President Barack Obama is expected to announce that he will run for reelection in 2012 on Monday, CNN reports. Democratic sources tell the network that the president will alert supporters
President Obama and other U.S. officials are condemning both the burning of a Quran at a Florida church, and the violence in Afghanistan protesting it. “The desecration of any holy
As the housing market heated up and New York City refugees began flooding into Orange County a decade ago, all eyes were on southeastern Orange — that prime turf where
A top banking regulator believes banks may need to kick billions of dollars into a fund that would pay homeowners to settle ownership disputes that emerge during foreclosure proceedings over
With revolutionary fervor sweeping the Middle East, Israel is under mounting pressure to make a far-reaching offer to the Palestinians or face a United Nations vote welcoming the State of
Moishe (“Moishi”) Holtzberg, the four-year-old boy who lost his parents in the 2008 terror attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, is expected to light a torch together with his
Dozens of people accused of felonies in Nassau County — five of them already convicted — have filed legal challenges seeking to throw out charges based on potentially tainted evidence
Daniel Hernandez, the intern who went to the aid of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot, said Friday that he has talked to the congresswoman several times on the
There is hope for New Yorkers about to get blasted with shocking electric-bill hikes. Federal regulators are willing to reconsider a hefty $500 million award to power generators that would
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Harav Michel Small ZATZAL, the Morah D’asra of P’alei Tzedek of Chicago, who was Niftar on Shabbos in Lakewood. Harav Small
Spring is finally here in the Tri-State. Sunday’s forecast is expected to be mostly sunny thanks to a high pressure system hanging in over the area. Fair skies will bring
The strictly Orthodox community is facing a rise in child poverty as a result of benefit cuts and lack of secular education for boys in its schools, according to a
It appears almost too good to be true, but this little dog has been found alive and well adrift at sea, an astonishing three weeks after the tsunami that devastated
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] More than a half a ton of Matzos were burned on Shabbos, after a fire broke out in a Yerushalayim building. According to reports, the fire department
Richard Goldstone regrets a report that accused Israel of war crimes. In an article published Friday in the Washington Post, titled “Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes,”
Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg are being sued for more than $1 billion over a controversial page on the social networking site that called for violence against Jews. The suit
Southwest Airlines announced Saturday that it is grounding 79 planes for inspection after a 3- to 4-foot hole tore open in the fuselage of one of its planes, bringing a
The ongoing disaster in Japan has renewed efforts by activists to shut down the Indian Point Nuclear Complex. Roughly 20 activists gathered at Union Square on Saturday afternoon to call
To state Sen. Robert W. Singer, it’s a way of ensuring justice for families of slain children, police officers and victims of mass murder. To Sen. Raymond Lesniak, it’s something
A high school teacher from Brooklyn is under arrest on terrorism charges, police announced Friday. School safety officers arrested Sabrina Milo, 34, at Fort Hamilton High School, the school where
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