A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday paused a California law set to take effect in January requiring large companies to report every two years on how climate change could hurt them financially. Another new law requiring major companies to annually disclose their carbon emissions can stay in place for now, the court ruled. The policies […]
Okeechobee, Fl.—Wednesday of Parashas Chayei Sarah will go down in the annals of American Jewish history as the day in which the heimishe city of Lakefront in Okeechobee, Floriday, has been transformed from a dream and plan into a stunning reality—a turning point in the history of American Jewish life which has thus far been […]
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. It represents a major step forward for the administration’s dismantling of the department, which has mainly involved cutting jobs since President Donald Trump called for its […]
J.D. Vance, Jr., a 67-year-old resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan – who shares his name with Vice President J.D. Vance – was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Monday after posting several threatening messages online, including threats to kill the President, the Vice President, and one of the President’s children. U.S. District Judge […]
The IDF carried out an airstrike this evening inside the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, targeting what it says was a Hamas training facility used by operatives preparing attacks against Israel. Lebanon’s health ministry reports that 13 people were killed and four others wounded in the strike. According to the IDF, the site […]
A judge has dismissed a Trump administration legal challenge to New York policies that block immigration officials from arresting people at state courthouses, saying the federal government can’t force states to cooperate with those enforcement efforts. U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino late Monday granted New York’s motion to dismiss the government’s lawsuit, one of several […]
For a quarter century, Mikvah Yisroel of Flatbush has been the quiet heart of our community, a place of kedusha, beauty, and care. Hundreds of thousands of tevilos have taken place within its walls, each one strengthening the foundation of Jewish life in Flatbush. Now, for the first time since the mikvah was built, the […]
Jewish women are hiring doulas to protect them and their babies from NHS antisemitism, the Jewish Chronicle reported earlier this month. London-based doula Shoshana Maurer said that since the October 7 massacre, at least 11 Jewish women hired her due to concerns of NHS antisemitism, and numerous other women she spoke to voiced the same […]
The Israeli Police have finished the investigation into the “Qatargate” affair, and the case file is expected to be transferred to state prosecutors within about 60 days for possible indictments. A key delay is that Jay Footlik an American lobbyist described as acting on behalf of Qatar has still not been questioned, and the U.S. […]
Robert P. George, a prominent conservative legal scholar, has resigned from the Heritage Foundation’s board in protest of its president Kevin Roberts’ defense of Tucker Carlson’s interview with far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes. George, who holds one of Princeton University’s top academic chairs and is considered a leading figure in conservative constitutional thought, cited Roberts’ […]
An Israeli drone carried out a strike in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, with initial reports saying that multiple people were killed. There are also reports of the assassination of Fatah’s leader in Lebanon, Munir Al-Maqdah. The IDF confirmed it struck terrorists operating inside a Hamas training compound in the Ain al-Hilweh […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will travel to Turkey this week in an attempt to jump-start negotiations on ending Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began nearly four years ago. The Kremlin said that Russia would not be sending anyone to Turkey, and it was not immediately clear if there would be U.S. participation in […]
House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files • The House overwhelmingly passed a bill ordering the Department of Justice to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein. • President Donald Trump, a former Epstein friend who has railed against the focus on the files, abruptly dropped his opposition to the bipartisan bill […]
A dispute between soldiers at an army base in the north over routine duty, specifically over who would clean and who would guard the post, escalated into a violent, prolonged brawl that included chairs being thrown. The forces involved in the clash were from Combat Engineering and the Givati Brigade. The IDF condemned the incident, […]
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) sails in between two Israeli Navy corvette ships during an exercise in the U.S. Central Command operating area, Nov. 13. The United States and Israel maintain strong maritime ties that promote regional security and stability.
NETANYAHU: We have hit Iran’s terror axis from every direction over the past two years, and we are not done; our hand is still extended, as it must be.
Large active fire in Holon near gas cylinders. Six fire crews are currently on site, conducting searches to ensure no one is trapped. Video for YWN via Tuvia Yagelnik.
