When a syringe-wielding drill thief tried sticking up a Home Depot near Yankee Stadium, police figured out quickly that it wasn’t a one-off. A man had also used a syringe a few weeks earlier while stealing a drill at another Home Depot 7 miles (11 kilometers) south in Manhattan. The match, though, wasn’t made by […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on erev Shabbos telephoned HaRav Meir Mazuz, Rosh Yeshivat Kisei Rachamim, to persuade the rabbi to instruct Eli Yishai to withdraw from the 21st Knesset election race to avoid wasting votes that would likely go to a right-wing party that will enter Knesset. All the polls show Yishai hasn’t a chance […]

The top national security adviser says President Donald Trump would be “pretty disappointed” if North Korea were to launch a new rocket or missile test, as some experts believe he could be preparing to do. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” John Bolton would not confirm reports based on commercial satellite imagery that North Korea is […]

This year, more than ever before, with the current difficult matzav for acheinu b’nei yisroel in general and B’nei Torah in particular, there is just so much negativity worldwide. We

Police in Maryland have apprehended a man on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list who’s accused in the 2014 strangulation of a New Jersey woman. Prince George’s County police Chief Hank Stawinski told reporters that three of his officers approached Lamont Stephenson, who was in a truck, in response to a suspicious person call early […]

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in Japan’s southwest. Her family and the mayor were present […]

A 14-year-old boy sustained moderate injuries on Sunday morning after falling from the roof of a cheder in Bnei Brak, United Hatzalah reports. EMT Yaakov Yisrael Malka is quoted reporting

Melania Trump came armed with surefire applause lines when she stepped up to address a largely female audience that had gathered to celebrate other women. The first lady showcased the record number of women serving in Congress. She said women’s unemployment had hit its lowest level in 65 years, though it has since ticked up […]

Indictments were handed down against two PA (Palestinian Authority) residents after they admitted during questioning, to throwing firebombs at IDF soldiers on Highway 443, the Modi’in – Jerusalem Route, as the soldiers were operating in the area. The defendants are residents of the village of Or a-Tachta, and have admitted to their actions, which took […]

Boulder police are conducting an internal investigation after some of their officers confronted a black man who was picking up trash at his own residence. The Daily Camera reports a release Monday from the department says an officer observed the man on Friday sitting behind a “private property” sign. The officer asked if the man […]

Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served years in prison for leaking one of the largest troves of classified documents in U.S. history, was sent to jail Friday for

Last Motzei Shabbos, Kehillas Moreshes Yaakov of Flatbush held its eighteenth Melave Malka celebrating twenty four years as a vibrant and flourishing kehila. Over two hundred friends and members of

An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep cut while playing on a farm, according

An Ethiopian Airlines jet faltered and crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff from the country’s capital, carving a gash in the earth and spreading global grief to 35 countries that had someone among the 157 people who were killed. 2 Israelis and 8 Americans were confirmed among the dead. There was no immediate indication why the […]

On the cusp of another White House run, Joe Biden faces a daunting challenge that could complicate his path to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination: money. Those close to the

During the night of motzei Shabbos to Sunday, police set up an inspection point on Route 90 in the Jordan Valley at about 1:20 AM in response to a report

Hiring tumbled in February, with U.S. employers adding just 20,000 jobs, the smallest monthly gain in nearly a year and a half. The slowdown in hiring, though, might have been

Authorities say a Tulane University student was killed at an Interstate 10 rest stop in Mississippi when two tires came loose from a passing tractor-trailer and struck her. News outlets

Police say a man has been shot and wounded by a police officer after he shot another man outside a New York City bar and refused orders to drop his

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