Month March 2019
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and fellow Democrats who control the Legislature have reached a deal to make New York the third state with a ban on single-use plastic grocery bags as they worked to finalize budget agreements, officials said Friday. Read… Continue Reading →
New York – Cities around the world were marking Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights at 8:30 p.m. local time in a call for global action on climate change. Earth Hour, spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund, calls… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S.… Read more » The post Judge Restores Obama-Era Drilling Ban… Continue Reading →
Several New York City bridges are going to start charging more starting Sunday and one will become the most expensive in the nation. The Verrazano-Narrow Bridge will be $19, about $12 with an EZ Pass, an increase for a daily… Continue Reading →
Five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military announced, following a day of mass protests that saw Israeli troops kill four Palestinians near… Read more » The post Rockets From Gaza Hit Israel;… Continue Reading →
Palm Beach, FL – President Donald Trump said Saturday a Navy SEAL charged with murder in the stabbing of an Iraqi war prisoner will be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits trial. Trump said in a tweet that… Continue Reading →
Seattle, WA – The security chief for Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Saturday that the Saudi government had access to Bezos’ phone and gained private information from it. Gavin De Becker, a longtime security consultant, said he had… Continue Reading →
Israel,Gaza Border – Five rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military announced, following a day of mass protests that saw Israeli troops kill four Palestinians near the territory’s border. The rocket attack threatens… Continue Reading →
Afghanistan’s vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, escaped unhurt from an attack that killed one of his bodyguards on Saturday, dodging death for the second time since returning from exile last… Read more » The post Afghan Vice President Narrowly Escapes… Continue Reading →
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaGaon HaRav Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, the Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak. He was 84. He was Niftar on Motzei Shabbos at Laniado Hospital in Netanya. Read more on Yeshiva World… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to close the U.S. border with Mexico next week, potentially disrupting millions of legal border crossings and billions of dollars in trade, if Mexico… Read more » The post Trump Threatens Closure of U.S.-Mexico… Continue Reading →
A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation will be sent to Congress by mid-April and will not be shared with the White House beforehand,… Read more » The post Barr: Redacted Mueller Report Could… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Bnei Brak’s Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau passed away Saturday evening at the age of 82. Rabbi Landau was hospitalized earlier this week, after being diagnosed with an infection. Rabbi Landau, who succeeded his father as Bnei Brak’s… Continue Reading →
Some 40,000 Gaza Arabs rioted along the security fence Shabbos, but the IDF termed the situation “manageable,” as Hamas terrorist commandos kept rioters away from the fence itself. The “orderly”… Read more » The post IDF: Hamas Kept Riots Under… Continue Reading →
The Torah world was plunged into mourning on Motzoei Shabbos with the petirah of Hagaon Harav Moishe Yehudah Leib Landau, zt”l, Rav of Bnei Brak for over 30 years, after… Read more » The post BD”E: Harav Moishe Landau, Zt”l,… Continue Reading →
Following the Earth Day protests in Gaza where some 30,000 Gazans protested at the Israeli border, Israel agreed to open the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings to trucks bringing supplies into Gaza as well as extend the fishing area for… Continue Reading →