Police briefly close Route 1, the main highway to the capital, warn of possible further disruptions; public transportation stops

Judge has been under pressure to step down and enable Biden to appoint a liberal replacement before mid-term elections in November, when Democrats may lose Senate majority

Bennett and ministers back program designed to keep schools open, despite sky-high infection rates and experts flagging pediatric hospitalizations

Space program hopes to establish long-term human presence on moon as a warm-up for future missions to Mars

PA doctors find that Omar As'ad, 78, perished from cardiac arrest caused by 'external injuries' during detention by Israeli troops

Officially banned from illegal outpost at center of recent tensions, Israelis nonetheless keep returning there, even as the Palestinian owners of the land have to sue for access

After treatments added to state-subsidized 'health basket,' vocal cord surgeon Dr. Hagit Shoffel-Havakuk says the 'life-changing' remedies are 'a medical matter and not cosmetic'

Kohavi doubles down on superiority of infantrymen over intel officers; reflecting on deadly 1997 helicopter crash, defense minister calls for thorough probes of recent accidents