In a crowded New York State Supreme Court courtroom in Manhattan, Judge Gregory Carro asked the handcuffed Christopher Brown, clad in a beige jumpsuit and white taqiyah skullcap, if he had anything to share before he was sentenced.
“No sir,” the 23-year-old said. “I do not.”
Just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Carro sentenced Brown to 10 years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision.

The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled. Philip Nitschke of advocacy group Exit International said Wednesday he wasn’t on hand for the woman’s death on Sept. 23 involving the “Sarco” capsule in a forest in northern Switzerland, but saw it live by video transmission. The device worked as planned, he said, in the first and only time it has been used. The head of a Swiss affiliate of Exit International known as The Last Resort, Florian Willet, was present at the woman’s death and was immediately taken into police custody, where he remains as police investigate the circumstances around the woman’s death.

Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rav Dovid Yosef strongly criticized Pope Francis for implying that Israel might be engaging in genocide in Gaza, accusing the Pope of siding with aggressors rather than their victims.
“It’s very interesting that the Pope doesn’t call for an investigation of the terrible slaughter of Jews last year on October 7,” Rav Yosef remarked in a video message. “It’s interesting that he doesn’t call for an investigation of the incitement against Jews across Europe, overt antisemitic incitement.”

(AP) – Driving in the snow isn’t enjoyable for many people. It’s cold, the roads are slick, and city traffic is often slow going.

Israel’s leading airline, El Al, reported an all-time high in profits for the July-to-September period, generating $1 billion in revenue. This surge was largely due to reduced competition, as many foreign airlines have suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv amidst the Gaza conflict and related threats from Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Researchers have created an early map of some of the human body’s estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique role, and knowing what all the cells do can help scientists better understand health and diseases such as cancer. Scientists focused on certain organs — plotting the jobs of cells in the mouth, stomach and intestines, as well as cells that guide how bones and joints develop. They also explored which cells group into tissues, where they’re located in the body and how they change over time. They hope the high-resolution, open-access atlas — considered a first draft — will help researchers fight diseases that damage or corrupt human cells.

Amnesty International revealed last week that at the same time that  French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for an arms embargo on Israel due to “harm to innocent people” in Gaza, France is supplying weapon systems to rebels in Sudan who have committed unspeakable war crimes and massacres amid a civil war in the African country. Amnesty obtained evidence of French-manufactured military systems installed on armored vehicles supplied to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan’s most notorious paramilitary group.

Family getting up: Shacharis: 7:00 am Mincha: 2:00 pm Maariv: 9:45 pm Mrs.

NEW YORK – The New York Post, which has endorsed Donald Trump for president, on Tuesday published an editorial that strongly urged