power poles fell down in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens Wednesday morning. The fallen poles have left power lines strewn across the intersection at Kissena Boulevard and 73rd
Daf Yomi will be celebrating the Siyum of Eruchin this coming Shabbos. “The SONG OF ERUCHIN” reviews the highlights and main points of Eruchin, recapping the key klallim of the Mesechta –
The Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem has undergone badly needed renovations, which began at the beginning of the year, and they are about to come to an end. A visit
Another member of a police force has admitted to stealing money during illegal traffic stops and shakedowns and then falsifying reports. Paterson Officer Frank Toledo faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to violate individuals civil rights, using unreasonable and excessive force, and filing a false police report. Toledo […]
Israel police have launched an investigation after seeing a video on social media of a driver on Jerusalem’s Begin Highway, as he backed up to exit while endangering many motorists by his actions. Police have learned the driver is an 83-year-old man, a Jerusalem resident, who they have summoned for questioning. (YWN Israel Desk […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is struggling to raise big money in a key election year after a blackface scandal nearly ended his political career. But hes also managed to remain a major source of campaign cash for Democrats, including those who have previously called on him to resign. New campaign finance reports filed Monday show […]
Following the Central Election Committee’s decision not to hold mixed courses for Election Day poll watchers, the women’s lobby sent a harshly worded letter to the committee demanding a cancelation
Golan Telecom, one of the cellular providers in Israel, is seriously considering blocking the so-called ‘nayis’ new lines that have become so popular in the chareidi community in Israel. According
John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Courts leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99. During nearly 35 years on the court, Stevens stood for the freedom and dignity of individuals, be they students or immigrants or prisoners. He […]
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