CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family’s wants and needs. As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put it, “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is […]
This story goes back 15 years. My parents took my siblings and me on a trip to South Africa for vacation. It started out fun and enjoyable, but quickly turned into a nightmare. We were traveling through a dense forest in the hopes of finding our next destiantion. All of a sudden and out […]
Trump says the US will be conducting land strikes against the cartels. “We are gonna start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico.”
DOOCY: “The ICE officer involved in the deadly shooting yesterday had absolute immunity. And the VP himself says that because 6 months ago this officer was dragged behind a car he may have been a little sensitive to the idea of being rammed by a car.”
Iran’s government cut off the country from the internet and international telephone calls Thursday night as a nighttime demonstration called by the country’s exiled crown prince drew a mass of protesters to shout from their windows and storm the streets. The protest represented the first test of whether the Iranian public could be swayed by Crown Prince […]
In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as 17 renegade GOP lawmakers joined every Democrat in support. The tally, 230-196, signified growing political concern over Americans’ health care costs. Forcing the issue to a vote […]
The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, sounding a note of disapproval for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere. Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote and ensure a vote next week on final passage. It has virtually no […]
Federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an officer shot and killed a driver in Minnesota, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security described the vehicle’s passenger as “a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring” who […]
The Emes L’Yaakov organization sent an urgent warning letter on Wednesday to the head of the IDF Manpower Directorate, Maj. Gen. Dado Bar-Kalifa, demanding an immediate freeze on all recruitment, induction, arrest, and imprisonment procedures for physically and mentally ill Chareidi draft candidates (pre-enlistees). The letter states that the IDF is conducting a systematic, discriminatory, […]
This morning, I walked into shul and counted a minyan of 20 people. What I also counted—painfully—were five people using their cell phones during davening. Let that sink in. Twenty-five percent of the shul was on their phones while standing before the Ribbono Shel Olam. This is not a minor issue or a personal chumra. […]
The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regretted President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from 31 […]
Nationalist congresswoman Gladis Aurora López was struck by an explosive device outside the Congress of Honduras, after it was thrown by a protester. * The blast caused severe burns and possible damage to her hearing, according to reports.
More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world’s most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists. The new AI features announced Thursday could herald a pivotal moment for Gmail, a service that transformed […]
President Donald Trump is now on board with a hard-hitting sanctions package meant to economically cripple Moscow as his administration continues to negotiate a deal to end the war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he met with Trump at the White House on Wednesday, during which the president […]
This story goes back 15 years. My parents took my siblings and me on a trip to South Africa for vacation. It started out fun and enjoyable, but quickly turned into a nightmare. We were traveling through a dense forest in the hopes of finding our next destiantion. All of a sudden and out […]
The teachers at a Beis Yaakov school in Ramot approached the administration, asking what to be mechazeik in following the horrifying death of Ramot resident Yosef Eisenthal, z’l, who was killed at a Chareidi protest against the draft, and other recent tragedies in the neighborhood, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. The question was passed to the director […]
Peleg Yerushalmi issued a furious condemnation on Thursday following the decision of a Jerusalem District Court judge to release the driver who killed Yosef Eisenthal, z’l, to house arrest. The statement not only expressed outrage at the decision but also stated that the judge is completely unfamiliar with the technical details of the incident. “Deep […]
This story goes back 15 years. My parents took my siblings and me on a trip to South Africa for vacation. It started out fun and enjoyable, but quickly turned into a nightmare. We were traveling through a dense forest in the hopes of finding our next destiantion. All of a sudden and out of […]
The State Department said Wednesday that it has suspended all U.S. assistance to Somalia’s federal government over allegations that Somali officials destroyed an American-funded warehouse belonging to the World Food Program and seized 76 metric tons of food aid intended for impoverished civilians. “The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion […]
