Family Of Hanukkah Attack Victim Calls For End Of Hatred
NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of a man gravely wounded in an attack on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City made an emotional plea Thursday to end hatred and anti-Semitism,...
Esper Says Iran May Be Planning More Attacks On US Interests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, and the U.S. is prepared to take preemptive military action if ...
Conservatives Seek Immediate Purge Of Voters In Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm on Thursday asked a judge to find the Wisconsin Elections Commission in contempt and fine its members $2,000 a day until it immediately...
‘No Hate, No Fear’ Solidarity March To Take Place Sunday In New York
NEW YORK (VINnews) — In the wake of the brutal attacks in Jersey City and Monsey as well as the rise in anti-semitic attacks in Brooklyn, a special solidarity march will take place...
Monsey Attacker’s Mother Claims He Used To Be A Shabbos Goy In Crown Heights
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Grafton Thomas, the man who stands accused of attacking Jews attending a Chanukah party in Monsey last Saturday night, was no stranger to Orthodox Jews and eve...
Monsey Stabber: A Halachic Analysis
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com
He had an 18 inch Ozark Trail machete, and he tried murdering Jews. Grafton Thomas is also 6”5 and over 200 pounds. The journals that Thomas...
Illinois Sees First Legal Sales Of Recreational Marijuana
CHICAGO (AP) — The sale of marijuana for recreational purposes became legal Wednesday in Illinois to the delight of pot fans — many who began lining up hours early at dispensaries....
Rudy Giuliani To Mayor de Blasio: ‘You’re Responsible’ For Anti-Semitic Attacks
NEW YORK (VINnews) — During an appearance on on WOR AM radio's "The Answer", former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was asked about the recent uptick in ant-Semitic attacks on New Yor...
Cheers, Tears, Prayers For 2020: A New Decade Is Ushered In
NEW YEARS (AP) — Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of cours...
Holocaust Education Planned After WV Jail Guard Nazi Salute
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — West Virginia plans to begin training its corrections department staff about the Holocaust after a photograph of correction officer cadets giving Nazi sal...
Bret Stephens Under Fire For NY Times Column On Jewish Intelligence
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York Times columnist Bret Stephens came under fire on social media for an op ed in which he wrote that Ashkenazi Jews are more intelligent than other people an...
Biden Questioned About Sharing 2020 Ticket With Republican
EXETER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden entertained the idea of choosing a Republican as a 2020 running mate as he campaigned Monday — though he conceded he didn't have...
Firearms Instructor Took Out Gunman At Texas Church Service [VIDEO]
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — A man who trained others in his Texas church to use guns to protect the congregation fatally shot a gunman seconds after he opened fire during a serv...
Al Sharpton Gathers Black Leaders For Meeting With NY Rabbi In Wake Of Monsey Attack
NEW YORK (JTA) — A group of African-American clergy and civil rights leaders gathered by the Rev. Al Sharpton met with a New York rabbi in the wake of the attack on Jews in Monsey....
Federal Prosecutors Charge Monsey Stabbing Suspect With Hate Crime
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A handwritten journal containing references to Jews and anti-Semitism were found in the home of a man charged with federal hate crimes Monday in the stabbing of...
Pompeo To Visit Ukraine As Senate Weighs Impeachment Trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump's impeachment.
As the ...
Governor Cuomo Directs State Police Hate Crimes Task Force To Investigate Stabbing At Synagogue In Rockland County
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Gov. Cuomo has directed the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the Monsey Chanukah stabbing attack.
The governor has released the following statemen...
‘Tough Year’ For Measles And Other Infectious Diseases In US
This year, the germs roared back.
Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased.
And that was just the United States.
Globall...
Wawa Facing Lawsuits Over Data Breach At All Of Its Stores
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its 850 locations along the East Coast.
Wawa Inc. discovered m...
Los Angeles Prosecutors Reviewing 8 Cases Against Weinstein
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing eight cases accusing disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, an official said Thursday.
The Los Ange...