Six people were arrested in Yerushalayim on Sunday morning, 20 Teves 5772 by tax authorities for their alleged connection to a money embezzlement scam that netted million of shekels. It

At least one person was killed in an explosion reported at the Rafah home of a senior terrorist in the Gaza Strip Saturday evening, Palestinian officials said. Adham Abu Salima,

Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise liner that ran aground and tipped over off Italy’s coast recounted a chaotic and terrifying evacuation through the ship’s upended hallways on Saturday, as

U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over U.S. objections, and have stepped up contingency planning to safeguard U.S. facilities in

Maybe you’ll want to start salting away money for 2012 fuel costs now. Get ready to see $4-a-gallon gasoline in various parts of the U.S. sometime this spring, according to

Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel-Prize winning diplomat who helped galvanize the demands for democracy here, said on Saturday that he was dropping his presidential bid in protest over the military’s continued

New information on what may have caused that giant billboard to topple onto a busy expressway in Brooklyn. A surveillance camera captured the huge sign as it collapsed onto the

A billboard has fallen on the BQE and is causing a massive traffic backup. The massive billboard fell from 421 Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn, and partially landed on the highway,

Six constituents of Queens New York State Senator Tony Avella have complained in the past few weeks of tickets for placing trash curbside outside of the sanitation department policy’s hours.

Williamsburg – In recent months there have been numerous incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism in Williamsburg, including the discovery of a swastika in Kent Village Housing this week. These hate crimes,

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today raised to $7,500 its reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a spate of increasingly violent hate crimes in

HaGaon HaRav Moshe Yaakov Weiss ZT”L, 88, the Gavaad N’vei Achiezer Bnei Brak was niftar early erev Shabbos, in Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak. The Gavaad was admitted to

[VIDEO & PHOTO LINK IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] As the second annual Lakewood Yarchei Kallah in Yerushalayim this week came to a close, the group, lead by HaRav Lazer Apter of

An NYPD officer shot an armed thug to death in Brooklyn shortly before 11 p.m. last night, law-enforcement sources said. The suspect had pointed his weapon at cops who had

The officials declined to describe the unusual contact between the two governments, and whether there had been an Iranian reply. Senior Obama administration officials have said publicly that Iran would

In a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has kind words for President Barack Obama, calling him “charismatic,” “genuine” and “as good a politician as I’ve

[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Earlier this week, YWN reported about US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro’s visit to the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim. In the article, YWN published video footage

President Shimon Peres on Thursday denied that Israel was involved in the killing of a nuclear scientist in Iran on Wednesday. During an interview with CNN, Peres was asked whether

Sources in the US State Department said that the Turkish attorney general has ordered that all legal proceedings against Israeli elements involved in the IDF raid on the Marmara ship

It appears that while tensions are at an all-time high between chilonim and chareidim, and between dati leumi and fanatic chareidim in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem has its issues as well.

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