Prime Minister Justin Trudeau eulogizes Liberal Jewish MP who served in his cabinet: Such a passionate thoughtfulness.'

21-year-old Amit Abuchasira has been indicted for intentionally ramming two security guards outside the Ha'Uman 17 club in Tel Aviv and then fleeing the scene without summoning assistance.

A 42-year-old man has been found with symptoms of hypothermia In Sultan Suleiman Street in Jerusalem.MDA responders have evacuated him to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, in moderate condition.

48 people have died in the the winter storm that has blanketed large parts of the US.27 of the victims are from western NY State.

A deadly blizzard has paralysed large parts of Eastern and Midwestern US, trapping motorists in their cars and knocking out electricity.

Speaking at the funeral for Rabbi Chaim Druckman, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, paid tribute to the rabbi: "Despite his illness, he had enormous vitality and a great light shone forth from him."Rabbi Druckman invested his entire soul in each and every student, in each and every educator and yeshiva, in the Bnei Akiva movement, in military academies, in the settlements," he added. "He did not shrink from waging war In the matters that go to the heart of the state - the integrity of the land, national values, educating the youth toward a Jewish identity, halting terrorism, and ensuring the strength of the IDF."

Due to severe weather conditions, Road 40 has been closed from the Tziporim junction to the Nafcha junction, in both directions.Road 234 is also closed in both directions at the Tzeelim bridge, and Highway 90 is closed to traffic from the Kalya junction to the Lido junction, also in both directions.

Tel Aviv University team identifies some 100,000 new types of viruses, a ninefold increase in the number of RNA viruses known to science.