Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday accused President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump of “colluding” to exclude him from the upcoming debates, which Biden and Trump committed to participating earlier in the day. “Presidents Trump and Biden are colluding to lock America into a head-to-head match-up that 70% say they […]
It took Naval Academy plebes two hours, 19 minutes and 11 seconds Wednesday to accomplish the ultimate in upward mobility: scaling a greased obelisk and swapping out a cup with a cap, this year with an unusual hitch. The annual grueling, slippery ritual marking the completion of the plebe year ended with 20-year-old Californian Ben […]
An Interior Department staffer on Wednesday became the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff in the Interior Department, accused President Joe Biden of using Jews to justify U.S. policy in the conflict. Call […]
After months of questions about whether general election debates would happen, President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two of them: one in June and one in September. But there are still some nitty-gritty details to be worked out, including the formats of the events and who will moderate. […]
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a shooting after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his decades-long career in politics. Fico, 59, was born in 1964 in what was then Czechoslovakia. A member of the Communist Party before the dissolution of communism, he […]
The IDF launched overnight operations in the Gaza Strip, pushing into the Jabaliya camp in the northern region and engaging in intense fighting, resulting in the deaths of numerous gunmen. According to the IDF, the 7th and 460th armored brigades of the 98th Division battled against dozens of armed squads and eliminated a significant number […]
A serious collision involving two buses occurred on HaYarkon Street in Tel Aviv late Wednesday night, resulting in multiple injuries. According to information provided to YWN by the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service center in the Dan region, the incident took place at the intersection of HaYarkon and Carmelit Streets. Emergency responders were quick […]
Americans unexpectedly paused their spending in April from March as inflation continued to sting and elevated interest rates made taking on debt more burdensome. Retail sales were unchanged, coming in well below economists’ expectations, and follow a revised 0.6% pace in March, according to Commerce Department data released Wednesday. Sales rose 0.9% in February. That […]
A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, although officials said one person on the barge was knocked into the […]
Two men accused of plotting to gun down Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in northwest England were held without bail Tuesday after appearing in a London court. Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, were accused of planning to use automatic weapons to kill Jews, police and military personnel, prosecutors said in Westminster Magistrates’ […]
Seventy years ago on Friday, no one outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building heard it when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision on school desegregation. Now, through the use of an innovative voice-cloning technology, it is becoming possible for people to “hear” Warren read the decision as […]
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Multiple IDF soldiers have been killed and injured in during an operation in Gaza’s Shuja’iyya neighborhood. Details surrounding the incident remain sparse and under military censorship. However, sources confirm to YWN that approximately 15 soldiers were hurt in the incident, with reports of numerous fatalities and major injuries. Sources tell YWN that initial indications suggest […]
A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and springing the inmate they were escorting. The prime minister vowed the gang would be caught, saying, “They will pay.” “We are tracking you, we will find you and we […]
The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. Agency officials noted the data is provisional and could change after more analysis, but that they still expect a drop when the final counts are in. It would be only the second annual decline since […]
The wing of Donald Trump’s plane, a Boeing 757, struck a corporate jet while taxiing at West Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Sunday. The incident occurred after the plane landed at the airport at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, following a rally held by Trump in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday. The Federal […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening responded to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s public demand that he announce that Israel will not govern the Gaza Strip after the end of the war. “I am not ready to replace Hamastan with Fatahstan [ a reference to the Fatah movement of the Palestinian Authority].” “After the terrible […]
Consumer inflation in the United States cooled slightly last month after three elevated readings, likely offering a tentative sigh of relief for officials at the Federal Reserve as well as President Joe Biden’s re-election team. Prices rose 0.3% from March to April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down slightly from 0.4% the previous month. Measured […]
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday held a press briefing from the Kirya in Tel Aviv, during which he expressed harsh and unprecedented criticism against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Gallant’s main message was that Israel should not plan to have civilian and military control over the Gaza Strip after the war and demanded that Netanyahu […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office issued a dramatic announcement on Wednesday afternoon, saying that Netanyahu will advance the Chareidi draft law approved by then-Defense Minister Benny Gantz during the Lapid-Bennett government. The background behind the announcement is the demands of the Supreme Court and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara to draft yeshivah bochurim and the insistence of […]
