Month May 2021
Thanks to incredible NYPD Detective work, one out of three suspects in hate crimes that occurred in Boro Park and Flatbush this past Shabbos have been taken into custody. Highly credible sources told YWN that one of the suspects turned… Continue Reading →
The National Insurance Institute proposed on Tuesday to offer financial compensation of 100,000 shekels ($30,865) to each of the families of the 45 people who died in the Meron disaster,… Read more » The post Compensation Plan Offered for Families… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration says many American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from abroad on that document until the end of year. Citing delays… Read more » The post U.S. Allows Americans With Expired… Continue Reading →
Jordan’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the Israeli ambassador in Amman to convey a strong protest over the detention of two Jordanian citizens in Israel. The Jordanians… Read more » The post Amman Summons Israeli Ambassador Over… Continue Reading →
The Biden administration will ask the U.S. Congress for $75 million development and economic assistance for Palestinians, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday, and added that Washington will… Read more » The post White House Will Ask Congress… Continue Reading →
The District of Columbia has sued Amazon, accusing the online retail giant of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of sellers on its platform. The practices have raised prices for consumers… Read more » The post DC Files Antitrust Case vs… Continue Reading →
Tom Nides, the managing director and vice chairman of Morgan Stanley, has accepted U.S. President Joe Biden’s nomination to be his ambassador to Israel, according to media reports on Tuesday.… Read more » The post Biden Makes His Pick for… Continue Reading →
A mysterious air base is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world’s crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and commercial cargo. While no country has claimed the Mayun Island air base… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. housing market has gotten so out of whack, with demand far outpacing supply, that prices have risen to record levels and roughly half of all U.S. houses are selling for above their list price. Data… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders forcefully condemned GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday, calling her comments comparing House COVID-19 safety rules like mask-wearing to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany “appalling.” The freshman Georgia congresswoman’s comments belittled… Continue Reading →
The Veretzky Rebbe From Eretz Yisroel will arrive in Lakewood today, the first time since the start of Covid. Upon his arrival and until Thursday, the Rebbe will be at the home of R’ Baruch Gedalia Rieder, and from 4:30… Continue Reading →
New Jersey will lift its indoor mask mandate for people vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning on Friday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday. The announcement comes about a week after Murphy, a Democrat, rejected similar mask guidance from the Centers for Disease… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says many American citizens holding recently expired U.S. passports will be allowed to return home from abroad on that document until the end of year. Citing delays in passport renewals caused by the coronavirus… Continue Reading →
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said he had been informed in prison about three new criminal investigations against him, according to a post on his Instagram account published on Tuesday. Navalny… Read more » The post Jailed Navalny Says Russia has… Continue Reading →
The United States called on Tuesday for international experts to be allowed to evaluate the source of the coronavirus and the “early days of the outbreak” in a second phase… Read more » The post U.S. Calls for ‘Transparent’ New… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, the New Jersey State Police joined various law enforcement partners across the region to kick off the 2021 “Click It or Ticket” campaign. This year, the campaign began with troopers teaming up with agencies in Pennsylvania, New York, and… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It happened in Massachusetts in a store called “Lucky Spot.” A woman, Lea Rose Fiega, had tried to throw out a lottery ticket worth $1 million but had thought that it was a loser. … Continue Reading →
Indiana’s governor is traveling to Israel in the wake of the cease-fire to the 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s leaders of the Hamas terror group. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office announced Tuesday morning he would be in Israel Tuesday and… Continue Reading →
DALLAS (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was assaulted by a passenger and lost two teeth in the attack last weekend, according to a union president, who complained to the airline’s CEO about unruly passengers. “Unfortunately, this is just… Continue Reading →
World powers were set to open a fifth round of talks Tuesday with Iran aimed at bringing the United States back into the landmark 2015 nuclear deal meant to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining an atomic bomb. The talks… Continue Reading →