Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents. The airline, a small carrier that
A 6-foot-10 (208 centimeters) New York City councilman from Brooklyn has been named tallest politician in the world. Robert Cornegy Jr. was honored for that distinction at a City Hall ceremony on Wednesday after being officially certified by Guinness World Records as world’s tallest male politician on Jan. 14. Cornegy says he went for the […]
President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that the FBI and Department of Justice will review the “outrageous” case of Jussie Smollett in Chicago, calling it an “embarrassment” to the country. Prosecutors infuriated the police chief and mayor this week when they abruptly dropped 16 felony counts that accused the “Empire” actor of making a false police […]
After weeks of anticipation, Yeshiva Shaarei Torah’s Expansion Dinner on Tuesday, March 26, exceeded all expectations. With over 500 guests in attendance and over twelve thousand watching the event streaming live, it was a truly memorable occasion. The program began with warm divrei bracha from Harav Elya Kanarek shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Hameir. The highlight […]
Prime Minister/Defense Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday visited troops stationed along the Gaza border. With the increase in warfare, as Hamas renewed rocket attacks this week, there has been a
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove. The latest figures include 37% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 41% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -4. […]
Democrats say they want “all of the underlying evidence” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation . But what is all of that evidence? Mueller’s team issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants and interviewed more than 500 witnesses. That means the special counsel likely compiled thousands, if not millions, of documents and […]
Israeli researchers said Thursday they have surveyed what they now believe to be the world’s longest salt cave, a network of twisting passageways at the southern tip of the Dead Sea. A recently completed survey of the Malham Cave determined the labyrinthine cavern stretches more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) in length. That puts it […]
Three teams from the Beit Shemesh district fire department responded to a vehicular accident requiring extrication. The Thursday morning crash involved a vehicle that drove off the road in the
The following statement was given to YWN by frum female physicians called JOWMA, Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association: We, physicians of the Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association (JOWMA), condemn the anti-vaccination movement recognized in some members of the Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities across the United States and Israel. JOWMA is an association composed of […]
GE Appliances is widely considered the most Shabbos-observant appliance manufacturer offering the first and only 100 percent Shabbos-compliant refrigerator solution on more than 100 of its French-Door refrigerator models. The
New Zealand’s Jewish community is outraged after the chairman of the country’s biggest mosque claimed Israel’s Mossad spy agency and “Zionist business houses” were behind the horrific Christchurch massacre that killed 50 Muslim worshipers. The remarks were streamed live on Facebook and made by Fiji Indian businessman Ahmed Bhamji, who is the chairman of Masjid […]
Watch the newly-released campaign video [SEE BELOW] from 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, in which the suddenly proud Jew tells Muslims “Love Will Conquer Hate”. Keep in mind, this is
The end of the special counsel’s investigation sparked fresh speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe. It’s also spawned a don’t-go-there chorus from some of Trump’s closest advisers and GOP allies. They’re warning that pardons could ignite a political firestorm that overshadows what Trump sees as a moment […]
On Monday, April 8, there will be a special auction with collectors’ items the likes of which have almost never been seen in recent years. Chief among them is a
A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the Wednesday night Powerball drawing to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Due to strong ticket sales,
Israel confirmed Thursday it carried out an airstrike the night before in northern Syria while a war monitoring group said the attack killed an Iranian and six Iraqi fighters allied with President Bashar Assad’s government forces. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the strike on Wednesday night targeted an Iranian weapons depot […]
As reported on YWN, Rockland County has declared a measles state of emergency, the very first of its kind. There is no question that there is a serious problem in the Orthodox Jewish community, especially in Rockland. Measles outbreaks once thought under control continue to spread despite the very best efforts of responsible leaders and medical […]
The European Union is moving to require cars and trucks to have technology that would help keep drivers from speeding as well as data recorders that would document the circumstances of accidents. Those were among the safety features included in a provisional agreement announced Wednesday by the EU’s executive commission. The package would mandate so-called […]
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