Month June 2019
We regret to inform you of the Petirah of Reb Dovid Tuvia Smith Z”L, who was Niftar today. He was 82. Reb Dovid Tuvia Z”L, of Boro Park, is the father of Reb Shalom (writer), Reb Zev (speaker), Mrs. Feureisen,… Continue Reading →
Washington – The SEC recently passed new regulations it says will ensure that brokers act in their clients’ “best interest.” But what does that mean for you? THE RULE Brokers and advisers must disclose information about fees, costs and potential… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Census Bureau is using new high-tech tools to help get an accurate population count next year as its faces challenges tallying people of color who live in remote places and can be wary of the federal government. Read… Continue Reading →
Click here to donate! I am collecting for my mother in law who just lost her husband, R’ Yitzchok Siegel. He was a big tzaddik and a big Anav never spoke ill of anyone he had sterling middos just a… Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court on Monday struck a section of a 1980s law that allows prosecutors to seek stiffer penalties for violent crimes involving firearms, finding the provision does not give… Read more » The post Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down… Continue Reading →
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the federal government must pay insurers $12 billion under an Obamacare program aimed at encouraging them to cover previously uninsured… Read more » The post Supreme Court Takes Up insurers’… Continue Reading →
A major telephone outage took down the Dutch emergency number for more than three hours Monday, forcing police and other first responders to scramble to set up alternatives. KPN tweeted at around 7:40 p.m. Read more on Yeshiva World News
An Oklahoma judge on Monday approved a revised $85 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd resolving claims by the state’s attorney general that the drugmaker helped fuel the U.S.… Read more » The post Oklahoma Judge Approves Teva’s $85… Continue Reading →
Concord, NH – The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion… Continue Reading →
Senator Felder and Assemblymember Paulin proposed legislation (S6226/A8146) requiring the NYS Health Department to create a Crohn’s and Colitis identification card. Passed unanimously by the Senate, the bill addresses the difficulty people encounter when exercising their right to access a… Continue Reading →
In a wide-ranging interview with Globes published on Monday, a Saudi Arabian diplomat said that the U.S. peace plan will lead to a Palestinian state, and that the economic package… Read more » The post Saudi Diplomat Chides Palestinians for… Continue Reading →
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is meeting this week with Sept. 11 first responders following withering criticism from Jon Stewart that Congress had failed to ensure that a victims’ compensation… Read more » The post McConnell to Meet 9/11 Responders… Continue Reading →
New York – Walgreens is making it easier for customers to dispose of unused drugs safely. The drugstore chain said Monday that it will offer at several thousand stores packets that customers can use to turn medications into a useless… Continue Reading →
Craving a Slurpee from 7-Eleven but you’re stuck in the park? Not to worry: The convenience-store chain is launching a service that lets customers order everything from its famed frozen drink to a battery charger and have it delivered to… Continue Reading →
An IDF training exercise in northern Israel had to be stopped recently when a communications foul-up sent a commando unit into a live-fire zone where they were almost hit by… Read more » The post IDF Investigates Friendly-Fire Incident appeared… Continue Reading →
This video is simply shocking. As YWN has been reporting, there has been Hafganos in Kikar Shabbos and the Bar Ilan intersection in Yerushalahim on Monday afternoon and evening. Read more on Yeshiva World News
The latest reported Chilul Shabbos in Jerusalem took place on Beit HaDfus Street in the Givat Shaul area of the holy capital, adjacent to the chareidi neighborhood of Har Nof. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Washington – The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum reiterated a strong rejection of analogies to the Holocaust in the wake of the debate surrounding the term “concentration camps” sparked by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. The museum “unequivocally rejects efforts to create… Continue Reading →
A bill to create a New York state Crohn’s and Colitis identification card passed the Senate last week but will have to wait until next year for a vote in… Read more » The post NYS Crohns and Colitis ID… Continue Reading →
Nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates have crisscrossed the country for six months selling their vision for the United States. But, on the eve of the first debates in the campaign , a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center… Continue Reading →
A vehicle once again decided to take the sidewalk in Boro Park. The latest incident happened on Monday at around noon on 51st Street between 15th and 16th Avenue. A local resident tells YWN that a vehicle was double-parked during… Continue Reading →