A plague of locusts could destroy the fields in World Cup stadiums this year, the Russian government said Wednesday. Locusts often feast on crops in southern Russia and the person
In the past few days a series of harsh statements by Sephardi roshei yeshiva and rabbonim regarding the induction of females into the IDF were heard as elements in the
The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is not cutting off food and water supplies to Puerto Rico despite reports that it intended to do so. FEMA spokesman William Booher
Jerusalem police were manning an impromptu checkpoint near Issawiya in the Jerusalem district. When they folded the operation, they forget their wanted list containing the names, photos, ID numbers and
The U.N. human rights office said Wednesday that 206 companies – mostly Israeli and American – are facing a review of their business practices involving Israeli “settlements”, which are considered
Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he will pay a fine after being arrested with a loaded handgun in his briefcase as he went through an airport security checkpoint. Barbour
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Democrats on Tuesday night took their ‘resistance’ to President Donald Trump to new lengths, with many refusing to even applaud or stand during his State of
U.S. businesses continued to hire at a healthy pace in January, a sign the economy is off to a solid start for the year. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that
Regulators want to make emergency alerts on cellphones more useful by requiring wireless carriers to distribute them less widely. The Federal Communications Commission says carriers must transmit the alerts to
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Men and women joined together on Tuesday night the eve of 15 Shevat in Bat Yam after learning Rabbi Eliezer Berland was making an appearance. They
In a remarkably public clash of wills with the White House, the FBI declared Wednesday it has “grave concerns” about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia election
U.S. health regulators on Tuesday asked makers of popular anti-diarrhea drugs to sell their medications in smaller amounts to make them harder to abuse. The request comes amid a spike
MK (Likud) Oren Chazan will be removed for six months from the Knesset plenum, the Knesset’s Ethics Committee decided on Wednesday following five complaints filed against him by Knesset members
A survivor of the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp praised Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to open her country’s doors to asylum seekers in 2015, telling lawmakers Wednesday at a special parliamentary
In what the mayor called “a new day in policing,” the city announced on Tuesday that it was speeding up a plan to equip all its officers and detectives on
A New Jersey town accused of discriminating against Orthodox Jews from nearby New York state approved a settlement Tuesday with a group that sued over a law banning an Eruv
Security officials were on hand Tuesday night, the eve of Tu B’Shevat, providing protection for 800 mispallalim visiting Kever Yosef, which is in PA (Palestinian Authority) occupied Shechem. IDF soldiers
A wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign shrouded in secrecy and intrigue has netted more than $106 billion in financial settlements with 56 people remaining in custody, Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday. Saudi
The tensions between chareidim and Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav have reached a new high, after Yahav arrived Wednesday for a “planting” ceremony on Tu B’Shevat along with hundreds of schoolchildren
No, that wasn’t drool on the lips of Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III. He says it was ChapStick. Twitter lit up with jibes about the 37-year-old Democrat’s response to President
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