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National Guard To Patrol New Orleans For New Year’s A Year After Deadly Attack

A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New Year’s celebrations a year after an attack on revelers on Bourbon Street killed 14 people, officials said Monday. The deployment in New Orleans follows high-profile National Guard missions the Trump administration […]

Yeshiva Bochur Tried To Register For Marriage And Discovered He’s Not Jewish

Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services held a professional conference last week for marriage registrars from across the country at the Givat Shmuel Religious Council. At the conference, an extraordinary case was presented to the participants, illustrating the heavy responsibility borne by the marriage registrars. A couple arrived to register for marriage according to halacha at […]

From Lunar Landings to Solar Eclipses, 2026 Will Be a Big Year for the Sky

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers including Jeff Bezos’ new supersized Blue Moon. A supermoon looms on Jan. 3 and an astronomical blue moon is on the books for […]

BREAKING: U.S. Forces Kill 2 Narco-Terrorists in Strike on Vessel in International Waters

On December 29, under the orders of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in international waters linked to Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence indicated the vessel was traveling along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and actively involved in drug-smuggling operations. Two male […]

U.S. Pledges $2 Billion for U.N. Aid as Trump Administration Pushes Major Reforms

The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to “adapt, shrink or die” in a time of new financial realities. The money is a small fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in […]

Russian-Occupied Mariupol Theater Reopens Three Years After Airstrike Killed Hundreds

A historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside. Moscow-installed authorities marked the rebuilding of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater with a gala concert on the building’s new main stage […]

TRAGEDY: Mr. Israel (Sol) Zaltz Z”L, 77, Killed In Devastating Five Towns Car Crash

YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic petirah of Israel (Sol) Zaltz Z”L, a resident of Cedarhurst, who was R”L killed in a devastating car accident in the Five Towns early Monday morning. He was 77 years old. As YWN previously reported, the niftar was critically injured when a vehicle slammed head-on into his […]

Iran Central Bank Governor Resigns As Protests Erupt Over Currency Drop

The head of Iran’s Central Bank resigned Monday as the biggest protests since 2022 erupted in Tehran and other cities after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low against the U.S. dollar. The resignation of Mohammad Reza Farzin was reported by state TV, as traders and shopkeepers rallied in Saadi Street in downtown […]

Trump Vents to Netanyahu on Hot Mic About Missing Nobel Peace Prize

Trump was caught on a hot mic venting to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he doesn’t get credit despite claiming he brokered eight peace deals, adding, “They gave the Nob— I did eight of them. How about India and Pakistan? So I did eight of them. […]

Trump Accuses Maduro of Sending Drugs and Criminals Into the U.S.

Trump on Maduro: “You have to understand what he’s done. They’ve sent billions of dollars of drugs in. But maybe just as bad, they’ve sent hundreds of thousands of people in — from jails, from prisons… the drug lords, the drug dealers.”

Trump Indicates The US “Hit” A Facility Tied To Alleged Drug Boats

President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered no other details. Trump made the comments in what seemed to be an impromptu radio interview Friday. The president, who called radio host John Catsimatidis during a program […]

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