Firefighters responded to a blaze Monday afternoon at an apartment complex under construction on Cedarview Avenue in Lakewood. The fire occurred at one of the new residential buildings being developed for BMG’s talmidim. BMG told Lakewood Alerts the fire occurred at approximately 3:00 p.m. and was related to ongoing construction. The damage was limited to […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Hilton Hotels on Monday of refusing service to federal law enforcement officers, alleging that the hotel chain abruptly canceled room reservations made by DHS personnel using official government email addresses. In a statement posted to its official X account, DHS said Hilton had launched what it described as […]
On Motzei Shabbos, I flew to Israel from Newark on an 11:35 p.m. one-way flight. After being expelled from my graduate program in Florida for speaking out against the administration’s lackadaisical response to antisemitism on campus, I made the decision to return to yeshiva. I spent Shabbos with friends in Washington Heights and left around […]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) voted to dissolve after 58 years, following Congress’ decision last year to eliminate federal funding previously allocated to NPR and PBS. CPB leaders said the loss of funding left them unable to continue operations. The organization said it will distribute its remaining funds before officially closing. The move comes […]
Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, the island nation’s closest ally, as residents here wonder what the capture of President Nicolás Maduro means for their future. The two governments are so close that Cuban soldiers and security […]
A mystery trader made nearly $410,000 betting on Nicolás Maduro’s fall, placing a final wager on Polymarket at 9:58 p.m. ET on Friday, shortly before President Trump ordered the U.S. military operation. Using a brand-new account, the trader bought about $34,000 worth of contracts that would pay out if Maduro lost power by January 31, […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the company will begin shipping its new “Vera Rubin” AI chip later this year, saying it can perform more computing with less power and at a lower cost than previous models. The Rubin chip, already being manufactured for customers including Microsoft and Amazon, is designed to handle AI tasks […]
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration cannot move forward with steep cuts to federal research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to universities. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction won by 22 Democratic state attorneys general, medical groups, and universities, finding that NIH’s February […]
LOS ANGELES — On Jan. 4, a security guard working for JK Patrol SVC, the security contractor for the Chinese Consulate, pepper-sprayed peaceful pro-democracy protesters outside the consulate. LAPD officers later detained at least one guard at the scene.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to a new record high following the arrest and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, trading above 49,000 for the first time during the session.
Stephen Miller: “The United States is the power of NATO. For the United States to secure the arctic region, to protect and defend NATO and NATO interests, obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States.”
Stephen Miller on Venezuela: “We have the United States military stationed outside the country. We set the terms and conditions. We have a complete embargo on all of their oil, and their ability to do commerce…The United States is running the country during this transition period. Obviously, that doesn’t mean that President Trump is setting […]
SPEAKER JOHNSON ON MADURO OPERATION: “This is an operation that did not require prior consent of Congress…It required notification of Congress.” “They’ve done everything that they were supposed to do.”
REP. JEFFRIES: “The American people are now supposed to believe that this whole situation that has unfolded in Venezuela has anything to do with a counter-narcotics operation? Get lost.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replaced the head of Ukraine’s security service Monday, continuing a top-level reshuffle ahead of a trip to Paris where he hoped to finalize agreements with allies on how to ensure that Russia doesn’t repeat its invasion if a peace agreement is signed. Zelenskyy is trying to revamp his administration as the grinding war of […]
