A senior diplomatic official expressed confidence that a deal to release the hostages held by Hamas could be reached in the near future. “If Hamas is interested in a deal, we can move forward. We have come a long way this time as well, there is potential for progress in the coming days,” the official […]
Radio recordings from Sergeant Major Mia Vialovo Polo, a surveillance post operator, have been released, shedding light on the initial minutes of the surprise Hamas attack on Israel. The recordings, published by Kan, capture the urgency and confusion as Vialovo Polo reports on the unfolding situation. At 6:30, she reports, “Diego station, we are tracking […]
U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.6% last year, but still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation’s roadways, according to full-year estimates by safety regulators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was the second year in a row that fatalities decreased. The agency also released final numbers for 2022 on Monday, saying that […]
The Israeli parliament’s passage of a law allowing the prime minister to shut down foreign news networks has raised concerns at the White House. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the issue during Monday’s press briefing, stating that the US values freedom of the press and supports the important work of journalists worldwide, including those reporting […]
Motorists crept along one lane of a scenic stretch of California’s iconic Highway 1 on Monday after a giant chunk of it collapsed into the ocean following heavy weekend rains, stranding as many as 1,600 people in the tiny coastal community of Big Sur. Convoys of vehicles resumed at 8 a.m. Monday for one lane […]
A truly dramatic event took place on Katzenelbogen Street at the residence of Maren Posak Hador HaGra’m Sternbuch Shlita, when the Rosh Hayeshiva Reb Sholom Ber Sorotzkin Shlita of “Ateres Shlomo” went to his residence to ask for an urgent bracha for one of the supporters of the Yeshiva who is in a difficult situation. […]
Russia’s top security agency said Monday it has broken up what it called a “terrorist cell” in southern Russia whose members had provided weapons and cash to suspected attackers of the Moscow concert hall. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said that on Sunday it detained four suspected members of the cell in the Russian […]
Almost a hundred parents of IDF commando soldiers in the Egoz Unit wrote an angry letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Hertzi HaLevi stating that their sons’ lives are being endangered due to orders not to harm buildings in Gaza donated by Qatar. ‘We are a group of parents of […]
Rabbi Yosef Klyne shares the deep impact of his brother in law, Rabbi Mendel Landa obm, who was niftar just a few days ago. At the young age of 32, Rabbi Landa’s heroic and genuine nature left a gaping void in the lives of thousands, particularly his dear family and young children. Please open your […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main channel leading to the vital port, officials said. Crews are undertaking the complicated work of removing […]
Yinon Magal, a popular Israeli journalist from the right-wing Channel 14 News announced on his show that he is launching a campaign to support the Torah world following the Supreme Court’s decision to freeze funding to yeshivos. He also said that he personally will support a yeshivah bochur and avreich. “I checked it out,” he […]
An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the ruling opened in the landmark federal law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. Democratic-led states have been taking matters into their own hands because national […]
A video showing a London police officer debating the offensiveness of swastikas with a woman during a pro-Palestinian rally has sparked widespread criticism on social media. The officer’s responses were met with disbelief and anger, as he seemed to downplay the symbol’s impact and suggested it needed “context.” “Under what context is a swastika not […]
HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein was sent a shaila about the Supreme Court’s decision to freeze funds to yeshivos beginning on Sunday. The shaila begins by saying that “unfortunately the situation of Am Yisrael is very difficult – both the war and the international outcry against us. But now we have another tzarah – the Supreme […]
Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are […]
A $1 billion Powerball jackpot will tempt lottery players Monday night who think they just might hit it rich after three months without a big winner. No one has won Powerball’s jackpot since New Year’s Day, a stretch of 38 consecutive drawings without anyone matching the game’s six numbers. If no one wins the jackpot […]
The Israeli Knesset has passed a law allowing the government to temporarily ban foreign news networks from operating in the country if deemed harmful to national security. The law, dubbed the “Al Jazeera law,” was praised by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. “There will be no freedom of speech for Hamas mouthpieces in Israel. Al Jazeera […]
United Airlines is asking its pilots to take time off in May because of delays in receiving new planes that the airline ordered from Boeing, which is struggling with production due to manufacturing problems. A United spokesperson said Monday that the offer is voluntary. “Due to the recent delays in Boeing deliveries, our forecasted (flight […]
UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service. The Atlanta shipping company said Monday that it had received an air cargo contract from the U.S. Postal Service that significantly expands an existing partnership between the two. UPS will move the majority of air cargo in the U.S. for the […]
The IDF just carried out an airstrike in Syria, which appears to be one of the most significant bombings in many years. Images and videos show the aftermath of the airstrike in Damascus just moments ago. The attack focused on a structure next door to the Iranian embassy in Mezzeh, a district within the Damascus […]
