Month January 2023
South Korea confirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in U.S. nuclear weapons management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises. The… Continue Reading →
DETROIT (AP) — Shares of Tesla tumbled Tuesday on the first full day of trading since the company announced 2022 delivery numbers that fell short of targets. The electric vehicle and solar panel maker’s stock was down almost 13% in… Continue Reading →
I am writing to you with a heavy heart, as my beloved father is facing an unimaginable struggle. His spine is injured and his kidneys are blocked due to a severe car accident. Causing him to experience unbearable pain that… Continue Reading →
I am writing to you with a heavy heart, as my beloved father is facing an unimaginable struggle. His spine is injured and his kidneys are blocked due to a severe car accident. Causing him to experience unbearable pain that… Continue Reading →
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A criminology graduate student arrested for the November slayings of four University of Idaho students agreed Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was taken into custody last week, to face charges in Idaho. Bryan… Continue Reading →
Two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state, attacks that left thousands without power over the holidays, and one suspect told authorities they did it so they could break into a business and steal… Continue Reading →
A man who opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a rush-hour attack that shocked New York City, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal terrorism charges. Frank James, who had posted online that he was… Continue Reading →
Forty-seven. That’s how many days of child care Kathryn Anne Edwards’ 3-year-old son has missed in the past year. RSV, COVID-19 and two bouts of the dreaded preschool scourge of hand, foot and mouth disease struck one after another. The… Continue Reading →
What are most teenage girls busy with? School. Friends. Shopping. Talking on the phone. But one 14-year-old girl was suddenly torn from this rosy, idyllic world, and thrust into an ocean of pain, fear, illness and agony. What can you… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed in two rounds of voting to become House speaker Tuesday, a historic defeat with no clear way out as House Republicans dug in for a long, messy start for the new Congress…. Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a rush-hour attack that shocked New York City, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal terrorism charges. Frank James, who had posted… Continue Reading →
In the wake of the fall of a Sefer Torah on Shabbos morning in Yeshivas Ponevezh, the Roshei Yeshivah established a day of teshuvah and hissorerus on Thursday as outlined in a letter published in the yeshivah on Tuesday morning…. Continue Reading →
Three members of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of Shas convened late Monday night in a meeting that was not coordinated with Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, the first such meeting of its kind. Deri only found out about the meeting, which… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court Tuesday to charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform. Bankman-Fried, 30, is accused of illegally diverting massive sums… Continue Reading →
Thousands of children from across Eretz Yisroel gathered in the main Gerrer beis medrash in Yerushalayim in the waning hours of Chanukah – after Mincha of Zos Chanukah— to depart from the yom tov of light with the fire of… Continue Reading →
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com At the end of the 19th century, a girls’ cheder was established by Rebbitzen Malka (Malka the Rabbi’s wife) in Mir. The girls’ cheder taught the girls of the town to read and write,… Continue Reading →
An estimated $785 million Mega Millions jackpot set for Tuesday night will give lottery players a chance to start the new year with a lucrative bang. The big prize is the sixth-largest jackpot in U.S. history and has grown so… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (JNS) – The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee has increased the country’s interest rate to 3.75%—representing a 0.5% rise, the central bank’s largest since 2008. “Inflation in Israel is 5.3% over the past 12 months,” the Bank of Israel… Continue Reading →
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt a historic defeat in first-round voting Tuesday to become House speaker, vowing to try again but sending the new Congress into opening day tumult as conservative colleagues opposed his leadership. McCarthy had pledged a… Continue Reading →
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt a historic defeat in first-round voting Tuesday to become House speaker, vowing to try again but sending the new Congress into opening day tumult as conservative colleagues opposed his leadership. McCarthy had pledged a… Continue Reading →
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt a historic defeat in first-round voting Tuesday to become House speaker, vowing to try again but sending the new Congress into opening day tumult as conservative colleagues opposed his leadership. McCarthy had pledged a… Continue Reading →