President Joe Biden faces a steep path to achieve his ambitious goal of slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, amid legislative gridlock that has stalled a $2
States and localities in November paid out the largest amount of rental assistance to cash-strapped tenants since a federal program began, the Treasury Department said in a statement Friday. The
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At least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm as temperatures plummeted,
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com HaGaon Rav Moshe Shternbuch’s gabbai reached out to this author and forwarded the following Teshuvah from Rav Shternbuch shlita. Rav Shternbuch is the Raavad
New NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said she is “concerned” over new policies being implemented by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg that will essentially allow criminals to run amok without any
Cambodia’s foreign minister on Saturday defended Prime Minister Hun Sen’s trip to Myanmar, the first by a foreign leader since the military takeover last year plunged the country into turmoil,
Over 90,000 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in New York on Saturday, smashing through the state’s previous single-day record, set on New Year’s Day, which was 5,000+ plus less than
Kazakhstan’s health ministry said Sunday that 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week. The figures reported on the state news channel
Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath arrived in Paris and reunited with his wife on Saturday, after Egyptian authorities released him from prison and deported him. An overjoyed Shaath, the
HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein has tested positive for COVID, an announcement from the elderly Rosh Yeshivah’s household stated on Sunday morning. The Rosh Yeshivah, 98, was tested for COVID after
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Recently, the JTA reported that a judge in Brazil fined American Airlines $1,759 for not providing kosher meals for two passengers who were told
Soviet Union, 1946 – How do you set up a Jewish school in a country where teaching Judaism is illegal and offenders are sent to the Gulag? Is any location
Baltimore County schools will close Monday and Tuesday to give educators time to create lesson plans for students in the event that individual schools move to virtual instruction during a
President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free to people to use at home. But
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the
(By Rabbi Moshe Hauer) The Chaim Walder saga that has unfolded over the past weeks has created upheaval across the Jewish world, as it must. Walder was one of those
The number of serious cases of hospitalized Covid-19 patients rose from 143 on Friday to 172 on Shabbos in Israel. Overall, the Health Ministry registered more than 31,000 positive cases
A frum yid, Yehuda Topper, made history last week by becoming the first-ever Orthodox Jew in Florida after being sworn-in as a police officer on the North Miami Beach Police
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