Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave final approval to SB 700, a bill that includes a provision preventing municipalities from independently deciding to add fluoride to their public water systems.
This policy change is part of the broader Florida Farm Bill, legislation DeSantis has vocally supported, including at an event promoting it just the day before.
During an appearance in Miami to highlight the bill, DeSantis stated that it “bans local governments from unilaterally adding fluoride to public drinking water.”

Israeli airstrikes targeting the airport in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa, reportedly caused immense destruction to its infrastructure, wiping out terminal facilities and leading to damages valued at roughly $500 million, according to the airport’s director, who spoke to Houthi-aligned media on Wednesday.
The Israeli bombardment followed repeated aerial assaults by the Iran-backed Houthis, including a missile strike that reached the vicinity of Ben Gurion Airport this past Sunday. Israel responded with a two-day military campaign.
On Tuesday, the United States said it would stop launching airstrikes against Houthi targets, claiming the group had committed to halting attacks on commercial vessels in critical Middle Eastern waterways.

Although Israeli leaders have repeatedly declared that rescuing the hostages is the IDF’s top priority in its campaign against Hamas, an internal military document outlining the goals of an upcoming ground operation in Gaza reportedly puts that objective at the bottom of the list, according to Haaretz.
The operational blueprint, which was shared with military leadership yesterday, breaks down the army’s planned objectives for the offensive, placing the recovery of the hostages in sixth and final place.

A Utah man who declared himself the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler and threatened to carry out a massacre at a Manhattan synagogue has been indicted on terror charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Tuesday. Luis Ramirez, 23, was arrested on February 14 after allegedly posting a series of disturbing threats on X, including a chilling message aimed at Central Synagogue in Midtown: “The Jews killed me in my past life. If you try to kill me again today in NYC when I pull up to Shabbat, I will kill you first.” Just hours after the posts, law enforcement intercepted Ramirez as he drove toward the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey, apparently en route to the synagogue.

President Donald Trump on Monday declared new national holidays commemorating victories in World War I and World War II — setting November 11 and May 8 as the official dates of remembrance. In a post on Truth Social, Trump criticized what he called a lack of recognition for America’s wartime victories. “We won two World Wars, but we never took credit for it — Everyone else does!” he wrote. “All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. The only Country that doesn’t celebrate is the United States of America, and the Victory was only accomplished because of us.” Trump announced that November 11, the date of the World War I Armistice in 1918, and May 8, 1945 — recognized as V-E Day — would both be declared National Victory Days.

More from the pro-terror protests that have taken over Columbia University’s library, renaming it the “Liberated Zone.”

President Donald Trump addressed the ongoing speculation surrounding developments in Gaza, hinting that more concrete updates are expected soon. “There’s a lot of talk going on about Gaza right now, so you’ll be knowing probably in the next 24 hours,” he told reporters from the Oval Office.
Trump made these remarks in response to a journalist’s question that seemed only partially audible, which referenced whether he intends to propose a new plan related to the hostages ahead of his upcoming trip to the region next week.
Meanwhile, the State Department announced yesterday that an official statement is anticipated before the end of the week regarding the potential restart of humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza.

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רצועות – STRAPS OF TEFILIN ARE תשמישי קדושה
זהירות שלא לגרור רצועות התפילין על הארץ
ובפרט בשעת הנחתן וסילוקן

THEY HAVE SANCTITY – AND MAY NOT BE LEFT TO TOUCH OR BE DRAGGED ON THE FLOOR !!
THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN A CHUMASH OR SIDDUR.

הנהגות מהחזו״א זצוק״ל
ע״י הגר״ח קניבסקי זצוק״ל
״הי׳ מדקדק בשעת כריכת התפילין שלא תגרר הרצועה על הארץ״

(footnote from Rav Chaim Kanevsky zt”l)
״וע׳ משנ״ב סי׳ כ״א סקי״ח גבי ציצית דהוי ביזוי מצוה, וכ״ש כאן שהן תשמישי קדושה״
The Chazon Ish was extremely careful when donning Tefilin that the straps should not drag on the floor”

At a Tel Aviv University event, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon issued a scathing critique of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s coalition, comparing its members to Nazis and warning that drastic action would be necessary to preserve the nation. “There will be no choice but to shut down the country in order to save it,” he declared.