Last year, around the end of the school year, one of my children asked what I thought was an appropriate way to show hakaras hatov to a child’s rebbi or morah. That question turned into a letter. So, as we approach Chanukah, I want to follow up. Chanukah is a time of light — ner […]
WATCH: Kīlauea roared back to life on Saturday as towering lava fountains — some shooting over 1,000 feet high — and thick ash plumes burst from Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Hawaiʻi’s Big Island.
A Queens man has been sentenced to two years in prison for a 2024 incident in which he stole two Israeli flags from a Long Island home and then assaulted the homeowner when confronted.
POTUS: I don’t want to give insurance companies any money. They’ve been ripping off the public for years. Obamacare was set up to take care of insurance companies, not to take care of Americans. I love the idea of money going directly to the people, not to insurance companies.
Israeli Yacht Missing — Search Underway in Mediterranean An Israeli yacht carrying four people disappeared in the Mediterranean after leaving Ashdod. * Contact was lost near Cyprus, prompting a large-scale international search and rescue operation involving Israeli, Greek, and Cypriot authorities. * The disappearance occurred during Storm Byron, which is currently bringing heavy rain, strong […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting federal officials from taking enforcement actions against immigrants near courthouses, in hospitals, on college campuses or in daycare facilities.
AN INSIDE JOB: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani defended appointing Mysonne Linen, a convicted armed robber, to his City Hall transition team, saying his team’s “experiences and analysis” will help “build a city for each and every person.”
President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens security after a man allegedly set a woman on fire inside a commuter train in November. Federal Transit Authority Administrator Marc Molinaro sent a letter Monday to Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker demanding the […]
The endless stream of AI-generated sludge — the jump-cut memes, the flashing edits, the weaponized dopamine loops — has become the default soundtrack of childhood. Now, scientists say the digital noise flooding kids’ phones, laptops, and TVs may be doing far worse than shortening attention spans: it may be contributing to a measurable rise in […]
President Donald Trump issued his most direct threat yet against Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, declaring in a newly released Politico interview that the dictator’s “days are numbered” and pointedly refusing to rule out deploying American ground forces to remove him. The hard-edged warning comes as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against South American drug […]
A U.S.-based Palestinian activist says Hamas deliberately hid tons of infant formula and children’s nutritional shakes in secret warehouses, even as Gazans faced some of the worst hunger conditions in years. Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a longtime critic of Hamas and an advocate for a two-state solution, posted footage on social media showing floor-to-ceiling stacks of […]
Amid a steady decline in K-12 enrollment, nearly 2,000 apartments were created from former school buildings across the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report by RentCafe. The report showed a 296% increase from 2023 to 2024 in school buildings converted into apartment complexes. Around 70% of these upcoming apartments are projected to come […]
Amid a national housing crisis, the Biden administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development produced guidelines encouraging property owners to forgo some fair housing practices to favor Afghan refugees, the Trump administration argues in a new directive terminating previous guidelines. The Center Square obtained a HUD directive from the Office of Fair Housing and Equal […]
