Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in March, a lackluster start to the spring homebuying season as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged home shoppers. Existing home sales fell 5.9% last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.02 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. The March sales decline is the largest monthly drop since November 2022, when sales fell 6.7% from the previous month. Sales also fell 2.4% compared with March last year. The latest home sales fell short of the 4.12 million pace economists were expecting, according to FactSet. The average cost of a U.S.

A fast-spreading wildfire in New Jersey has sent plumes of smoke across the greater New York City region, disrupting air quality and triggering health advisories on Thursday. The fire’s suspected origin has led to the arrest of a young man accused of starting the blaze.
Authorities in Ocean County announced that 19-year-old Joseph Kling, a resident of Waretown, is facing multiple charges, including aggravated arson. Prosecutors allege that Kling ignited the fire in the vicinity of Jones Road and Bryant Road in Ocean Township, with officials pointing to a “bonfire that was not properly put out” as the cause.

In a powerful reiteration of his support for Torah-oriented engagement with the World Zionist Organization (WZO), HaGaon Rav Avrohom Gurwicz, Rosh Yeshivas Gateshead, has released an updated endorsement, urging all shomrei Torah umitzvos to register and vote for the Eretz HaKodesh party in the current WZO elections.
The new statement, dated today, 26 Nissan 5785, follows and builds upon a foundational letter issued by Rav Gurwicz earlier, in which he echoed the directive of Gedolei Yisroel—Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l and Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlit”a—emphasizing the critical importance of Torah Jewry having a voice in decisions affecting Eretz Yisroel through the WZO.

Hod Hasharon Mayor and Yesh Atid member Amir Kochavi spoke at a Yom HaShoah event and compared the IDF’s actions in Gaza to Naza atrocities. “We must not remain silent in the face of atrocities against people of other nationalities in the world – even if they are carried out in our name,” he said. “Jewish morality dictates – never again, not only to us, but to all nations as an ethical and moral commandment of a just and healthy society.” “There are 59 people in Gaza; their ‘never again’ is still going on.

NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eve Kugler, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and later one of Britain’s most active speakers on Holocaust education, has passed away at age 94, according t

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the Internati

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., encouraged President Donald Trump to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities rather than wasting time trying to negotiate with “that kind of regime.”
Trump has said repeatedly that Iran cannot acquire nuclear weapons. Late last week, he said he was in no hurry to launch an attack over the issue.
Fetterman told The Washington Free Beacon that Trump should forget trying to negotiate with Iranian leaders and take out the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear facilities.

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