Month July 2022

Inflation is raging. The stock market is tumbling and interest rates rising. American consumers are depressed and angry. Economists warn of potentially dark times ahead. But employers? They just keep hiring. The Labor Department reported Friday that America’s dinged and… Continue Reading →

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone arrived Friday on Capitol Hill for a private interview with the Jan. 6 committee about his role in trying to prevent then-President Donald Trump from challenging the 2020 presidential election and joining the violent… Continue Reading →

The U.S. will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including four more advanced rocket systems, a senior defense official said Friday, in an effort to bolster Ukrainian efforts to strike deeper behind Russian frontlines in the eastern… Continue Reading →

Prime Minister Yair Lapid called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, the first time since 2017 that an Israeli prime minister spoke with the Palestinian Authority’s chairman. The call came amid preparations for US President Joe Biden’s visit to the… Continue Reading →

Production of baby formula has resumed at the Abbott Nutrition factory in Michigan whose February shutdown over contamination contributed to a national shortage, a company spokesman said. Damage from severe thunderstorms including flooding had forced the Sturgis plant to halt… Continue Reading →

A fire broke out on Motzei Shabbos in an apartment on Rechov Avi Ezri in Modiin Illit. The apartment owner told firefighters that the fire broke out after a Molotov cocktail was thrown through his window. Fire and rescue teams… Continue Reading →

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death Saturday at a New York City subway station, police said. Officers responding to a call of a crime in progress found the teen with a stab wound to the abdomen around 3 p.m…. Continue Reading →

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Grand Rapids, officials said. Around 10:15 p.m. Friday, the flight from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago bound for Buffalo, New York, alerted Gerald R. Ford International Airport about possible smoke in… Continue Reading →

The following is a brief Q&A session with Rabbi Shai Markowitz; an active member of the Agudah staff. Since the start of the Vaad Hatzalah, Rabbi Markowitz has been in constant communication with communities in Ukraine and across Europe as… Continue Reading →

The following is a brief Q&A session with Rabbi Shai Markowitz; an active member of the Agudah staff. Since the start of the Vaad Hatzalah, Rabbi Markowitz has been in constant communication with communities in Ukraine and across Europe as… Continue Reading →

The U.S. dollar has been surging so much that it’s nearly equal in value to the euro for the first time in 20 years. That trend, though, threatens to hurt American companies because their goods become more expensive for foreign… Continue Reading →

A federal appeals court on Friday narrowed the range of documents House Democrats are entitled to in their years-long investigation of Donald Trump’s finances. The decision from the federal appeals court in Washington almost certainly won’t be the last word… Continue Reading →

In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter. Scientists are pretty sure the invisible stuff makes… Continue Reading →

Elon Musk’s tumultuous $44 billion bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse — after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter’s board Friday saying he is terminating the acquisition. Twitter did not immediately respond to a… Continue Reading →

A young child was pulled from a swimming pool in Fallsburg on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred at around 3:45PM at Harmony Estates on Laurel Avenue. Catskills Hatzolah responded to the scene, and initially requested a chopper to airlift the… Continue Reading →

Election officials preparing for the upcoming midterms face a myriad of threats, both foreign and domestic, as they look to protect voting systems and run a smooth election while fighting a wave of misinformation that has been undermining public confidence… Continue Reading →

Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in eastern Ukraine as the Russian military attempts to reassemble its forces for what it hopes could prove decisive new assault on its neighbor. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned menacingly… Continue Reading →