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Waterbury Hatzolah service team chaining up tires on all response vehicles as they prepare for 18 inches of snow.

LAKEWOOD: Drone footage captures the beautiful serenity of Lakewood covered in layers of snow

Prime Minister Netanyahu, Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz, and Settlement Minister Orit Struck announced at a cabinet meeting the establishment of five new settlements in the Negev. Prime Minister Netanyahu proposed that one of the settlements be named “Rananim,” in memory of Ran Gvili, the last slain hostage still being held by Hamas in […]

Earlier today, the IDF struck a structure in the Bir al-Sansal area of southern Lebanon, which the IDF said was used by Hezbollah terrorists as a weapons manufacturing site. The IDF said it had recently identified terrorist activity at the location. In a separate strike, the IDF targeted additional Hezbollah military infrastructure in the Beqaa […]

Several matzeivos were desecrated at a Jewish cemetery in the Les Corts neighborhood of Barcelona, after headstones were smashed and vandalized by unknown individuals, the Jewish community said. * Photos released by the community show shattered matzeivos and extensive damage to the site. * Israel Foreign Ministry condemned the incident, warning against the normalization of […]

The IDF says that following last week’s exchange of fire with hamas terrorists in Rafah—during which six gunmen were killed—troops discovered military equipment, bomb-making instruction manuals, and at least one explosive device in the area. At a separate location, the military says forces also found five disused rocket launchers.

The IDF says combat engineers recently demolished a four-kilometer-long Hamas tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the military, the tunnel contained weapons and included several rooms used by terrorists. Demolition work began about a year ago and was completed in recent days.

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The Satmar Rebbe issued a dramatic and unprecedented directive on Motzei Shabbos to all his chassidim in Israel—banning them from protests following the recent killings of two young bochurim, Yosef Eisenthal, z’l, and Naftali Tzvi Kramer, z’l, by Israeli bus drivers during or after protests. During a chizzuk talk by the Rebbe at his vacation […]

Over 30,000 people were killed on the streets of Iran in just two days—January 8 and 9, two officials from Iran’s Ministry of Health told TIME magazine. TIME spoke with researchers who estimated that the closest precedent to so many people slaughtered in 48 hours may be the Babi Yar massacre near Kyiv on September […]

Trump threatens to impose 100% tariff if Canada makes deal with China * President Donald Trump warned Canada that the U.S. would impose 100% tariff if Prime Minister Mark Carney made a trade deal with China. * Trump suggested that China would try to use Canada to try to avoid paying U.S. tariffs. * “If Governor […]

At least 67 people have died in Pakistan’s Gul Plaza fire, with witness accounts and documents suggesting ignored safety warnings and a delayed fire brigade response

German authorities arrested a 36-year-old Lebanese citizen at Berlin airport on suspicion of acting on behalf of Hamas and being involved in acquiring ammunition intended for attacks targeting Israeli/Jewish targets across Europe.

CHIEF O’HARA: “We have identified this person, a 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets & we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry”

MAYOR FREY: “I just saw a video of more than six masked agents pummeling one of our constituents & shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?”

Hennepin County, MN Sheriff requests assistance from the Minnesota National Guard

Gov. Walz calls on Trump to halt ICE operations in Minnesota after another fatal shooting * “Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wrote in a post on X. * Minneapolis Police Chief Brian […]

NEW: NYC Mayor Mamdani issues statement following the fatal shooting in Minneapolis “Abolish ICE.”

Israeli intelligence helped the U.S. obtain unequivocal evidence that Iran carried out mass executions of protesters, contradicting assurances given to President Trump. * Trump had delayed a strike on Iran after receiving commitments that more than 800 protest-related detainees would not be executed, the report said. * Additional intelligence showed protesters were killed by live […]