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U.S. Airlines Cancel Hundreds of Flights After FAA Orders Reductions Amid Shutdown

U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown. Nearly 500 flights scheduled for Friday were already cut nationwide, and the number of cancellations climbed throughout Thursday afternoon, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight […]

Boeing Avoids Criminal Conviction in 737 Max Crash Case, Will Pay $1.1 Billion

Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people after a federal judge in Texas on Thursday granted the government’s request to dismiss the case. As part of a deal to drop the charge, the American aerospace company has agreed to pay or invest an additional […]

Eight Orphans in Beit Shemesh Have No Food at Home

Heartbreaking tragedy in Beit Shemesh: Rabbi Yaakov Steinberg zt”l, beloved Maggid Shiur, passed away suddenly at just 44 years old. Now, his *eight young children are left without a father — and their mother is struggling to provide even the most basic needs. *There’s no food in the house, no stability, no hope for tomorrow. […]

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund November SNAP Benefits Amid Shutdown

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. gave President Donald Trump’s administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, though it’s unlikely the 42 million […]

FAA Flight Cuts Threaten Freight Capacity During Peak Shipping Season

FAA flight cuts squeeze freight capacity in peak shipping season • U.S. logistics companies warned that the FAA’s decision to cut flight capacity at 40 major airports by 10% could markedly slow deliveries of airfreight right at the peak of the air shipping season. • The FAA says the slowdown is necessary because absences by […]

POTUS Says Flight Reductions Ensure Safety Amid Shutdown

REPORTER: “Are you at all concerned it might not be safe to fly right now?” POTUS: “No. That’s why they’re cutting…Sean Duffy announced they’re cutting 10%, they wanna make sure it’s 100% safe, that’s why they’re doing it.”

DC Sandwich Thrower Sean Dunn Acquitted of Assaulting Federal Agent

DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting federal agent • Former Department of Justice employee Sean Dunn was found not guilty of assaulting a federal agent whom he had thrown a Subway sandwich at on a street in Washington, D.C. • U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s prosecutors previously failed to get a grand […]

Yad Vashem: 5 Million Holocaust Victims Identified After Decades of Research

In a milestone nearly eight decades in the making, Yad Vashem announced that it has successfully recovered the names of five million Jews murdered in the Holocaust—an unprecedented effort to restore individual identity to victims whom the Nazis sought to erase from human memory. “Behind each name is a life that mattered,” said Dani Dayan, […]

KANYE WANTS MECHILA: Kanye West Meets Rabbi Pinto; Rapper Who Released “Heil Hitler” Song Blames His Antisemitism On Bipolar Disorder

In a totally bizarre meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, rapper Kanye West – who has made countless blatantly antisemitic statements, including releasing a song titled “Heil Hitler” – apologized for his actions, claiming that it is due to his suffering from bipolar disorder. In 2010, YWN reported that Pinto met with NBA player LeBron […]

Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Wins $10 Million Verdict Against Former School Administrator

A jury in Virginia on Thursday awarded $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student and later accused an ex-administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring repeated warnings that the child had a gun. The jury returned its decision against Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School in […]

Trump Urges Ending Filibuster to Pass Voter ID and Limit Mail-In Voting

TRUMP: “I think it’s time for them to end the filibuster and just put everybody back to work — vote in Voter ID, vote in no mail-in voting, except for military… There’s so many things we could put in… but to do that, you have to end the filibuster.”

The Battle Against Antisemitism Takes Center Stage at Dirshu Event

Trump’s Antisemitism Czar Mark Walker Meets with Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch and Attends Major Dirshu Event By Chaim Gold “First and foremost, we must call antisemitism by its name! we can’t let antisemites hide behind slogans and political terms. They must be called out. We also must be forceful in how we deal with hatred. […]

UPS Plane Crash to Cause Temporary Shipping Delays, Company Activates Contingency Plans

The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company’s global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least 12, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some shipping delays. But UPS says it has contingency plans in place, and experts say the impact should be cleared up before the peak holiday season. […]

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