Yeshiva World News

Forecasters say New York City may see 1 to 3 inches of snow from Motzei Shabbos into Sunday, potentially marking the first accumulating snowfall of the winter season.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence, saying the burgeoning industry is at risk of being stifled by a patchwork of onerous rules while in a battle with Chinese competitors for supremacy. Members of Congress from both parties, as well as civil liberties and consumer […]

President Trump has officially pardoned Tina Peters for her actions tied to attempts to “expose voter fraud” following the 2020 election. Peters remains in the custody of the State of Colorado, and because her convictions involve state—not federal—charges, her release now depends on action by Colorado’s governor.

Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro erupted in fury after U.S. forces seized a massive oil tanker off the country’s coast, calling the operation an act of “piracy” and urging citizens to prepare to “kick in the teeth” of the United States. The dramatic raid, carried out by elite U.S. Coast Guard tactical teams, was captured on […]

Footage released by the IDF shows the moment two terrorists were shot in Chevron after attempting to ram IDF forces in the area a few days ago.

NYPD Det. First Grade Michael Greaney heroically saved a choking infant Wednesday morning on the Bronx River Parkway after spotting a car speeding on the shoulder. The frantic driver told him, “My baby’s choking,” prompting Greaney to grab the infant and perform back blows until her airway cleared.

A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby houses. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said. Dramatic video footage showed a home in the Hayward area sitting under a blue […]

Chiddushim on Maseches Kesuvos regarding one who donates his wife’s earnings to hekdesh, in the handwriting of the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Av Beis Din of Pozna.

Likud MK Avichai Boaron and the Lavi organization submitted an urgent petition to the Supreme Court on Thursday morning against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and Police Chief Dani Levy, demanding the launch of a criminal investigation against Baharav-Miara on suspicions of fraud, breach of trust, and the obstruction of investigative procedures in the case of […]

Over ten thousand members of London’s chasidic kehillos gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Israeli Embassy to protest Israel’s proposed draft law currently under discussion in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. The event brought together a broad coalition of kehillos, including Satmar, Ger, Belz, Vizhnitz, Boyan, Bobov, Chernobyl, and others. For many of these […]

A Hamas-aligned cyber-espionage group has dramatically expanded its intelligence-gathering campaign across the Middle East, deploying newly engineered malware and conducting hands-on intrusions inside government and diplomatic networks, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks. The group, known as Ashen Lepus, has operated since 2018 but intensified its activity throughout the Israel-Hamas war and continued […]

When Yad L’Achim came to David Altshuler of the Jewish Ad Group (JAG) with a bold Chanukah raffle idea, nobody expected what happened next! The entire campaign sold out, every ticket, in under three days! This wasn’t luck. And it definitely wasn’t “just another raffle.” This was a full-throttle, all-systems-go campaign built, branded, and executed […]

Tehran is demanding that the United Nations step in after what it describes as a “tightening of restrictions” on Iran’s diplomatic mission in New York, escalating a rapidly worsening standoff between Washington and the Islamic Republic. In a sharply worded statement Thursday, Iran’s foreign ministry condemned a U.S. decision to block three employees of its […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that negotiators are wrestling with the question of territorial possession in U.S.-led peace talks on ending the war with Russia, including the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, one of the world’s 10 biggest atomic plants. Zelenskyy revealed details of the ongoing discussions before he […]

China would likely defeat U.S. forces in a war over Taiwan, according to a top-secret Pentagon assessment that has rattled senior national security officials and raised urgent questions about Washington’s ability to deter Beijing in the Western Pacific. The highly classified “Overmatch Brief,” first reported by The New York Times, warns that America’s reliance on […]

Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have held advanced internal discussions about imposing terrorism-related sanctions on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the talks. UNRWA operates in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, running schools, clinics, food distribution centers, and emergency shelters. […]

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week, though it remains relatively near its low point so far this year. The uptick brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.22% from 6.19% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.6%. Borrowing costs on 15-year […]

Likud MK Tally Gotliv, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, announced on Thursday that a senior Shin Bet official sent an officer to meet with a senior Hamas figure on October 6, 2023, about eight hours before the October 7 massacre began. Her statement follows reports about two senior Shin Bet […]

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the nation’s financial stability, by advocating for looser regulations. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a U.S. body created in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, monitors risks to the financial system and coordinates regulators’ approaches to overseeing the U.S. […]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered an unusually blunt warning Wednesday: America’s job market may be far weaker than the official numbers suggest. In his post-meeting press conference, Powell said Fed staff believe government data may be overstating monthly job creation by as many as 60,000 jobs. Since published figures show the economy adding roughly […]