Federal officials announced Thursday that they have filed 109 hate crime charges against the 19-year-old man accused of opening fire in a Southern California synagogue.
Prosecutors say the gunman, identified as John T.
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As YWN reported earlier this week, a Hasidic Williamsburg man was punched in the face in an anti-Semitic attack. Now the NYPD is releasing footage of the suspectes as well as additional details.
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The European Union on Thursday urged Iran to respect the international agreement curbing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions, and added that the bloc aims to continue trading with the country despite U.S.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has canceled a visit to Greenland to return to Washington amid an escalation of tensions with Iran.
Pompeo had been due to wrap up a trip to Europe on Thursday with a stop in Greenland aimed at promoting the Trump administration’s Arctic policies.

Last year’s tumble for the stock market wasn’t enough to scare workers off of saving for retirement. Instead, many ended up saving more.
Even after a nearly 20% plunge for the S&P 500 rattled nerves at the close of 2018, workers upped their contributions into 401(k) accounts in the ensuing months.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators are to resume trade talks Thursday just hours before the United States is set to raise tariffs on Chinese imports in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the Democrats’ extraordinary legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report .
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The Kanievsky name is one of Torah royalty. The Steipler Gaon, Rav Yaakov Yisroel Kanievsky, was an unmatched Torah genius. His son, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, the gadol hador, is renowned for his grasp of kol haTorah kulah and for serving as the address for virtually every Klal Yisroel need today, both for the klal and the yochid.

A group of Yeshiva students posing for a class photo were the victims of the latest hate incident in NYC.
On Wednesday (May 8), the students and faculty of Mesivta Shaarei Chaim were posing for a group photo in front of the yeshiva, which is housed at the Young Israel of Far Rockaway, located at 716 Beach 9th Street.

Four people were killed and 10 injured after a minibus collided with a guardrail on Highway 443 near Mevo Modiin on Thursday. It happened near the Shilat Junction, as the van was reportedly making its way to Jerusalem.
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