B’chasdei Hashem, after the Shabbos rainfall, Kinneret officials report an increase of 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) in the past week. Since the beginning of this winter season, the increase has
President Donald Trump said Saturday a Navy SEAL charged with murder in the stabbing of an Iraqi war prisoner will be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits trial. Trump said in a tweet that the move was in honor of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher’s past service to the country. The tweet came […]
The successors of the Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak have been announced at the levaya of the late rav, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau ZT”L, on Sunday morning. The
A New Jersey sports official who told student athletes Adolf Hitler was a “good leader” with “bad moral character and intentions” has been suspended. The Nutley Board of Education took the action Monday night against high school athletic director Joe Piro, who made the remark last month while addressing Madison High School students during an […]
Firefighters on Sunday battled a massive fire whipped by high winds that spread over thousands of acres of state land in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, a forested area of coastal plain that stretches more than 1 million acres. State environmental protection department officials say the blaze was reported Saturday afternoon in Penn State Forest in Woodland […]
A 20-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach on Mishol HaDekalim Street in Jerusalem, Sunday evening. The man was in serious condition. United Hatzalah volunteers in addition to Magen David
President Donald Trump’s decision to revive the fight over the Affordable Care Act has stirred a political and policy debate among Republicans on how best to approach the divisive issue heading into the 2020 election. Failing to repeal and replace the ACA, otherwise known as Obamacare, is one of the biggest shortcomings of the president’s […]
Iranians will “resist” the Trump administration’s acceptance of Israeli control over the occupied Golan Heights, Iran’s president said Friday, adding his voice to that of many Arab nations, including a number of U.S. allies, who have denounced the U.S. decision. Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. move is “trampling on international regulations about the Golan.” Iranians, […]
The Israeli prime minister warmly received far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday, touting newfound amity between the two countries. Benjamin Netanyahu’s red-carpet welcome for Bolsonaro comes days ahead of a tough re-election bid for the long-time Israeli premier on April 9. During his first state visit to Israel, the Brazilian leader is also expected […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Saturday for more outside regulation in several areas in which the social media site has run into problems over the past few years: harmful content,
Barbara Bush says Donald Trump caused her “angst” during the 2016 election, blamed him for her “heart attack” and said he led her to question whether she was still a Republican in the months before she died. The late former first lady’s thoughts about Trump were revealed in excerpts published Wednesday in USA Today of […]
Taking drastic action over illegal immigration, President Donald Trump moved Saturday to cut direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, whose citizens are fleeing north and overwhelming U.S. resources
Long-ringed by some of the most expensive toll roads in the U.S., New York City is poised to take things even further with a plan to charge drivers who motor
A wild crash in Brooklyn ended with Good Samaritans chasing down the driver who police say was intoxicated and armed. Police say Andy James, 39, was driving a 2009 Jaguar
Down in the polls, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has released a new campaign trying to paint his main rival, former military chief Benny Gantz, as mentally unstable. The video ads are the latest move in a campaign that has been heavy on personal insults and short on substance. Elections are scheduled on […]
Democrats are facing an uphill fight as they try to capture the Senate majority next year. Since Republicans control the Senate 53 to 47, Democrats will need to gain at
Five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military announced, following a day of mass protests that that saw Israeli troops kill four Palestinians near the territory’s border. The rocket attack threatens to undermine Egyptian-mediated efforts to cement a deal that the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers hope will ease […]
Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to
Several New York City bridges are going to start charging more starting Sunday and one will become the most expensive in the nation. The Verrazano-Narrow Bridge will rise from $17
As reported on YWN earlier this week, federal authorities arrested a 5th member of the Lev Tahor Cult, in connection to a plot to once again abduct two children who
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