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[A Pentagon mystery: Why was Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospital stay kept secret for days?]( [A Pentagon mystery: Why was Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospital stay kept secret for days?]( (AP) — Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it. The Pentagon did not inform the White House National Security Council or […] [Read More »]( [Blinken Says Turkey Is Committed to a ‘Positive’ Role in Postwar Gaza as He Opens a Diplomatic Push]( [Blinken Says Turkey Is Committed to a ‘Positive’ Role in Postwar Gaza as He Opens a Diplomatic Push]( Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that Turkey is committed to playing “a positive, productive” role for postwar Gaza and prepared to use its influence in the region to prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from broadening even more. The latest Mideast mission by America’s top diplomat opened with talks in […] [Read More »]( [Federal Officials Ground Some Boeing 737 Max 9 Jetliners After Plane Suffers Blowout (VIDEO)]( [Federal Officials Ground Some Boeing 737 Max 9 Jetliners After Plane Suffers Blowout (VIDEO)]( – Federal officials on Saturday ordered the immediate grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners until they are inspected after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage. The required inspections take around four to eight hours per aircraft and affect about 171 […] [Read More »]( [Trump Downplays Jan. 6 on the Anniversary of the Capitol Siege and Calls Jailed Rioters ‘Hostages’]( [Trump Downplays Jan. 6 on the Anniversary of the Capitol Siege and Calls Jailed Rioters ‘Hostages’]( Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, campaigning in Iowa Saturday, marked the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by casting the migrant surge on the southern border as the “real” insurrection. Just over a week before the Republican nomination process begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses, Trump continued […] [Read More »]( [Residents Across Eastern US and New England Hunker Down as Snow, Ice, Freezing Rain Approach]( [Residents Across Eastern US and New England Hunker Down as Snow, Ice, Freezing Rain Approach]( (AP) — Residents across the eastern U.S., particularly in New England, are gassing up snow blowers, dusting off shovels and gearing up for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system bringing snow, freezing rain and ice bears down on the region. The system was expected to track along the northeastern coastline […] [Read More »]( [Bus Rollover Crash on Upstate New York Highway Leaves 1 Dead and a Dozen Injured]( [Bus Rollover Crash on Upstate New York Highway Leaves 1 Dead and a Dozen Injured]( GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — A bus rollover crash on an upstate New York highway Friday left one person dead and about a dozen passengers injured, according to police. The bus with 23 people on board was traveling south from Montreal, Canada, when it crashed on the Adirondack Northway in the town of Lake George […] [Read More »]( [Hezbollah Fires Missiles At Mt. Meron, IDF Strikes Rocket Launchers, Defense Systems]( [Hezbollah Fires Missiles At Mt. Meron, IDF Strikes Rocket Launchers, Defense Systems]( (VINnews) —The Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon fired a barrage of dozens of rockets into Israel on Saturday in a move it called “an initial response” to the alleged Israeli killing of Hamas terror chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanon last week. There were no reports of injuries. The Israel Defense Forces said that some […] [Read More »]( [IDF Names Soldier Who Fell In Northern Gaza Fighting]( [IDF Names Soldier Who Fell In Northern Gaza Fighting]( (VINnews) — BDE: The IDF announced Saturday night the name of a soldier who fell in the fighting in northern Gaza. The soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Roi Yohai Yosef Mordechai, was a member of the IDF’s Nahal Brigade. He was promoted posthumously from major to lieutenant colonel. Mordechai, a 31-year-old resident of Tel Aviv, was […] [Read More »]( [Global Food Prices Declined From Record Highs in 2022, the UN Says. Except for These Two Staples]( [Global Food Prices Declined From Record Highs in 2022, the UN Says. Except for These Two Staples]( (AP) — Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022, when Russia’s war in Ukraine, drought and other factors helped worsen hunger worldwide, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices […] [Read More »]( [Florida Can Import Prescription Drugs From Canada, US Regulators Say]( [Florida Can Import Prescription Drugs From Canada, US Regulators Say]( (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida’s first-in-the-nation plan to import lower-priced prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that follows decades of frustration with U.S. drug prices. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the plan into law in 2019, but it required federal […] [Read More »]( [Baltimore Celebrates Historic 20% Drop in Homicides Even as Gun Violence Remains High]( [Baltimore Celebrates Historic 20% Drop in Homicides Even as Gun Violence Remains High]( (AP) — Long plagued by rampant gun violence, Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade, ending a surge that began in 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked civil unrest and prompted widespread calls for police reform. The 20% annual decrease, which city […] [Read More »]( [Companies Pull Ads From TV Station After Comments on Tattooing and Sending Migrants to Auschwitz]( [Companies Pull Ads From TV Station After Comments on Tattooing and Sending Migrants to Auschwitz]( Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland are investigating after commentators joked on a right-wing television station that migrants should be sent to Auschwitz or be tattooed or microchipped like dogs, and some companies have pulled advertising from the broadcaster. The remarks were made over the past week by guests on TV Republika, a private […] [Read More »]( [Crib Videos Offer Clue to Mysterious Child Deaths, Showing Seizures Sometimes Play a Role]( [Crib Videos Offer Clue to