NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages sent by users, re-igniting tensions between tech companies and law enforcement. Facebook’s WhatsApp already has end-to-end encryption, meaning that even Facebook cannot read the text of messages. […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Instead of saying that she “Really Don’t Care,” Demi Lovato apologized on Wednesday night following somewhat of a “Heart Attack” over the superstar singer posting on Instagram about her recent trip to Israel, which she called “absolutely magical.” “I’m extremely frustrated,” she posted on a since deleted Instagram story. “No one told […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli policewoman was stabbed outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. The assailant was wrestled to the ground and arrested, police told Israeli media. The attack, less than a week before the start of the High Holidays, comes a day after an Israeli woman was stabbed by a 14-year-old Palestinian boy near the […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it has carried out its first underwater-launched ballistic missile test in three years, in an apparent bid to dial up pressure on the United States ahead of a weekend resumption of their nuclear diplomacy. North Korea said Wednesday’s test was a Pukguksong-3 missile, which it described […]

SWEDEN (JTA) — A Swedish political party has voted to change its official stance in favor of banning circumcision. The Swedish Center Party voted 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the nonmedical circumcision of boys. Party chief Annie Loof was among the party leaders who criticized the vote. The Center Party received […]

Baruch Hashem, 5780’s dawns upon us with a new generation of six Amazon born Shluchim that take active part in their parents’ mission to rescue and awaken real Judaism within the local Jews and visitors. They do it in a beautiful way with the pure Jewish pride and utmost joy that only children have. But […]

PASSAIC (VosIzNeias) – A Jewish grandmother was arrested Thursday, in an incident that involved the towing of alleged Hatzolah ambulances. A video circulated showing the Passaic Police Department warning the woman that they had explained her the law, after which they handcuff her and place her in the back of a patrol car. After the […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Attorneys for thousands of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history said Thursday that they reached a settlement expected to pay between $735 million and $800 million to those who sued over the Las Vegas massacre. The amount of the settlement with MGM Resorts International depends on the […]

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Alleged child sex offender Malka Leifer will be released to house arrest while a new panel of psychiatric experts evaluates whether she is mentally fit to face extradition and trial, the Jerusalem District Court ruled. The prosecution has until Friday to appeal the house arrest. The court ordered the new evaluation last […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over his request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China. “China should start an investigation into the Bidens,” Trump said in remarks to reporters outside the White House. Trump said […]