A violent altercation on a moving A train resulted in a shooting at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday evening, leaving one person with a bullet fatally
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined troops training on a new tank model and drove one himself, state media reported Thursday, as his rivals South Korea and the U.S. wrapped up their annual military exercises. It’s the third time Kim was reported to have observed military exercises since the start of the 11-day South […]
Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, has expressed strong support for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent speech, in which he called for elections in Israel
by Chaim Weber Halacha is not always bound by the limitations of human logic. Case in point: Parah adumah, the red heifer – where the kohen sprinkling water to purify a contaminated person becomes impure, despite having just purified another person. But the Gemara in Kesubos (22a) makes clear that certain halachos can be derived […]
Ukrainians living in regions illegally annexed by Russia are being coerced to vote in the presidential election of their wartime occupier, Vladimir Putin — an exercise denounced by Ukraine as an illegitimate effort by Moscow to tighten control over its neighbor. Polls don’t open in Russia until Friday, but they are open in four annexed […]
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that he will put together an investor group to buy TikTok after the House passed a bill that would ban the popular video app in the U.S. if its China-based owner does not sell its stake. During an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Mnuchin, who served under President […]
A 51-year-old Israeli man who was stabbed inside the Aroma Cafe at a gas station in the Beit Kama junction in southern Israel on Thursday afternoon has sadly passed away.
Three New York City boroughs lost almost 80,000 residents from people moving away last year, according to population estimates released Thursday, but city officials think those numbers are a vast
Federal prosecutors charged a former rideshare driver in connection with an antisemitic attack on a passenger at San Francisco International Airport in 2023 that occurred weeks after the Hamas massacre
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday renewed another 120-day sanctions waiver for Iran only six weeks after three US soldiers were killed by Iran’s proxies. Biden’s signature on the waiver
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim to have a new, hypersonic missile in their arsenal, Russia’s state media reported Thursday, potentially raising the stakes in their ongoing attacks on shipping in the
South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home, deepening the rift between the nations after South Africa lay accusations of genocide against Israel at the United Nations’ top court. Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor made the comment […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ripped into Senate Minority Leader Chuck “Shomer Yisroel” Schumer on Thursday after Schumer called for new elections in Israel to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown is visiting U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas on Thursday as the Pentagon frames the $95 billion aid package hanging in the balance on Capitol Hill as not only vital to Ukraine’s survival but also critical to the U.S. economy. Brown is visiting Lockheed Martin’s Camden, Arkansas, weapon […]
Massive chunks of hail pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday night, bringing traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70, as storms unleashed possible tornadoes and meteorologists urged residents
HaGaon HaRav Shimon Galei got up and grabbed the microphone. It was a totally spontaneous moment that left tears of emotion in the eyes of the thousands in attendance. It
Every once in a while, a neshama comes down from shamayim that not only makes the world a palpably better place – but, step-by-step, creates revolutionary transformations. Last month, Klal Yisroel lost one of the most dedicated, likeable, and capable Rabbis in the New York area in almost seven decades. Rabbi Yitzchok Sladowsky a”h was […]
Math enthusiasts around the world, from college kids to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day on Thursday, which is March 14 or 3/14 — the first three digits of an infinite number with many practical uses. Around the world many people will mark the day with a slice of pie — sweet, savory or even pizza. […]
Wholesale prices in the United States accelerated again in February, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated and might not cool in the coming months as fast as the Federal Reserve or the Biden administration would like. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation […]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” in the Gaza war. Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S. – who champions himself as the “Shomer Yisroel” – […]
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