A power outage struck the heart of Manhattan on the anniversary of a 1977 blackout— stranding passengers on subways, gridlocking drivers that had to navigate the streets without traffic lights and bringing the curtain down on Broadway shows. The outage, which stretched 30 blocks from Times Square to the Upper West Side, left around 73,000 […]
To our distinguished community, As friends, admirers, and students of Rabbi Bauman and his family, we have all experienced a very difficult week. My goal with these words is to
MK (Blue and White) Michael Biton, a senior official in the party, has attacked the policeman who pulled Yehoshua Kroizer by his peyos, as he was arresting him during a
Google contractors regularly listen to and review some recordings of what people say to artificial-intelligence system Google Assistant, via their phone or through smart speakers such as the Google Home.
A software engineer is accused of stealing trade secrets from the Illinois locomotive company he once worked for and taking the information with him to China, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Chicago police investigators have cracked the case: A 4-5 foot alligator is living in a lagoon at one of the city’s most popular parks. Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says Tuesday that investigators went to Humboldt Park Lagoon on the city’s West Side and confirmed that the unusual resident is there as reported on social […]
GUTHRIE, Okla. — Police in Oklahoma say they found a rattlesnake, a canister of radioactive powdered uranium and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had been reported stolen. The traffic stop happened June 26 in Guthrie, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) north of Oklahoma City. Guthrie […]
Construction crews discovered a massive safe buried under the parking lot of a synagogue on Chicago’s North Side, presenting a challenge to locksmiths and a mystery as to what’s inside.
China’s trade with the United States plunged in June amid a tariff war with Washington over Beijing’s technology ambitions that has battered exporters on both sides. Imports of U.S. goods fell 31.4% from a year earlier to $9.4 billion, while exports to the American market declined 7.8% to $39.3 billion, customs data showed Friday. China’s […]
The Jerusalem District Planning Committee has approved the plan for the construction of 216 residential units in the southern Gilo neighborhood of the capital. Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon says “This
North Carolina police say nobody was inside a KFC restaurant when it was destroyed in an overnight explosion. Police responded to the blast in Eden, North Carolina, around 1 a.m.
HAWAII — The skydiving company that was operating a plane that crashed and killed 11 people last month did not have the proper state permits to take people skydiving. Documents released by the state Wednesday show Oahu Parachute Center was “not in good standing” with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs as of April. […]
Kol Chai Radio has launched a campaign calling on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to form a public committee to probe police violence against the chareidi tzibur. The move is prompted
President Donald Trump unloaded via Twitter on Republican former House Speaker Paul Ryan after Ryan’s comments critical of Trump appeared in excerpts from a new book. Ryan condemns Trump in “American Carnage,” by Tim Alberta of Politico, in excerpts running in various publications. Alberta wrote the former speaker, who retired from Congress in 2018, could […]
The following are the latest YWN updates on Friday morning (11:30AM) from the ongoing search in Virginia for Rabbi Reuven Bauman. The Virginia Beach Police and Virginia Beach Fire Department
The Municipality of Jerusalem has begun installing free Wi-Fi for residents and visitors in the city center, at an extremely high speed – 16mb (10x the speed of Tel Aviv).
Iran on Friday demanded the British navy release an Iranian oil tanker seized last week off Gibraltar, accusing London of playing a “dangerous game” and threatening retribution, while London announced it was sending a destroyer to the Persian Gulf. The comments from Iran’s Foreign Ministry came the day after police in Gibraltar, a British overseas […]
Just a week after insisting that he was “absolutely moving forward,” President Donald Trump abandoned his effort to insert a citizenship question into next year’s census. He directed federal agencies to try to compile the information using existing databases instead. “It is essential that we have a clear breakdown of the number of citizens and […]
The New York State Education Department is once again trying to gain the authority to control our Yeshivas’ curriculum, schedule and staffing. We must oppose their efforts. We are all
Please join Councilman Chaim Deutsch THIS Monday, July 15th, at a street co-naming ceremony in memory of Police Officer Leon Fox, who was shot and killed while pursuing robbery suspects in 1941. At Monday’s street co-naming, community members are invited to join with Police Commissioner James O’Neill, members of the NYPD, and family and friends […]
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