A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, won the most recent prize on Wednesday playing the “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game, the state lottery announced. Wilson decided to receive the winnings in a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes, which she […]
Multiple Manhattan synagogues were subjected to false bomb threats on Saturday, prompting evacuations and a swift response from law enforcement. According to police, Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side was evacuated at approximately 3:15 p.m. after a reported bomb threat. The threat was later deemed unfounded. Shortly after, at around 4:30 p.m., Chabad […]
A shocking incident occurred in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago last Monday evening, sparking outrage and concern among local residents. An ambulance operated by Elite Ambulance Company was seen driving past Khal Chasidim, a local shul, while broadcasting pro-Palestinian messages over its loudspeaker. Eyewitnesses reported hearing the ambulance loudly proclaim “Free Palestine” and […]
The New York Police Department has released photos of items recovered from a Columbia University building occupied by anti-Israel protesters. The items include gas masks, helmets, goggles, hammers, knives, ropes, and a book on terrorism. NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry shared the photos on social media, writing, “These are not the tools of students protesting, […]
It is with deep regret that YWN informs you of the petirah of HaRav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr Zt”l, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Far Rockaway. He was Niftar over Shabbos after an illness. He was 89. Rav Perr zt”l was born and raised in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Rav Menachem Mendel Perr […]
High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property. Floodwaters inundated a wide region Saturday, from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through […]
Today, Rabbi Feivel Mashinsky is the director of Kupath Ezrah of Rockland County. Decades ago, the longtime Monsey resident was a talmid of the Klausenberger Rebbe zt”l, and the interactions that he had with the rebbe forever changed his life. Rabbi Mashinsky merited a close connection to the rebbe, including writing his shiurim and shmuessen. In this Inside ArtScroll interview, Rabbi Mashinsky, with his special chein and eloquence, and with […]
Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become “the growth industry of all time.” Doubling down on his cautionary words from last year, Buffett told the throngs he recently came face to face with the downside of AI. And it […]
Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database. As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen. Oleksandr Pavlyuk, was also […]
A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday and Friday has been demolished. A live camera operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation on Saturday showed excavators and bucket loaders scooping up rubble from the destroyed Fairfield Avenue overpass above I-95 in Norwalk and dumping it into large […]
After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space […]
A former US Army officer has revealed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is using Israeli hostages as human shields to protect himself and his family. General Jack Keane, former US Army Vice Chief of Staff, told Sky News that sources confirm Sinwar has surrounded himself and his family with 15-20 hostages, ensuring his survival. “My […]
As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults. But advocates for marijuana legalization hope a federal regulatory shift could eventually change the minds — and votes […]
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party’s mayor of London, romped to victory Saturday, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.’s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election. Khan won a little over a million votes, or nearly 44% of the vote, more than 11 percentage […]
The wave of pro-Hamas protests on college campuses in the US seemed to occur suddenly, shocking US citizens. But according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday, the political tactics behind some of the protests were the result of “months of training, planning and encouragement by longtime activists and left-wing groups.” Student organizers […]
A Saudi news site reported on Motzei Shabbos that Israel is no longer opposed to the release of murderous terrorist Marwan Barghouti on the condition that he is released to the Gaza Strip and not to the West Bank. Barghouti, the former leader of the Tanzim organization, was sentenced by an Israeli court in 2004 […]
Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into ties between American business leaders and the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. From 2014 to 2021, Cuellar and his wife accepted nearly $600,000 […]
From its earliest days, the Soviet Union’s intelligence services — whether known as the Cheka or by the names of any of its successor agencies like the KGB — kept the government in power by pursuing its opponents no matter where they lived. Intelligence experts say that policy is still followed by Russian President Vladimir […]
China is preparing to launch a lunar probe Friday that would land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into geological and other differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The unprecedented mission would be the latest advance in the increasingly sophisticated and ambitious […]
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued near Houston on Thursday for some residents following heavy rains in Texas that stranded motorists, flooded streets and closed schools as officials warned that conditions in some hard-hit areas could worsen. “This is a life-threatening situation,” said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in the nation’s third-largest […]
