Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has missed a month of Supreme Court arguments as she recovers from lung cancer surgery. But shes not the first justice to be away for a while and her absence hardly compares with those of some of her predecessors. The day before the Supreme Court began its term in October 1949, […]
A week ago, an emergency call came in to United Hatzalahs Dispatch center regarding a man in need of medical assistance on Hamgshimim Street in Petach Tikvah. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Shimi Ezer from Elad, was the first responder to arrive at the scene. Shimis office is right near where the incident took place. Shimi […]
In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then theres El Chapo. Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States. So with Guzman convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking and staring at an […]
Toys R Us fans in the U.S. should see the iconic brand re-emerge in some form by this holiday season. Richard Barry, a former Toys R Us executive and now
Two youths fell into a deep pit in northern Israel, near Carmiel, on Tuesday night. Area firefighters and rescue personnel were summoned to the scene. It appears one of the
AShomrim member was viciously assaulted in Stamford Hill, London on Tuesday night, in what volunteer neighborhood watch group says was the first attack ever against a volunteer. Shomrim tells YWN they were alerted to a group of teens vandalizing Jewish-owned vehicles on Spring Hill, which has been a recent trend in the primarily Jewish neighborhood.A […]
On Wednesday, police and Search and Rescue Units began combing the “Nachal Darja” (Daraja Wadi) for a father and five children who were reported to have gone hiking along the
NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15
President Donald Trump isn’t showing his hand yet. But with little Washington appetite for another shutdown, he’s expected to grudgingly accept an agreement that would keep the government open but
B-Seed Investments – Your bridge to Israeli startups. At some time or other, we have all wanted to travel into the future, to see what lies ahead. While time-travel is
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the White House on Tuesday to urge President Donald Trump to rethink a provision in the 2017 tax overhaul that Cuomo says is prompting
A two-month-old girl R”L was Niftar on Wednesday night. The newborn, froma Breslov family, fell unconscious on Wednseday night and was successfully resuscitated and transported to Ziv Hospital in the city. Unfortunately, she later passed away. According to United Hatzalah EMT Guy Shaul, “the unconscious child was found by family members after they tried waking […]
Kali, the 12-year-old rare Goeldis monkey reported stolen from the Palm Beach Zoo, has been found safe and sound. West Palm Beach police said Wednesday morning on Twitter that Kali is home! and theyll provide more details soon. Detectives brought the Goeldis monkey back to the zoo just before midnight and she appears to be […]
The driver of the Kavim Company bus involved in the fatal crash on Sunday, on Route 443, in which two Modi’in Illit residents were killed, was convicted of no less
The Eilat mother whose 4-year-old son died after drowning in a bathtub in their home remains behind bars and is being sent for a psychiatric evaluation, as it is alleged
A Rosh Yeshiva in Lakewood is undergoing spinal surgery today, and the family is asking people for Tefillos. Rav Shmuel Zalman Stein, Rosh Yeshivas Birkas Chaim in Lakewood, was driving
Nurses from across New York City are joining together to call for new requirements mandating minimum staffing levels at hospitals. Some 15,000 nurses from 13 health care facilities in the
Police are investigating several shots that broke windows at a synagogue in Ohio. Officers in Lima say they believe its a case of vandalism and not a hate crime. They say it appears that several windows at the Temple Beth Israel-Shaare Zedek synagogue were broken Friday night by either a BB gun or pellet gun. […]
In an operation aimed at apprehended illegals weapons in predominantly Arab eastern Jerusalem, Jerusalem police have apprehended two assault rifles, one with a sniper scope. On the night between Sunday
Police in Ashdod are investigating a break-in into a shul which was discovered by mispallalim on Tuesday morning. When the mispallalim arrived, they were shocked to find tefilin and tzedaka
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