What appears to be an innocent and event welcome initiative, is nothing more than yet another component of Tiveria Mayor Kobi Ron’s intensive and tenacious anti-Shabbos efforts. Israel has received
Israel Police officials on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, reported that following an investigation by the Lahav 433 Major Crimes Unit involving experts from the Economic Crimes Unit, police during the
Nine people were lightly injured on Wednesday night on a plane traveling to Israel after the flight encountered air pockets and whirlwinds causing extreme turbulence on-board. The flight, a low-cost
A New York City detective known since childhood as “Smiles” for his bright, welcoming nature died in a hail of police gunfire as officers faced off with a robbery suspect who had a fake gun and a long rap sheet that includes an arrest for pretending to be a cop, authorities said Wednesday. Detective Brian […]
Bill and Melinda Gates are pushing back against a new wave of criticism about whether billionaire philanthropy is a force for good. The couple, whose foundation has the largest endowment in the world, say they are not fazed by recent blowback against wealthy giving. It’s come in high-profile moments at the World Economic Forum, the […]
Federal authorities have charged a Rikers Island correctional officer with smuggling drugs into the New York City jail. Court records unsealed this week show 23-year-old Simon Gordon faces bribery and drug charges following an investigation by the city’s Department of Investigation. Gordon was released Monday on $25,000 bail. His defense attorney declined to comment Wednesday. […]
Iran’s supreme leader said Wednesday that any negotiations with the U.S. would “bring nothing but material and spiritual harm” in remarks before an American-led meeting on the Mideast in Warsaw. The comments from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were part of a seven-page statement read word-for-word on Iranian state television and heavily promoted in the run-up to […]
The High Court of Justice has ordered the State Prosecutor, Shai Nitzan, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, to respond within two weeks as to why there has not been a
During his weekly schmooze on Tuesday night for hundreds of talmidim in Yeshivas Maor HaTalmud in Rehovot, the mashgiach, HaGaon HaRav Shlomo Chaim Ginuar, veered from his regular words to
A Republican senator who’s among President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics within the party blamed technology for the country’s divisions during a discussion with University of Nebraska-Lincoln students this week.
Due to Suspected Vote Tampering, Likud Recounts Primary Voting Results, Changes Expected to the List for Knesset The Likud Elections Committee ruled on Tuesday that the ballot for the party’s
A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code
The newly-elected mayor of Tiveria, Kobi Ron, is R”L moving ahead with his chilul Shabbos agenda, encouraging entertainment spots and eateries to open their doors on Shabbos as he works
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has missed a month of Supreme Court arguments as she recovers from lung cancer surgery. But she’s not the first justice to be away for a while and her absence hardly compares with those of some of her predecessors. The day before the Supreme Court began its term in October 1949, […]
A week ago, an emergency call came in to United Hatzalah’s Dispatch center regarding a man in need of medical assistance on Hamgshimim Street in Petach Tikvah. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shimi Ezer from Elad, was the first responder to arrive at the scene. Shimi’s office is right near where the incident took place. Shimi […]
In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there’s “El Chapo.” Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States. So with Guzman convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking and staring at an […]
Toys R Us fans in the U.S. should see the iconic brand re-emerge in some form by this holiday season. Richard Barry, a former Toys R Us executive and now
Two youths fell into a deep pit in northern Israel, near Carmiel, on Tuesday night. Area firefighters and rescue personnel were summoned to the scene. It appears one of the
A Shomrim member was viciously assaulted in Stamford Hill, London on Tuesday night, in what volunteer neighborhood watch group says was the first attack ever against a volunteer. Shomrim tells YWN they were alerted to a group of teens vandalizing Jewish-owned vehicles on Spring Hill, which has been a recent trend in the primarily Jewish neighborhood. A […]
On Wednesday, police and Search and Rescue Units began combing the “Nachal Darja” (Daraja Wadi) for a father and five children who were reported to have gone hiking along the
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