Month April 2019
Colombo – The U.S. had no prior knowledge of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka that killed over 350 people, the American ambassador said Wednesday, despite local claims that foreign officials had been warned an attack was looming. As the… Continue Reading →
A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball prize, the nation’s third-largest lottery jackpot, saying he “pretty much felt lucky” the day he bought his tickets and has been worried that people want to steal… Continue Reading →
Boeing is preparing to build F-15 fighter planes for the U.S. Air Force at its St. Louis County plant even though the military branch hasn’t bought the jet in over a decade. Read more on Yeshiva World News
President Donald Trump was seething. The FBI director, James Comey, had privately reassured him that he was not personally under investigation. But on May 3, 2017, when Comey was summoned to Capitol Hill to explain his handling of the Hillary… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – The Israeli military says its forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed two Israelis in a shooting and stabbing attack last month. Israel says 19-year-old Omar Abu Layla fatally stabbed a soldier and shot and… Continue Reading →
A gang of burglars broke into a Chabad house in Nairobi, Kenya on Chol Hamoed, assaulted the Shluchim working there and caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage, Ynet reported. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Samsung is pushing back this week’s planned public launch of its highly anticipated, $2000 folding phone after reports that reviewers’ phones were breaking. The company had been planning to release the Galaxy Fold on Friday, but instead it will now… Continue Reading →
A U.S. government watchdog agency has launched an investigation in the wake of an Associated Press report revealing complaints about how immigration authorities treated hunger strikers at a detention center in Texas. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Nairobi – A rabbi and his wife were injured in Kenya during a violent assault at their Jewish community center and synagogue in what they said was a robbery featuring anti-Semitism. Five men beat up Rabbi Shmuel Notik and his… Continue Reading →
A constituent tweets at the Brick Township NY Democrat Mayor John G. Ducey, about parks and beaches being “invaded by the Hasidic and Orthodox Jews and being ruined.” The Mayor responds about parks security but makes no mention of the… Continue Reading →
Many of the suicide bombers who killed more than 350 people in a series of coordinated Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were highly educated and came from well-off families, the junior defense minister said Wednesday. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
Some top Democrats vying for the White House in 2020 are clamoring for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, but many of their congressional colleagues — who would have to manage such efforts — are far more wary. Read more… Continue Reading →
The struggle between House Democrats and the Trump administration over investigations intensified Tuesday as a former White House official defied a subpoena and the Treasury Department ignored a deadline for providing President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
The post Hachnasas Sefer Torah in Memory of Bachur Killed at Levayah of Harav Wosner appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Large Crowd at Hachnasas Sefer Torah in Rishon Letzion Hachnasas Sefer Torah at Dovid Hamelech’s Kever Hachnasas Sefer… Continue Reading →
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at mustering international support while nuclear… Read more » The post N. Korea’s Kim Arrives for… Continue Reading →
Some 1,400 people visited Kever Yosef Tuesday night in honor of Chol Hamo’ed Pesach. They were accompanied security forces who fended off numerous Arab rioters who attempted to reach worshippers.… Read more » The post 1,400 People Daven at Kever… Continue Reading →
Iran is willing to negotiate with America only when the United States lifts pressure and apologizes, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to state media. Oil prices hit… Read more » The post Rouhani: Iran Will Negotiate –… Continue Reading →
The scale and sophistication of the attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday suggested the involvement of an external group such as Islamic State, the U.S. ambassador to… Read more » The post U.S. Ambassador: Foreign Groups Likely… Continue Reading →
The IDF demolished the home of Omar Abu-Leila, the terrorist who killed Harav Ahiad Ettinger, Hy”d, and IDF Officer Gal Keidan, Hy”d, in a terror attack near Ariel last month. Abu-Leila committed the… Read more » The post IDF Demolishes Home of Murderer… Continue Reading →
A Wisconsin mother of seven pleaded guilty Monday to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State group by distributing information online on how to make explosives and biological weapons. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Brooklyn, NY – Investors in the defunct billion-dollar hedge fund firm Platinum Partners had ample notice they might not get their money back, a lawyer for Platinum founder Mark Nordlicht told jurors on Tuesday, urging them to acquit his client… Continue Reading →