Mysterious Child Deaths, Showing Seizures Sometimes Play a Role]( – The last bedtime of 17-month-old Hayden Fell’s life was heartbreakingly normal. Crib video shows the toddler in pajamas playing happily as his parents and sister sang “Wheels on the Bus” with his twin brother. The next morning, Hayden’s dad couldn’t wake him. The tot had become one of several hundred seemingly healthy U.S. […] [Read More »]( [SpaceX Accused of Unlawfully Firing Employees Who Were Critical of Elon Musk]( [SpaceX Accused of Unlawfully Firing Employees Who Were Critical of Elon Musk]( YORK (AP) — A U.S. labor agency has accused SpaceX of unlawfully firing employees who penned an open letter critical of CEO Elon Musk and creating an impression that worker activities were under surveillance by the rocket ship company. A Los Angeles-based regional director for the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday filed a […] [Read More »]( [100 New Jersey Firefighters Battle Blaze at Former Singer Sewing Machine Factory]( [100 New Jersey Firefighters Battle Blaze at Former Singer Sewing Machine Factory]( N.J. (AP) — Over 100 firefighters battled a blaze Friday at a New Jersey industrial park that was home to the Singer Sewing Machine factory for more than a century. A passerby reported the fire around 5:30 a.m., Mayor J. Christian Bollwage said. No one was in the building and no injuries were reported, […] [Read More »]( [Israeli Soldiers Find Hebrew Book of Psalms in Gaza Home]( [Israeli Soldiers Find Hebrew Book of Psalms in Gaza Home]( soldiers have found a Book of Psalms with a personal dedication to an Israeli man from nearly four decades ago in the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the Gaza Strip. The book, which was uncovered during a house search in Jabalia, had a Hebrew note inside its cover directed to Shmuel Goldring and […] [Read More »]( [The Power of the Youth]( [The Power of the Youth]( Menachem and Chana Yidgar, Chabad Youth, Netivot, Israel   The Power of the Youth   Shlichus was never a question of if, but simply where. I grew up in a Chabad family, where shlichus as a “career” was a matter of course. My wife’s family are descendents of the Baba Sali, and her parents […] [Read More »]( [The Six Top Hamas Leaders in Israel’s Sights]( [The Six Top Hamas Leaders in Israel’s Sights]( (JNS) – While the assassination of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in an airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday was the highest-profile attack on the terror group, it is by no means the last. Israeli leaders have vowed to track down and kill Hamas leaders wherever they are. Israel has not confirmed it was responsible […] [Read More »]( [ISIS: Kill Jews ‘Wherever You Find Them’]( [ISIS: Kill Jews ‘Wherever You Find Them’]( (JNS) – Islamic State spokesman Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari, in a speech published by the terror group’s media arm Al-Furqan on Thursday evening, called on ISIS supporters around the world to attack Jews and avenge the killing by the Israel Defense Forces of Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. In a 30-minute recording titled, “And […] [Read More »]( [Roi Escaped From Nova Massacre: ‘I Shouted Shema Yisrael And The Bullets Flew Over Me’]( [Roi Escaped From Nova Massacre: ‘I Shouted Shema Yisrael And The Bullets Flew Over Me’]( (VINnews) — Roi Asaraf is a popular Tel Aviv barber who together with his brother Idan had enjoyed success in his field as well as in his personal life. Married with two daughters, Roi had little actual connection with religion until the events of Oct. 7th rocked him into a connection with G-d. Roi […] [Read More »]( [SHAKEUP: ADL VP resigns; Some Blame Dissatisfaction with Greenblatt’s ‘Direction’]( [SHAKEUP: ADL VP resigns; Some Blame Dissatisfaction with Greenblatt’s ‘Direction’]( — Yaël Eisenstat, who until this month worked as a vice president and director of the Technology Center for the Anti-Defamation League, announced her resignation and shift to a new position at another organization focusing on election integrity. Unnamed current and former ADL employee sources told Jewish Currents that dissatisfaction with the direction of […] [Read More »]( [New York City Subway Train Derails in Collision With Another Train, Injuring More Than 20 People]( [New York City Subway Train Derails in Collision With Another Train, Injuring More Than 20 People]( YORK (AP) — A New York City subway train derailed Thursday after colliding with another train at low speed, leaving more than 20 people with minor injuries and causing major service disruptions across Manhattan during the afternoon rush hour, authorities said. At about 3 p.m. on the Upper West Side, a 1 train carrying […] [Read More »]( [North Korea’s Kim Orders Increased Production of Mobile Launch Vehicles as Tensions Grow With Us]( [North Korea’s Kim Orders Increased Production of Mobile Launch Vehicles as Tensions Grow With Us]( South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered authorities to increase production of mobile launch vehicles for missiles because the country faces a looming military showdown with its enemies, state media reported Friday, as it pushes to make its launches harder to detect. The report on Kim’s order came hours after […] [Read More »]( [New York City Is Suing Charter Bus Companies for Transporting Migrants From Texas]( [New York City Is Suing Charter Bus Companies for Transporting Migrants From Texas]( York (AP) — New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for $700 million, accusing them of illegally transporting tens of thousands of migrants from the southern border to the city under the direction of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The lawsuit accuses 17 bus companies of participating in a “bad […] [Read More »]( [Feeling Caucus Confusion? Your Guide to How Iowa Works]( [Feeling Caucus Confusion? Your Guide to How Iowa Works]( (AP) — The race for the White House officially begins in less than two weeks, and despite some prolonged jockeying over the election calendar, the long primary season will once again begin in Iowa with a caucus process that has served as the lead-off voting event since the 1970s. 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