A portrait of Robert E. Lee that hung inside the City Hall of the town where the Confederate general grew up has been removed and sent to a museum. The
(VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) As reported earlier on YWN, a pair of explosions and a fire at a gigantic cosmetics factory in upstate New York left up to
The U.N.’s Mideast envoy says reconciliation talks between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas must succeed, warning that failure “will most likely result in another devastating conflict.” Nickolay Mladenov told the
The following is via TLS: A Lakewood resident is in shock after being stopped, held up and ticketed by a Howell cop, just minutes before his wife gave birth to
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) One of the nation’s largest domed stadiums has been destroyed in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta. Nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives were on hand to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris in early December to discuss threats against Israel from Hezbollah and Iran and “ideas to
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A New Jersey realtor was forced to resign after hateful comments aimed at the increasing Orthodox Jewish population in Ocean County surfaced online. “Not so bad maybe they’ll all move
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein responds to social media posts against President Reuven Rivlin after the latter refused to pardon former IDF soldier Elor Azariya. Postings against
The landlocked East African country of Uganda is making Jewish history this year: It is the 100th country to welcome a permanent Chabad-Lubavitch presence in its midst. In October, Rabbi
Jury selection for a trial surrounding a conspiracy to help Iran evade economic sanctions was postponed Monday, after lawyers in the case held a closed-door meeting with the judge and
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The Justice Department is suing AT&T to stop its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, setting the stage for an epic legal battle with the telecom giant. The government claims
Turkish media reports are quoting an adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying it’s time for Turkey to review its membership in the NATO military alliance. Yalcin Topcu’s comments,
Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita released a letter on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Kislev, regarding missionary activities around Israel. Rav Yosef calls on the tzibur at large to be aware
Assembly Member Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) applauded the U.S. Department of Justice after the Department committed to pursue every avenue to remove Nazi Jakiw Palij from the United States. The Department
(VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) A Jerusalem Fire Department spokesman reports a fire broke out in the Russian Compound Detention Center in downtown Jerusalem on Monday afternoon 2 Kislev.
Authorities were scouring West Texas on Monday for those behind an apparent attack that killed one U.S. border agent and injured another. U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement
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