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UPDATE: Authorities now confirm a second fatality from yesterday’s midair helicopter collision in Hammonton, NJ. Both pilots’ friends who lived in New Jersey were killed in the crash.

Syria’s Central Bank, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa present, introduced a new currency as part of a monetary reform that cuts two zeros from the Syrian Lira and permits a 90-day period of dual circulation.

Mamdani will take the oath at the old City Hall subway station, transition says.

President Trump’s top Middle East envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, also took part in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting earlier with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Florida, according to a newly released photo distributed by the Prime Minister’s Office. Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to meet President Trump later today at Mar-a-Lago at […]

Rep. Crenshaw on the Republican ACA replacement plan: You give the poor vouchers. We want to put that money into health savings accounts.

Authorities on Monday identified two pilots who died after their helicopters collided midair in southern New Jersey. Kenneth Kirsch, 65, and Michael Greenberg, 71, were friends who both lived in New Jersey and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site in Hammonton, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Philadelphia. […]

Additional footage from rescue operations carried out today across Israel shows emergency teams rescuing drivers trapped in floodwaters.

Iranian social media accounts are now claiming that those highlighted in red in the ongoing protests across Iran are “Mossad agents.”

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten breaks down public opinion on President Trump and the Russia-Ukraine war.

When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip are following the token into retirement. The last day to buy or refill a […]

New York City officials on Monday announced plans for NYC Health + Hospitals to move forward with a partnership that would bring Maimonides Health into the city’s public health care system, a move they say is aimed at stabilizing one of Brooklyn’s largest hospital networks and expanding access to care. As previously reported by YWN, Hatzolah […]

Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in artificial intelligence has lit a spark under long-simmering visions to build humanoid robots that can move their mechanical bodies like humans and do things that […]

Police are asking the public to help identify a robbery suspect accused of forcibly taking “play money” from a 10-year-old in Borough Park.

Ahmed al-Ahmed, the man credited with disarming one of the terrorists during the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, has given an interview to CBS News, recounting the moments he confronted the terrorist and helped stop the attack.

A rock-hewn mikveh from the time of the Second Beis Hamikdash was uncovered during excavations beneath the Kosel Plaza in Yerushalayim. The mikveh was found beneath a destruction layer dating back around 2,000 years, providing new insight into the events surrounding the Churban of Yerushalayim at that time.

China’s Foreign Ministry responded to Israel’s recognition of Somaliland by stating: “China firmly supports Somalia’s sovereignty, reunification, and territorial integrity.”

Entering Shechem to daven at Kever Yosef will now be permitted during daylight hours, following an agreement involving Defense Minister Israel Katz, MK Zvi Sukkot, and the head of the Settlement Division. Until now, visits to the site were allowed only at night. This marks the first time in about 25 years that daytime entry […]

The Iranian rial slid to 1.43–1.45 million per U.S. dollar, plunging about 7% amid new U.S. sanctions, surging inflation, and limited foreign inflows. Video from Tehran’s bazaars shows shopkeepers shutting their stores in protest, chanting “Don’t be afraid, we are all together” and “Shut it down.”

A Gazan man living in a tent damaged by severe weather says the Hamas-run Gaza City municipality is demanding he pay 2,000 shekels in monthly rent. “We didn’t die from the war, and now Hamas wants to kill us through oppression and injustice,” he said.

Clashes erupted during a pre-dawn anti-ISIS operation by Turkish police near Elmalık in northwest Turkey, leaving three officers dead and eight wounded. Six suspected terrorists were killed, and fighting is still ongoing.