Zebra stripes are dazzling — particularly to flies. That’s the conclusion of scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of California at Davis who dressed horses in black-and-white striped coats to help determine why zebras have stripes. The researchers found that fewer horseflies landed on the bedecked horses than on those without the […]
A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff. Witnesses told emergency personnel that the twin-engine plane “went in nose first,” leaving a debris field three-quarters of a mile long in Trinity Bay, Chambers County Sheriff […]
A new shidduch initiative has begun in Israel that is aimed at catering towards the Litvish community. The new initiative will see all the names of Bnei Yeshiva and girls
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort committed crimes that cut to “the heart of the criminal justice system” and over the years deceived everyone from bookkeepers and banks to federal prosecutors and his own lawyers, according to a sentencing memo filed Saturday by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. In the memo, submitted in one of […]
A winter storm dumped record-breaking amounts of snow in Arizona and forced the closure Friday of roads, schools and government offices across the Southwest. The storm was pushing through eastern Arizona and heading for New Mexico and Texas after dumping nearly 3 feet (0.9 meters) of snow Thursday at the Flagstaff airport during the city’s […]
We are excited to share this new Music Video released tonight by Avromi Spitz and Eli Levin. Avromi recently released an album called “Faith”, a collection of beautiful moving songs.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation is not expected to be delivered to the Justice Department this week, a senior department official told The Associated Press on Friday. The official could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear when the […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has selected Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as his nominee to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump said in a pair of tweets that Craft “has done an outstanding job representing our Nation” and he has “no doubt that, under her […]
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un was on a train Sunday to Vietnam for his second summit with President Donald Trump, state media confirmed. Kim was accompanied by Kim Yong Chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the U.S., and Kim Yo Jong, the leader’s sister, the North’s official Korean Central News […]
Some 8,000 Gazans participated in this week’s violent protests along the Gaza border fence with Israel on Friday. Among the other violent act undertaken during the protest there were rows
In town halls, television interviews and social media posts, Democratic presidential candidates are touting their support for “Medicare-for-all,” higher taxes on the wealthy and a war on climate change. But foreign policy, one of the chief responsibilities of a president, is largely taking a back seat on the campaign trail. Former Vice President Joe Biden […]
Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you – from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cameras, and it’s likely they are also on planes used by other carriers. All four airlines said that they […]
The NYPD is investigating anti-Semitic graffiti that was scrawled all over an elementary school playground in Queens. The disturbing discovery was made Friday afternoon at PS 139 in Rego Park.
In a courageous demonstration of true leadership, the Ocean County Board of Freeholders unanimously passed a strong Resolution specifically denouncing the hate group Rise Up Ocean County. This group, hiding
Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, accelerating a showdown in Congress that could divide Republicans and lead to Trump’s first veto. The Democrats introduced a resolution Friday to block Trump’s declaration, […]
Israel’s acting foreign minister has doubled down on his divisive claim that Poles collaborated with the Nazis and “suckled anti-Semitism with their mothers’ milk.” Israel Katz said in a live TV interview late Thursday that he did not regret his comment, insisting that “I, as a son of Holocaust survivors … have to tell the […]
More than two dozen airports statewide are splitting $23.6 million in infrastructure funding provided by New York state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the state funding has been awarded
Avreichim in the Medrash Eliyahu Kollel in Elad receive a bit over NIS 2,000 monthly from Rosh Kollel Rav Avraham Pechter, learning in both a morning and afternoon seder daily
Another defendant has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from ATMs by a process known as “skimming.” Bogdan Rusu of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The 39-year-old faces up to 30 years in prison when he’s sentenced on July […]
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