TOI staff

The area where a man crashed into a barricade at the US Capitol on August 14, 2022 in Washington, DC. A man crashed his car into a barricade protecting the US Capitol early Sunday and fired a handgun in the air several times before fatally shooting himself. (TASOS KATOPODIS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / via AFP)

August 15, 2022, 5:58 am

Man kills himself after ramming US Capitol barrier, firing weapon

Incident comes amid heightened tensions, violence-filled chatter following FBI’s surprise seizure of classified documents from Trump’s Florida estate

By Agencies and TOI staff

Salman Rushdie in New York, November 15, 2017. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, archivo)

August 15, 2022, 4:57 am

US slams ‘despicable’ Iranian media coverage of Salman Rushdie stabbing

State Department says state networks ‘gloated’ after attempted murder; Suspected assailant’s mother says he’s ‘responsible for his actions’

By Agencies and TOI staff

A protester watches as fires burn during a demonstration in Jerusalem on August 14, 2022, against the expected autopsy of a 4-year old boy. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 15, 2022, 12:36 am

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest planned autopsy of 4-year-old boy

Police arrest 5 as protesters block roads, set trash bins on fire in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh; family of victim, allegedly strangled by uncle, appeal decision to perform procedure

By TOI staff

Defense Minister Benny Gantz, head of the National Union alliance, center, withJustice Minister Gideon Saar, right, and Gadi Eizenkot at a press conference in Ramat Gan on August 14, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

August 14, 2022, 11:57 pm

Eisenkot marches into politics with much fanfare, little immediate effect on polls

Flash surveys show ex-IDF chief’s merger with Gantz, Sa’ar gives them 2 more seats max, while Knesset blocs remain largely unchanged; but Shaked’s Zionist Spirit may suffer effects

By TOI staff

Customers wield chairs during a fight with restaurant staff in Eilat, August 14, 2022. (Screenshot)

August 14, 2022, 10:31 pm

Brawl erupts at Eilat eatery after long wait for food riles up customers

No arrests made after patrons at steakhouse attack staffers in resort city

By TOI staff

Interior Minister and head of the Yamina party Ayelet Shaked holds a press conference at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, on July 27, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

August 14, 2022, 10:31 pm

Report: Kahana asked that Shaked rule out narrow Netanyahu government — she refused

Yamina lawmaker moving to Gantz’s party also reportedly wanted commitment that Shaked would oppose Netanyahu being first in any potential rotation deal, which she also rejected

By TOI staff

General view of the Lahav 443 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on November 4, 2019. (Flash90/File)

August 14, 2022, 9:21 pm

Former prison guard confronts terror inmate she alleges raped her multiple times

IDF veteran tells suspect he ruined her life, urges him to reveal which Gilboa Prison superiors were complicit in sexual abuse; suspect claims she initiated sex between them

By TOI staff

Elazar, 19, (right) and Dovi, 16, (left) are seen at the Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital, after the pair were wounded in a shooting attack in Jerusalem, August 14, 2022. (Courtesy)

August 14, 2022, 6:32 pm

Brothers injured in Jerusalem shooting reunite in hospital after ‘miracle’ survival

Dovi and Elazar were hit at bus stop, with the latter narrowly escaping death; injured New York tourist recounts screams as shots tore into bus: ‘People shouted Shema Yisrael’

By TOI staff

An undated picture of "The Crucifixion," a mural made by Hungarian artist George Mayer-Marton, at the former Holy Rosary church in the town of Oldham, Britain. (G MAYER-MARTON ESTATE)

August 14, 2022, 4:52 pm

UK church mural by Jewish artist who fled Nazis to be preserved

Hungarian Jew George Mayer-Marton completed ‘The Crucifixion’ in 1955, years after escaping Austria and moving to the UK; decision to preserve it comes after years of uncertainty

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A Coptic Christian man mourns victims killed in an attack a day earlier, during an early morning ceremony at the Prince Tadros church in Egypt's southern Minya province, on November 3, 2018. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)

August 14, 2022, 4:17 pm

41 killed in Cairo as fire engulfs Copt church during Sunday mass, officials say

Another 14 injured in blaze; prosecutor’s office opens investigation and sends a team to establish cause

By AFP and TOI staff

Mrs. Wolowitz, a 35-year-old northern rockhopper penguin, who was named after the character of Debbie Wolowitz from the TV sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," died on August 11, 2022, at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. (The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland - RZSS)

August 14, 2022, 2:44 pm

Mrs. Wolowitz, penguin named for ‘Big Bang’ mom, dies in Scotland zoo

Devoted to her one offspring, she was thought to be oldest of her kind in the world, as well as the ‘sassiest penguin in the colony’; she died after a fox broke into her enclosure

By TOI staff

Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror shooting attack outside Jerusalem's Old City, August 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 14, 2022, 2:16 pm

US Embassy condemns Jerusalem terror shooting, confirms Americans among victims

Diplomatic mission ‘shocked and saddened’ by attack in Old City that left 7 hurt; Lapid says Israeli capital remains ‘safe, strong and open to tourists and residents alike’

By TOI staff

Syrian air defenses are reportedly seen over the Lebanese coast, August 14, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)

August 14, 2022, 2:00 pm

Israeli jets said to target site in coastal Syrian city of Tartus

Arab media reporting Israeli jets flew over Lebanese coast before launching missiles; footage said to show Syrian air defenses engaging targets

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Then-incoming IDF chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot (L) and then-outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (L) seen at a changing of the ranks ceremony held at the PM's office in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

August 14, 2022, 1:55 pm

Daily Briefing August 14: Gantz adds another general to Blue and White. Big whoop?

Editor David Horovitz ponders Israel’s political log jam; diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman brings us tales from Ukraine’s frontlines, plus Rushdie and the nuke deal, and pasta

By TOI staff

Hanoch Milvitzky, former deputy Peta Tikvah mayor and legal counsel of the Beni Baruch group, has won the 26th slot on the Likud list for the November 1 elections. (YouTube)

August 14, 2022, 1:20 pm

Would-be Likud Knesset member accused of helping cover up sexual abuse claims

Hanoch Milvitzky, who won the 26th slot on party’s electoral slate, is alleged to have convinced woman to commit perjury while serving as legal counsel of New Age religious group

By TOI staff