President Donald Trump has a message for Irans leaders as tensions flare over the Islamic Republics nuclear program: Call me. The softer line marks a clear shift, at least rhetorically, from the administrations tough approach to Iran, which has included moving some of Americas most formidable military weapons an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers […]
A gunman who killed a woman and wounded three during services at a Southern California synagogue later told a 911 dispatcher he had done it because “the Jewish people are destroying the white race,” prosecutors said Thursday in announcing 109 hate crime and other chargesagainst the man. U.S. Attorney Robert S. Brewer Jr. said it’s […]
China has the worlds fastest and largest high-speed rail network more than 19,000 miles, the vast majority of which was built in the past decade. Japans bullet trains can reach nearly 200 miles per hour and date to the 1960s. They have moved more than 9 billion people without a single passenger causality. casualty […]
A former U.S. soldier from Oklahoma who was pardoned this week for his 2009 conviction for killing an Iraqi prisoner said Wednesday that he initially didnt answer the White Houses phone call to tell him of the pardon. Former Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna said he was on the phone with his father, retired FBI […]
A speeding driver was caught on camera heading the wrong-way through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and crashing into an Uber vehicle, before trying to run away. The 18-year-old driver of the
The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment in relations between the two countries. The Wise Honest, North Koreas second largest cargo ship, was detained in April 2018 as it traveled toward […]
A 57-year-old man was released Thursday on bond a day after his arrest during a law enforcement raid on a Los Angeles mansion that uncovered more than 1,000 guns, according
Palestinian terrorists threw stones at an Egged Number 1 bus on Thursday night. The bus was heading to the Kosel was was attacked as it passed “Sha’ar Shechem”. Bichasdei Hashem,
A hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian at Lee Avenue and Middleton Street in Williamsburg on Wednesday afternoon. The car was then seen driving on the sidewalk at Franklin and Park
Some senior House lawmakers, frustrated by a decade of frozen congressional salaries, are quietly exploring whether to accept an annual pay raise that theyve shunned since Barack Obama was first president. Its a longshot at best, requiring comity thats in short supply in a Capitol riven with partisanship. More than two-thirds of House members have […]
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Neturei Karta were out mourning the 71st anniversary of the State of Israel, with their annual protests. A small crowd marched around Kikar Shabbos, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “Tziyonim
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Patrick Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense, putting an end to months of speculation about the former Boeing executives standing in the administration. Shanahan has been leading the Pentagon as acting secretary since Jan. 1, a highly unusual arrangement for arguably the most sensitive […]
What trade war? For months, the U.S. economy has shrugged and chugged along as America and China slapped tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of each others goods in the fiercest trade fight since the 1930s. Growth was steady. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, a 50-year low. Stocks soared to record levels. But […]
The South Side Sandwich Shop in Lakewood makes hundreds of sandwiches a day. But today, they are involved in a controversy about a flag outside their store. YWN spoke with
President Donald Trump spent his first campaign as an underdog, written off by the political establishment and down on his own chances on election night. But as he and his team gear up for reelection, theyre claiming an unfamiliar position: front-runner. Trump and his allies are exuding optimism about his 2020 bid, touting a strengthening […]
Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the struggles between President Donald Trumps administration and the U.S. House will show whether its the rule of law or the rule of Trump that the courts and Republicans obey. Speaking at a wide-ranging event held at Dartmouth College, the former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee […]
Its an Israeli Independence Day custom. Once again, as is done every year, the national flag was flown on the roof of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. This has been done since the Ponevezher Rov, HaGaon HaRav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman ZTL established the yeshiva. Last year, there were two changes. First off, the flag […]
As YWN reported earlier this week, a Hasidic Williamsburg man was punched in the face in an anti-Semitic attack. Now, the NYPD is releasing footage of the suspect’s as well
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