Month June 2019
Seattle – On a muggy spring morning, Seattle City Council candidate Pat Murakami weaves through front yards and porches, knocking on doors in a gritty but gentrifying neighborhood. It’s a tradition for political hopefuls. And for Murakami, a two-time council… Continue Reading →
Bahrain has agreed to allow a delegation of Israeli journalists to cover next week’s economic workshop in the capital Manama, at the behest of the United States. Six representatives from… Read more » The post Israeli Journalists to be Allowed… Continue Reading →
An emaciated polar bear has been sighted in a Russian industrial city in Siberia, far south of its normal hunting grounds. Emergency officials in the city of Norilsk in a… Read more » The post Polar Bear Spotted in Russian… Continue Reading →
The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday but signaled that it’s prepared to start cutting rates if needed to protect the U.S. economy from trade conflicts and… Read more » The post Fed Leaves Its Key Rate… Continue Reading →
Washington – Airline union leaders and a famed former airline pilot said Wednesday that Boeing made mistakes while developing the 737 Max, and the biggest was not telling anybody about new flight-control software so that pilots could train for it…. Continue Reading →
Approximately 200 Israeli Shuvu boys joined together for a gala bar mitzvah in Jerusalem, enjoying festive celebrations, heartwarming live music and Divrei Torah from luminaries of the Torah world. Among the most touching moments of the joyous event was when… Continue Reading →
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they have recorded singing by a rare right whale for the first time. Researchers used moored acoustic recorders to capture patterned… Read more » The post Biologists Record Singing by Rare… Continue Reading →
A former high school student severely burned when a chemistry class experiment went horrifically wrong testified at a civil trial that he remembered feeling the fire eat away at his… Read more » The post Former Student Burned in Class… Continue Reading →
Caracas – The Simon Wiesenthal Center is looking into whether or not Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has been trafficking Nazi gold that includes ingots made from fillings taken from Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The Center said in a statement… Continue Reading →
Investigators have found that problems with a fire truck basket apparently led to a New York City firefighter’s fatal fall in April 2017. The fire department’s Safety Investigation Team released its undated findings this month in William Tolley’s death. Read… Continue Reading →
A man robbed a bank on 12 Avenue and West 29 Street on Wednesday afternoon, and the NYPD moved fast to apprehend him. The man apparently fled with a “dye pack” from the bank that was being tracked. Read more… Continue Reading →
KIDDUSH HASHEM: 3rd Grade Yeshiva Boys Thank FDNY For Heroic Actions At Flatbush Arson Fire [PHOTOS]
The 3rd grade class at Yeshiva Ateret Torah (boys) made a Kiddush Hashem on Wednesday. Their Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Ozeri, took the entire class to see the three burned homes that were torched in an arson fire. Read more on… Continue Reading →
New York – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday called on his Democratic presidential rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to apologize for remarks he made on Tuesday about his time working civilly with white supremacists serving… Continue Reading →
A crop-dusting plane crashed in northern Israel on Wednesday morning at about 6:30AM. The incident occurred near Kibbutz Beit HaShita, and B’chasdei Hashem, the 67-year-old male pilot escaped without only light injury. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A man armed with a knife was apprehended after crossing into Israel from Jordan on Tuesday, in the Aravah area. The suspect was taken into custody by security officials and he will be questioned towards determining if he crossed into… Continue Reading →
The intersection of Ridge Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue is finally open – after about three months of work. The construction job opened a turning lane from both New Hampshire Avenue and Ridge Avenue to allow for a smoother traffic… Continue Reading →
Signs that the Blue and White party may be coming apart emerged on Wednesday in local media reports on a move by MK Moshe Yaalon to oust MK Yair Lapid.… Read more » The post Report: Yaalon Wants Lapid Out… Continue Reading →
A man was arrested and charged for an attempted luring of a teen Lakewood girl, police say. On Tuesday, the Lakewood Police Department received a call for service in reference to a male in a blue pickup truck that attempted… Continue Reading →
Washington – Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks is refusing to answer questions related to her time in the White House in an interview with the House Judiciary Committee, dimming Democrats’ chances of obtaining new or substantive information about… Continue Reading →
A push to legalize recreational marijuana in New York state has failed after state leaders did not reach a consensus on several key details in the final days of the… Read more » The post Push to Legalize Recreational Marijuana… Continue Reading →
California public health officials would have oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a legislative compromise announced Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the bill’s author disclosed the deal aimed at cracking down on… Continue Reading →